A Wilmington-based musician is receiving some high-profile props because Barack Obama selected one of his band's songs for the former President's annual summer Spotify playlist. Nicolay, a Dutch-born ...

When a songwriter is looking for inspiration for a new recording, sometimes the best thing to do is look to another for help. And sometimes that search can lead an artist to another culture or country ...

A couple of new rules governing the 81st Academy Awards could result in the foreign-language film category becoming more inclusive and the original song category becoming more competitive. By Gregg ...

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about Lamp. Active beginning in the early 2000s, Lamp is a Japanese band that draws on a number of disparate styles, including jazz, bedroom pop (insofar as the genre ...