This week in music news opened with assessment of Lady Gaga’s halftime gig, and the meaning of ‘This Land Is Your Land.’ The upcoming Grammys prompted speculation and predictions. A number of stories concerned the business of streaming music, with falling price points and major players looking to gain advantage.
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Monday, February 6
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If you thought Lady Gaga’s halftime show was apolitical, consider the origin of ‘This Land Is Your Land’
Post from Washington Post -
Music industry majors sue hip-hop streaming site Spinrilla
Post from Billboard -
Stem helps split royalties and takes off as music distributor
Post from NY Times -
Lost Bob Marley tapes restored after 40 years in London basement
Item from BBC News -
Marc Spitz, veteran music journalist and author, dead at 47
Obituary from Rolling Stone -
David Axelrod, composer and producer, dies at 83
Obituary from The Guardian
Tuesday, February 7
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How best rock performance became one of the Grammys’ weirdest races
Story from NY Times -
MIA to curate Meltdown Festival 2017
Item from NME -
Sex Pistols’ silver jubilee
Post from Mashable -
How music is refuge for Anderson .Paak
Story from CBS News -
Double Door evicted from longtime Wicker Park space
Story from Chicago Tribune -
Sting and Wayne Shorter named Polar Music Prize laureates for 2017
Post from Billboard
Wednesday, February 8
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Spinal Tap sues for $400 million
Story from Bloomberg -
Average streaming service subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
Vevo pauses its music video subscription plans
Post from Engadget -
Pegi Young doesn’t mince words in ‘Raw’ new album on her divorce from a rock star
Story from LA Times -
Music and sex stimulate the same part of the brain
Post from The Independent -
You don’t need a subwoofer for your wrist
Review from TechCrunch
Thursday, February 9
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Music teams from YouTube and Google Play combine
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The Grammys fumble hip-hop and R&B. Here’s how to fix it.
Post from NY Times -
No, really: Root for Twenty One Pilots at the Grammys
Post from The Ringer -
The Irish music services hoping to transform the industry
Story from Irish Times -
Aretha Franklin: ‘I am retiring this year’ after release of new album
Item from WDIV Detroit -
Careful with those headphones – 1 in 4 Americans have noise-induced hearing loss
Story from Ars Technica
Friday, February 10
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What big tech’s quarterly reports say about the future of music
Post from NPR -
Recording Academy president sings praises of organization’s efforts outside Grammys
Story from Variety -
Prince’s post-1995 albums and music from his vault will be released by Universal
Post from NY Times -
2017 power 100 list revealed
Feature from Billboard -
The forgotten New Yorker who changed the ’80s music scene
Story from NY Post -
Does college radio even matter anymore?
Feature from Pitchfork
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