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• What YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Deezer, and TIDAL Are Paying Artists…

  14-07-2015 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Data from the just-released ‘Fair Music: Transparency and Payment Flows In the Music Industry’ by Rethink Music, an initiative of BerkleeICE (Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship)....
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• NPR Leaves Pandora and Google’s Music Lobbying Group

  14-07-2015 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NPR has faced a lot of pressure to leave the MIC Coalition. The coalition says they are “committed to a rational, sustainable and transparent system that will...
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• 'The Country' Bar and Music Venue Opening Next to Centennial Park

  14-07-2015 21:24 via nashville.eater.com
  
  It was no doubt only a matter of time until someone took the music Nashville is most well-known for and named a bar after it. Located at 110 28th Avenue North near Centennial Park and next to Jed's Sports Bar and Grille, the new project, according to their website, is slated to open this month, with hiring currently underway.
  
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• Sinead O'Connor Blasts Rolling Stone Kim Kardashian Cover: "Music Has Officially Died"

  14-07-2015 21:24
  
  Sinead O'Connor -- no stranger to voicing her opinion -- is blasting Rolling Stone for featuring Kim Kardashian on the cover of the most recent issue. "What is this c--t doing on the cover of Rolling Stone ?" O'Connor said in a Facebook post Tuesday afternoon .
  
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• Joseph Robinson Jr., Sugar Hill Records Exec, Dead at 53

  14-07-2015 20:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Joseph Robinson Jr., heir to hip-hop's first label, Sugar Hill Records, passed away on Saturday at the age of 53, as confirmed by NorthJersey.com. The executor of Sugarhill Music Publishing succumbed to cancer, according to his family.
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• 50 Cent Downplays Bankruptcy Filing: 'I'm Taking Precautions'

  14-07-2015 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  One day after filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, 50 Cent downplayed the move as a normal, preventive measure while at a junket for Southpaw, the new boxing movie he stars in alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, E! reports."I'm taking the precautions that any other good businessperson would take in this situation,"...
  
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• Hear Eli Young Band and Andy Grammer's 'Honey, I'm Good' Country Remix

  14-07-2015 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Andy Grammer's hit single, "Honey, I'm Good," may be about staying faithful to his wife while he's on tour, but the pop songwriter is more than willing to play the field when it comes to experimenting with genres. Which is why he recruited Eli Young Band to add some quick-step...
  
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• Great South Bay Music Festival lineup: Christina Perri, 311, Colbie Caillat, many more

  14-07-2015 18:19
  
  Music lovers dancing to the music of James Maddock at the Great South Bay Music Festival at Shorefront Park in Patchogue July 19, 2014. The festival had a good showing throughout the day.
  
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• The 10 Best Dallas-Fort Worth Patios That Host Live Music

  14-07-2015 18:19
  
  Thank god for El NiA o. Every now and again it shows up like Superman to save us from Lex Luthor's evil summer heat death-ray, and thanks to it we've had a pretty mild one so far.
  
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• Dave Grohl Grants Birthday Wish, Invites Fan to Drum With Foo Fighters

  14-07-2015 16:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dave Grohl, sitting atop his guitar throne, deigned to grant an 18-year-old fan's birthday wish at a recent Toronto gig, inviting him onstage to drum with the Foo Fighters during a performance of "Big Me."Grohl welcomed the lucky drummer boy, Anthony Bifolchi, after spotting his sign, which asked, "It's my birthday,...
  
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• Nick Cave's son dies in cliff fall

  14-07-2015 16:32 via music-news.com
  
  The young teenage son of Nick Cave has been found dead after falling from chalk cliffs at Brighton.
  
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• Kaiser Chiefs intimate London gig

  14-07-2015 16:12 via music-news.com
  
  Kaiser Chiefs, will perform a gig with MasterCard this month, singing a host of their best tunes and songs from their latest album Education
  
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• Chief Keef concert: Stage to be built into truck that can display holograms

  14-07-2015 16:10
  
  Chief Keef, a Chicagoan whose real name is Keith Cozart, arrives for a DUI pretrial hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in May 2014. Chief Keef, a Chicagoan whose real name is Keith Cozart, arrives for a DUI pretrial hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in May 2014.
  
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• Northern Nights electronic music festival has an exclusive lineup -- and camping

  14-07-2015 16:10
  
  Talib Kweli, shown, and Yasiin Bey of Black Star are among the headliners of the three-day Northern Nights Music Festival, which kicks off Friday at the Cook Valley Campgrounds in Northern California. Talib Kweli, shown, and Yasiin Bey of Black Star are among the headliners of the three-day Northern Nights Music Festival, which kicks off Friday at the Cook Valley Campgrounds in Northern California.
  
