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Grabbing the mic! Maren Morris isn’t afraid to use her voice — even if it means speaking out against her fellow country music stars.

Ray BLK has spoken out about her frustrations dealing with a “sizeist, ageist, racist, homophobic” music industry.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, the BBC Sound of 2017 winner opened up about how “a lot of people made me feel like, ‘Oh, as a black woman, these opportunities seldom come, so I’d better not make a mistake, better not saying anything’” early in her career.BLK – whose real name is Rita Ekwere – said that Black artists were constantly being confronted with “this

Antonio Ferme editorFollowing rapper DMX’s death on Friday morning, fellow musicians, fans and industry professionals took to social media to remember his storied career.Def Jam Recordings, who last collaborated with DMX on his album “Grand Champ” in 2003, released a statement honoring the late rapper.“Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family of artists, executives and employees are deeply and profoundly saddened by the loss of our brother Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons,” the record label said.

Six weeks after Tiger Woods rolled his SUV while driving to a Los Angeles golf course, the 45-year-old sports icon is still on the mend. Thankfully, the horrific car crash didn’t stop him from seeing his son Charlie, 12, and daughter Sam, 13.

Taylor Swift’s lockdown work ethic is making the rest of us look bad. Not content with releasing two of 2020’s biggest albums, Folklore and Evermore, in the latter half of last year, the singer will embark on a new phase of her career on Friday when she unveils a re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has shared details of ‘Cryosleep’ – a new collection of solo recordings being released for Record Store Day 2021. Due on the ‘drop 2’ date of July 16 on this year’s double RSD event, the 10-track ‘Cryosleep’ is a limited edition picture disc gathering recent solo releases including ‘Pray’ from the Game Of Thrones soundtrack, a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water‘, ‘Behold, The Glove‘ and the single ‘Tomorrow’s World‘ – alongside ‘Fever’ by

Rebecca Ferguson has demanded a parliamentary inquiry into the music industry to protect artists' welfare. The X Factor star, who performed on the show back in 2010, shared a lengthy statement on her official Twitter page explaining her intentions as she's due to meet the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Downden, next month.

Jedward rocked the media with a series of accusatory tweets against the X Factor and the music industry recently and now they seem to have spurred on more of their fellow contestants to speak out.

Rebecca Ferguson has called for parliamentary action to trigger an “overhaul” of the music industry and the “bullying” that she alleges to be taking place within it.It comes after it was confirmed that the former X Factor contestant will meet with Secretary of State Oliver Dowden in May to discuss the welfare and treatment of musicians within the industry.A letter on the singer’s behalf stated: “The music industry is currently very much front of mind with the Commons Select Committee as the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAttorney Joel Katz, former founding chairman of Greenberg Traurig’s entertainment and media practice and a top official at the Recording Academy, has joined Barnes & Thornburg. He will remain based in Atlanta, where he will serve as as senior counsel for the firm’s entertainment, media and sports practice.

S10 Entertainment has named Josh Hallbauer the company’s VP of business & operations as well as head of publishing, the company announced Wednesday, with Hallbauer (seen above, right) reporting to CEO Brandon Silverstein (above left) in the L.A. office.“We’re excited to welcome Josh to the team,” said Silverstein, who founded S10 as a multi-faceted management, publishing,  label and investment company.

Calvin Harris has spoken out in praise of the ongoing Non-Fungible Token (NFT) craze, saying that it has the potential to “completely revolutionise the music industry”.Sales of the cryptocurrency asset, which proves ownership of a piece of digital content, have taken the industry by storm already this year, with the likes of Kings of Leon, Aphex Twin and Gorillaz all selling NFTs.Harris has collaborated with the music video director Emil Nava on a collection of NFT artworks called ‘Technofish’,

Nandi Bushell has received one of Matt Bellamy‘s signature Manson MBM‑1 guitars after impressing with a recent cover of Muse‘s ‘Plug In Bellamy’.The 10-year-old Suffolk musician won praise after posting the cover online earlier this month, with Muse commenting that she had “absolutely killed it”. Now, they’ve rewarded her efforts with a brand new guitar – as well as a personal note from Bellamy himself.​”Hi Nandi, love the new covers,” Bellamy wrote in an accompanying letter.

Kate Nash has urged the music industry to change after a slew of festival bills were announced in the last week with few non-male acts on the line-ups.Isle Of Wight, TRNSMT and more festivals announced their line-ups this week and were drastically dominated by male artists.Yesterday (March 26), Nash shared an article from the Guardian about the lack of women on festival bills in 2021 on her Instagram Story, captioning it: “Really fucking bummed about this to be honest.”She highlighted a quote

IFPI's (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry which represents the recording industry worldwide) Global Music Report 2021 has revealed that the music industry in 2020 saw global revenue growth of 7.4% with an estimated tally of an impressive USD 21.6 billion. This is the highest figures since 2002.

Global Music Report revealed that revenues grew by 7.4 per cent.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe staff of Secretly Group, one of the largest independent music companies in the U.S., announced plans on Tuesday morning to form a union to address a list of concerns they’re hoping to correct with a union contract, according to an open letter and an article in Rolling Stone.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorStrokes frontman Julian Casablancas has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Concord Music Publishing, covering his past and future solo works (including his 2013 song with Daft Punk, “Instand Crush”) and various projects including The Voidz. Casablancas won his first Grammy last weekend, for the Strokes’ album “The New Abnormal.”“We are beyond excited that Julian has joined Concord Music Publishing.

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would have a major impact on industry labor practices aimed at restricting the ability of record labels and studios to bind recording artists and series regulars to lengthy exclusive contract windows.