Great piece on Melanie. I interviewed her for my  podcast just last week, so it was probably her final one. Melanie was very gracious and told some fantastic stories that I don’t think people know about her. First, her husband/manager/producer, whose office was across the hall from Michael Lang’s, asked if Melanie would play a […]

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1 There was a moment there when she was hip. I became aware of her back in ’69, with her song “Beautiful People.” I can’t tell you where I heard it. Possibly on AM. But probably on FM. By that time I was totally hooked. There was the progenitor in New York, WOR. And then […]

“Coachella tickets went on sale on Friday, Jan. 19. And four days later, tickets for the festival’s first weekend are still up for grabs —  for the first time in a decade.” “Coachella Festival sees slowest ticket sales in 10 years”: https://rb.gy/h2dbwd This is not a Coachella story, this is a music business story. It’s a […]