International Business News - music http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96704-music-ry-cooder.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ry-cooder-keeps-alive-l-a-sound-with-new-album.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ry-cooder-keeps-alive-l-a-sound-with-new-album.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:13:08 EDT Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended--more than one fan, in fact. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96693-music-neil-young.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/neil-young-documents-anti-war-tour-in-film.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/neil-young-documents-anti-war-tour-in-film.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:11:51 EDT Marvin Sapp's single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel. The track from his seventh album, "Thirsty," is in its 42nd week at No. 1 on Billboard's gospel radio charts. It is a crossover success with its perch at No. 1 on the urban adult contemporary chart, and has become the longest running No. 1 single at radio across all genres in the history of Billboard analysis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96358-music-marvin-sapp.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/marvin-sapp-song-continues-to-break-records.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/marvin-sapp-song-continues-to-break-records.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:28:32 EDT After Sugarland's first two albums, singer Jennifer Nettles kept hearing how their records were good and all but somehow ... not. "They'd say, `You sound so much better live,'" Nettles recalled. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95934-music-sugarland.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/sugarland-explores-love-on-the-inside.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/sugarland-explores-love-on-the-inside.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:01:48 EDT Hannah Montana may be the most potent phenomenon in Hollywood right now--bigger than Batman, bigger than Brangelina. Yet these days, the girl who truly fascinates is not Hannah, but Miley Cyrus. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/miley-cyrus-overshadows-hannah-with-new-album.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:00:51 EDT Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93555-scott-storch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/scott-storch-music-producer.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/scott-storch-music-producer.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:26:29 EDT A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra music director James Levine, his brother said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/biopsy-for-kidney-removed-from-james-levine.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:37:23 EDT EU regulators ordered music copyright groups on Wednesday to end a system making it difficult for online music stores to buy EU-wide licenses--helping iTunes' rollout across Europe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/eu-gives-boost-to-online-music-stores.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:38:05 EDT Gary Louris admits that he's not normally a fan of musical reunions. "(For) most people I would say, 'Bad idea, don't do it,'" the singer-songwriter said. "Don't get back together, because it's not going to be the same, and you're a nostalgia act." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91954-music-louris-olson.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/former-jayhawks-members-reunite-for-album.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/former-jayhawks-members-reunite-for-album.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:44:10 EDT Roger Daltrey is smacking his head. He's heard enough about how Pete Townshend was writing songs for a fresh album from the two surviving members of The Who. Or maybe Townshend is writing for another band. Or he isn't writing at all. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/the-who-nostalgic-but-not-slowing.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:30:08 EDT Although John Mellencamp was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the veteran doesn't consider himself a rocker--at least not anymore. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91242-music-john-mellencamp.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/mellencamp-transitions-from-rocker-to-songwriter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/mellencamp-transitions-from-rocker-to-songwriter.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:23 EDT Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91228-music-death-row-records.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/death-row-records-auctioned-for-24-million.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/death-row-records-auctioned-for-24-million.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:21:36 EDT Bon Jovi rocked Central Park, New Jersey style. The rock group gave a free concert Saturday night on the park's Great Lawn, delighting tens of thousands of fans who sang along with the lyrics on a glorious summer evening. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90448-bon-jovi-concert.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/bon-jovi-performs-for-thousands-in-central-park.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/bon-jovi-performs-for-thousands-in-central-park.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:06:05 EDT Conductor James Levine has delayed surgery to remove a kidney until next week. "Jim has had numerous (standard) tests this week, and several consultations and discussions over the best surgical procedure," his brother, Tom Levine, said in a statement released Friday by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89906-music-levine-surgery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/levine-delays-kidney-surgery-until-next-week.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/levine-delays-kidney-surgery-until-next-week.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:51:00 EDT Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. The lyrics were written during Lennon's 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/peace-gets-a-chance-cash-833k-for-lennon-lyrics.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:48:52 EDT Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. The lyrics were written during Lennon's 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/lennon-lyrics-auctioned-for-833-654.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:14:50 EDT James Levine will have a kidney removed in surgery this week, causing the conductor to miss the remainder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88020-music-levine-surgery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/conductor-james-levine-to-have-kidney-removed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/conductor-james-levine-to-have-kidney-removed.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:14:25 EDT Warner Music Group Corp.'s shares dropped on Monday after an analyst said an industry decline in music sales seems to have accelerated in the first half of 2008. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/warner-music-shares-drop-on-weak-industry-data.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:16:49 EDT From her rebuilt but not yet fully furnished home, Irma Thomas anchors her faith in the rebirth of New Orleans to the return of the Essence Music Festival. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/new-orleans-essence-music-festival-opens-friday.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:51:35 EDT The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/eu-musicians-oppose-europe-wide-online-licensing.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:51 EDT