Monday, November 18, 2024

Music

Mick Jagger Finally Admits He Moves Like James Brown, Not Like Jagger

There are many interesting reveals in HBO's new documentary about James Brown. The most pressing one is a completely revealing interview with Mick Jagger,...

Taylor Swift’s Big Music Machine Churns Out a Third Anthem Week Before New Album

What came first? Taylor Swift or her record label, called Big Machine? Because Swift, who's still under 25, has become a Big Machine. Her...

Exclusive Premiere: Aretha Franklin’s Gorgeous Version of “Teach Me Tonight”

Dinah Washington made Sammy Cahn's "Teach Me Tonight" (lyrics by Gene dePaul) a hit in 1954. Twenty years later, Phoebe Snow did likewise. Now...

U2: iTunes Giveaway Results in Only Sales of 30,000 Physical CDs– Much Lower Than Previously Guessed

U2' s experiment with iTunes reaped lot of publicity -- and maybe even some part of the "$100 million worth of marketing" that's been...

Neil Young’s Pono Music Library Website is Up and Semi-Functional

Neil Young's Pono Music library website is up and semi-functional (www.ponomusic.com). The site offers quite a few albums that feature 30 second samples from...

American Music Awards Nominate Grammy Left Overs, B Listers

The nominees for the American Music Awards are really awful, as usual. They're also a collection of songs and artists who either aren't eligible...

Happy 79th Birthday to the Original Legendary Soul Man, Sam Moore

There is only one star left from the shout-outs of Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music." That's the original legendary Soul Man, Sam Moore, of...

U2: Apple Says 26 Million Downloaded Free Album, But Only 70K Estimated Will Pay For It

Reality bites, doesn't it? Billboard reports Apple saying 26 million people downloaded U2's free album "Songs of Innocence." That's nice. By Billboard's estimate, however, only...