Someone on a mailing list was offering criticism for Tom Petty’s new record. While I’ve not heard it I’ve heard the accusations before: mainstream rock kind of stinks and we need the second-coming of grunge.
Sure Tom Petty is among my favorites but it’s not like I expect him to change radio singlehandedly. [...]

Beyoncé apparently really liked the results of her collaboration with Sugarland at the AMAs. Several outlets are reporting that she will ditch R&B on the next album and instead put her own spin on country music.
Amanda Ghost has been enlisted to assist in songwriting.
Perhaps she’s had her eye on the success of [...]

Country music has been described as a big tent with room for everyone. Sadly enough, with the exception of Charlie Pride, that tent has largely been very pale. His success was largely the only black breakthrough until the singing doctor, Cleve Francis had minor success in the 90s. Even Price, whose legendary [...]

Love him or loathe him, Bob Lefsetz draws a crowd with his music industry analysis. For those of you who are unfamiliar with The Lefsetz Letter, it’s a newsletter/blog from a self-proclaimed renegade author who is “beholden to no one.”
While I often find Bob’s work to be a bit trite and all-to-frequently a rambling [...]