Category: music

A good year for music of the 20th Century. Who won what. – Los Angeles Times

As the technology and music industries merge into one, the majors want to encourage the transition to digital downloading, but only with companies willing to play by their rules. The unanswered question is how users will fare in the recording industry’s playbook. – L.A. Weekly

– for most Grammy Award wins. Complete coverage – pictures, interviews, stories. – Los Angeles Times

• List of winners. – Grammy.com 02/23/00

Salzburg Festival director Gerard Mortier changes his mind about quitting the festival to protest Austrian politics, according to the Vienna daily Der Standard. – Times of India (AP)

New software allows instant translation of sheet music/recordings into Braille for blind musicians. – Wired

That’s one description of today’s British classical music journalism. Shake-ups in the editorial leadership of the small world of British music magazines and the Grove Dictionary has put classical music journalism in an uproar, writes Norman Lebrecht. “The common weakness is that all these magazines rely primarily on record-label advertising, and most classical labels are in trouble.” – London Telegraph

A new kind of songwriter has infiltrated the soul of the Broadway musical – the pop-tune writer, who’s work plays as well alone on the radio (or skating rink) as it does onstage. – Chicago Tribune

– is the biggest thing to hit the classical charts in recent years. Now the manager who helped get her there is suing the 14-year-old for breaking her contract with him. – BBC

– new mid-size 1,100-seat concert hall. – BBC Music Magazine

Recording companies are raking in the cash. So why are record execs looking so unhappy? “They don’t like the music, they don’t get it, and they’re horrified that people like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera are becoming stars,” said Jeff Pollack, a programming consultant for more than 100 U.S. radio stations. “It drives people who have been in the industry absolutely nuts.” – Los Angeles Times