The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, December 1

As December arrives, The Daily Chord includes the first "Best Of 2017" list of the year, but surely not the last. The 2018 Grammy nominations offer surprises, and stories about 'algorave' and music-playing plants raise eyebrows. Keep current on the business and art of music with The Daily Chord, and subscribe to the email blast for an informed inbox.

Monday, November 27

• Previewing the key artists, races and storylines for Tuesday's Grammy nominations
  Post from LA Times
• BBC Music Sound of 2018: Will these artists define the year?
  Post from BBC News
• George Avakian, record producer and talent scout, dies at 98
  Obituary from NY Times
• What exactly is hi-res audio, and should I care about it?
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Tommy Keene, power-pop singer-songwriter, dies at 59
  Obituary from Variety
• In Norway, a small music festival thrives on community
  Post from Uproxx

Tuesday, November 28

• 60th Grammy Awards: Full nominees list
  Post from Grammy.com
• Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' is no. 1 again, but will it maintain its momentum?
  Post from NY Times
• Music awards judges riff on the state of the scene
  Post from Dallas Observer
• What the hell's happening to music's trade press? (And what does it mean for the rest of us?)
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Majors get the tracks but not the longevity on Today's Top Hits
  Post from Music Industry Blog
• 50 best albums of 2017
  List from Rolling Stone

Wednesday, November 29

• Music streaming royalty rates going up slightly in 2018
  Post from Billboard
• Birmingham nightclub Rainbow Venues to close following drug-related deaths
  Post from The Guardian
• Sadiq Khan announces new plan to protect London music venues
  Post from NME
• Comcast throttling BitTorrent was no big deal, FCC says
  Post from Ars Technica
• Please stop calling music 'content'
  Post from MixMag
• How artists make money on YouTube
  Post from Complex

Thursday, November 30

• Jay Z's producer No I.D. on the Grammys: 'Urban culture is now pop culture'
  Interview from NY Times
• Run the code: Is algorave the future of dance music?
  Post from The Guardian
• What will Billboard's new streaming rules really mean?
  Post from Rolling Stone
• 100 blogs to submit your music to
  Post from Hypebot
• What music-playing plants can teach us about consciousness
  Post from Hyperallergic
• Jimmy Iovine breaks down what's wrong with the music business
  Post from Billboard

Friday, December 1

• The making of powerhouse blues prodigy Shemekia Copeland, grown up and with a voice all her own
  Profile from LA Times
• How Jack Antonoff became the most important producer in pop
  Post from The Ringer
• The final interview with Sturgill Simpson, according to Sturgill Simpson
  Interview from Noisey
• Omemee buzzing for Neil Young's return home for concert
  Post from Global News
• Rights clearance startup Dubset partners with Merlin
  Post from The Verge
• Billboard Women In Music 2017: Honorees stress the importance of female empowerment
  Post from Billboard