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‘Worst’ to First: Riley Green Scores His Third Country Airplay Leader

Riley Green banks his third chart-topper on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Worst Way” (Nashville Harbor) rises 3-1 on the list dated June 21. It increased by 13% to 28.4 million audience impressions in the June 6-12 tracking week, according to Luminate. Notably, the Jacksonville, Ala., native notches the first Country Airplay leader by an […]

Dierks Bentley Talks ‘Mixing the Bluegrass With the Kickass’ on New Album ‘Broken Branches’ With Miranda Lambert & Riley Green

As he releases his 11th studio album Broken Branches, out today (June 13), Dierks Bentley knows more than a bit about constructing an album — and a career — that’s going to endure. After two decades spent notching 18 chart-topping Country Airplay hits and establishing himself as seasoned headliner, the artist, who spent nights early […]

Folamour ‘Felt Dead Inside’ – His New House Album Revived Him

Roughly a decade ago, Bruno Boumendil, the French producer who goes by the name Folamour, perfected a distinct strain of soul-sampling house music, fragile yet fierce.  Related ‘Thing’ Documents the Early Days of Chicago House: ‘We Were in the Middle of History… 04/02/2025 For source material, he mined plush soul ballads from the late ’70s and […]

Meet Lenny Pearce, the ‘Toddler Techno’ DJ Throwing Raves for Children

Lenny Pearce had been producing electronic music and uploading it to SoundCloud for years, but it wasn’t until he made a remix unlike anything being played in the club scene that his career skyrocketed. “The first one that really took off was ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes,’ techno version,” says the Australian producer. Related Snoop […]