The smartest way to use AI may not be letting it interact with your files, but asking it to write software that handles them safely.

May 31 marks the second full moon of the month, known as the blue moon, and with it comes another new single from Peter Gabriel’s slowly gestating project, o\i, “A Hard Lesson.” Like his previous LP, ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Payam ...

Darius Partovi started taking classical piano lessons when he was 7, but he soon grew restless and gave them up. It wasn’t until COVID-19 shut down schools that he returned to his keyboard out of ...

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these ...

Trumpet blares, fading sounds of heartbeats and a ringing alarm clock. These aren’t sound effects for a movie — rather, for music projects created by fifth graders in Evanston/Skokie School District ...

Caroga Arts Collective has announced the lineup for the 2026 Caroga Lake Music Festival (CLMF), marking its 15th season of bringing world-class performances, community events, and arts education to ...

The Grand Teton Music Festival has revealed the complete programs for its 2026 Benoliel Chamber Music Series, with five concerts taking place from July 9 to August 13 – including the world premiere of ...

Starting next Thursday, SXSW will take over Austin, Texas, for the 40th year. Over 1,000 artists will flood the city’s clubs and venues across seven days, including Lola Young, the All-American ...

Kevin Couch, a veteran live entertainment exec and musician, was announced as the head of artistic programming at the newly rechristened Trump Kennedy Center on Jan. 16. Less than two weeks later, ...

BOISE, Idaho — Treefort Music Fest has released expanded details on its 2026 “fort” programming, offering a deeper preview of the art, comedy, drag, technology, youth, film, food, podcasting, literary ...