Meet Ana Angel, a mother of 5 who lost her 5 children & her boyfriend (father of her youngest) in a house fire early Sunday morning in Tiffin, Ohio. I can deal with a lot of things but people losing their children is something that kills me every time. Ana Angel was working her shift…

After giving us three great mixtpes, The Weeknd drops his first album, “Kiss Land.” The album debuts number two on the charts with 98,000 records sold. This beats the first week sales of his, “Trilogy,” whihc debuted with 86,000 records sold. 2 Chainz comes in number three with his sophomore album, “B.O.A.T.S. II,” selling 63,000…

The ruling by the ASCAP rate court handed down last night says the performance rights organization blanket license must include all of its repertoire, including the songs of the publishers trying to withdraw the digital rights. But the ruling has broad implications beyond the Pandora dispute. That means that the recent trend of pulling only…

Today is the day that Apple’s iTune’s Radio launches; and it enters a crowded marketplace with some disctinct advantages, according to music industry and tech experts. Kyle Bylin, a user research at Live Nation Labs and former Hypebot editor, recently conducted a Sidewinder survey for about iTunes Radio and shares some of the outstanding comments regarding the…

At least this coming generation can say they know about the music we were put onto in our time. Universal Music announced that some of te most pivotal and iconic albums released from before will be re-issued and re-mastered in part of their Respect The Classics campaign.  50 Cent is up first with his Diamond…

X Ambassadors, a Brooklyn quartet with a penchant for wide-reaching pop inflected with alt rock, soul and punk, released their debut EP Love Songs Drug Songs back in May on KIDinaKorner and Interscope. The record was produced by KIDinaKorner founder Alex Da Kid, along with the band’s friend Dan Stringer and Imagine Dragons frontman Dan…

Imagine Dragons: The Making of ‘Night Visions’, follows one of the world’s most exciting new alternative rock bands band during the process of writing and recording their debut album at the Palms Studio in their hometown of Las Vegas. In this documentary you also get a quick history of the band, how they formed, and…

*Tamar Braxton and Ariana Grande battle it out for the #1 spot on the charts. Many don’t know the secret behind this young song bird often compared to Mariah Carey, but Harmony Samuels recognized pure talent from the start….

With the appropriately titled “Royals,” Lorde scores the longest domination on Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Alternative chart by a woman (credited as a lead artist). “Royals” leads the list for a sixth week, passing the five-week reign of Alanis Morissette‘s fellow U.S. breakthrough hit “You Oughta Know” in 1995….

Part 2! Dave and Herb are joined by Producer, DJ, and Jay Z’s Engineer of over 11 years, Young Guru, on the 129th episode of Pensado’s Place!…