The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 1

The Daily Chord provides a short digest of music news each weekday. This week, we read about Taylor Swift's return, Harvey's cultural impact, and an optimistic report on the music business by Goldman Sachs. As summer turns to fall, take a second to subscribe to the Daily Chord email blast. Your inbox will thank you.

Monday, August 28

• Margaret Moser 1954-2017
  Obituary from Austin Chronicle
• Harvey's impact on Houston's music venues
  Post from Houston Press
• 2017 MTV Video Music Award winners
  List from MTV
• The 19-year-old helping to stamp out homophobia at music festivals
  Post from BBC News
• Experimental rocker EMA talks VR, the dark web, and hiding behind screens
  Interview from Ars Technica
• Why Detroit is one of America's greatest rock 'n' roll cities
  Post from M Live

Tuesday, August 29

• Hip-hop artists dominate USA's top songwriters chart in first half of 2017
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• From music to movies to TV, Latinos are widely underrepresented - and I'm done with it
  Guest column from Hollywood Reporter
• Feat the kitchen sink: How Zayn, David Guetta and Drake changed pop credits
  Story from The Guardian
• Sonos to announce new smart speaker on October 4
  Post from The Verge
• Billboard's 2017 digital power players
  List from Billboard
• The New Pornographers albums from worst to best
  List from Stereogum

Wednesday, August 30

• Music industry will hit $41 billion by 2030, according to new Goldman Sachs report
  Post from Billboard
• Ambassadors of London's rebooted, revitalized jazz scene come to New York
  Review from NY Times
• Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett: Inside indie-rock superduo's new album
  Post from Rolling Stone
• The brilliant way one founder made a killing from the music industry
  Post from Inc
• The 25 most anticipated albums of fall 2017
  List from Consequence Of Sound
• Hinder sues former lead singer
  Item from Pollstar

Thursday, August 31

• Do you play Taylor Swift or does she play you?
  Commentary from CNET
• Why is John Denver's music in so many movies this year?
  Post from Vulture
• The Simpsons composer Alf Clausen fired
  Post from Variety
• Viewership down for MTV's Video Music Awards
  Post from AP via Billboard
• Flavor Flav sues Chuck D over Public Enemy royalties
  Item from Stereogum
• Wanda Jackson unveils autobiography 'Every Night Is Saturday Night'
  Item from Rolling Stone

Friday, September 1

• Spotify: Don't compare us to Napster
  Story from Billboard
• These are the most-streamed songs of summer 2017
  Post from NME
• Why you can't put the music industry on a blockchain
  Guest post from Hypebot
• Two years later, is new music Fridays doing its job?
  Post from Forbes
• Solange and other musicians join Harvey relief efforts
  Item from NY Times
• A brief history of Neil Young's greatest lost albums
  Column from Uproxx