Music
Prince’s Music Stays with Warner as Judge Nullifies $31 Mil Universal Music Contract
Prince's estate gained some clarity today. A judge has nullified Universal Music Group's $31 million contract to issue non Warner Music albums and releases....
Celebrity
Michael Jackson “Cascio Songs” CD Offered for Auction for Millions, Then Mysteriously Removed
For about a minute yesterday Michael Jackson's unreleased songs from the "Cascio" album was up for auction for a million dollars.
Then it mysteriously disappeared.
An...
Music
Dionne Warwick, Charlie Wilson, Randy Newman Help the Grammy Awards Start Their Year in NY With Over-the-Top Taping of PBS Special
Last night at the Beacon Theater...shhhhh... we're not allowed to review it yet, but the Grammys taped a PBS special for airing this fall....
Music
Van Morrison– Indefatigable– Records Sam Cooke’s “Bring it on Home to Me” Again, This Time with Jeff Beck
I've lost count of Van Morrison's renditions of Sam Cooke's classic "Bring it On Home to Me." There was a great live version back...
Music
Beatles Fans: Ringo Starr Releases “Give More Love” on 77th Birthday, Title Track from New Album
One of the great things about Sirius XM's Beatles channel is that they are deep dives into Ringo Starr's solo career. We're not just...
Music
Kesha’s New Single “Praying” Is Number 2, Scores 6 Mil Views in 1 Day: “God, please just let me die. Being alive hurts too...
Kesha's new single "Praying" comes finally after her public dispute with producer Dr. Luke, whom she claims raped her and held back her career....
Business
Paul McCartney: Now We Know Why Sony Music Publishing Settled So Fast– They’ve Lost Bruce Springsteen (in the UK)
UPDATED To say the least, last week's announcement that Sony-ATV Music Publishing and Paul McCartney had settled over Paul's portion of the rights to...
Music
Pop Music: 50% of Sales First Half of 2017 Were “Deep Catalog”– Beatles, Elvis, Prince, Michael Jackson, Johnny Cash at Top
Sales figures are out for the record biz first half of 2017. Streaming is booming, and so is vinyl. CD sales are way down...