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L.A. Reid to Be Honored at Pre-Grammy Gala; Quincy Jones and Al Schmitt at P&E Wing Event
December 18, 2012 11:30 AM EST Clive Davis and the Recording Academy will present the annual Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday, Feb. 9, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., the evening before the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the Academy announced this morning. As part of the ...
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Carole Kinzel
November 28, 2012 2:27 PM EST Agent, Creative Artists Agency Coachella Champion Carole Kinzel of Creative Artists Agency ranks among the leading agents of all time from either gender. Take, for example, the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif., where Kinzel is widely recognized ...
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Video: Holly Williams Talks Going Independent, Fashion And Music at the Billboard Touring Conference
November 15, 2012 4:42 PM EST Holly Williams stuck around after her Q&A at the Billboard Touring Conference to discuss her new album coming out on her own label, and going out on her own outside of the majors. "I love the independent spirit," she says. "Bein ...
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'Inventing David Geffen' Draws Springsteen, Iovine, Gordy, Dr. Dre To L.A. Premiere
November 14, 2012 2:26 PM EST Jimmy Iovine, chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records and co-founder, Beats by Dre, arriving to the premiere of 'Inventing David Geffen' held at Writer's Guild Theater in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic) The Wri ...
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Peter Wolf Cries Foul on J. Geils: 'He Broke the Brotherhood'
October 15, 2012 11:05 PM EDT Peter Wolf is in the midst of a new solo tour, but he promises the J. Geils Band will ride again in 2013 -- despite lingering legalities with guitarist and namesake John "J." Geils. "We're moving on, and I feel very excited about ...
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Spanish Singer Luz Casal Signs with SESAC Latina (Exclusive)
October 03, 2012 7:54 PM EDT Spanish singer Luz Casal, who will be given a lifetime achievement prize by the Latin Recording Academy in November, has signed with SESAC Latina, according to an official with the performance rights organization. SESAC Latina will represent Casal ...
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David Geffen on New PBS 'American Masters' Film: 'Wow, Did I Do That?'
September 27, 2012 3:40 PM EDT David Geffen (right) with Joni Mitchel (left) and Mama Cass (background) from the PBS American Masters program "Inventing David Geffen," which will air in November. (Photo: Henry Diltz) American Masters creator and executive producer Sus ...
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'Inventing David Geffen' Documentary Premieres at Toronto Film Festival
September 11, 2012 4:35 PM EDT A lively account of one of the most influential careers in modern showbiz, Susan Lacy's "Inventing David Geffen" works within a familiar format to sing the praises of a man who never did. An upcoming airing on PBS's American Ma ...
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Dee Snider Blasts Romney Camp's Use of Twisted Sister Hit
August 22, 2012 10:20 AM EDT UPDATE: Twisted Sister founding guitarist Jay Jay French announces that he, too, shall not take it; delivers a blistering rebuke of Paul Ryan to Roll Call. Read It Are there any recording stars not named "Kid" or "Jr." willing to ...
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Silversun Pickups Issue Cease and Desist to Romney Campaign
August 15, 2012 8:34 PM EDT Silversun Pickups don't want Mitt Romney hitting the "Panic Switch." The Los Angeles band's attorney issued a cease-and-desist on Wednesday over the Republican presidential candidate's use of the 2009 hit in recent campaign ...
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Silversun Pickups Issue Cease and Desist to Romney Campaign
August 15, 2012 8:15 PM EDT Silversun Pickups don't want Mitt Romney hitting the "Panic Switch." The Los Angeles band's attorney issued a cease-and-desist on Wednesday over the Republican presidential candidate's use of the 2009 hit in recent campaig ...
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Backbeat: LA's Haim Rock NYC's Santos With Columbia, Neon Gold, Universal Republic Execs
August 06, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Photo: wagz2it for Stereogum.com LA-based sister act Haim (pronounced "hime") have been riding a fast-building buzz this year, due to the gloriously infectious indie-pop EP they released a few months back. In its wake came rapturous pres ...
