They are credited with reviving rock’n’roll, setting the template for modern pop songwriting, and inviting a generation to turn on, tune in and drop out by embracing psychedelia. But a study questions quite how influential the Beatles were – claiming they were merely following musical trends already set in motion….

Lorde has penned a long Tumblr post noting that she’s back in the studio beginning work on the follow-up to her breakthrough debut Pure Heroine. In the post, the “Royals” singer discusses her mindset going into her sophomore LP and how she’s found major inspiration from Robyn‘s 2010 single “Dancing On My Own.”…

SoundCloud has signed a landmark licensing deal with music publishing group the NMPA – just as Sony pulls key artists from the service in the US due to a ‘breakdown in negotiations’….

Spotify may be getting into the Web video business. According to the Wall Street Journal, the music streaming service has been reaching out to digital producers who specialize in making content for YouTube about potential partnerships….

Its just like old times. In a skirmish nearly a century old, the broadcast radio and recording industries are squaring off once again, over master recording performance rights….

Bands and their publicists are a team. However, too often bands are laboring under the illusion that there is an A + B = C formula when it comes to publicity, when that could not be further from the truth….

Best-selling albums from Sam Smith, One Direction, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran helped British artists grow their share of the U.S. albums market in 2014, according to new research from U.K. labels body BPI….

The first time Jerry Roslie opened his mouth to sing was in the early Sixties, at a band practice with high school friends in Tacoma, Washington. They were playing “Louie Louie.” “I started singing, and all the guys turned around, fiddling with their amplifiers,” Roslie recalls, laughing. “That was my audition — and I sucked.”…

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Pandora, saying that the 1.85 percent of revenue cost set by the ASCAP v. Pandora rate court is reasonable for all five years of the license; and affirming the ruling by Judge Denise Cote, the ASCAP/Pandora rate court judge, that partial withdrawals of…

“I’ve always been about getting the chicks,” says Omar Romero, 32, of Altadena, a man known not just for running Vinny’s, one of the best barbershops in town, but also for being one of the top rockabilly sound engineers in the world….