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David Byrne: Wants Performance Royalties On Commercial Radio
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In recent months David Byrne has been using his status as a revered musical elder statesman to opine on subjects including the terrifying reach of the NSA, overpriced New York City rent, and Spotify’s paltry artist royalties. Royalties are at the heart of Byrne’s latest op-ed, too: This time he’s campaigning for mus...
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For the last two nights, the composer Jherek Bischoff has played shows at New York’s St. Ann’s Warehouse, playing with a group of musicians that included the Contemporaneous Ensemble and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. The shows have also included guests like Zola Jesus, Sondre Lerche, Mirah, and David Byrne. Byrne closed ...
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David Byrne: Is Very Afraid Of The NSA
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David Byrne has become quite the opinionated blogger lately. He condemned Spotify and the pricy New York economy in a pair of recent essays, and now he’s got the National Security Agency in his crosshairs. In a new post called “The Tangled Web We Weave,” the former head of Talking Heads expresses serious concerns ab...
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Foals: Join The Anti-Spotify Club
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The list of artists who don’t much like Spotify — and, specifically, the streaming service’s practice of paying artists very little money — has lately grown to include distinguished types like Thom Yorke and David Byrne, and now it also includes the anthemic British skronk-rockers Foals. As Music Week repo...
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