Rob Sheffield

Sydnie Stood Before Her Heroes, Nervous, Grateful, and Holding an Award

Rob Sheffield

How many people get to stand in a room full of their heroes? Now, imagine they are all looking at ...

Was Sydnie Christmas Worthless In The Industry? That’s Not How Her Résumé Speaks!

Rob Sheffield

Imagine standing in a room full of stars. You might feel small. Former Britain’s Got Talent winner Sydnie Christmas was ...

Darci Lynne’s Puppet Sings Opera, and Nothing Was Ever the Same

Rob Sheffield

Most people see a puppet and expect a joke or a silly voice. They do not expect a sound that ...

Darci Lynne rewrites Twilight; a reveal you will not expect

Rob Sheffield

Millions of people remember the intense scene in Twilight where Bella discovers Edward’s secret. But what if that vampire was ...

Luke Combs Wins By Not Playing the “Perfect” Country Star Game

Rob Sheffield

How many new artists are told to change their sound or their look? Luke Combs decided to do the opposite. ...

Jesus Took The Wheel And Drove Carrie Underwood To Success

Rob Sheffield

Carrie Underwood recently marked twenty years of “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” She posted online saying the song flat out “changed ...

Want Your Music to Go Viral? Just Ask Teddy Swims and His Bold Tattoo!

Rob Sheffield

How do you get everyone to talk about your new music? Teddy Swims found an amusing way. He decided to ...

Elvis’s Paradise Trap: The Secret of ‘Blue Hawaii’

Rob Sheffield

Did you know the Blue Hawaii soundtrack stayed at number one for twenty weeks straight? It was a massive win ...

“The Everlasting Now”: When Prince Shared the Stage With His Funk Dream Team

Rob Sheffield

How many music legends can you fit on one stage? In 2002, Prince decided to find out on The Tonight ...

Prince Saw the End of the World and Threw a Party

Rob Sheffield

Many people in the 1980s were deeply worried about nuclear war. Prince and his band watched an HBO documentary about ...