Music
Paul Simon’s Next Album: Re-recorded Lost Gems from His Catalog Will Coincide with End of Touring
Paul Simon will issue an album of re-recorded lost gems on September 7th, to coincide with his finale of all touring for all time....
Music
Pop Music: Democratic Senator Ron Wyden Ties to Digital Outlets May Be Reason He’s Proposing Cuts to Royalties, Long Term Rights of Legacy Music...
File this under Pop Goes the Weasel.
I told you last week about Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, suddenly sponsoring his own legislation to...
Music
Drake Sells 750K Copies of “Scorpion,” Most of it Via Streaming, John Coltrane Sells 17K
Drake is number 1-- by miles.
His "Scorpion" music sold enough to register 158,000 downloads and almost 600,000 from streaming. The total according to hitsdailydouble...
Celebrity
Rocker Elvis Costello Cancels Tour He Says Because of “Aggressive” Cancer, Surgery, Rest
Elvis Costello, the great rocker-singer-songwriter-multi-tasker-galore, says today on Facebook he has an "aggressive" form of cancer. He's canceled the remainder of his current European...
Music
Get Out the Guitars: Andy Summers of The Police, Richard Thompson Star in East Hampton Live Series
Tonight at Guild Hall in East Hampton, the much anticipated Master Guitar series begins. These are live concerts featuring Andy Summers of the Police,...
Music
Best Buy Is Not Ending CD Sales Yet Contrary to Rumors: The Silver Disc Lives On
Best Buy is not stopping sales of CDs, contrary to rumors from last winter.
Even though CD sales have been minimized by downloads and streaming,...
Music
Drake Sales of New Music Swamp Kanye, Beyonce, Jay Z in Debut Week: 740K Expected, Most of it Streaming
The Scorpion is stinging everything else on the pop charts this week.
Drake's new album, "Scorpion," is a massive hit far surpassing Kanye, his minions,...
Business
Rolling Stone Magazine Goes Monthly, Cuts Annual Issues in Half, Sets Annual Subscription Price at Whopping $59.99
Rolling Stone magazine still gathers no moss. Recently purchased by Penske Media (Variety, Deadline), the once premier rock mag is cutting its annual number...