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Billy Strings, Alison Krauss & More to Help Celebrate ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Soundtrack’s 25th Anniversary

The Grand Ole Opry will help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the RIAA 8x Platinum-certified O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack on Feb. 28 with a special Opry show. Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters, Chris Thomas King, Colin Linden, and Del McCoury will perform during the special event, as will Emmylou […]

Blackstone Trims Recognition Catalog With $200 Million Sale to Sony Music

Blackstone, the owner of around $4 billion in music assets including through Recognition Music Group, has sold a portion of the Recognition portfolio to Sony Music Group for more than $200 million, according to sources. The deal, which has not been previously reported, includes mostly publishing assets and a smattering of master recording royalty income streams to songs including some by […]

HARDY Talks ‘McArthur’ Collab With Morgan Wallen, Eric Church & Tim McGraw and If More Is Coming: ‘I Would Love to Expand on This Concept’ (Exclusive)

The last week of January mysterious, intriguing posts popped up on HARDY, Tim McGraw, Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s social media, each with a different first name and shared McArthur last name against a grainy background, birth and (except for Wallen’s) death dates and a red squiggly line like an EKG heartbeat. Fans and journalists […]

Mark Ronson to Receive Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at The BRITs 2026

British-born producer and musician Mark Ronson is set to be honored with a very special BRIT Award. Related Mark Ronson Celebrates ‘Night People’ at New York Hot Spot Chez Nous Mark Ronson Remembers Quincy Jones in Heartfelt Tribute Mark Ronson Recruits Slash, Dave Grohl, Jack Black to Boost Foreigner’s 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Bid: […]

William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Dies at 75: ‘Rest in Eternal Peace and Funk’

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the founding bassist for the George Clinton-led funk acid rock collective Parliament-Funkadelic has died at age 75. According to a post from Clinton’s Facebook account, Nelson died on Saturday (Jan. 31) of undisclosed causes. “Rest in eternal peace and Funk,” read the brief statement, which contained no further information on Nelson’s […]