“Don’t get the gig and then complain about it. If you can’t find something good in the music, that’s your fault”: Occupying the absolute pinnacle of the bass world, Victor Wooten gives an insight into what it takes to get to the very top

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(Image credit: Getty Images) When he burst into our consciousness with the 1989 release of Béla Fleck & the Flecktones’ self-titled debut, Victor Wooten almost immediately earned his place among the bass guitar gods. Not since Jaco Pastorius had a player so profoundly pushed the instrument’s voice forward, forever expandingContinue Reading

Madison Cunningham performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral on January 10, 2026

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Madison Cunningham performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA on January 10, 2026 Madison Cunningham performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA. Photo credit Kirk Stauffer. Madison Cunningham performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA. Photo credit Kirk Stauffer. Madison Cunningham performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral onContinue Reading

Light Novel ‘Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kouryaku’ Gets TV Anime

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Entertainment company Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures announced a television anime adaptation of Isle Oosaki‘s Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kouryaku (Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers) light novel on Sunday, revealing commemorative illustrations (pictured) by Tam-U and Hakuto Shiroi. Oosaki began penning theContinue Reading

Surprising reason why Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens stopped speaking years before ‘toxic’ mom group drama

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Years before Ashley Tisdale’s “toxic” mom group drama, her longtime friendship with Vanessa Hudgens reportedly fizzled over a boy. “Vanessa and Ashley were already drifting apart just due to becoming two different adults from the young girls they were when they became friends,” a source told the Sun of theContinue Reading

Latest Music Industry Hires: Target Center, Legends Global, Invisible Art, Catch Point, AFM Local 47, Copyright Alliance, More

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Amy Rahja, general manager of the Target Center. Photo Credit: Legends Global Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of January 9th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post aContinue Reading

UMG Head Lucian Grainge Outlines 2026 Streaming 2.0 Plans, Plots ‘Special Events and Products for Superfans — Both Virtually and in the Physical World’

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Universal Music Group head Lucian Grainge. Photo Credit: UMG Another year, another internal rally-the-troops memo from Universal Music head Lucian Grainge, who’s shed a bit of new light on the major’s 2026 “Streaming 2.0” and superfan plans. Grainge just recently mass-emailed this “UMG New Year’s Memo 2026” to staffers. AndContinue Reading