NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." There are the sounds of war in ...
Compilations still play a crucial role in understanding pop — maybe even more so now with an ever-more-daunting smorgasbord of options, both present and past, at our disposal — as a few recent ...
As it approaches its seventh anniversary of release at the end of the year, The Greatest Showman soundtrack is still going strong. While Now That’s What I Call Music 118 is set to be No.1 in the ...
Recently my colleague Nathan Smith cobbled together the Destiny Child’s compilation Beyoncé doesn’t want you to see and it gave me an idea. Compilations are both the most necessary and aggravating ...
When you rip a CD in iTunes—or when you buy an album from the iTunes Store, Amazon, or other vendor—there are a number of tags you can set, such as the album name, artist name, and genre. But there’s ...
With the increased presence of “mood" playlists on streaming services like Spotify, musical compilations have been becoming more and more popular. These compilations could represent one of the best ...
It seems like the last thing local guitar-type bands or musicians want to do these days is release a full-length CD. So far this year, the lion’s share of notable Houston indie and punk releases has ...
For 12 years, label head Zach Curd released free compilations of holiday music through Suburban Sprawl Music. But his recent decision to retire the label means there’s no new mix this year. So, we ...
This iconic compilation featured beloved songs like 'How Soon Is Now?' and became one of the band’s most celebrated releases.
Last week, Greyday Records announced that it will release the charity album Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol. II on July 19 to benefit Outside In, an organization that provides counseling and aid to ...