Peter Benedek was beaming at dinner Wednesday night and I had no idea what he was so happy and proud about. Turned out UTA had canceled its Oscar party and was donating the 250k to the ACLU and was holding a rally, all in support of its client Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director of “The […]

1. The Promoter The most powerful entity in the music business. Because they write the checks. And on the road is where you make the most money. Unheralded and unknown, especially by the press, the labels get all the glory, but it’s the promoters that keep the business healthy. Anybody can get their music on […]

Can I get a hallelujah Can I get an amen Now that was refreshing. In a world of beats, where there are no bands and every record lives in a computer, to see someone sing a song with no special effects accompanied by a group of skilled players is a revelation. I’ve been overhyped. That’s […]

Chicago II – Spotify We wanted to get closer to the music. We grew up in an era where music came out of a small speaker in the dashboard, a tiny speaker on the side of the all-in-one record player in our bedroom, the muffled speaker on the front of the console in the living […]