They say if you can remember Desert Trip one you weren't really there. | | | | | What Desert Trippers looked like in 1976. (Bill Abbott) | | | | |  | “They say if you can remember Desert Trip one you weren't really there.”
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| | rantnrave:// Women apparently have a better chance of becoming president nowadays than getting a gig producing a pop album. That's the shockingly not shocking takeaway from this research project, in which DEVIN SMITH pored over the credits of every album by a female solo artist to top the BILLBOARD chart in 2015. After tallying up the producers, writers, musicians and engineers on albums by TAYLOR SWIFT, MEGHAN TRAINOR, ADELE and five others, Smith writes, "The Average Jane might find it surprising that the gender disparity on these best-selling album[s] is more pronounced than in the offices of APPLE and GOOGLE." The most female-friendly hiring practices belong to KELLY CLARKSON, who boasts 12 women and 46 men in the credits to PIECE BY PIECE. Also shockingly not shocking: Smith, who I'm going to assume is a man based on his name and photo, takes the opportunity to scold the female stars for not working with more women and to dudesplain to them how they could use their clout to make things better. It's on you, womenfolk. Get to it... Devin Smith might want to have a chat with the producers of DESERT TRIP aka OLDCHELLA, which wrapped its second and final week on Sunday. The bill featured more NOBEL PRIZE winners than either women or nonwhites. PAUL MCCARTNEY offered a nod to diversity (and to post-1980 pop music) by inviting RIHANNA onstage Friday night, and ROGER WATERS showed up with a coed lineup including singers JESS WOLFE and HOLLY LAESSIG of the band LUCIUS... RANDY TRAVIS stuns crowd at COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME induction ceremony... CLIVE DAVIS' heartbreaking 2001 letter to WHITNEY HOUSTON... A: He says people who like nerdcore are "losers." Q: Who is JEOPARDY host ALEX TREBEK? | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Sparked by two recent standout remixes for Prins Thomas, we offer 10 more Villalobos edits that prove his longtime dominance in the field. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Swet Shop Boys' political party-rap is the perfect soundtrack for the Trumpocalypse. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| The reports of his death-readiness have been greatly exaggerated, Cohen told guests at a gathering in Los Angeles. | | |
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 | Cuepoint |
| Women get an unfair share of work as producers, songwriters, and musicians on #1 albums by Adele, Taylor, and Selena. | | |
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 | Thump |
| Thump heads to Moscow and steps into the fascinating and visually stunning world of Skotoboinya. | | |
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 | Charlie Rose |
| A performance and interview with country musician Sturgill Simpson. His new album is called "A Sailor's Guide to Earth." | | |
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 | MTV News |
| A dispatch from the Official Prince Tribute in Minnesota. | | |
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 | The Album Wall |
| When I learned last year that Nick Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur had fallen to his death, my reaction was of course one of sadness and horror and deepest sympathy. However, when I learned earlier this year that Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds had a new album coming out, I was excited. | | |
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 | NPR |
| Earlier this month, musicians - invited by Bon Iver and The National - gathered at a former East German radio facility for an unconventional festival that pieced its story together as it went along. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| You may question the need for an entire channel devoted to the music of Barbra Streisand, but someone is listening. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| In its 115-year history, the Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to only 14 women. So honouring Dylan is simply a return to the status quo | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Composer Ted Hearne had been circling WikiLeaks and the details it divulged about America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq when the figure of Chelsea Manning emerged. | | |
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| Thump |
| Embracing the good bits of a widely-dismissed music moment that gave us The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| The veteran rapper finally reveals his true self on ‘1992.’ | | |
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| NPR |
| NPR's Scott Simon talks to music critic David Hajdu about his new book, "Love For Sale," in which he chronicles the 100-plus year history of American pop music. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Music channel Baeble Music will be on TV in 20 million homes by the end of 2016. Founder David Moflly explains the company's growth and vision. | | |
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| The Guardian |
| Last week she was widely attacked for apologising to refugees on the UK’s behalf. But, just as her candour and directness mark her music, she has never been afraid to speak her mind. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Read an interview with the British writer and an excerpt from his new book, 'Black Metal: Into The Abyss.' | | |
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 | Digital Trends |
| Dolby discusses breaking the music-genre barrier, the true arrival of the golden age of wireless, and the ultimate legacy of "She Blinded Me With Science." | | |
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 | Soundfly |
| Singing utilizes muscle movements and contractions in your diaphragm, voice box, mouth, and sometimes even your extremities in a highly controlled way. Although the movements are on a much smaller scale than, say, when you’re running or doing push-ups, you still have to take care of your voice and body in order to sing out your best. | | |
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