Monte Ogbon. Emily Scott Robinson. Blood harmonies from Irish brothers Ye Vagabonds. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Dre Castillo from KVNF in western Colorado about the best albums out Friday,

CLEVELAND — The 10,000-seat indoor-outdoor music venue envisioned as part of the city’s lakefront development plan is raising questions about whether there is room in the market, who would control booking and if there’s a way to structure it to help smaller music halls in town.

The year gets off to a good and loud start with local acts dropping heavy hardcore, lo-fi indie-pop and metal!

Today's batch of new albums features something for (and from) the club, plus a trio of vinyl versions of records we love.

The bombshell business story of Grammy Week was unquestionably the potential multi-billion dollar acquisition of Concord Music by Bertelsmann, parent company of BMG, which would see the two biggest independent music companies in the Western world join forces to create what would be a fourth major music group,

"We have an exciting slate of new music ahead and are leading the charge with AI to drive a step change in value creation for artists, songwriters, and shareholders," WMG CEO Robert Kyncl said in a statement Thursday.