[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions by a growing group of companies which are
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Have you heard about the Peruvian alien bodies? I want to believe. However, we should probably not get too excited and stick with music news for September 15, 2023. More music news? Look
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Singing seals in Antarctica. Music news for July 14, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Is your air fryer spying on you? Don’t worry. Senator Ted Cruz is on the case. BONUS
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In the age of vinyl, artists had a 12 x 12 pallet (more if you consider front and back and gatefold sleeves) that needed decoration with artwork. There was a golden age for
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This is fun: An actual Monty Python-like stand-up joke written in medieval times. No mention of hamsters or smelling like elderberries. (Via Larry) Here’s what I have for music news for June 2,
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made the biggest deal of his career. Twenty-four hours after acquiring Justin Bieber’s song
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If you keep up with the various financial machinations within the recorded music industry, you’ll know that dozens and dozens of artists have sold a piece or all of their songwriting catalogue and
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For the last couple of years, I’ve been keeping a running list of all the artists who have sold some or all of their life’s work to big companies like Hipgnosis, Primary Wave,
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Conspiracy theorists are always contorting themselves to prove their crazy allegations. A few of them thought they’d found a smoking gun when it comes to Neil Young’s fight against Spotify that was triggered
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Aliens? Here’s hoping. Then with music news for October 13, 2021… Back to aliens for a second: Demi Levato says calling extraterrestrials “aliens” is offensive. Could someone please give her a dictionary? (Via
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There are at least a dozen well-capitalized companies buying up song catalogues for hundreds of millions of dollars. Their thinking is that these songs are timeless and, minded properly, will continue to generate
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