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Backbeat: Deer Tick Curates Newport Folk Festival After-Parties With ATO, Partisan Execs And Jackson Browne
July 30, 2012 2:10 PM EDT (L-R): Deer Tick guitarist Ian O'Neill, drummer Dennis Ryan, frontman John Macaulay, keyboardist Robbie Cowell, and bassist Chris Ryan try to relax after a job (or three) well done. (Photo: Harley Oliver Brown) The guys in Deer Tick might be ...
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Deer Tick Bringing Jackson Browne & More to Newport Afterparties
July 20, 2012 9:30 AM EDT For the second year in a row, Deer Tick will curate a weekend of intimate afterparties for the Newport Folk Festival. The three-night charity event will be held at the 300-capacity Newport Blues Cafe, with all proceeds benefiting the Multiple Myelom ...
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Live, From The Living Room: Online Concerts
June 21, 2012 4:35 PM EDT A new breed of online video platforms is helping artists make money from live events without getting on a tour bus. With companies like StageIt, Gyroskope and Evinar leading the way, artists have entirely new opportunities to enjoy a career on the ...
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The Flaming Lips: 'Crazy' Enough To Set Guinness World Record?
June 21, 2012 12:10 PM EDT Wayne Coyne Also Speaks on the FLips' 'Beautiful, Emotional' Next Album Wayne Coyne and his Flaming Lips bandmates have been told that their upcoming eight-stop, 24-hour road trip -- which, if successful, will break a Guinness world r ...
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Bruce Springsteen's Enduring Effect on the Country Charts Influences Two Top 10 Singles
May 08, 2012 2:30 PM EDT Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss. He's just taken on a different context. Bruce Springsteen, the most prominent rocker of the 1980s, is now a symbolic fencepost in modern country. If there's any doubt how much the New Jersey singe ...
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Rita Wilson Pairs With Sheryl Crow, Chris Cornell on 'AM/FM'
May 07, 2012 1:00 PM EDT Rita Wilson says her love of music -- and ability to sing -- "was kind of a private thing I kept to myself. You don't want to be that person who's like, 'Oh yeah, and now I'm a singer... And yet, here I am, I guess." Wi ...
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Bound for Glory: Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert an Inspired Tribute
April 16, 2012 5:15 PM EDT The Woody Guthrie centennial celebration landed in Los Angeles for a weekend of scholarly discussions and a sold-out, 3-1/2 hour concert that ended with a most unlikely sight -- more than 2,000 people pogo-ing while singing Guthrie's best-known ...
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Eric Lowen of Lowen & Navarro Dies
March 28, 2012 1:00 PM EDT Eric Lowen, a singer-songwriter in the folk duo Lowen and Navarro and co-writer of Pat Benatar's hit "We Belong," died on Friday (March 23) at a Los Angeles hospital following a lengthy health battle, the band announced. He was 60. In ...
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Steve Pokorny, Universal Music Production Manager, Dies
March 21, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Steve Pokorny, a production manager at Universal Music Group who had previously worked in production for Warner Music Group, died March 12 at the age of 50. Pokorny joined Universal in 2004 after serving seven years doing mastering work for Warner ...
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Rolling Stones Honored at Carnegie Hall
March 15, 2012 2:05 AM EDT Marianne Faithfull, Art Garfunkel, David Johansen and Peaches (Among Others) Spend the Night Together Glen Hansard of The Swell Season was more than halfway through his deconstructed version of the woman-suppressing "Under My Thumb" at the ...
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The Rolling Stones That Chased the Beatles Get a Carnegie Hall Tribute
March 12, 2012 11:05 PM EDT Steve Earle Talks March 13th Concert, Where He'll Play the First Song He Ever Learned on Guitar The last time Steve Earle performed at a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall, he was standing 30 feet away from the man he was honoring. "I opened ...
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Rush Orders Rush Limbaugh to Stop Using Their Music on His Show
March 07, 2012 6:43 PM EST Radio show host and political provocateur Rush Limbaugh is now facing an attack on a new front over his "slut" comment about Georgetown student Sandra Fluke. As if the increasing number of advertisers pulling out from his show isn't ...
