The industry’s most musical attorney, jazzman Jay L. Cooper, will receive the SESAC Visionary Award at the music rights organization’s annual dinner gala this evening in Santa Monica. For more than five decades, Jay Cooper has been recognized as one of the best entertainment lawyers in America, and it is simply an honor to present […]
Five weeks on the charts and counting, Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 soundtrack is proving almost as appealing to fans as the original, which went platinum in 2014. To date, it has sold 216,215 copies, according to SoundScan. Based on the success of the Guardians sequel, which opened in theaters May 5, Guardians of the […]
The composer behind films as diverse as The Magnificent Seven and Animal House will be feted on the 95th anniversary of his birth with landmark concerts, in London and Dublin. “Elmer Bernstein: 50 Years of Film Music” will be narrated and conducted by his son Peter Bernstein and narrated and hosted by film director John Landis. The retrospective will celebrate works spanning […]
The Billboard Music Awards won the night for ABC on May 21, topping the broadcast ratings, with a 2.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.6 million viewers overall. That was actually good enough to place the Dick Clark Productions effort in first place for the week, but it was the show’s lowest score in five years. But some of the critics […]
Jem Aswad took us back to the day when music journalism was art with his lively, insightful Variety review of the self-titled debut album from One Direction frontman Harry Styles. Written in the “forward-thinking retro” fashion of the album itself, Aswad’s writing is packed with enough information for a pop history lesson, but way more fun to read […]
Icelandic artist Björk makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on May 30, performing with a 32-piece string orchestra in a sold-out concert conducted by Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason. The event is part of the LA Phil’s Reykjavík Festival, highlighting what the organization calls the “profound musical creativity” from Björk’s native land. It also coincides with […]
James Corden reprises his role as host for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, live from Madison Square Garden on Jan. 28. While Corden is back, little else will be the same for “Music’s Biggest Night,” which move to New York City after a 14-year run at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. “We serve the music community year-round, and […]
A 3,400 year-old melody has been given a tuning-up by music historian Michael Levy, a composer who researches ancient works, recreating them as authentically as possible. In the case of the Hurrian song, that meant plucking on lyres that mimick those that were around in antiquity. Okay, so this happened last year, and we’re late […]
She lost the Album of the Year to Adele at the Grammys in February, but Beyoncé made Lemonade out of lemons, notching the global top selling album of 2016, bumping the British chanteuse and her 25 album to No. 2, according to the IFPI market report issued today. In 2015, Adele reigned as the world’s No. […]
Bruce Springsteen was joined by bandmate Steven Van Zandt and fellow NJ rocker Southside Johnny in a surprise two-hour jam session that was undoubtedly the highlight of the Asbury Park Music and Film Festival April 21 at the Paramount Theatre. Springsteen’s performance preceded the premiere of a documentary about the town’s former Upstage Club, Just Before the Dawn: […]
