Sometimes, in the pop music world, it can pay to have a few extremely wealthy fans. That was the case for Justin Bieber this weekend. Bieber earned a reported $10 million to perform at the […]
Long ago, I wrote in the Guardian that a 1980 London performance by the Art Ensemble of Chicago – Lester Bowie (trumpet), Joseph Jarman (saxes), Malachi Favors Maghostut (bass), Roscoe Mitchell (sax and composition) and […]
The Gap Band heirs are officially suing BMG for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties stemming from the incorporation of 1979’s “Oops Upside Your Head” in Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” (2014). The […]
An exterior shot of an Apple Store. Photo Credit: Laurenz Heymann Apple has officially settled a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the heirs of Tin Pan Alley composers Harold Arlen, Ray Henderson, and Harry Warren. […]