Celebrating American songwriting and the “wild ride” of music creators’ rights the ASCAP Foundation and the Library of Congress jointly held the 10th annual “We Write the Songs” Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden and ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams, ASCAP songwriters donated manuscripts, lead sheets, lyrics sheets, photos […]
The roadshow antics of some of rock’n’roll provocateurs and talents will be on display at the California Heritage Museum courtesy of former music manager and producer Michael Friedman. Friedman found himself standing quite literally in the hurricane’s eye of America’s folk, rock ’n’ roll, and pop music industry during the late 60s through the early 80s. Presented […]
The tumultuous lives and tragic deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls are the centerpiece of A&E’s Biography relaunch, which premieres Sept. 4 with the three -hour The Life of Notorious B.I.G., followed later in the season by the 6-part limited series Who Killed Tupac? Shakur was gunned down on the streets of Las Vegas on […]
Justin Bieber’s 2014 Miami jailhouse photo prompts speculation he was hauled in by the fashion police. In actuality, it was drunken drag racing. “A Miami Beach officer saw Bieber driving a yellow Lamborghini in a race against a red Ferrari in a residential area of Miami Beach,” reported CNN, which described the cars speeding at about […]
