The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 18

From high profile stories about Taylor Swift winning her trial and streaming services taking down neo-Nazi music, to lesser seen articles about the Tanzania Albinism Collective, the current (slow) tempo of pop music and how scalar improvisation doomed jazz, the Daily Chord surveys the significant and notable music stories of the day and picks six links to share. Consider the Chord a time-saving service, and subscribe to our email blast for headlines each weekday.

Monday, August 14

• Amazon in talks to offer event ticketing in U.S. - sources
  Post from Reuters
• Revolutionizing digital music through blockchain
  Post from Huff Post
• In South Korea, K-Pop pleads for peace
  Story from NY Times
• Feared, ostracized and murdered: How music saved the Tanzania Albinism Collective
  Story from The Guardian
• $1 million from Bruno Mars concert donated to Flint water crisis
  Post from Mashable
• Over 50,000 digitized pieces of vinyl can now be listened to on internet archive
  Post from The Verge

Tuesday, August 15

• Jury rules in favor of Taylor Swift in groping trial
  Story from Billboard
• Pandora, after shake-up, picks new CEO
  Post from NY Times
• A Tribe Called Quest offers apology, explanation for Outside Lands cancellation: 'We will correct this'
  Post from LA Times
• Flea: Removing music education from schools is 'child abuse'
  Interview from Rolling Stone
• Why 'Despacito' isn't nominated for any MTV Video Music Awards
  Story from NY Daily News
• Pineapples banned from Reading and Leeds music festivals
  Item from The Telegraph

Wednesday, August 16

• Taylor Swift groping unsettling? Country music biz has mistreated women for decades
  Story from USA Today
• Can hi-res music hit the right note?
  Post from BBC News
• How did pop music get so slow?
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Elvis Presley's most-streamed songs on YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music
  Post from Variety
• Great Scots! Indie-pop band Belle & Sebastian lost its drummer in N.D. en route to St. Paul
  Story from Star-Tribune
• Streaming music is getting a boost from Amazon Echo, Google Home smart speakers
  Post from Hypebot

Thursday, August 17

• Who still steals music these days?
  Post from Forbes
• Next door to war, an indie Arab band sings of defiance and joy
  Story from NY Times
• 'They could destroy the album': How Spotify's playlists have changed music forever
  Post from The Guardian
• Country music's loss: Jo Walker-Meador, who led CMA to new heights, has died
  Obituary from The Tennessean
• Portland band mail out creepy Trump-themed tapes, respond to backlash
  Post from Pitchfork
• 'Heavy metal isn't a type of music, it's a way of life': DiS meets Exodus
  Interview from Drowned In Sound

Friday, August 18

• Spotify starts banning neo-Nazi bands; Google, Deezer and CD Baby pledge to follow suit
  Post from Variety
• Killer Mike selling anti-Confederate merch
  Post from Pitchfork
• Grizzly Bear return: 'America has become toxic - it's palpable everywhere'
  Profile from The Guardian
• When career artists score a freak pop hit
  Column from Stereogum
• Paul Oliver, pre-eminent authority on the blues, dies at 90
  Obituary from NY Times
• Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and one night in New York City
  Story from The New Yorker