“I just like that word, calamity. It’s sort of a chaotic mess. But it’s not evil—it’s more mischievous,” Thomas Tull tells American Songwriter over the phone in a recent interview about the new Ghost ...

Tobias Forge, a.k.a. Papa Emeritus IV, center, leads the Swedish heavy metal band Ghost. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Onstage at Anaheim's Honda Center arena, Tobias Forge is not himself.

Tobias Forge was a long way from making-it as a musician. He was living in a one-bedroom apartment in Sweden, and dreamt of playing guitar for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He’d never been a lead singer ...

In order to avoid paying actual recording artists the $.003 they earn for each play of their songs, Spotify has started filling out its playlists with songs they buy cheaply from production houses and ...