After nearly seven years of guiding Motown, Ethiopia Habtemariam has been elevated to Chairman/CEO of the label, reporting directly to UMG ruler Sir Lucian Grainge.
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AEG Presents and integrated entertainment company Avex Entertainment have partnered to promote AEG artists in Japan and provide international artists with tools to reach the Japanese audience.
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In her newly posted Post Toasted (try saying that three times fast), Karen Glauber predicts the mood and themes that will resonate with your audiences following a year of anxiety and isolation. As Macca once put it, take a sad song and make it better...
The early ’70s saw the first attempts by academics to set pre-1970 jazz in amber as U.S. classical music, the way it should be played—largely without the involvement of Black scholars.
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Michael Rapino’s optimistic words about the return of butts to seats this summer has the biz high-stepping as spring approaches. Adjacent label heads Perry and Rhone are lighting the scoreboard, while it's full stream ahead for Dicus and Gillmer.
The Recording Academy has broken out its lineup of Grammy Week events leading up to Music’s Biggest Night on 3/14. As expected, all of the following will be virtual this year...
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Andra Day became only the second Black woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress, taking home the prize Sunday for her performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
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