September 22, 2022| Reports| Barb Dye
Photo: Members of Russian Band Pussy Riot on their way to jail | By Mark Sweney, The Guardian | Note: I say,... Read More → Warner Music Arm Seeks Russian Deals Despite Business Suspension
September 8, 2022| Songwriter's Corner| Barb Dye
Photo: Mac Phipps, Jr. | By Sam Levin, The Guardian | In 2000, McKinley “Mac” Phipps Jr was a 22-year-old... Read More → When Rap Lyrics Are Used Against You in Court: ‘They silenced me for 21 years’
August 18, 2022| Research| Barb Dye
By Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian | It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more... Read More → Bring That Beat Back: Why Are People in Their 30s Giving Up On Music?
August 11, 2022| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Hillel Italie, Associated Press | Lamont Dozier, the middle name of the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland... Read More → Motown Songwriter-Producer Lamont Dozier Dead at 81
July 28, 2022| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Joice Figueiró, as told to Elle Hunt, The Guardian | Jaime and I met at school when we were 12, got... Read More → Experience: I Gave Birth at a Metallica Concert
July 21, 2022| Songwriter's Corner| Barb Dye
Photo: Don McLean (from his website) | By Jim Farber, The Guardian | A long, long time ago – five decades... Read More → ‘I Said, Don, It’s Time for You to Reveal’: 50 Years Later, the Truth Behind American Pie
June 2, 2022| Reports| Barb Dye
The Guardian | Billy McFarland ‘put together a team’ to generate income, likely for the $26m he was... Read More → Fyre Festival Creator Plans New Entertainment Ventures After Prison // Fyre Festival Founder Released Early From Prison
April 28, 2022| News| Barb Dye
Photo: Little Simz album | By Laura Snapes, The Guardian | Little Simz has cancelled her upcoming US tour,... Read More → Little Simz Cancels US Tour Citing Financial Unviability as an Indie Artist
January 27, 2022| Reports| Barb Dye
By Jake Coyle, Associated Press | Can a music scene still develop the way grunge did in 1990’s Seattle... Read More → At Sundance, Documentaries Resurrect Lost Eras of Music
December 23, 2021| Buyer Beware| Barb Dye
Note: Eric’s website has further clarification. By Tomas Mier, People | Last week, Eric Clapton, 76,... Read More → Eric Clapton Wins Lawsuit Against German Widow Who Tried to Sell Bootleg CD for $11 on eBay
September 23, 2021| Research| Barb Dye
By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | Pop music is often described as catchy, but it seems you really can infect... Read More → Mathematicians Discover Music Really Can be Infectious – Like a Virus
July 1, 2021| News| Barb Dye
Photo: Olivia Rodrigo – from her website | By Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian | Olivia Rodrigo has... Read More → Olivia Rodrigo Accused of Plagiarism by Courtney Love and Others
June 10, 2021| Music Notes| Barb Dye
Sinéad O’Connor has retracted her announcement, made over the weekend, that she would retire from music... Read More → MUSIC NOTES: Sinéad O’Connor Retracts Retirement Announcement
May 6, 2021| Songwriter's Corner| Barb Dye
By Mark Sweney, The Guardian | Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kid Creole and the Coconuts have become the latest... Read More → SONGWRITERS CORNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Rights to Catalogue of Hits to Hipgnosis
May 6, 2021| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By John Moran, The Guardian | With the soothing noise of its bricks clicking against one another, Lego White... Read More → INTERESTING BITS: ‘10,000 tiny instruments’: How Lego Made the Experimental Album of 2021
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