Beach Boys Sell Controlling Interest in Catalog to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7” album has been announced as the first-ever winner of IFPI’s newly-launched Global Album All Format Chart, following a countdown of the top ten biggest albums globally, IFPI is the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.The chart, an addition to IFPI’s existing global awards, celebrates the best-selling albums of the year across all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Times Square performer known as the Naked Cowboy was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest without violence and cited for panhandling while working a gig at Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida.Court records show Robert Burck, 51, who is widely known for wearing only white briefs, boots and a cowboy hat while playing a brightly colored guitar, was arrested Saturday while performing at the annual event on Florida's Atlantic coast.

Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group has announced a deal with David Crosby which sees the company acquire the musician’s rights in his publishing and recording catalogues.

David Crosby is the latest high-profile artist to sell the rights to his music catalogue, striking a deal with Iconic Artists Group.As reported by Pitchfork, the agreement was made for an undisclosed sum, and includes the recorded music and publishing rights to Crosby’s entire catalogue, including his solo work and that with The Byrds, Crosby & Nash, CS&N, and CSN&Y.“Given our current inability to work live, this deal is a blessing for me and my family and I do believe these are the best people

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFollowing its acquisition of select Beach Boys assets last month, Irving Azoff’s new Iconic Artist Group has made another move into the lucrative catalog acquisition marketplace by partnering with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Crosby.

Shelia Washington was instrumental in the exoneration of the Scottsboro Boys, nine young Black men who were wrongfully convicted of raping two white women in a famous 1935 case.The Scottsboro Boys – Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Olin Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, and Eugene Williams – were riding on a freight train through Tennessee when a white mob tried to force them from the train and later accused them of raping two white women.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentMoviegoers think they understand the life of a screenwriter. Thanks to “Sunset Boulevard,” “In a Lonely Place,” “Barton Fink,” “The Player,” “The Muse,” “Seven Psychopaths,” “Adaptation,” “Trumbo,” “Mank” and others, the image is clear: Scripters are friendless, cynical people hunched over a solitary keyboard, plagued by self-doubt and studio interference.Of course Pixar is the exception to every rule.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSouth by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; author and host of the New York Times podcast “Together Apart” Priya Parker in conversation with Anand Giridharadas; and writer and author Charles Yu as Keynote Speakers, along with a new round of Featured Speakers for SXSW Online.The virtual event takes place from March 16-20, 2021.Buttigieg, Parker, and Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy Week 2021 will kick off with a new event titled “Women in the Mix,” which aims to highlight and amplify the voices of female producers, engineers, artists and executives in the music industry. The event clearly seems intended to address an issue that has long been a sore point not only for the Recording Academy but especially the music industry at large.The virtual event will take place Monday, March 8, 2021
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Ben Selvin. Harry Richman. Ruth Etting. Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra. Conduct a random survey among your average person on the street, and chances are slim that you’ll find anyone who can say who they are or why they were famous.

When it comes to highly referenced noughties moments, Six in their all-white ensembles blasting out their hit There’s A Whole Lot Of Lovin’ Going On will rank highly in the collective culture memoryscape.

Upper East Side has fled to South Florida, Palm Beach outposts of high-end Manhattan eateries Sant Ambroeus, La Goulue and Le Bilboquet are teeming with NYC regulars. For the newly opened Le Bilboquet, longtime Palm Beach resident and former Andy Warhol star “Baby Jane” Holzer has partnered with owner Philippe Delgrange.

A legacy brand business set up by veteran artist manager Irving Azoff has announced a big old deal with The Beach Boys. It does include some music rights, although this transaction isn’t really like the other big catalogue acquisitions of late.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMark Anthony Morales, known as Prince Markie Dee of early rap group the Fat Boys and a hit songwriter and producer for Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and others, has died, according to his manager, Louie “Uncle Louie” Gregory.

The Beach Boys have sold the rights to their intellectual property, becoming the latest artist to hand over their copyright to another party.In recent months, the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have all sold off the rights to their back catalogues.The Beach Boys have now sold the rights to their entire brand to music industry veteran Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe widow of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has sued the surviving bandmembers again, claiming that she was offered a $300,000 buyout that she considers “ludicrously low” and is calling for the group’s holdings to be professionally valued.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLike most art forms, recent music history is filled with artists whose music lots of people just don’t get — whether it’s the Grateful Dead or Tyler, the Creator, whether it’s Insane Clown Posse or Dave Matthews.Well, today Spotify is launching a podcast on that very subject: the awesomely titled “Bandsplain.” The Spotify Original show is hosted by Yasi Salek, who talks to music experts and journalists about cult bands and iconic artists and attempts to get to the

In celebration of Black History Month, the Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) and the Black Artists Group will host a webinar on February 16 that will explore the contributions of Black animation pioneers.