Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced the launch of Warner Music South Africa, following a buyout of Gallo Records’ share of the existing joint venture Warner Music Gallo Africa. Warner Music Gallo Africa was established in 2006 as a joint venture between Warner Music Group and the 87-year-old domestic label Gallo Africa. The new wholly-owned…

The next people in our Youngest In Charge series are Sascha Stone and Claire Bogle of the concert promotions company Scoremore. In it, we talk about how they got their start, breaking new hip-hop in Texas, and they even ask each other a few questions. For more great interviews, log on to Allindstrom.com today! Video…

Michael Jackson’s family has filed court papers indicating that they plans to seek a new trial in their wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG, according to Reuters. A California jury determined in October that AEG was not responsible for the singer’s death in 2009. On Monday, attorneys for Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and his three…

This video offers a sneak preview of new Eurorack format drum modules coming from JoMox. Details, pricing and availability are to come. Video details, via modularsquare: JoMox was at Modularsquare november 30 to show his new eurorack modules dedicated to drums!…

Oh man, I have a feeling that some of what Tupac says in this interview unearthed by the Blank on Blank folks will only fuel the “Tupac faked his death and is still alive” crowd… Everybody wants to use me. Everybody. From this level to the street level. I mean I’m used on every level….

The Compound Foundation is a national organization founded in 2007 by Shaffer “Ne-Yo” Smith and his business partner Reynell Hay to enhance the well-being of youth growing up in foster care and group homes. The Foundation’s goal is to support bright futures for young people by helping them to forge healthy relationships, pursue education and…

Walk This Way.  Run D.M.C. is walking their way into the Grammy Hall of Fame. For the honor’s 40th anniversary, the group’s “Walk This Way” is among the list of inductees including The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”, and recordings by James Brown, Gil Scott-Heron, Miles Davis, Sam Cooke and more….

Doolittle? Hardly. The Pixies recently released the serviceable EP-1, and the re-reunited alternative-rock pioneers have tour dates scheduled well into 2014 — though they’re down a pair of bassists named Kim. Somehow in all that, frontman Black Francis is also finding time to write a graphic novel. As you’d expect from the man also known…

Spotify has responded to recent criticism by launching a new website for artists, which will explain how its business model works and publish figures on how much musicians can expect to earn as the company grows. The music streaming service has come under fire recently from artists such as Thom Yorke, Foals and David Byrne,…

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