Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kiss debuts its half-century-old live album Alive! in the U.K.

Flea has delivered the first preview of his upcoming solo album set to release in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. The Red Hot Chili Peppers founding bassist worked with a “dream band of modern jazz ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Amidst a busy touring schedule, Rodrigo also made time to headline ...

For fans of Noah Kahan, every season has been "Stick Season" since the fall of 2022. However, the Vermont-born singer has recently been teasing that a new era is on its way. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, a ...

The Vermont native has repeatedly teased the album’s release on social media and launched a pre-sale website this week. Noah Kahan performs during a Nov. 20 benefit concert for the Busyhead Project ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

After a painstaking wait, Playboi Carti ‘s I AM MUSIC officially has a release date. The artist himself made the announcement on Instagram, confirming that the elusive project is set to release this ...

In the final weekend of December, there’s not a ton of new shows premiering — it is a holiday weekend, after all. Still, there’s some good stuff to dig into, and Watch With Us is here to make sure you ...