Canadian country-folk singer Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said Wednesday night. He was 77.
It seems crowdfunding has stolen the thunder from direct-to-fan, a theme that has dominated music conferences, the like upcoming SXSW, for a number of years. Part of this is momentum. Crowdfunding is a newer topic that has yet to be explored to the extent that direct-to-fan services have been explored at conferences. But part of this could be crowdsourcing sites crowding out direct-to-fan services that preceded them.
Len Blavatnik’s Tuesday announcement of his $60 million investment in Beats Electronics’ forthcoming music service Daisy is just the latest in a string of deals that are starting to fill in a bigger picture around the billionaire’s broader ambitions.
On Jan. 7, One Direction released the video for "Kiss You," the third single from the British boy band's second album, "Take Me Home." In slightly more than 24 hours, the act racked up 10.4 million Vevo views, nearly breaking the site's record for a single day. And GIF files -- short animated clips -- are a big part of how the group did it.
"The minute I heard the song I knew it would work for us to sing," Aldean said during a party held at ASCAP yesterday (Tuesday) honoring the songwriters and singer. "There are so many people involved when it comes to having a number one single, and on behalf of Eric and Luke, I want to thank all of you."
Country star Luke Bryan is headed for his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Label sources say his new compilation 'Spring Break . . . Here to Party' may sell a bit over 100,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, March 10.
South by Southwest is expecting a crowd of 28,000 for the Interactive portion of its 11-day tech, film and music festival, Adweek reports. That's 3,500 attendees more than in 2012, and 9,000 greater that what showed up two years ago.
Viral sensation 'Harlem Shake' spends a third week at No. 1, despite a large loss in momentum, while Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 'Thrift Shop' rewrites digital sales history.
Inspector Itagiba Vieira tells reporters that Alexandre Magno Abrao's driver found the singer's body sprawled on the apartment's kitchen floor on Wednesday.
ReverbNation, a digital marketing platform used by more than 2.7 million musicians, will announce on Wednesday that it is jumping into the music download business. But it’s doing so with a twist -- 43.4% of what people spend will go directly to charity.
