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From the Byrds to Dwight Yoakam and Lone Justice: Three Decades of California Country-Rock Will Get Their Due in Nashville - variety.com - Los Angeles - California - Nashville - county Rock - Tennessee
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07.07.2022 / 18:01

From the Byrds to Dwight Yoakam and Lone Justice: Three Decades of California Country-Rock Will Get Their Due in Nashville

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAttention, L.A. country music fans: It may be time to charter a bus.Come Sept.

Report: Elon Musk Secretly Had Twins With One Of His Execs Weeks Before He & Grimes Welcomed 2nd Child Via Surrogate - etcanada.com - state Nevada
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07.07.2022 / 05:07

Report: Elon Musk Secretly Had Twins With One Of His Execs Weeks Before He & Grimes Welcomed 2nd Child Via Surrogate

Nick Cannon has been making headlines for his prodigious procreation, but he still has a way to go before he catches up to Elon Musk.

CMT’s Leslie Fram Leads the Charge for Diversity in a Resistant Genre, Country Music - variety.com - New York - Nashville
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07.07.2022 / 00:51

CMT’s Leslie Fram Leads the Charge for Diversity in a Resistant Genre, Country Music

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWhen Leslie Fram, formerly a top programmer and morning cohost in radio’s alternative format, made the jump from FM to television by coming aboard the CMT network as the VP in charge of music in 2011, she liked almost everything she had to learn as a quick study in country music. That ranged from the greater collegiality of country’s artist community to how much earlier the music showcases started in Nashville than they had in New York.

How Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton and Maren Morris Beat a Sexist Country Music System - variety.com - Texas - Nashville
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05.07.2022 / 19:37

How Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton and Maren Morris Beat a Sexist Country Music System

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe story of women in country music is being written anew every day, but it needs its actual scriveners, too, to keep a record of what progress is or isn’t being made in a genre that sometimes has wavered between nourishing and ignoring its queens. That role has been well-filled in recent years by music journalist Marissa R.

Songwriter Mike Stoller on How He and Jerry Leiber Wrote Two Dozen Classics for Elvis — Before the Colonel Cut Them Off From the King - variety.com - USA - city Santa Claus - Kansas City - county Love
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04.07.2022 / 19:27

Songwriter Mike Stoller on How He and Jerry Leiber Wrote Two Dozen Classics for Elvis — Before the Colonel Cut Them Off From the King

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIf there were an award to bestow for the most accomplished living American pop songwriter who never doubled as a recording artist, the frontrunner would almost definitely be Mike Stoller, 89, half of one of the most famous writing duos of all time, Leiber & Stoller. Even if the memory of Elvis Presley were completely wiped away, like the Beatles’ in that “Yesterday” movie, this pairing would still be in the history books and collective consciousness for “Stand by Me,” “On Broadway,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Young Blood,” “Kansas City,” “Love Potion #9,” “Yakety Yak,” “Charlie Brown,” “I’m a Woman,” “Ruby Baby,” “Is That All There Is?” and other numbers deeply embedded in pop culture from the mid-‘50s forward.

‘Elvis’ Music Producer Dave Cobb on Recreating Classic Songs: ‘It’s Terrifying to Even Attempt to Do That’ - variety.com - county Butler
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01.07.2022 / 22:17

‘Elvis’ Music Producer Dave Cobb on Recreating Classic Songs: ‘It’s Terrifying to Even Attempt to Do That’

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticRenowned music producer Dave Cobb was working on a film job where he recreated the music of one singing icon — Tammy Faye Bakker — when he got the assignment to do the same for an even more significant vocalist, high a bar as that may have been: Elvis Presley. Truly, both figured into his youth, growing up as a Pentecostal kid in the Southeast.

‘Elvis’ Fact or Fiction: Colonel Tom Parker Biographer on What’s Real and Not in Baz Luhrmann Biopic - variety.com - county Butler
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25.06.2022 / 23:07

‘Elvis’ Fact or Fiction: Colonel Tom Parker Biographer on What’s Real and Not in Baz Luhrmann Biopic

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDoes the phrase “that’s all right” apply to the new “Elvis” movie… as in, “that’s all correct”? No one is probably expecting that — any practiced watcher of biopics knows virtually any example of the form will take deep liberties with the facts for dramatic purposes. And maybe it’s a given that a director who puts hip-hop and hard rock on the soundtracks for period films, as Baz Luhrmann does, might favor effect over absolute verisimilitude.Still, “Elvis” is right on enough counts — literally or spiritually — that it’s worth trying to separate fact from fiction in the movie’s narrative of Elvis Presley (played by Austin Butler) and his nearly career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

The Music of ‘Elvis’: A Complete Guide to Who Sings What on Soundtrack, From Jack White to Jazmine Sullivan to Stevie Nicks - variety.com - county Butler
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18.06.2022 / 03:59

The Music of ‘Elvis’: A Complete Guide to Who Sings What on Soundtrack, From Jack White to Jazmine Sullivan to Stevie Nicks

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticBaz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” is far from being just about Elvis, when it comes to the music in the film and on a forthcoming soundtrack album. Besides the vintage Presley cuts included, the movie is providing the opportunity for the most high-profile multi-artist soundtrack in years.

