Sunday, March 28, 2021

Sunday Session: March 28, 2021

Billie Holiday
Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* 10 Albums That Explore the Multisided Record Phenomenon (Discogs.com)
* TikTok is changing the rules of the music industry (TechRadar.com)
* Huey Lewis and the News on His Hearing, the Power of Love, and More (Berklee.edu)
* More Oscar History Made as Two Black Composers Are Nominated for Best Original Score (Variety)
* Islands in the Stream (Prospect.org)
* Smalls Jazz Club, Emblem of Pandemic Perseverance, Shifts Gears Yet Again (WBGO)
* Introducing The Singer’s Mask, a costume designer’s invention for COVID-era performances (St. Louis)
* Why Is Tower Records Coming Back Now, of All Times? (Slate.com)
* A Grandson's Gift — A Spotlight — For His Grandfather's WWII Band (NPR)
* Mixtapes Are the Original Playlists, All Thanks to Lou Ottens (Discogs.com)
* Holiday Film Puts Drug War on Trial (DownBeat)
* The Market for Musical Gear Is Amping Up Like Never Before (Bloomberg.com)
* Pharoah Sanders Takes on Electronic Music (The New Yorker)
* Without Limits or Lyrics: The Human Voice as Instrument (Bandcamp.com)
* Indie labels call for end to streaming ‘payola’ – as IMPALA unveils 10-point plan to reform sector (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Saxophone Legends Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp Are Still Pushing Jazz Forward (Rolling Stone)
* Live album featuring Memphis music icons Alex Chilton and Hi Rhythm coming in May (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
* Global recorded music revenues grew 7.4% to $21.6bn in 2020, in spite of the pandemic (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Is the guitar solo dead in the 21st century? (Guitar World)
* National Identities in Jazz: Is There A British Jazz? (TDE Promotions)
* [Ahmed] Pays Tribute to a Titan of Islamic Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* Pioneering Bassist and Guitarist Carol Kaye Surveys Her Career in Music, Including Her Time in Jazz Clubs (WBGO)
* Instrument extinction: musical instruments that did not survive into modernity (ThisCityKnows.com)
* As Streaming Takes Over, Music Metadata Is Becoming More Critical for Musicians. How Critical, You Ask? (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* It looks like a saxophone but plays 512 notes — many you’ve never heard before (ExpMag.com)
* Jaco Pastorius, An Introduction To The Jazz Legend (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Anonymous Songwriters Group Calls for Artists to Stop Demanding Royalties for Songs They Didn’t Write (Variety)

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