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Carly Simon To Be Honored by ASCAP
February 16, 2012 6:22 AM EST Carly Simon will receive the ASCAP Founders Award during the performing rights organization's 29th annual Pop Music Awards on April 18. Backbeat: ASCAP Rhythm & Soul's Grammy Brunch With Ne-Yo, Paul Epworth, Ledisi Simon will be hono ...
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Photos: Clive Davis, Alicia Keys, Diddy Pay Tribute to Whitney Houston at Pre-Grammy Gala
February 12, 2012 10:11 AM EST Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Clive Davis at the Clive Davis and the Recording Academy's 2012 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Richard Branson at The Beverly Hilton Hotel . He said the late-Whtiney Houston "wo ...
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Backbeat: Davis Powers: The Guy Who Helps Make Carson Daly Cool @ The Wiltern with White Denim
January 31, 2012 8:00 AM EST Hangin' with the band backstage. Left to right: Biz3 national publicist Dana Meyerson; White Denim members Joshua Block, Austin Jenkins, Steve Terebecki, James Petralli; "Last Call" recording engineer and producer Fred Archambault ( ...
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Dawes' Third Album Already In Motion
January 26, 2012 2:30 PM EST Folk-rockers Dawes will be playing an assortment of shows this year, continuing to promote its 2011 sophomore album "Nothing Is Wrong." But the group's Taylor Goldsmith says job one in 2012 is writing and recording the quartet's ...
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The National Association of Music Merchants Show Attracts Metal Luminaries, Newfound Kinship
January 23, 2012 7:00 PM EST The 2012 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show saw 95,709 registered attendees checking out 1,441 exhibitors, educational seminars, jam sessions and artist signings over four days in Anaheim, California. The turnout was up from 90,11 ...
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In Memoriam
December 08, 2011 7:40 AM EST Joe Arroyo (b. 1955) Salsa star/composer Discovered by Fruko y Sus Tesos leader Julio Ernesto Estrada and known for his high tenor and hit songs "La Noche" and "Rebelión," Joe Arroyo rose to prominence in the '70s to becom ...
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11 No. 11 Hits for 11-11-11
November 11, 2011 12:05 AM EST Peaking at No. 11 on a Billboard chart can be a frustrating fortune for an artist or record label, as a top 10 rank for such a title remains ever-elusive. "No one wants to wind up at No. 2, 6 or 11. But, of those, No. 11 is probably the worst,& ...
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Bass Player Chuck Rainey Suffers Stroke
November 07, 2011 11:40 AM EST Prolific Artist Has Worked With Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin & Jackson Browne Chuck Rainey , a prolific bassist whose mile-long list of credits over the span of 43-plus years includes Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones and Steely Dan, suffered a strok ...
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Criterion Music Founder Mickey Goldsen Dies at 99
October 20, 2011 10:13 PM EDT Mickey Goldsen, founder of Criterion Music Corp., which published such hits as Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles," Lee Hazlewood's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " and Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes," di ...
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John Lennon Tribute Concert CD Out in November
October 07, 2011 11:55 AM EDT Patti Smith , Jackson Browne , Meshell Ndegeocello, Bettye LaVette and Aimee Mann are among the artists featured on "The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute, Live From the Beacon Theatre NYC," which is due out Nov. 15. Proceeds from the 15-tra ...
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Folk-Rockers Dawes Get Boost From VH1 'You Oughta Know' Campaign
September 26, 2011 3:50 PM EDT California has long been romanticized in song. Now folk-rock band Dawes hopes its ode to the Golden State -- "Time Spent in Los Angeles" -- will make waves with a boost from VH1. The Americana act, which released second album "Nothing ...
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Chris Isaak, Stevie Nicks Lead Buddy Holly Tribute Event
September 08, 2011 10:50 AM EDT An eclectic collection of artists that included Stevie Nicks , members of Cobra Starship , Chris Isaak and Paul Anka saluted Buddy Holly Wednesday on what would have been his 75th birthday in, appropriately enough, Hollywood. Producer, manager and s ...
