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Alejandro Escovedo Debuts New Songs at Pachanga Latino Music Festival

Posted on14. May, 2012 by .

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Alejandro Escovedo performs at Pachanga in Austin, Texas.J. Dennis Thomas After giving Austin fans an early live look at close to half of his new album, Big Station, on Saturday, Alejandro Escovedo took a few minutes to deliver a sort of mini-memoir, recounting his boyhood travels from Texas to California (“I was the only Chicano [...]

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Weekend Rock Question: Which Music Icon Should Be Reborn As a Hologram?

Posted on20. Apr, 2012 by .

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A holographic image of Tupac Shakur performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella The big news from last weekend's Coachella festival was the virtual resurrection of Tupac Shakur as a “hologram” during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's headlining performance on Sunday night. The image of Shakur [...]

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Afrojack: ‘I Want My Grandma to Understand’ My Music

Posted on14. Apr, 2012 by .

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AfrojackTim Mosenfelder/Getty Images An hour before performing to a jam-packed crowd in the Sahara tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Afrojack is still deciding which songs he should play. “I was thinking about it today. What should I play for these people?” he ponders with Rolling Stone while munching on festival-provided food [...]

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Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Mark Ronson Lead Big Night of Music

Posted on10. Feb, 2012 by .

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Mark Ronson and Erykah Badu at The Grammy's Re:Generation Music Project.

Mark Ronson and Erykah Badu at The Grammy's Re:Generation Music Project. Joseph Llanes The music of Grammy week takes over all of Los Angeles, with a number of private parties and intimate shows. Thursday night offered a rich abundance of celebrations in Hollywood that, when combined, put together a festival-worthy lineup consisting of Stevie Wonder, [...]

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Edgar Bronfman Stepping Down as Warner Music Chair

Posted on06. Dec, 2011 by .

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Edgar Bronfman Jr., chief executive officer of Warner Music Group Antoine Antoniol/Bloomberg via Getty Images Edgar Bronfman, Jr., will step down from his position as chairman of the board at Warner Music Group on January 31st. Earlier this year the executive relinquished his role as the company's CEO. Bronfman, previously the CEO of liquor giant [...]

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Chuck D FIles Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group

Posted on03. Nov, 2011 by .

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Chuck D of Public Enemy performs at Bestival in the United Kingdom Samir Hussein/Getty Images Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group claiming that the company has underpaid his royalties on digital downloads. The suit alleges that UMG routinely misrelates royalties owed to artists on MP3s and ringtones by [...]

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Adam Levine to Fox News: Stop Playing My Music

Posted on20. Oct, 2011 by .

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Adam Levine of Maroon 5 Steve Jennings/WireImage Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine went on Twitter earlier this afternoon to demand that Fox News stop playing his band's music. “Dear Fox News, don't play our music on your evil fucking channel ever again. Thank you,” he wrote. It is unclear what exactly prompted this public outburst. [...]

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Jon Spencer Reconnects With Aggression in New Blues Explosion Music

Posted on11. Oct, 2011 by .

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Jon Spencer of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion performs at Off Festival in Katowice, Poland. Helen Boast/Redferns Indie rock veteran Jon Spencer has been a busy man since reuniting with the Blues Explosion last year for a world tour in support of new reissues of their six acclaimed albums. Rolling Stone caught up with the [...]

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Steve Jobs’ Music Vision

Posted on08. Oct, 2011 by .

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Steve Jobs speaks at a conference announcing new upgrades to iPods and iTunes. Ryan Anson/AFP/Getty Images Downloading music before iTunes wasn't hard, as long as you didn't mind breaking the law. But paying for a song online and storing it legally on a hard drive? All but impossible. Major labels had responded to the digital [...]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers to Play MTV Europe Music Awards

Posted on06. Oct, 2011 by .

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in London. Tony Woolliscroft/WireImage The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to headline this year's MTV's Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Performances for the awards show will take place on three stages across the city, inlcuding the Odyssey Arena, with Selena Gomez hosting. The show will [...]

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