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Peter Jackson Reveals Sneak Peek of Beatles Doc ‘Get Back’: Watch
Peter Jackson has released a sneak peek of his upcoming documentary The Beatles: Get Back, teasing some of the 56 hours of unseen footage the director has had access to of the Fab Four. Posted early on Monday on Paul McCartney’s official Twitter account, the 5-minutes of footage begins with an intro by the Oscar-winning Kiwi director. Jackon begins by admitting the pandemic has postponed the post-production and release plans for the film. “Now this film was due to be finished around about now, but like the rest of the world, it’s been affected by the covid pandemic. The only good thing really, is that we are editing the movie in New Zealand, now that our country has largely stamped out the virus we are able to come back into the cutting room and carry on with the editing ...
Indie Venues Get $15B in New COVID Relief Bill
After months of lobbying and bipartisan support, the Save Our Stages Act will offer millions of dollars in support funding. Federal funding to help independent venues hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic has been included in a $900 billion bipartisan aid package following days of negotiations between leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress. While the specifics of the bill have not yet been announced, the aid package does include “$15 billion in dedicated funding for live venues, independent movie theaters, and cultural institutions,” according to an email from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as a $300 per week unemployment insurance enhancement for the millions of Americans out of work during the pandemic, including nearly 100,000 live ...
E-40 vs. Too Short in ‘Verzuz’ Battle of Bay Area Icons: See Billboard’s Scorecard & Winner For the Showdown
Here’s how Billboard broke down each round between the two generation-spanning rap vets, with the overall winner announced at the end. Round 1: Too $hort’s “Freaky Tales” vs. E-40’s “Da Bumble” Too $hort kicked off round number one with the speaker-rattling classic “Freaky Tales.” E-40’s “Da Bumble” was a good counterattack, but it wasn’t as hard-hitting as $hort’s first choice to clinch the opening round. WINNER: Too $hort Round 2: Too $hort’s “Life Is…Too $Hort” vs. E-40’s “Captain Save A Hoe” Too $hort’s “Life Is .Too $Hort” rang through the NorCal soundstage, but it wasn’t enough to top E-40’s 1993 classic “C...
The 10 Best R&B Albums of 2020: Staff Picks
10. Brandy, B7 Eight years since her last release and three years in the making, Brandy Norwood’s B7 arrived at the end of July like a salve, with warm production and messages of self-love. Her seventh studio album goes to unexpected places, diving headfirst into loneliness, depression and anxiety, while deep bass and watery synthesizers — and sometimes actual water sounds, like on “Lucid Dreams” — offer her depths to explore. “I’m the most jealous girl in the whole wide world,” she confesses on album standout “Borderline,” her voice dancing atop a ticking hi-hat. Her instrument is still as strong and smoky as it ever was, only now it’s lower and more lived-in. “One day I woke up/ And now my love is unstuck,” she sings on the closing piano ballad, “Bye BiPolar.” “I can see...
Tunefind Top TV/Movie Syncs of 2020: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scores Fourth No. 1 in a Row, Lizzo Leads Artists List
Grey’s Anatomy‘s reign occurs despite a shortened 17th season due to the COVID-19 pandemic that premiered in November, while the 16th season concluded in April. Featuring music supervision from Alexandra Patsavas and Kasey Truman, Grey’s Anatomy snagged one entry in the top 10 songs list from Tunefind as well: Lindsey Ray‘s “Keep You Safe,” at No. 10, which was featured in the eighth episode of the 16th season. Lucifer again comes in at No. 2 on the top shows ranking, while The Blacklist, The Umbrella Academy and Supernatural round out the top five. The year’s top rookie is Virgin River, which premiered two seasons on Netflix in December 2019 and November 2020. 2020’s top song, meanwhile, is Chip Taylor‘s “...
Executive Turntable: Sony/ATV Names Digital Prez, Sony Music Africa Hires Artist Dev Lead
Bebawi started his publishing career at EMI Music Publishing in Sept. 2005, when he joined as UK head of business affairs after serving as a partner at London-based media and entertainment law firm Harbottle and Lewis. During his time at EMI, he implemented a pioneering restructure of the company’s digital rights and launched the first publisher-led, Pan-European digital licensing initiative outside of the traditional collection society network. Bebawi was later promoted to European General Counsel and, after Sony/ATV acquired EMI in 2007, he joined the former as executive vp, digital and society relations, international and UK. Sony Music Entertainment Africa has enlisted Christine “Seven” Mosha to lead marketing and artist development for the East Africa region, effective immediate...
