When it comes to the music industry, we have a lot of people of color contributing to the art; we don't have a lot of people of color in positions of power who decide on what gets to be put out there... [N]o matter how many black people they got on the label, there is still gonna be a white guy at the top, for the most part. | | | | The great dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Jan. 10, 1980.
(Rob Verhorst/Redferns/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “When it comes to the music industry, we have a lot of people of color contributing to the art; we don't have a lot of people of color in positions of power who decide on what gets to be put out there... [N]o matter how many black people they got on the label, there is still gonna be a white guy at the top, for the most part.”
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| | rantnrave:// Most interesting thing I learned from this great long video interview with PAT CORCORAN, CHANCE THE RAPPER's 27-year-old manager: Chance's decision to not sign label or publishing deals was directly tied to PRESIDENT OBAMA's re-election in 2012. Chance's dad was an Obama appointee. Obama doesn't get re-elected, dad doesn't have a job, Chance has to think about supporting a family immediately, and the decision-making is very different. But Obama does get re-elected, and five months later you're downloading the self-released ACID RAP for free. Thanks, Obama... IGGY POP tells FLORENCE WELCH that going to BERLIN to make music with DAVID BOWIE was sort of the 1970s equivalent of not signing label or publishing deals—an escape from an industry where "you are constantly compromised, vulgarized and just beat down by the sheer relentless stupidity of commerce." Welch narrates this BBC radio documentary on Bowie's HEROES album... "Something broke in me on Sunday night," says ERIC CHURCH, who performed at the 91 HARVEST FESTIVAL in Las Vegas two nights before last Sunday's mass shooting. "And the only way I've ever fixed anything that's broken in me is with music." His performance at the GRAND OLE OPRY a few days later of a new song about survivor's guilt, "WHY NOT ME," is a heartbreaking and beautiful response to tragedy that demands to be heard as much as it demands to never have an occasion to be performed again: "And when the morning hit the mountain / And a glorious still calmed the breeze / I asked the God of all-knowing wisdom / Why you and why not me?" Waterfalls. MAREN MORRIS, who was onstage at 91 Harvest on Saturday, responded by releasing a love-conquers-all song she wrote after the CHARLESTON, S.C., church shooting in 2015. "DEAR HATE" ties that shooting to SELMA, DALLAS and the GARDEN OF EDEN and swears, in hamony with VINCE GILL, that love will win in the end. "Conversations about" gun control will also help, she tells ROLLING STONE. On FACEBOOK, GARTH BROOKS offered a solo-acoustic verse and chorus of "THE CHANGE," a 2005 song that portrays saving souls in the face of tragedy as an act of defiance. Introducing it, he portrayed music as an act of healing: "When things go bad, doctors go to work... Policemen go to work... Music and musicians go to work." I wish the circumstances were different but thank you, music, for the work... CARDI B, MIGOS and GUCCI MANE are among the performers on the BET HIP HOP AWARDS, airing 8 pm ET tonight. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Complex |
| Chance the Rapper's manager Pat Corcoran explains how the two met, the backlash around the release of Coloring Book, and more. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed |
| Almost 10 years into Mexico’s war with drug cartels, a sub-genre of hip-hop has made its way through the most embattled border towns -- and into the rest of the country, the US, and even the military. | | |
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 | Resident Advisor |
| As she releases her debut album, "Take Me Apart," Kelela reflects on her experiences as a woman of color in the music industry. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| The Texas songwriter's music has guided me through my own small-town anxieties and mental health struggles. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| As tech titans release familiar-looking smart speakers, Sonos is hoping to set itself apart by opening its sound system up to developers--and giving users more freedom. | | |
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 | Saving Country Music |
| The Southern rock side of the country music space is blessed with some serious stalwart bands that have been around for years. At the same time, just like with every genre of music, the flux of bands breaking up and legends passing means there's always room for fresh faces and new perspectives on the music to help keep it vital. | | |
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 | NME |
| 10 years ago (October 10), Radiohead released 'In Rainbows' via their own website, allowing fans to pay as much or as little as they wished. Some people hailed it as a revolution for the music industry, and a new model for other bands to follow. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| When people talk about America’s impact on K-pop, they’re usually talking about the music. But it’s also likely that American TV largely influenced the multi-medium’s emphasis on visuals, whereby dance, fashion and “concepts” are inextricably tied to the definition of K-pop. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Ernie Harwell, the late Hall-of-Fame broadcaster and a prolific songwriter, was charged with selecting the anthem singers for the three games at Tiger Stadium during the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals. He chose popular entertainer Margaret Whiting for Game 3, Motown star Marvin Gaye for Game 4, and rising star Jose Feliciano for Game 5. | | |
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| Florence Welch explores the influence of David Bowie’s seminal “Heroes” album. | | |
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| BuzzFeed |
| Some of the hottest rap hits have been made under the influence of drugs -- and depression. They're hand-in-hand crises. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| In the coming weeks, the "Guardian" is embarking on a survey of the underground in music -- asking if it still exists in a world where everything is visible online, and if so, where? | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| After years of impasse in the peace process, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians are seeking new ways of crossing the dividing lines | | |
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 | The Next Web |
| It perhaps might be too premature to pronounce the death of the humble headphone jack, but one fact is undeniable - it's on life support. Phone manufacturers are giving up on wired audio. It didn't start with Apple, but the iPhone 7 was certainly the biggest nail in its coffin. | | |
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 | Hypebot |
| This week co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined by Mo Jalloh Co-founder of Zimrii Music to discuss BlockChain technology. We answer the question what is BlockChain in the simplest terms possible. We also explore how can BlockChain help musicians and the challenges it is facing. | | |
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 | Lead Singer Syndrome |
| Drummer/Singer of Death From Above (1979) Sebastien Grainger joins the show! We talk about their return with a new album, the challenges of being a 2 piece band, and how hard it really is to play drums and sing at the same time. | | |
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| Billboard |
| Heather Parry prides herself as a multitasker, even at her own birthday party. In January 2016, two weeks after she started as Live Nation's president of production, film and television, actor Colin Hanks mentioned to Parry, 46, that he was considering documenting the Eagles of Death Metal 's February return to Paris following the terrorist attack at the band's November 2015 concert. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Wannabe YouTube stars and diehard Donald Trump supporters ‘Williams & Kalvin’ totally swear they’re from Atlanta. In reality, they were working for the Kremlin. | | |
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| The Guardian |
| Artists from Shania Twain to Liam Payne seem desperate to show off their hands on album sleeves and in promo pictures. What’s behind this digital trend? | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| The viral names of the moment, from Bhad Bhabie to Ugly God. | | |
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