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Bruce Springsteen Eulogizes Clarence Clemons at Private Funeral
June 22, 2011 3:21 PM EDT Bruce Springsteen eloquently eulogized his friend of more than four decades and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons Tuesday at a private funeral at a small Florida church. The roughly two-hour service for the 69-year-old Clemons, known as the ...
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Bruce Springsteen Eulogizes Sax Man Clarence Clemons at Funeral
June 21, 2011 9:30 PM EDT PALM BEACH, Fla. - Bruce Springsteen eloquently eulogized his friend of more than four decades and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons Tuesday at a private funeral at a small Florida church. The roughly two-hour service for the 69-year-old ...
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Clarence Clemons' Greatest Billboard Chart Hits
June 19, 2011 12:05 PM EDT In the wake of E Street Band soul man Clarence Clemons' death Saturday (June 18), of complications from a stroke suffered just one week ago , fans are remembering the legendary saxophonist by revisiting his contributions to music, from his solo ...
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Clarence Clemons, 'Big Man' of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, Dead at 69
June 18, 2011 9:02 PM EDT Clarence Clemons , legendary saxophonist in the E Street Band who played alongside Bruce Springsteen for the past 40 years, died on Saturday (June 18) of complications from a stroke, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger . He was 69. "It is w ...
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Phoebe Snow, 'Poetry Man' Singer, Dies
April 26, 2011 1:19 PM EDT P hoebe Snow , a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who had a defining hit of the 1970s with "Poetry Man" but then largely dropped out of the spotlight to care for her disabled daughter, has died. Snow, who was nominated for best new ...
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Billboard Bits: Foo Fighters to Release Covers Album, Nick Lachey Debuts Basketball Song
March 11, 2011 4:46 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Foo Fighters to Release Covers Album for Record Store Day Four days after releasing their seventh album "Wasting Light," Foo Fighters are releasing a covers alb ...
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Will.i.am Performs with Bobby Brown at Benefit Concert
February 11, 2011 8:30 AM EST B lack Eyed Peas leader will.i.am lived out a childhood dream Thursday night: He performed with Bobby Brown . At the seventh annual Peapod Benefit Concert, will.i.am says he remembers being in seventh grade and wanting to be a background dancer for ...
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Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy Guitarist, Found Dead in Spain
February 06, 2011 5:11 PM EST G ary Moore , former guitarist for Thin Lizzy , passed away Sunday in Southern Spain, the BBC reported Sunday. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but Adam Parsons, who manages Thin Lizzy, told BBC News that Moore had died in the early hour ...
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11 Hot 100 No. 11s For '11
January 25, 2011 4:05 PM EST After spotlighting 11 No. 11-peaking hits apiece on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop , country and rock charts throughout the first three weeks of 2011, Chart Beat wraps ringing in the new year by celebrating songs that, despite stopping one spot sh ...
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Patti Smith, Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper Toast Lennon's Legacy at Concert
November 15, 2010 5:05 PM EST "I looked to Yoko [Ono] for how to carry oneself as a widow," Patti Smith told concertgoers Friday (Nov. 12) at the 30th annual John Lennon Tribute Concert at New York City's Beacon Theater, just before ripping into "Oh Yoko!&quo ...
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Photos: Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Buffalo Springfield Rock Bridge School
October 26, 2010 6:55 PM EDT It's not every day that Neil Young , Pearl Jam , Elton John & Leon Russell , Buffalo Springfield and a dozen other renowned rockers gather on the same stage for a weekend-long jam, but at the 24th Annual Bridge School Benefit (Oct. 23-24) i ...
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John Lennon 70th Birthday Events
October 03, 2010 2:55 PM EDT A Tribute to the Creativity that Touched Generations There are places we remember, all our lives, though some have changed. Seventy years after the birth of John Winston Ono Lennon , the memories and music live on. We remember where we were that nig ...
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Tribute Concert Planned for Lennon's 70th Birthday
September 14, 2010 8:03 AM EDT John Lennon 's 70th birthday is Oct. 9, but the celebrations will go on after that. An all-star benefit concert in honor of the former Beatle is scheduled in November with a lineup that includes Jackson Browne , Patti Smith and Cyndi Lauper . T ...
