The low turnout of local artists on Spotify Wrapped is part of a larger, worrying trend. New Zealand artists are featuring less on annual top 40 charts, and radio stations seem to be playing less ...

In this week’s Straight Taking, Donald Murray reflects on the culinary revolution that has changed tastes but contributed to ...

A controversial bill that had set off New Zealand’s largest-ever Maori rights protest was heavily defeated in parliament on Thursday. The Treaty Principles Bill died in its second reading, being voted ...

Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

Dr Karlina Tongotea was the big winner at last night's Māori Sports Awards. World champion powerlifter Dr Karlina Tongotea won the prestigious Albie Pryor Memorial Māori Sports Person of the Year ...

This much is known: “Walk My Walk,” a song by an artist called Breaking Rust, entered its second week Wednesday as the top song on Billboard’s country music digital sales chart. After that, everything ...

The devil is in the details. An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.” ...

An AI-generated country track has hit the Number One spot on a US Billboard singles chart. The track also tops Spotify’s ‘Viral 50’ chart in the US, while another of the “band’s” tracks, ‘Livin’ on ...

Plus, Nate Smith and Tyler Hubbard's new duet debuts. By Russ Penuell HARDY cracks the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a fifth time as “Favorite Country Song” surges 12-7 on the list ...

Colossal clashes among some of the top teams in the sport promised some changes in the new college football rankings, and now AP Top 25 poll voters will have some tough decisions to make as they ...

Is there any place for fakes in a genre built on connection and authenticity? By Melinda Newman As artificial intelligence moves further into the music space, how concerned should the country ...