Chicago House Music Legend Sues Kanye West Over Alleged Copyright Infringement – EDM.com

Chicago House Music Legend Sues Kanye West Over Alleged Copyright Infringement - EDM.com

Legendary house music artist Marshall Jefferson has launched a lawsuit against Kanye West on the basis of alleged copyright infringement. The complaint, filed in New York’s U.S. District Court, alleges West sampled Jefferson’s 1986 song “Move Your […]

SoundExchange Sues LiveOne, Slacker Over ‘Millions’ In Unpaid Royalties

SoundExchange Releases 'Music Data Exchange (MDX)' - Here's Everything You Need to Know

SoundExchange is officially suing LiveOne and Slacker for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties for streams from the last five-plus years. SoundExchange, which collects digital performance royalties for recordings used on non-interactive music platforms (i.e. […]

‘I was crying’: rocker Randy Bachman reunites with stolen guitar 45 years later | Japan

Bachman receives his old Gretsch from Japanese musician Takeshi at a Tokyo concert on Friday

The Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman’s long search has come to an end with him being reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. “My girlfriend […]

Billy Strings To Trey Anastasio In NYC: ‘Your Music Has Done A Lot For A Lot Of People’

Billy Strings To Trey Anastasio In NYC: 'Your Music Has Done A Lot For A Lot Of People'

via @harharbinks, with permission What a week for live music in New York City. On Saturday night, Trey Anastasio and Father John Misty sat in with Connecticut jam band Goose at Radio City Music Hall. […]

MoMA PS5 on Beyoncé, House Anthems, and Rainbow Capitalism

MoMA PS5

Photo by Sidewalkkilla. “Don’t Break My Soul,” Beyoncé’s latest track, a house music revival that features Big Freedia, the legendary queer Black icon known for popularizing New Orleans bounce, has the internet aflame. In fact, […]

Metal Choir, One-Woman Band — and Mr. Pants

Metal Choir, One-Woman Band -- and Mr. Pants

The highlight of Night 5 has to be a stand-up comedian who has the panel and us breathless we’re laughing so hard — and no, it’s not the guy who only tells jokes about bicycles. […]