Tom has a new book, “Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu.”  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-freston/id1316200737?i=1000738658172 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/cbd6f24f-9fb7-48c0-9c2e-aeeee9b684a8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-tom-freston

So I’m sitting here writing about Jimmy Cliff and in my mind I can hear the blowback. Believe me, I’ve always gotten negative responses, but not with the vociferousness, the put-downs, the holier-than-thou attitudes of correspondents today. Is it about me or is it the nature of the world at large? Or maybe it’s just […]

Yemi Oyediran is the director of the must-watch documentary “King of Them All: The Story of King Records” presently airing on PBS. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yemi-oyediran/id1316200737?i=1000737576785 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/0197154e-0fe1-4421-896b-a1b595ce0db7/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-yemi-oyediran

“Walk My Walk” went to number one! And the media couldn’t stop talking about it. Musicians are freaking out about it. And my inbox is filling up about it. And there’s no story here. The truth is Breaking Rust’s AI song “Walk My Walk” sold digital singles, which are weighted artificially high in the “Billboard” […]