An internet service that sends track listings and artist information to individual online CD players has uncovered new evidence that many people use bootleg music CDs before they are officially ...

After two decades of hosting live music and theater on Beverly Boulevard in Historic Filipinotown, Bootleg Theater is shutting down for good. According to a statement on social media from owners Jason ...

Unlike officially released live albums, often polished later with studio overdubs, bootleg recordings give a truer, unvarnished snapshot of what concerts really sounded like. The onstage alchemy. The ...

The vinyl industry is on the rise decades after CDs brought about its downfall, and while records can't compete with streaming, music fans of all ages are interested in physical media. As records ...

Apple Music is a great place for listening to official albums. It also turns out that it’s not a bad place to find unauthorized leaked tracks. According to a new report, a series of leaked tracks ...

Browse Spotify’s section for featured music podcasts, and at first you’ll find what you’d probably expect. Last week, the top five slots were filled by two familiar NPR shows, a hip-hop talk show ...

In 1991 Eric Tyrone Breed (known to the world as MC Breed) shot to superstar rap status with his hit “Ain’t No Future in Yo’ Frontin’” off the studio album MC Breed & DFC. The single peaked at No. 12 ...