The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, February 10

This week in music news opened with assessment of Lady Gaga's halftime gig, and the meaning of 'This Land Is Your Land.' The upcoming Grammys prompted speculation and predictions. A number of stories concerned the business of streaming music, with falling price points and major players looking to gain advantage.

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Monday, February 6

• If you thought Lady Gaga's halftime show was apolitical, consider the origin of 'This Land Is Your Land'
  Post from Washington Post
• Music industry majors sue hip-hop streaming site Spinrilla
  Post from Billboard
• Stem helps split royalties and takes off as music distributor
  Post from NY Times
• Lost Bob Marley tapes restored after 40 years in London basement
  Item from BBC News
• Marc Spitz, veteran music journalist and author, dead at 47
  Obituary from Rolling Stone
• David Axelrod, composer and producer, dies at 83
  Obituary from The Guardian

Tuesday, February 7

• How best rock performance became one of the Grammys' weirdest races
  Story from NY Times
• MIA to curate Meltdown Festival 2017
  Item from NME
• Sex Pistols' silver jubilee
  Post from Mashable
• How music is refuge for Anderson .Paak
  Story from CBS News
• Double Door evicted from longtime Wicker Park space
  Story from Chicago Tribune
• Sting and Wayne Shorter named Polar Music Prize laureates for 2017
  Post from Billboard

Wednesday, February 8

• Spinal Tap sues for $400 million
  Story from Bloomberg
• Average streaming service subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Vevo pauses its music video subscription plans
  Post from Engadget
• Pegi Young doesn't mince words in 'Raw' new album on her divorce from a rock star
  Story from LA Times
• Music and sex stimulate the same part of the brain
  Post from The Independent
• You don't need a subwoofer for your wrist
  Review from TechCrunch

Thursday, February 9

• Music teams from YouTube and Google Play combine
  Post from The Verge
• The Grammys fumble hip-hop and R&B. Here's how to fix it.
  Post from NY Times
• No, really: Root for Twenty One Pilots at the Grammys
  Post from The Ringer
• The Irish music services hoping to transform the industry
  Story from Irish Times
• Aretha Franklin: 'I am retiring this year' after release of new album
  Item from WDIV Detroit
• Careful with those headphones - 1 in 4 Americans have noise-induced hearing loss
  Story from Ars Technica

Friday, February 10

• What big tech's quarterly reports say about the future of music
  Post from NPR
• Recording Academy president sings praises of organization's efforts outside Grammys
  Story from Variety
• Prince's post-1995 albums and music from his vault will be released by Universal
  Post from NY Times
• 2017 power 100 list revealed
  Feature from Billboard
• The forgotten New Yorker who changed the '80s music scene
  Story from NY Post
• Does college radio even matter anymore?
  Feature from Pitchfork