I first encountered BUCK-TICK when I was in my first year of junior high school.However, my musical life did not begin with ...

There is also music that, like the Great Service, was long lost, with Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and a piano quintet by Florence Price. And we hear the choral work of Dobrinka Tabakova, along with ...

Music-analytics firm Chartmetric and Splice have collaborated on a report focusing on ‘hybrid genres’ – combinations of existing genres that are growing their share of both Splice downloads and ‘genre ...

If there’s one thing that gets me as giddy as gadgets, it’s music. Tech and music have always been my two biggest passions. And lately, as I’ve been reconnecting with some of my old (heavy emphasis on ...

The past month witnessed an unlikely revolution in cinemas across the world when two horror films, made by two young YouTubers, broke out as massive hits. Made on modest budgets of $1 million and $10 ...

Tourism Nova Scotia has uncovered a double entendre in the word “playlist,” using it to define both must-see travel experiences in the province, along with the common musical understanding. Ahead of ...

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these ...

In our previous analysis, we tracked the Weekly Top 200 charts of 73 countries worldwide on Spotify over six years and confirmed that national charts are steadily becoming 'localized'. The ...

South India’s rap scene today is a canvas colored by tradition, experimentation, and relentless ambition. Once dismissed as a regional footnote in India’s broader hip-hop story, it now pulses with ...

Right from the 1960s, India’s music culture grew out of a handful of cities, one of them being the erstwhile Calcutta. The City of Joy gave us Indian music’s finest legends including S.D. Burman, and ...