• Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig defends the word of the year, "selfie"

    As Oxford Dictionary recently announced, the word of the year is "selfie." It's clear that the extreme use of Facebook and Instagram have made the word what it is today. Some people use the social media platforms to declare that they hate it when people take selfies, but others are quite fond of the photo phenomenon, even if it's been going on for a while.
  • Dave Matthews Band confirms a forthcoming album

    Dave Matthews confirmed with Rolling Stone that he is working on a new studio album to follow up last year's Away from the World. According to the interview, the band is currently working with producer Rob Cavallo and recording engineer Doug McKean, who both worked on the band's seventh studio album Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King.
  • Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Rick Ross under fire from gospel group

    Copyright infringement is nothing new to music, particularly hip-hop. Every day it seems there's a new lawsuit alleging that some producer or rapper has borrowed unfairly, with the original owner suing for royalties, or whatever they're owed. Today's example may be less about the money and more about the divine consequences of the sample.
  • Marc Anthony, Draco Rosa and Carlos Vives win big prizes at Latin Grammys

    Predicting the Grammys is hard, because less often does the actual best song win. The best bet is to make a political choice, using logic to reason out why one artist is more likely to win than another. The Latin Grammys are even tougher, because A) We don't speak Spanish and B) we're not as familiar with the music or the behind-the-scenes shenanigans. Therefore we at Music Times are PROUD to have gotten one out of three predictions correct for the major prizes.
  • The Very Merry Christmas Tour

    The Very Merry Christmas Tour, featuring Newsong, Audio Adrenaline, Sidewalk Prophets, Jason Castro, Love & The Outcome and artist Jared Emerson will kick off on November 30, 2013...
  • Mark Schultz's "What Do You Give a King" Christmas Tour

    Platinum selling Christian singer/songwriter Mark Schultz will kick off the "What Do You Give a King" Christmas Tour with friends Luminate, Kerrie Roberts and Karyn Williams on December 1. Making eight stop, some shows have already sold out.