Recording Academy Members Launch 'Beyond the Music' Podcast Today, Recording Academy Voting Member Matt B and his wife Angela Benson (also a member of the Recording Academy) launched their new video podcast called 'Beyond the Music’. In this podcast, they will dive deep into real-life issues; events that occur within the music industry. They will share their advice and input on various topics from the...

There's a specific kind of bleak bartering that happens at 2 AM, and Rusty Reid’s single “Piece of the Action” builds a whole four-minute economy around it. This isn't a song about the sweeping grandeur of romance; it’s a clinical look at turning “dissatisfaction” into “a transaction of love.” The language is deliberate, almost like a contract being signed on a napkin under a...