In the lead-up to Christmas 2025, a purported risqué song in the style of 1940s or 1950s "oldies" tunes spread online. Its ...

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of ...

Music has always been more than just entertainment. Throughout history, it’s sparked revolutions, challenged governments, and ...

Besh pede,” a popular Uyghur folk ballad, is among dozens of Uyghur-language songs that have been deemed “problematic” by ...

The BBC banned a few too many tunes back in the day that really didn't deserve to get the boot. They became hits anyway, after all.

Frank Zappa once provocatively asked, "If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?" This insightful question set the stage for a pivotal moment in music history. In 1985, Zappa ...

It was a graveyard smash. It caught on in a flash. And Elvis Presleyreportedly thought it was trash. It's perhaps the quintessential Halloween song, Bobby "Boris" Pickettand the Crypt-Kickers' ...

Abdulkareem released a protest song last week in which he delivered stinging criticism of the Tinubu government's policies, which resulted in NBC banning the song. Controversial Nigerian rapper, ...

The Russian prosecution office opened a case against 18-year-old Diana “Naoko” Loginova, a student at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and vocalist of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime. The ...

There are several reasons that singles don’t receive radio play. Sometimes, an artist doesn’t have enough push to get their music in front of programmers. Other artists may not fit the popular radio ...

Generations of Uighurs, the Turkic ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang region, have played it at parties and weddings. But today, if they download it, play it or share it online, they risk ending up ...