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Kenny G recently revealed himself to be the reason why Starbucks added Frappuccinos to its menus, possibly to one-up Marilyn Manson's claims that he invented the term "grunge." A recent interview with Bloomberg "proved" Kenny to be more than just a smooth saxophone player but a savvy (coffee) tastemaker as well. -
SoundExchange Payouts Reach Record High During 2014, Pandora, Sirius Payouts Could Approach $1 Billion in 2015
Internet radio royalty payouts were at their highest mark ever during 2014 (surprising to no one), totaling more than $773 million over the year, according to SoundExchange. SoundExchange was created during 2003 to collect and distribute earnings gathered from non-terrestrial radio forms such as internet, satellite and cable radio and has seen constant growth every year since. -
Nicki Minaj's Ex-Boyfriend Safaree Samuels Says He Didn't Ghostwrite For Her
The end of 2014 was very personal for Nicki Minaj as she bore all to the world about her love life and how it influenced her over the process of creating her latest album The Pinkprint. The man at the center of this, her ex-boyfriend, Safaree Samuels, who became embroiled in controversy after he gave an interview with the Breakfast Club and made comments that insinuated that he had written some of Minaj's music. There were those who questioned his claims from the start as a possible publicity stunt to remain in the spotlight or help launch something of his own, but he has taken to twitter to clear up the whole matter. Samuels has admitted that he did not ghostwrite for Minaj because she was too smart and did not need someone like him to write music for her. See the tweets below. -
Bobby Shmurda Reportedly Will Still Face Brooklyn Gun Charge From June 2014 Incident
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda, born Ackquille Pollard, is being thrown back into the fire just after it appeared the "Hot N***a" rapper had caught a break. A few days ago, it was reported and confirmed by Shmurda's attorney Howard Greenberg that Pollard would have one of the gun charges against him dismissed. According to a report in "XXL," which spoke to Kait Cornell of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office, this was only temporary and the charges are now being brought up in the larger narcotics case from a June 2014 incident. -
Grammy Ticket Scalping: Recording Academy Looks to Bury Ticket Hawker with Charges, Discourage Future Sales
Tickets to the Grammys are dang near impossible to get and the Recording Academy is looking to keep it that way, starting with a massive number of charges against Craig Banszewski, a notorious hawker of tickets to awards shows. -
Jack White Tour: 'Lazaretto' Guitarist Hosts The Raconteurs and Loretta Lynn at Nashville Concert
Jack White did more than just play songs from his old bands during his concert Wednesday in Nashville: He also brought out The Raconteurs and later played with buddy Loretta Lynn as well. -
Tomorrowland 2015 Announces Two More Headliners: Avicii Set To Perform
Another day, another round of Tomorrowland lineup announcements. The last two days saw the ID&T festival announce that the Belgian National Orchestra, renamed the "Symphony Of Unity" and a Sven Vath led vinyl-only stage. Now the Belgium based festival has announced two solo artists who will be performing in 2015. In two twitter posts, Tomorrowland has invited Swedish superstar Avicii and German underground giant Solomun to perform on Friday, July 24th. -
Björk Discusses 'Vulnicura' Leak, Says She Wanted To "Get It Out Of The Way" [LISTEN]
Like so many big albums these days, Björk's latest album Vulnicura was subjected to a leak last week, two months before its official release date. Instead of flipping out Madonna-style, however, Björk responded to the Vulnicura leak by officially releasing the album herself online, and in a new interview with BBC Radio 1 (via NME), the Icelandic singer opens up about her decision to release it early. -
Tiësto To Design Mask for New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist MSG Series 'The Mask'
The New York Rangers and MSG have teamed up with Henrik Lundqvist to present a new interview series titled "The Mask with Henrik Lundqvist" where The King (the nickname for Henrik) sits down with legends in their respective field to have a one-on-one interview and the guest will give the Ranger goalie a mask to be worn at some point during the season. The 5-part series will feature Dutch DJ, Tiësto, decorated Nascar driver Jeff Gordon, tennis champion John McEnroe, award-winning actor Michael J Fox and celebrity chef Mario Batali. -
'American Idol' Season 14 Recap & Review: San Francisco Shows Off Some Fun Personalities
American Idol bounced back last Thursday (Jan. 22) in New Orleans, Harry Connick Jr.'s hometown, after a lackluster episode in Minneapolis. For the final audition week, Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Connick sorted through talent in San Francisco. The City by the Bay's first episode was decent (still better than Minneapolis), but Idol probably saved the best auditions for tomorrow (Jan. 29). The talent and the singing styles were varied, which added to the episode's success. -
Neko Case Announces North American Tour, Reissue of 'Fox Confessor Brings The Flood' [FULL SCHEDULE]
Alt-country singer-songwriter and New Pornographers member Neko Case has announced a reissue of her 2006 album Fox Confessor Brings The Flood for Record Store Day 2015, which falls on April 18 this year. According to Pitchfork, the album will be released through Anti- Records on limited edition red vinyl. In support of the reissue, Case has announced a brief run of North American tour dates for April, which will kick off on April 12 in Bend, Oregon, and take Case mostly around her native Northwest before finishing up in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 25. -
Is Aphex Twin Releasing Hours of Unreleased Music on Soundcloud?
Who doesn't love a good old-fashioned mystery? We know Aphex Twin loves them. Over the past few days, hours of mysterious music has been uploaded to a couple of different soundcloud accounts that appear to be under the guise of Aphex Twin, but no one is totally certain. Richard James has not confirmed or denied the whole affair, though he is pretty tightlipped about most things that aren't technology.
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