Random Music News for Saturday, April 19, 2014

April 19, 2014April 18, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

If you’re not Record Store Daying it, here’s some stuff to surf.

The South Korean ferry disaster has the country’s music industry toning it down by cancelling festivals, album releases and liquor commercials.
Should record labels start mailing out physical catalogues to customers? It’s not that far-fetched an idea. Here’s why.
Here are details of the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash, which is coming up in NYC next month.
The London Review of Books writes about Kate Bush.
Prince has a landmark deal with Warner Brothers over his catalogue of material.
Can robot musicians make music that will make humans dance?

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