American Songwriter

3 Early Folk Rock Songs That Solidified the Subgenre as a Major Rock and Roll Force

Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...

The Song That Defined 2025 — Everyone Heard It, and No One Could Escape It

Love it or not, Die With a Smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga followed listeners all through 2025 and defined the year’s sound ...
Black Enterprise

Dionne Warwick Sued For Allegedly Trying To ‘Walk On By’ Paying Artists Rights Firm

Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation says it is entitled to ongoing payments under a long-standing agreement with Warwick. Music legend Dionne Warwick is being sued by a royalty management firm that ...
Tennessean

Blanco Brown says AI country hit used his 'grit', so he's reclaiming it with 'Walk My Walk' cover

Country singer Blanco Brown released a cover of an AI-generated song that mimicked his signature sound. The AI-generated song, "Walk My Walk," reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales ...
Hartford Courant

AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When an AI-generated country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking ...