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Nathan East has filled many roles over the years. Bassist for Eric Clapton. Bassist for Phil Collins. Bassist for Michael Jackson. Bassist for Beyoncé. Bassist for Daft Punk. He found a new gig during 2014: bassist for himself. A new documentary tracks the recording of the Grammy-nominated album and offers a look into one of the industry's most popular musicians. -
Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye Recordings Used for Illegal Prison Mixtapes...Universal Music Bringing Lawsuit
No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least no profitable act disguised as a good deed goes unpunished. The Centric Group and Keefe Groups, two of several such institutions cited by Billboard, have been selling "care packages" to families of incarcerated individuals, which can include music mixtapes as part of their appeal. Universal Music is calling these agencies out on it in a new lawsuit, alleging that selling these mixtapes for profit doesn't constitute fair use and the record is owed legal restitution. Among the acts represented on the tapes are Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye. -
Mark Ronson Reveals Tracklist, Artwork For Upcoming Album 'Uptown Special' [PHOTO]
Mark Ronson's latest single "Uptown Funk" featuring Bruno Mars has been one of the highlights of pop radio in 2014, and on Jan. 12, Ronson will be releasing the song along with 10 other tracks on his Uptown Special album. In anticipation of its release, Ronson has shared the album's cover and tracklist, revealing some exciting guest appearances, including Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, Mystikal, Andrew Wyatt, and Stevie Wonder, among others. -
'Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute' to Air on CBS in February
Stevie Wonder will be the next artist to receive a Grammy tribute. Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute will air Feb. 16 on CBS, six days after the show occurs at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Performers and presenters have yet to be announced, but the legendary soul man himself will be on hand to play a few tunes -
They May Not Have Made $72 Million, But They Were at No. 1 Before High School: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and More
Today's hot story: A student at the esteemed Stuyvesant High School has reportedly made more than $72 million while playing the stock market during his lunch break. The Queens resident, who is being referred to as the "Teen Wolf (of Wall Street)" is also rumored to have already bought a BMW with the payouts, although he doesn't have a license to drive it. It's tough to compare big time investors such as this prodigy will probably become with musicians, because investors just make more money. Period. We can compare this young man to those in the music industry who got their starts at an incredibly young age. -
Stevie Wonder Speaks Out On Ferguson, Eric Garner, Guns [WATCH]
Upset after another controversial grand jury decision on Wednesday, Stevie Wonder let his Seattle audience know where he stands on the issues of race, police brutality and gun control. In a crowd-shot video from the show, Wonder sounded off on those topics while steadily playing the "Living for the City" backdrop. -
Hunter Hayes Talks Stevie Wonder Collaboration, Tattoo Your Name Tour, CMA Awards Week
Hayes was in Nashville this week to perform at the CMA Awards, but he also played an outdoor show on Monday that went late into the night. -
Snoop Dogg's New Pharrell-Produced Album To Be Released On I Am Other/Columbia Records
Now that his Instagram feud with Iggy Azalea is out of the way, thanks to a T.I. intervention, Snoop Dogg has announced that he'll be dropping his new album via Pharrell's I Am Other label and Columbia Records. Snoop is the latest signee for I Am Other, which is headed by Pharrell and co-manager Caron Veazey. -
Blake Shelton On Taylor Swift's Move Into Pop: "If Anyone Can Do It, It's Taylor" [WATCH]
Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift have spent some time together recently with Swift appearing as an advisor on the seventh season of The Voice. Both artists got their start in country music, but Shelton think's Swift made the right decision to call her new album what it was, a pop album. -
BBC Release All-Star Cover Of Beach Boys Song 'God Only Knows' Featuring Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Lorde, Sam Smith [LISTEN]
When Lorde, Brian Wilson, Dave Grohl, Florence Welch and a variety of other artists get together to sing The Beach Boys classic "God Only Knows," there's obviously something big to announce. -
Snoop Dogg Drops ‘WFTV Millionaire’ Freestyle In Celebration Of Reaching 1 Million YouTube Subscribers [LISTEN]
Snoop Dogg celebrated a social media milestone in the perfect way. When he reached 1 million subscribers on his WestFestTV YouTube channel, the rapper dropped a Madlib-produced freestyle called "WFTV Millionaire" on SoundCloud. -
Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show' Birthday Surprise: Stevie Wonder, James Franco And Seth Rogen Make Grand Entrance [WATCH]
Jimmy Fallon is not a fan of surprises, but he got a big one on Friday's edition of The Tonight Show when Seth Rogen popped out of a giant birthday cake to issue a message to Fallon. -
Stevie Wonder Plans To Take ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ on Tour [SCHEDULE]
Stevie Wonder has announced plans to take his classic 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life on the road this coming November. -
Back of The Billboards: 'East' by Nathan East
Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. -
WATCH: Metallica and Lang Lang Dominate All Other Grammy Performers with "One"
A more touching spectacle took place during the in memoriam segment--initiated by the first few bars of Lang Lang's Tchaik--despite misspelling Corey Monteith's name and excluding other revered names.
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