Over 112 Artists Affected in Sweeping Streaming Song Theft
Over 112 artists and counting have been confirmed as victims of a sweeping intellectual property theft by having their recordings directly stolen and repurposed by fake artist accounts operating on all...
View ArticleGrumbling About the Grammys / Hank III Damn Band Lineup
According to hank3.com, the new band lineup for the upcoming tour will be: Andy Gibson – Steel Guitar, Dobro Daniel Mason – Banjo Adam McOwen – Fiddle Shawn McWilliams – Drums Zach Shedd – Upright...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow Planning to “Go Country”
That's right folks. On the weakness of the universally-panned and box office flopping movie "Country Strong", Gweyneth Paltrow has decided to "Go Country", openly shopping for record labels. Paltrow...
View ArticleHip Hop Infiltrates Nashville Through Soundland 2011
Country and folk music have a long history of joining forces to create infrastructure to help support music, principally in festival gatherings. And as the corporate music world continues to crumble...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Willie Nelson’s “Heroes”
This album is good both because it is Willie, and because it is good. After years of navigating through a gray area in his career and having to dabble with some record labels probably less able to do a...
View ArticleDale Watson to Finally Play Austin City Limits
37 years ago, Austin City Limits was founded to be the visual accompaniment to a book called The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock by Texas author Jan Reed. The book set out to chronicle the formation of...
View ArticleFree Music Now Seen as an Inalienable Right by Consumers
The underlying problem is that free music is quickly becoming seen as an inalienable right for all Americans, and all of the world's consumers, if we haven't reached that dangerous plateau already. And...
View ArticleR&B Here. R&B There. R&B Everywhere (Mono-Genre Watch)
It's all R&B. Like, all of it. If it's American and mainstream, chances are it's better categorized as R&B than anything else. It doesn't matter what genre of music you're talking about. Of...
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