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Over the decades, high school music festivals evolve

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Over the decades, high school music festivals evolve

A few weeks ago, I attended a contest. I realized that I missed the joy of spending a day with musicians. So, 30 years later, I’m volunteering again for this event.Dianne Prichard  |  Guest columnistSome things never change. In the '60s, the '90s, the '20s: Iowa High School Music Association (IHSMA) contests are consistent, dependable, nostalgic, predictable.1.  The fashion show. Every young woman is dressed in the latest trend, with bold […]

todayApril 6, 2025 1

Key Album Genre Charts Evolve & Expand in 2025

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Key Album Genre Charts Evolve & Expand in 2025

Beginning in January, Billboard will roll out updates to some of its weekly album charts. Commencing with the Billboard charts dated Jan. 18, 2025 (reflecting the Luminate tracking week ending Jan. 9), six longstanding album genre charts will transition from sales-only rankings to consumption-based tallies, and expand their depths. Plus, three album genre charts that were already consumption-based will also increase their depths. Consumption-based album charts rank the most popular […]

todayDecember 14, 2024

How Chicago Continued to Evolve in the ‘70s

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How Chicago Continued to Evolve in the ‘70s

Chicago was on a roll in 1971. They'd amassed three albums of studio material released across a two-year timespan. By the time they hit the stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in September of that year, they were nearly ready to record their fourth album."We were almost never off the road," trumpet player Lee Loughnane says now, during a new conversation with UCR. "We only […]

todayOctober 17, 2024 12

Record Store Day Needs to Evolve or Go Away

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Record Store Day Needs to Evolve or Go Away

In July 2021, a teenage kid tried to cut in front of me in line on Record Store Day. When I politely stopped him from doing so, he began cursing me out. When I picked up the store's final copy of the Foo Fighters' Bee Gees tribute album, he lost his mind.He sent so much anger — and spittle — my way that I briefly thought about smashing the record […]

todayOctober 16, 2024 4

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