Random Music News for April 2, 2014
Real news you can use today.
- Model and QB Tom Brady’s squeeze Gisele Bundchen sings, too.
- Two hundred of the world’s rarest guitars go up for auction today, including one from 1930 (one of fourteen made) that could go for $2 million, which would be a record for a single guitar.
- First you paint the orchestra. Then you play it.
- Defending Neil Young’s Pono audio system.
- David Byrne speaks out for artists in the era of music streaming services.
- A soon-to-be-released Michael Jackson song tells the story of a 12 year-old who runs away and turns to prostitution.
- Albums by U2, CCR and Linda Rondstadt chosen to be preserved for all time by the Library of Congress.
- Flea is set to write his memoirs. It’ll be interesting to compare his memories against those of Anthony Kiedis in Scar Tissue.
- A Kurt Cobain Broadway musical? Courtney isn’t against it–so long as it’s tasteful.
- And this could be the most intense protest video you’ll see for a while. Remember the Bhopal disaster in India?