The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, November 18

This week the election results continued to reverberate in the music business, Leon Russell and Mose Allison died, the Latin Grammys were awarded, and a prominent torrent site shut down. Names in the news include Vybz Kartel, The Turtles and Frank Ocean.

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Monday, November 14

• Leon Russell, hit maker and musicians' musician, dies at 74
  Obituary from NY Times
• Google Music taps big data to build a robot DJ mind-reader
  Post from Wired
• Samsung is buying Harman in an $8 billion bet on connected cars
  Post from The Verge
• Amazon Music Unlimited expands to the UK, Germany and Austria today
  Post from TechCrunch
• Eagles Of Death Metal frontman turned away from Bataclan
  Post from BBC News
• Music isn't going to get better under Trump
  Commentary from MTV News

Tuesday, November 15

• Tidal goes after Prince's estate
  Post from CNN Money
• The Turtles' $100 million trial against Sirius XM starts tomorrow
  Post from Ars Technica
• Justice challenges BMI, ASCAP fractional license decision
  Post from Broadcasting and Cable
• Music stars clash with streaming services over money but believe future lies in tech
  Post from CNBC
• Billy Miller, curator and historian of fringe music, dies at 62
  Obituary from NY Times
• David Mancuso, DJ and pioneer of NYC underground club scene, dies at 72
  Obituary from Billboard

Wednesday, November 16

• Frank Ocean is finally free, mystery intact
  Interview from NY Times
• How President Trump could be a boon for the music industry
  Story from The Tennessean
• Radiohead dominate producer awards
  Post from BBC News
• Teenager took ecstasy then bought another pill at Fabric, inquest told
  Post from The Guardian
• Mose Allison, pianist, singer and 'William Faulkner of jazz,' dies at 89
  Obituary from LA Times
• Watch Neil Young and D.R.A.M. in the studio
  Item from Pitchfork

Thursday, November 17

• Copy-and-paste songwriting for a switched-on world
  Post from The Guardian
• Bruce Springsteen awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama
  Post from NME
• Just before trial, The Turtles settle copyright suit against Sirius XM
  Story from Ars Technica
• The 100 greatest singers of all time
  List from Consequence Of Sound
• Vybz Kartel speaks: After five years in prison, he still rules dancehall
  Interview from Rolling Stone
• Bob Dylan will not attend Nobel ceremony
  Item from NY Times

Friday, November 18

• Kanye West: "I would have voted for Trump"
  Post from EW
• World's largest music torrent site goes dark, disputes report about server seizure
  Post from Ars Technica
• Latin Grammy winners listed
  Post from Latin Grammys
• Juju on that beat: The power of music memes
  Post from The Guardian
• Aussie music industry urged to back roadie support fund in wake of staggering suicide rates
  Post from Musicfeeds
• How Rae Sremmurd's 'Black Beatles' rode #MannequinChallenge to no. 1
  Post from NY Times