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• Courtney Love: Sean Penn inspires me

  14-07-2015 16:05 via music-news.com
  
  Sean Penn helped light a fire in Courtney Love''s belly, which made her want to act again.
  
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• B.B. King Coroner's Report: No Evidence of Poisoning

  14-07-2015 15:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  A Las Vegas coroner's report found that B.B. King showed no traces of poisoning at the time of his May 14th death and that the blues legend died of natural causes. Clark County coroner John Fudenberg tells Rolling Stone that Alzheimer's disease was the "primary contributing factor" in the musician's death, with type...
  
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• Gengahr announce one-off art exhibition

  14-07-2015 13:29 via music-news.com
  
  With their debut album ‘A Dream Outside’ now soundtracking summers across the globe, London four-piece Gengahr are thrilled
  
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• The Runaways' Jackie Fox: "My Rape Was Traumatic" for Bandmates Too

  14-07-2015 12:55
  
  Jackie Fox is speaking out about the reaction from fans and her former Runaways' bandmates about allegations that ex-manager Kim Fowley raped her in 1975. In a Facebook statement posted Sunday, Fox defends those who called her story into question, saying while some people have been "discouraged by the lack of support I've received from my former bandmates," she would like people to understand that her rape was not easy on anyone.
  
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• Lily Allen 'feeling lost'

  14-07-2015 12:01 via music-news.com
  
  Lily Allen is apparently trying to work out how to evolve in music.
  
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• Chris and Karrueche's 'hush hush date'

  14-07-2015 09:31 via music-news.com
  
  Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran reportedly had a secret date over the weekend.
  
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• B.B. King not poisoned says coroner

  14-07-2015 09:31 via music-news.com
  
  Coroner concludes that B.B. King was not poisoned.
  
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• Joan Sebastian, Mexican ballad singer, dead at 64

  14-07-2015 08:50
  
  A representative of Universal Music Latin Entertainment-Fonovisa confirmed his death Monday, but did not specify the cause. Sebastian had battled cancer in recent years.
  
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• Joan Sebastian, Mexican Music Superstar, Dies at 64

  14-07-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The writer of achingly beautiful songs died after a long battle with cancer.
  
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• 50 Cent talks bankruptcy: It’s no big deal

  14-07-2015 05:47 via music-news.com
  
  50 Cent has brushed off his recent bankruptcy filing, claiming he is simply taking “precautions”.
  
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• B.B. King Wasn't Poisoned Before Death, Coroner Says

  14-07-2015 04:45
  
  The late singer's daughters previously alleged that King's business manager and assistant had intentionally hastened their father's death. Medical examiners found no evidence to prove the allegation that blues legend B.B. King was poisoned before he died of natural causes in May, according to autopsy findings made public Monday.
  
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• Lars Ulrich: Modern music is regurgitated

  14-07-2015 03:25 via music-news.com
  
  Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has explained why he's in favour of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
  
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• Lucy Rose worried she'll be dropped

  14-07-2015 03:06 via music-news.com
  
  Lucy Rose says she’s worried her label would drop her if too many fans stream her new album, rather than buying the LP.
  
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• Nita's Hideaway owner Mark Covert, 67, dies

  14-07-2015 02:40
  
  Nita's Hideaway owner Mark Covert, 67, dies of cancer Mark Covert, the former owner of NIta's Hideaway in Tempe, has died of cancer. He was 67. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1IW3ZW7 Mark Covert, the former owner of Nita's Hideaway in Tempe, died of cancer Sunday, July 12. He was 67. Covert co-owned the venue with Abby, his wife, who posted the news of his passing at caringbridge.org on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Joel Madden’s marriage ‘saved by Wentz’

  14-07-2015 02:05 via music-news.com
  
  Pete Wentz has reportedly stepped in to counsel his good friend Joel Madden, who is said to be experiencing dysfunction in his marriage with Nicole Richie.
  
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• Ariana Grande won't face charges for donut-licking incident

  14-07-2015 00:41
  
  The California doughnut shop owner whose store was victomized by Ariana Grande's pastry-licking, anti-American antics has decided not to pursue legal action against the disgraced pop star. The owner of Wolfee Donuts in Lake Elsinore told the Riverside County Sheriff's Department that he doesn't want to pursue legal action, according to TMZ.
  
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