Archive for September, 2011
Copyright Provision Stirs Up Debate Between Labels And Artists
On Thursday at the Grammy/NARAS building in Nashville, Denise Stevens and Tiffany Dunn, both Senior Counsel for the Nashville-based Loeb & Loeb, LLP, introduced a panel on copyright termination issues. The panel was one of SoundLand’s special “field trips.” The nuanced issues discussed have come to the forefront of music industry concern, with the upcoming [...]
Grooveshark Lures Record Labels Into Calmer Water
For this year’s Next BIG Nashville Presents: SoundLand, the traditional music conference has been redone as “field trips,” evoking grammar school outings to the local science center. On Thursday, a round of panels took place at The Belcourt Theater in Hillsboro Village. In a discussion about music streaming, three representatives from the Gainesville, Florida-based music [...]
Foster The People, Cults and Reptar At Nashville’s SoundLand 12th Avenue Block Party (9/22/2011)
Foster The People, Cults and Reptar perform at the SoundLand 12th Avenue Block Party on September 22, 2011.
Foster The People Get Nashville “Pumped”
SoundLand continued its Nashville takeover last night, with more than twenty bands descending upon Music City to play songs about girls, booze, and pumped-up kicks. Foster The People With Cults And Reptar: View The Photo Gallery Foster the People headlined the evening’s block party on 12th Avenue, packing a rowdy crowd into a parking lot [...]
Pearl Jam Twenty Depicts A Band Rooted In Tragedy
Pearl Jam Twenty, the new documentary on the band by Cameron Crowe, had its Seattle debut on September 20 (in a face off with grunge rivals Nirvana, it being the same night the “Nevermind Live” benefit concert was being held at the Experience Music Project museum). A quick sellout meant more screenings were added, and [...]
Jes Hudak: “Set Fire To The Rain” (Adele Cover)
You demanded it; we provided it. We asked you which song you’d like to hear Jes Hudak cover for American Songwriter. Many of you leaned in the direction of Tom Waits’ “Jockey Full of Bourbon,” but the clear winner was Adele’s “Set Fire To The Rain.” No complaints here. Check out the talented singer-songwriter and [...]
If You Believe: An R.E.M. Appreciation
Sure, it didn’t carry the gut-kicking impact of The Beatles breaking up, but news of R.E.M.’s demise still clanged with a horrible sound in the souls of those who love their music. When R.E.M. came on the scene in the ‘80s, a decade of generally underwhelming sonic offerings, they gave those of us not interested [...]
Vince Gill and Sting Team Up for “Ultimate” CMT Crossroads
“You people are either very lucky or very hooked up.” Bill Flanagan, the television executive and music critic, was warming up an invitation-only crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan Tuesday night for a taping of the latest episode of CMT Crossroads. “This is the hottest ticket in New York tonight,” he said without exaggeration, [...]
M. Ward, Dawes and Jonny Corndawg At Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium (9/22/2011)
M. Ward, Dawes and Jonny Corndawg helped kick off this year’s Soundland music festival with performances at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.
Video Premiere: Radical Face, “Pound Of Flesh”
We’re proud to premiere this brand new video from Ben Cooper, a.k.a indie-pop folk artist Radical Face. The song comes from The Roots (out October 4 on Bear Machine), a concept album about the life of a family in the 1800′s, which Cooper recorded on archaic instruments while holed up in a tool shed in [...]
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