They used to say drumming wasn’t for women because the instrument was heavy. But we’re warrior women, and yes, we can play. | | | | Tina Turner performing in New York's Central Park in 1969.
(Walter Iooss Jr/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “They used to say drumming wasn’t for women because the instrument was heavy. But we’re warrior women, and yes, we can play.”
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| | rantnrave:// Notes on the past 24 hours of life on VENUS and MARS: In what VARIETY snarkily and accurately labeled a "semi-apology," RECORDING ACADEMY president NEIL PORTNOW said he regretted that "I wasn't as articulate as I should have been" in saying that women need to "step up" if they ever want to get anywhere in the music biz, even though he had been quite articulate and the issue was what he said, not how he said it. After further regretting that he had been quoted out of context—meaning people were quoting him verbatim—he said his point was that men need to "eliminate those barriers" that women face and "welcome, mentor, and empower them." Shockingly, not all women were moved by this. Also, Portnow did not in fact apologize... LORDE, who was prevented from performing at the GRAMMYS by a Recording Academy barrier erected for laughable reasons, bought a full page ad in today's NEW ZEALAND HERALD to thank her fellow Kiwis "for believing in female musicians." She notes in the ad that "I sat in MADISON SQUARE GARDEN," which is either a straightforward description of how she spent her Sunday night or a subtle dig at the Academy or, I would like to believe, both... AMANDA PALMER weighed in with this helpful advice for men in the music business: "when [women] step up, be the stairs"... The DJ who was fired by a DENVER radio station after he groped TAYLOR SWIFT at a 2013 meet-and-greet is back on the air, in MISSISSIPPI. DAVID MUELLER's new boss, DELTA RADIO CEO LARRY FUSS, said he believes the DJ over the federal jury who found last year that he had inappropriately touched the pop singer. Remember when the problem was that men don't believe women? Now they don't believe the federal court system either. Mueller's new DJ name is STONEWALL JACKSON. Seriously. Step up to that, women. Or don't... Timely reminder: R. KELLY still tours and makes records. He is signed to RCA RECORDS. Two ATLANTA women are the engines behind a campaign to put barriers in his way. (Hey, maybe they can repurpose the barriers that men have already built for them!) Can a Twitter hashtag do what the music business can't? #MuteRKelly... AYANNA JACKSON, whom TUPAC SHAKUR was convicted of sexually abusing in a NEW YORK hotel room in 1993 (the story is depicted in the 2017 biopic ALL EYEZ ON ME), details the events of that night in a lengthy interview that VLADTV says is the first time she's spoken about it on camera. Timely and chilling... The PARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL has asked JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE to keep his SUPER BOWL halftime show "friendly and safe for the children watching." If I were writing such a letter, I would ask him to hand the keys to the stage to JANET JACKSON, and I would trust her to keep things friendly and safe. But alas, I am not. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Musician and writer Damon Krukowski explains how streaming services are failing artists and listeners, and what we can do to fight back. | | |
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 | The Baltimore Sun |
| Mention the call letters “WHFS” to music lovers of a certain age, and don’t be surprised if a smile instantly appears on their face, or a twinkle seems to light up their eye. | | |
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 | Discogs |
| After another year of all-time highs, it's safe to say that the vinyl format is stronger than the My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"-era. However, some have predicted the vinyl bubble will burst. We’ve asked industry experts, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world to chime in on the future of vinyl records. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed |
| The backlash to Mars' big win at the Grammys highlights the way his unapologetic corniness runs counter to expectations for how “cool” artists should express themselves. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Hillary Clinton’s cameo at the Grammys set off a debate about how far glitzy awards shows should go in needling Democrats’ favorite target. | | |
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 | The Glow Up |
| It was a cold morning in Washington, D.C. Before Tina Farris landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, she texted me that she had left her scarf in Los Angeles, which she wouldn’t need after leaving D.C., so I offered to bring her mine, as we planned for me to shadow her for the day. | | |
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 | KCRW |
| Annie Clark is a creative mastermind and incredibly bold in everything she does — including her decision to tour completely solo. For her MBE performance, she came armed with only an acoustic guitar and changed her set list at the last minute, closing with a track she rarely plays — “Severed Crossed Fingers” from her 2014 self-titled album. | | |
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 | 1843 Magazine |
| At the edge of Siberia, a brilliant young conductor is reinventing classical performance. Noah Sneider went to meet the maestro. | | |
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 | The Root |
| "Who gives a f*** about a goddamn Grammy?" These venerable words came from the mouth of Public Enemy's Chuck D on 1988's "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic." It is a sentiment that's been shared by so many other artists, critics and fans over the years. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Review Of Books |
| If responses on social media are in any way indicative of broader public sentiment, it’s clear that Kesha’s performance of her hit single “Praying” at Sunday night’s Grammy awards ceremony hit a cultural nerve. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| They’ve been Blockheads since they were tweens, and as a nonstop party cruise shows, the crush may last forever. | | |
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 | CBS Sunday Morning |
| Thanks to new projection technology, dead performers from the past may be the future of live performance | | |
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 | Mixmag |
| Get tangled up in one of the city's most unique, bewildering musical outings. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Why is Will Toledo following up his indie-rock breakthrough with a painstaking remake of an intimate 2011 LP? | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| The president of the Recording Academy suggested gender gaps at the Grammys result from lack of female ambition. The stories of #MeToo provide a different explanation. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Grammys president Neil Portnow said women need to “step up” if they want awards’ recognition, but women--particularly black women--have been stepping up musically for years. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Syrian filmmaker Monzer Darwish spent four years working on 'Syrian Metal Is War,' which chronicles the war-torn Middle Eastern nation's beleaguered metal scene. | | |
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 | A Nation of Billions |
| Is It Farewell to Guitar-Based Music? | | |
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 | Village Voice |
| All the headlines say the Kesha performance was powerful. Here she was, dressed all in white, surrounded by a congregation of women. But when I watched her perform, I didn't feel power. I felt deep, guttural sorrow. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| How a pudgy kid from Texas became one of rock's most bombastic stars. And why, even facing health struggles, he's still making noise 50 years on. | | |
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