Music Industry Moves: K.d. Lang Inks Publishing Deal With Reservoir; CD Baby Taps Jean Mischler as Senior VP of Marketing

Reservoir Media has inked a new publishing deal with Grammy and Juno award-winning singer-songwriter k.d. lang. The deal includes her future works and an unspecified portion of her catalog, according to a press release. In the early 1980s, lang began releasing music as the singer for country-swing band the Reclines.Continue Reading

Prayers Up! Operator Dead, At Least 20 Reportedly Injured After New Jersey Transit Train Struck A Tree

A train operator is dead, and at least 20 people have reportedly been injured after a New Jersey Transit train struck a tree. RELATED: Prayers Up! Small Plane Reportedly Crashes Into Bay While Attempting To Evacuate From Hurricane Milton Here’s What Reportedly Happened To The Train Operator &  New Jersey TransitContinue Reading

How ‘Saturday Night’s’ Intense Ticking Score Was Created By Tap Dancing, a Fiddle and Jon Batiste

“Saturday Night” director Jason Reitman didn’t want a score that paid homage to “Saturday Night Live.” Musician Jon Batiste says, “He wanted a pressure cooker of a score, and I interpreted that to mean that he wanted me to do an anti-score.” “Saturday Night” follows a tense 90 minutes onContinue Reading

‘Saturday Night Live’ Technical Issue Before Stevie Nicks’ Performance Halts the Live Show

Eagle-eyed “Saturday Night Live” fans immediately spotted something was amiss before the show’s musical guest Stevie Nicks‘ second performance. After a landslide of internet comments, it turns out there was indeed a technical issue that was resolved quickly. The seemingly smooth episode for the 50th anniversary season (which featured Oasis impersonations andContinue Reading

Jelly Roll’s ‘Beautifully Broken’ Offers Country Music a Reset, by Aggressively Prioritizing Mental Health > Partying: Album Review

By now almost everybody has at least an inkling that Jelly Roll has become one of the biggest superstars of country music in the past two years. But, of course, there are parts of the show-biz world that remain stubbornly country-uncognizant … those who are still not ready for thatContinue Reading