Other names set to celebrate the iconic singer-songwriter include Jon Batiste, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Porter and Leon BridgesThe post Beck and St. Vincent to perform at MusiCares event honouring Joni Mitchell appeared first on NME.

Every year, just before the Grammy Awards, there’s a big gala show to honor a music-business legend. The MusiCares Person Of The Year shindig typically features the artist in question, and it also has lots of heavyweights coming in to pay tribute to that artist. There was no MusiCares gala last year, but in recent years, the show has s...

Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash are among a host of artists who have left the streaming serviceThe post Jon Stewart defends Joe Rogan over Spotify row: ‘This overreaction is a mistake’ appeared first on NME.

The Spotify saga continues. Last week, Neil Young gave Spotify an ultimatum, writing in an open letter that he would pull his music from the streaming service over the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience and over the COVID vaccine misinformation spread by Rogan and his guests. Spotify promptly removed Young’s music. Other artists like Jon...

Over the last week, one of the biggest news stories in the music business is about the biggest music streaming service and about its fealty to a hugely popular non-musician who won’t stop spreading COVID misinformation. Last week, Neil Young wrote an open letter claiming that he wanted to remove his music from Spotify because of the st...