This week in music, Spotify went public, Live Nation’s ticketing practices drew scrutiny, and Lil Xan made people feel old. The Daily Chord is your reliable music news aggregator, sharing a handful of links each weekday to keep you up to date. Join our mailing list and enhance your inbox.
Monday, April 2
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Live Nation rules music ticketing, some say with threats
Story from NY Times -
Janet Jackson will headline FYF Fest as the taste-making brand tries to repair its reputation
Post from LA Times -
How Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte fought racism arm in arm
Post from The Guardian -
Meet Barry McCarthy, the man behind Spotify’s daring public offering
Profile from Recode -
CMJ: Judge rules owner to pay former employees over half-million dollars
Post from Rolling Stone -
What we lost in Austin bombing victim Draylen Mason
Story from Texas Monthly
Tuesday, April 3
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Spotify’s un-IPO has arrived
Post from Axios -
Sales, not streams, propel Jack White’s ‘Boarding House Reach’ to no. 1
Post from NY Times -
50 great tracks for April from MØ, Trouble, Hot
List from The Guardian -
Oppo is ending its line of high-end headphones and Blu-Ray players
Post from The Verge -
In Turkey, music takes you where a travel visa can’t
Interview from Noisey -
Anticon co-founder Brendon Whitney (Alias) dead at 41
Obituary from Pitchfork
Wednesday, April 4
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‘Make Music Day’ plots 4500 free events, concerts nationwide
Post from Rolling Stone -
Spotify’s stock market debut strikes a chord with investors
Post from Billboard -
Alexa’s routines can now play music, podcasts and radio shows
Post from TechCrunch -
Deborah Mannis-Gardner discusses the difference between influence and theft
Interview from HipHop DX -
Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen amongst 89 new artists backing US Classics Act
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
How musicians are using field recordings to capture the politics of place
Feature from Pitchfork
Thursday, April 5
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Here’s what major labels are paying women compared to men in the UK
Story from Music Business Worldwide -
Country music’s new leaders struggle to get on right side of history
Story from Variety -
Bob Dylan sings about gay love
Post from NY Times -
Beatport acquires DJ streaming and subscription service Pulselocker to boost its own streaming offering
Post from Billboard -
Toby Keith on Dan Rather, hip-hop country and being loved for the wrong reasons
Interview from LA Times -
Lil Xan: Total Xanarchy review – moronic rap to make you feel old
Review from The Guardian
Friday, April 6
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Beyond ‘Blurred Lines’: How forensic musicology is altering pop’s future
Analysis from Rolling Stone -
Drake’s progress: The making of a modern superstar
Post from The Guardian -
MelodyVR to launch its VR music app ‘in the coming weeks’
Post from Music Ally -
SheSaid.so wants to make sure music isn’t just a boy’s club anymore
Story from LA Times -
Outlaws And Armadillos exhibit spotlights country music’s roaring 70s
Post from CMT -
Free jazz innovator Cecil Taylor has died
Obituary from Clash Magazine
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