The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, February 3

The week in music news began with confusion and alarm over the Trump administration's travel ban, as events and artists scrambled to respond. Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement set social media records and transfixed everyone for a day. The Pazz & Jop poll closed out the 2016 list-making season, and attention turned to Lady Gaga's Super Bowl gig and the upcoming Grammys.

The Daily Chord sorts out the stories each weekday, subscribe to the email update for your morning briefing.

Monday, January 30

• Syrian musician in limbo after Trump's immigration order
  Story from Billboard
• Mali cancels return of famous music festival after al-Qaida attack
  Story from The Guardian
• In New York music scene, two behemoths vie for the top
  Story from NY Times
• Can a working musician find a decent job in this town?
  Story from Austin Chronicle
• With 'Bad And Boujee,' Migos is finally having its moment
  Story from LA Times
• Listening to The Monkees with fresh ears, 50 years later
  Post and audio from Fresh Air/NPR

Tuesday, January 31

• Ash Koosha: Acclaimed Iranian musician on being newly banned from US
  Interview from Rolling Stone
• SXSW 'alarmed' by President Trump's travel ban
  Post from Billboard
• How Frank Barsalona created the modern rock concert and got himself into the hall of fame
  Story from Uproxx
• Billboard adds Pandora to chart data
  Post from Hypebot
• Where concert ticket money goes: Who's getting rich off live music's golden age?
  Story from The Guardian
• Eventbrite buys Ticketscript, a self-serve ticket platform for music events
  Post from TechCrunch

Wednesday, February 1

• US halts internet 'six strikes' anti-piracy scheme
  Post from BBC News
• Quietly at first, music comes back to Saudi Arabia
  Post from Voice Of America
• Prince's music expected back on Spotify and Apple Music soon
  Post from CNET
• ESPN reaches settlement in music licensing dispute
  Post from Hollywood Reporter
• The Chainsmokers are the Nickelback of EDM
  Post from Esquire
• Will Sheff: The first time an adult took me seriously
  Interview from NY Times

Thursday, February 2

• Beyoncé shatters most-liked Instagram photo record
  Post from CNET
• Top 10 music festivals: Winter 2017 power ranking
  List from Consequence Of Sound
• How we started the Arab world's biggest music service
  Story from BBC News
• How talking about song lyrics got patented
  Post from Ars Technica
• Thanks Alexa, music streamers see lift from Amazon Echo
  Post from Hypebot
• Apple Music, App Store among Apple's largest growth segment
  Post from Billboard

Friday, February 3

• In the Super Bowl, the women lead at the half
  Post from NY Times
• Grammys put the spotlight on surging Americana genre
  Story from LA Times
• Duran Duran to renew legal battle over US song rights
  Item from The Guardian
• Radio stations that ignored major vulnerability start playing anti-Trump song
  Post from Ars Technica
• Nielsen completes acquisition of metadata provider Gracenote
  Post from Fierce Cable
• Pazz & Jop: The Village Voice music critics poll
  Feature from Village Voice