Why 2020’s Protest Songs Aren’t Part of a Passing Trend
The May 25 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police resulted in the eruption of worldwide protests against racial injustice, as well as an influx of new protest anthems across demographics in the weeks that followed. As superstars like Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles vocalized support for the Black Lives Matter movement, artists ranging from country singer-songwriter Mickey Guyton to trap veteran Juicy J to soul-R&B star Leon Bridges rapidly released new songs commenting on systemic discrimination. Protest music soared on the charts, too: “Rockstar,” the DaBaby and Roddy Ricch smash that crowned Billboard’s 2020 Songs of the Summer chart, received an official “BLM remix” in the weeks after Floyd’s death, while “The Bigger Picture,” Lil Baby’s poig...
Paul McCartney’s Trilogy-Completing Album ‘McCartney III’ Is Here: Stream It Now
It’s stripped back and was self-produced in isolation at Rockdown in Sussex earlier this year, and continues the tradition of McCartney, released 50 years ago, and McCartney II, which emerged from the ashes of Wings in 1980. “Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up, it was a lot of fun,” McCartney recounts. “It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job. So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album.” The release of McCartney III was delayed by a week due to “unforeseeable production delays”. But it’s now available in full, and in multiple formats. Stream it below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined wh...
Lucian Grainge’s Year-End Memo: An ‘Incredibly Difficult’ 2020, Label Successes & His COVID-19 Scare
Taking his time to get to the usual accolades (of which there were plenty for the world’s leading music company), instead he focused on the power of music in trying times, noting, “I want this year-end note to remind each of you of the instrumental part you played in bringing to the world something powerful, inspiring, uplifting, and yes, universal: music. A force for good unlike any other in the world.” Grainge then highlighted other kinds of achievements that his company can tout, taking action during the year’s multitude of crises: “organizing, volunteering, educating, donating,” as he listed off, detailing how Universal responded to the pandemic, the nation’s racial reckoning and the election. Universal donated to a swath of organizations and d...
Paul McCartney Talks New Album, Spotify and Kanye West
Good things, they say. So, when McCartney and his team announced some months ago that the LP would was delayed by a week due to “unforeseeable production delays,” well, no biggie. McCartney zoomed in to The Tonight Show on Thursday night (Dec. 17) for a chat with Jimmy Fallon about life during lockdown, making music and much more. The new album was self-produced in isolation, a process that was as organic as the neighboring farms in east Sussex. “I just was in lockdown, I had some time on my hands and so I started finishing up bits of songs and stuff, thinking this is just for my own fun,” he recounted. “Suddenly I had about 11 of them. It was ‘oh, this should probably be an album.’” Despite having no formal training, McCartney played every instrument on the LP, which he demoed...
Eminem Surprise Releases ‘Music To Be Murdered By – Side B’: Stream It Now
Arriving at the stroke of midnight, the deluxe edition is a sprawling effort, spanning 36 songs and nearly 2 hours in running time. Marshall Mathers taps Dr. Dre, Ty Dolla $ign, Skylar Grey, and DJ Premier and many others for guest spots. Music To Be Murdered By gave Em his historic 10th No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Will Side B make it 11? Stream it below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
How to Take Diva Collaborations to ‘Another Level of Badass’
Long-standing assumptions about female artists competing with one another have also dissolved, says Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, CEO/owner of management firm SALXCO, whose roster includes Doja Cat and Bebe Rexha. The idea that there’s room for only one chart-topping female at a time is “very unrealistic,” he says. “When artists come together and have healthy competition, everyone wins.” But executives aren’t suddenly having epiphanies dispelling sexist myths, notes Calhoun — audiences are voicing demand for female collaborations through their listening habits. “The fans are hungry for it and the fans are playing it, so there’s a business there,” she says. “Male artists have held the throne for a minute now, and I think women want to hear women artists.” Perhaps no fan spends more time thinking abo...
