The Daily Chord provides a short digest of music news each weekday. This week, we read about Taylor Swift’s return, Harvey’s cultural impact, and an optimistic report on the music business by Goldman Sachs. As summer turns to fall, take a second to subscribe to the Daily Chord email blast. Your inbox will thank you.
Monday, August 28
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Margaret Moser 1954-2017
Obituary from Austin Chronicle -
Harvey’s impact on Houston’s music venues
Post from Houston Press -
2017 MTV Video Music Award winners
List from MTV -
The 19-year-old helping to stamp out homophobia at music festivals
Post from BBC News -
Experimental rocker EMA talks VR, the dark web, and hiding behind screens
Interview from Ars Technica -
Why Detroit is one of America’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll cities
Post from M Live
Tuesday, August 29
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Hip-hop artists dominate USA’s top songwriters chart in first half of 2017
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
From music to movies to TV, Latinos are widely underrepresented – and I’m done with it
Guest column from Hollywood Reporter -
Feat the kitchen sink: How Zayn, David Guetta and Drake changed pop credits
Story from The Guardian -
Sonos to announce new smart speaker on October 4
Post from The Verge -
Billboard’s 2017 digital power players
List from Billboard -
The New Pornographers albums from worst to best
List from Stereogum
Wednesday, August 30
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Music industry will hit $41 billion by 2030, according to new Goldman Sachs report
Post from Billboard -
Ambassadors of London’s rebooted, revitalized jazz scene come to New York
Review from NY Times -
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett: Inside indie-rock superduo’s new album
Post from Rolling Stone -
The brilliant way one founder made a killing from the music industry
Post from Inc -
The 25 most anticipated albums of fall 2017
List from Consequence Of Sound -
Hinder sues former lead singer
Item from Pollstar
Thursday, August 31
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Do you play Taylor Swift or does she play you?
Commentary from CNET -
Why is John Denver’s music in so many movies this year?
Post from Vulture -
The Simpsons composer Alf Clausen fired
Post from Variety -
Viewership down for MTV’s Video Music Awards
Post from AP via Billboard -
Flavor Flav sues Chuck D over Public Enemy royalties
Item from Stereogum -
Wanda Jackson unveils autobiography ‘Every Night Is Saturday Night’
Item from Rolling Stone
Friday, September 1
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Spotify: Don’t compare us to Napster
Story from Billboard -
These are the most-streamed songs of summer 2017
Post from NME -
Why you can’t put the music industry on a blockchain
Guest post from Hypebot -
Two years later, is new music Fridays doing its job?
Post from Forbes -
Solange and other musicians join Harvey relief efforts
Item from NY Times -
A brief history of Neil Young’s greatest lost albums
Column from Uproxx
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