The week in music news was marked by the tragedy at a music festival in Las Vegas and the death of Tom Petty. The Daily Chord included coverage of these events and more. Stay up-to-date on news about music from a variety of perspectives, read The Daily Chord each weekday and subscribe to our email blast.
Monday, October 2
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Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting leaves at least 50 dead, 200 injured in largest mass shooting in US history
Story from Billboard -
Marilyn Manson cancels nine shows after NYC stage injury
Post from Rolling Stone -
Cedell Davis, bluesman who played guitar with a knife, dies at 91
Obituary from NY Times -
My brilliant and troubled friend Lou Reed
Book excerpt from The Guardian -
The Killers earn first no. 1 album
Post from Pitchfork -
Lil Wayne won’t go through security check, skips concert
Post from Stereogum
Tuesday, October 3
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Tom Petty, staple of rock radio with the Heartbreakers, dies at 66
Obituary from NY Times -
Concert security expert on what Las Vegas tragedy means for live-music industry
Post from Variety -
Las Vegas shooting, no matter how horrific, won’t bow music fans; we don’t break like that
Commentary from LA Times -
Microsoft axes Groove music service
Post from BBC News -
Unbalancing act: How conferences perpetuate the music industry’s gender parity crisis
Post from Medium -
Tom Petty’s 50 greatest songs
List from Rolling Stone
Wednesday, October 4
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The Needle Drop pioneered music review vlogs. His lesser-known channel pandered to the alt-right
Story from The Fader -
New music ‘at risk’ through music education ‘neglect’ in England
Post from BBC News -
The iPhone didn’t emerge from nothing. Here’s what came before it
Book excerpt from Wired -
An afternoon with one of Spotify’s ‘Badass Women,’ a 20-year-old New Yorker with one pop-rock anthem
Post from The Verge -
Women in sound: Addressing the music industry’s gender gap
Post from The Conversation -
Promoter Gabe Reed pleads guilty to wire fraud
Post from Pollstar
Thursday, October 5
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Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Kate Bush lead 2018 rock hall nominations
Post from Billboard -
Should women make their own pop music canon?
Story from NY Times Magazine -
Tom Petty’s final interview: There was supposed to have been so much more
Interview from LA Times -
Google takes on Shazam with ‘Now Playing’ smartphone feature
Item from Music Ally -
Look out America, The Jesus Lizard is back
Interview from Noisey -
All five former presidents to participate in Oct. 21 hurricane relief concert
Post from Variety
Friday, October 6
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Smart speakers are working their way into every home
Post from Engadget -
Networks need to stop shaking down music composers
Guest column from Variety -
Kamasi Washington on the music that made him a jazz colossus
Post from Pitchfork -
Why cover and tribute bands in Dallas have it made, licensing be damned
Story from Dallas Observer -
Why Terence Trent D’Arby became Sananda Maitreya: ‘It was that or death’
Profile from The Guardian -
The Pixel’s missing headphone jack proves Apple was right
Post from The Verge
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