Spotify’s Official India Debut
Spotify is finally officially available in India, and it’s offering Indian music fans a perk available nowhere else in the world — the ability to play any song on-demand on the free version of the smartphone app. Spotify began rolling out its app in India on Tuesday, and the company announced Wednesday morning local time that it was available on Apple’s App Store for iOS and Google Play store for Android devices. The unique Spotify Free feature for India — giving users on-dem
National Museum of African American Music Is Getting Closer to Opening In Nashville
A museum, two decades in the making, centering on African-American musicians is finally getting close to opening its doors in downtown Nashville in the coming months. As the National Museum of African American Music inches closer to its $50 million funding goal and construction workers labor away to complete the permanent interactive space, H. Beecher Hicks, III, president and CEO of the NMAAM, is anticipating what’s to come. The influence that Africans Americans have had thr
Radio Royalty Bill Introduced in Congress (Again) Arguing Stations Should Not Have to Pay Artists &a
It is the latest in a string of similar bills presented to lawmakers biennially. Radio lobbyists and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Washington D.C. are backing the latest iteration of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which would limit royalties radio stations have to pay on recordings. With the 116th U.S. Congress now in session since early last month, this marks just the latest biennial attempt at passing this legislation after similar bills failed in 2017 and 2015. This
Bo Diddley’s family gets OK to hire new estate trustee
Image courtesy of Gainesville.com “It will be the way my father wanted it,” Anthony McDaniel said. The family of late pioneering rocker-and-roller Bo Diddley of Archer won court approval to hire a new trustee of his estate, a move that could earn them a bigger share of the royalties he continues to earn. Atlanta entertainment attorney Kendall Minter was approved in a signed decision on Jan. 22 by 8th Circuit Judge Monica Brasington. It effectively removes Gainesville Attorney
