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The Daily Beast |
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| Are the Britney Spears Documentaries Exploiting Her All Over Again? |
| by Laura Bradley |
| “Framing Britney Spears” appears to have helped Spears fight her conservators in court. But its copycats, like Netflix’s tawdry “Britney vs. Spears,” might do more harm than good. |
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Music Business Worldwide |
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| TikTok is evolving into a very different kind of music streaming giant |
| by Tim Ingham |
| Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, discusses opportunities for artists… and a major new launch for indie acts. |
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The New York Times |
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| Bringing Aaliyah Into the Streaming Era |
| by Jon Caramanica, Naima Cochrane, Gail Mitchell... |
| A conversation about the tug of war over her musical legacy, and how her songs - even without a digital presence - impacted the evolution of contemporary R&B. |
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Variety |
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| Music Attorney Dina LaPolt Marks 20 Years in the Biz, and 20 Lessons She Learned Along the Way |
| by Shirley Halperin |
| Music lawyers run the gamut when it comes to personality - some are rarely seen or quoted, preferring to negotiate under the radar - others are seasoned schmoozers who table hop with abandon at industry events. Dina LaPolt approaches issues affecting her clients with the ferocity of a ring fighter. |
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The Undefeated |
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| The R. Kelly verdict leaves unhealed wounds |
| by Justin Tinsley |
| Though the singer has been found guilty, there’s still a lack of resolution. |
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The Guardian |
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| If society valued Black women and girls, convicting R Kelly wouldn’t take so long |
| by Tayo Bero |
| For decades, Kelly hid his predatory behavior in plain sight -- and people did nothing. |
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The Atlantic |
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| Could You Love a Virtual-Reality Pop Star? |
| by Spencer Kornhaber |
| The holographic contestants of Fox’s bizarre new competition show certainly hope so. |
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The Creative Independent |
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| Philip Glass on controlling your output and getting paid for what you make |
| by Brandon Stosuy and Philip Glass |
| The legendary composer Philip Glass discusses authorship, and getting paid for what you make, in the age of digital streaming. |
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Austin 360 |
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| Female artists (finally) rise to the top of ACL 2021 lineup |
| by Deborah Sengupta Stith |
| Before Stevie Nicks dropped out, ACL Fest had a female headliner every night, a first in the event's nearly 20-year history. |
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American Songwriter |
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| Mickey Guyton’s Debut LP Leaves A Legacy to Ensure We Will ‘Remember Her Name’ |
| by Madeline Crone |
| On the heels of a huge year of “firsts” as a new mother, a female artist, and a Black woman in the country music industry, the 16-track collection sets the standard for an enduring legacy. |
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The Seattle Times |
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| Brandi Carlile holds nothing back on unflinching new album ‘In These Silent Days’ |
| by Michael Rietmulder |
| A lot of things have changed for Brandi Carlile in the last three years. |
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The Washington Post |
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| A new album by incarcerated musicians features songs of prison, trauma and hope |
| by Michael Patrick F. Smith |
| Michael Tenneson, an inmate at Colorado's Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City, says he spent two years lobbying the prison for a band room. Eventually, an interim warden agreed to his plan, and a room was created, but it was handed over to two other inmates to run - both white supremacists. |
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Variety |
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| How Lorde Eclipsed Expectations and Made Nature Her Muse on ‘Solar Power’ |
| by Mike Wass and Ellise Shafer |
| Inspired by the natural world, "Solar Power" is a wispy, sun-dappled daydream—and a radical departure from the shadowy, blurry-eyed world the 24-year-old New Zealander usually inhabits. Something else is different: Lorde resisted a CD release of “Solar Power,” demonstrating her commitment to slowing the speed of climate change. |
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Culture Notes of an Honest Broker |
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| Drone Attacks: The New Sound of Contemporary Music |
| by Ted Gioia |
| The dictionary defines 'drone' as a monotonous, boring sound-but contemporary musicians in a range of genres have a very different view. |
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Music x |
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| Iterative music culture, generative AI and the Web3 |
| by Bas Grasmayer |
| A recent project called Tunes used AI to generate 5,000 unique NFTs. They're songs, or rather, shells of songs -- missing artwork, audio and an artist. That's intentional. |
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The Guardian |
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| The Guardian view on A Tribe Called Quest: time to pay tribute to the greats |
| "The Low End Theory" has never reaped the plaudits or the profits of Nirvana’s "Nevermind," but it is a beauty. |
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The Ringer |
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| ‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s’: R.E.M. and the Leap From College-Rock Gods to Mainstream Icons |
| by Rob Harvilla |
| The latest installment of ‘60 Songs’ looks at the Athens, Georgia, band and "Nightswimming," a fan favorite. |
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Music Ally |
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| From the margins to the spotlight: an AI-powered deep dive into Afrobeats |
| by Ari Katorza and Doron Gabbay |
| We wanted to get a better understanding of leading Afrobeats' artists' musical identity, and assess whether there are unique, unifying characteristics that distinguish Afrobeats from average pop music and help explain their success. To do so, we enlisted MyPart’s SongCrunch. |
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A Journal of Musical Things |
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| The mysterious whispering in 'Everlong' |
| by Alan Cross |
| If you're a Foo Fighters fan, you might have wondered "What the heck is Dave Grohl whispering about in the song 'Everlong'?" Is there some kind of hidden message in all that? |
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