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With A&M partner Herb Alpert, Moss was behind the success of the Carpenters, Cat Stevens and the Police, among hundreds of artistsJerry Moss, a music industry mogul who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage …
Co-author of Sister Sledge song ‘about inclusion and diversity’ condemns move by rightwing SVPThe songwriter and musician Nile Rodgers has asked Switzerland’s rightwing populist Swiss People’s party (SVP) to cease and desist from using a “soundalike” v…
Politicians weigh in on Michel Sardou’s 1980s Lakes of Connemara after Juliette Armanet calls it ‘odious’French politicians have interrupted their holidays to wade into a national debate – described in one newspaper headline as “absurd” – after a singe…
Producer and record executive was, according to Quincy Jones, the ‘silent architect of so many deals it would make your head spin’Clarence Avant, a longtime Hollywood insider whose work as a record executive, promoter, mentor and dealmaker earned him t…
New owners vow to continue music legacy of London venue where pop and rock royalty have performed The BBC has sold its historic Maida Vale studios to a partnership that includes the Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and the film producers Tim Bevan an…
Rumours that musician was not present for album photoshoot are proved false, say UK auctioneersA vivid image of the Beatles and a memo from their record company’s PR manager busting a myth that Paul McCartney was not present at the photoshoot for one o…
Exclusive: pioneering DJ Linett Kamala sets up mentoring programme to bring more women into soundsystem sceneA Notting Hill carnival pioneer has launched a campaign to bring more women into the festival’s soundsystem scene with a new grassroots mentori…
Course at Ghent University will use singer-songwriter’s work as springboard to explore history of English literatureMuch of the syllabus for Elly McCausland’s course at Ghent University reads like a who’s who of English literature, dotted with works by…
The rock ballad was a cult classic in China. But what if the party wanted to use it to spread “positive energy”?
According to the Financial Times, Universal Music Group and Google are considering developing a tool that people can use to create AI-generated music using popular artists’ voices and melodies. Gizmodo reports: Under the licensing deal, the relevant co…