Eminem raps “I stole Black music” on ‘Elvis’ soundtrack song ‘The King And I’ - www.nme.com - county Butler - county Love
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17.06.2022 / 10:07

Eminem raps “I stole Black music” on ‘Elvis’ soundtrack song ‘The King And I’

Eminem and CeeLo Green have teamed up on ‘The King And I’ for the Elvis film soundtrack.Released today, the track is co-produced by Dr. Dre and sees Eminem compare himself to Elvis Presley over the course of the ‘Jailhouse Rock’-sampling track, rapping: “I’m about to explain to you all the parallels between Elvis and me”.“It seems obvious: one, he’s pale as me/ Second, we both been hailed as kings/ He used to rock the Jailhouse, and I used to rock The Shelter,” he raps, before adding “I stole black music, yeah, true, perhaps used it / As a tool to combat school kids / Kids came back on some bathroom shit / Now I call a hater a bidet / ’Cause they mad that they can’t do shit”.Listen to ‘The King And I’ below.The Elvis soundtrack is set to feature “original songs and recordings” by Presley along with the film’s star, Austin Butler.

Sex Pistols, Beatles, Queen Vinyl Leads $500,000+ Auction of DJ John Peel’s Music Memorabilia - variety.com - Britain - London - Smith
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15.06.2022 / 23:03

Sex Pistols, Beatles, Queen Vinyl Leads $500,000+ Auction of DJ John Peel’s Music Memorabilia

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe late, legendary BBC DJ John Peel had a one-of-a-kind music collection, and the items from it that were auctioned off by Bonhams in London on Tuesday brought in more than $566,000.Surprisingly, the Sex Pistols led the charge, with a test pressing of the group’s controversial debut single, “Anarchy in the U.K.,” going for just under $25,000 (£20,400). It had been estimated pre-auction to go for not more than £8000.Other top-priced albums from the collection — which is a music geek’s dream — included an original 1983 demo cassette recorded from the Smiths in 1983 with a handwritten letter from the band (£17,850), an autographed copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s controversial “Two Virgins” album (£15,300), a copy of Queen’s 1973 sophomore album with a personal letter from Freddie Mercury (£16,575), a copy of U2’s rare 1979 “Three” EP with a note written on it by Bono (£14,025), a copy of the rarest known Rolling Stones album signed by all five bandmembers in 1969 (£11,475), a copy of the Beatles’ white album signed by Lennon and Ono (£10,200) and Nirvana’s 1988 debut single “Love Buzz” (£8,925).

Elvis Costello and Rod Stewart Spar Online Over Rough Shows, Receding Hairlines and Royalty - variety.com - Scotland - city Brighton
variety.com
14.06.2022 / 20:59

Elvis Costello and Rod Stewart Spar Online Over Rough Shows, Receding Hairlines and Royalty

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIn the unlikely rock-star mini-feuds department, Elvis Costello and Rod Stewart — who decades ago had discussions about making an album together — renewed what seems to be a frenemy-ship in recent days. They’ve tangled on social media in a humorously feisty way over what Costello considered to be a botched royal performance by Stewart, and what Stewart considers to be an unbecoming hairline on Costello’s part.According to the Daily Mirror (which Costello additionally took on… because hating the Daily Mirror is one thing almost all music stars can agree on), Costello took a few moments in a Glasgow show to get in a little dig at Stewart, who’s known as a major booster of Scottish soccer.

Global Music Biz Revenue to Double to $131 Billion in 2030, Says Bullish Goldman Sachs Report - variety.com - Ukraine - Russia
variety.com
14.06.2022 / 19:33

Global Music Biz Revenue to Double to $131 Billion in 2030, Says Bullish Goldman Sachs Report

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven as reports from Wall Street grow dark amid worries of a recession, Goldman Sachs predicts a booming decade for the music industry, with total music revenue to double to about $131 billion by 2030. The company’s annual “Music in the Air” forecast predicts that a combination of global streaming growth, emerging platforms like TikTok, the revival of the live music market and the ongoing strength of vinyl sales will drive the recorded music industry revenues to $52.3 billion by 2030, a $7.5 billion boost over last year’s prediction and more than double last year’s IFPI revenues of just under $26 billion.It is bullish on publishing as well, predicting that revenues will rise to $11.6 billion in 2030, up a cool billion from last year’s prediction for the year.

Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival Adds ‘Bonus Weekend’ With Alanis Morissette, Haim and the Black Keys - variety.com - California - Afghanistan
variety.com
14.06.2022 / 05:11

Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival Adds ‘Bonus Weekend’ With Alanis Morissette, Haim and the Black Keys

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAs happened last year with the Eddie Vedder-helmed Ohana Festival, an “encore weekend” has been added for the Southern California rock gathering. But this ain’t no Coachella — the second weekend, set for Oct.

Mick Jagger Has COVID, Forcing Postponement of Rolling Stones’ Amsterdam Show - variety.com - county Stone - Belgium - Switzerland
variety.com
13.06.2022 / 20:17

Mick Jagger Has COVID, Forcing Postponement of Rolling Stones’ Amsterdam Show

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticMick Jagger has tested positive for COVID, he announced in a social media post Monday. The diagnosis will force the postponement of at least one concert by the Rolling Stones, a gig scheduled for Monday night in Amsterdam.“I’m so sorry that we’ve had to postpone the Amsterdam show with such short notice tonight,” he wrote on Twitter.

Country Music Star Toby Keith Reveals He Has Stomach Cancer, Will Not Play Upcoming Gigs - deadline.com - USA - Nashville
deadline.com
13.06.2022 / 02:17

Country Music Star Toby Keith Reveals He Has Stomach Cancer, Will Not Play Upcoming Gigs

Toby Keith, a seven-time Grammy nominee who was recognized as entertainer of the year by the Academy of Country Music two years in a row in 2002 and 2003, revealed Sunday he has stomach cancer.

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