Former music boss Ken Usmar returns to industry as band manager for BB and the Bullets in Whanganui
After rubbing shoulders with AC/DC and the Sex Pistols in the 1970s, Whanganui import Ken Usmar is diving back into the music ...
The crazy life of Arthur Brown, the wildman who set rock’n’roll on fire
Arthur Brown is one of the great originators of rock’n’roll. As leader of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, his 1968 hit Fire ...
The New Yorker10d
Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars?
In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...
Are Record Labels Doing Enough To Support Emerging Artists? SAG-AFTRA Weighs In After Chappell Roan’s Grammy Speech
Chappell Roan called out record labels for not doing enough to support their artists, especially burgeoning ones, during her ...
Sportskeeda17d
Why did Atlantic Records drop Chappell Roan? Singer addresses record labels in her speech after winning Best New Artist at the Grammys
Atlantic Records discouraged Chappell Roan from releasing it, assuming such music wouldn't perform well. The song was released in April 2020. The response wasn't good enough, and her label dropped ...
People28d
Kelly Clarkson Reveals She Just Started Her Own Record Label — and Why It's Been a Challenge: 'I've Earned It'
During the Wednesday, Jan. 22 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop star, 42, revealed that she has started her own label ... left RCA and signed with Atlantic Records, going on to drop ...
WAPT17d
Chappell Roan calls out record labels in her Grammys acceptance speech
singer used her moment onstage to call out record labels for not providing emerging artists with livable wages.Reading aloud from the journal in her hands, she discussed her personal experience ...
Opinion
Chappell Roan is redefining pop stardom. Her Grammy speech shows how.
After Chappell Roan accepted her Grammy award for best new artist, she put the gilded trophy at her feet, looked directly into the camera and breathlessly condemned the music industry. “I told myself ...
Music Week23d
Atlantic Records UK & manager Luke Conway target global domination for Teddy Swims
Atlantic Records UK and Teddy Swims' management company have opened up on their battle plan to take the genre-defying singer to new heights in 2025. Music Week's latest cover star is one of the ...
WLWT17d
Chappell Roan calls out record labels in her Grammys acceptance speech
she discussed her personal experience getting dropped from Atlantic Records in 2020, mentioning how she couldn’t afford health insurance as she searched for a job. “If my label would have ...
Jazz12d
Zildjians, Atlantic Records And Jazz: The Legacy Of Istanbul In America Features Jazz Orchestra And A Mehter Band On Thursday, February 27 In Boston
The NEC concert honors the Zildjian legacy while focusing on two other influential families from Turkey, the Erteguns and the Mardins, as well as the Atlantic Records legacy. The concert opens with a ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution8d
Georgia native establishes first Black-owned record label in 1921
Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.