The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, January 11

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Monday, January 7

• When the Music Modernization Act becomes law, who's going to take care of it?
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• How 'Chapelle's Show' and 'The Boondocks' kept us laughing at R. Kelly
  Post from NY Times
• Ones to watch 2019: 20 musicians to look out for in the new year, from Flohio to Another Sky
  List from The Independent
• Sphero's latest toy turns colors into music
  Post from The Verge
• Spotify is giving brands more control over ads in Discover Weekly
  Post from Engadget
• A newly discovered account of jazz legend Buddy Bolden's mental decline
  Post from Times-Picayune

Tuesday, January 8

• Rumble on: More Native American musicians you should know
  Story from PBS
• Animal Collective's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' was radical enough to redefine indie music. Why didn't it?
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Blue Note's high notes: The jazz label celebrates 80 years
  Story from Billboard
• 'Surviving R. Kelly's' dream hampton: "There are women who aren't afraid"
  Interview from Noisey
• Howell Begle, defender of R&B artists' rights, is dead at 74
  Obituary from NY Times
• How Gaana became India's top audio-streaming music service
  Post from Music Ally

Wednesday, January 9

• As calls for R. Kelly reckoning intensify, RCA Records stays silent
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Nick Cave: 'These conversation events have brought back the terror'
  Post from The Guardian
• We asked some Gen Z kids how they discover new music
  Post from Noisey
• Old, meet new. Sony introduces a wireless turntable for vinyl records
  Post from Ars Technica
• Jammy makes the practice guitar modular
  Post from Engadget
• Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber leaves the company
  Post from Brooklyn Vegan

Thursday, January 10

• Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller Q&A: 'The music industry is an utter mess'
  Interview from Billboard
• The Lazarus effect: How the music industry saved itself
  Post from New Statesman
• Lady Gaga apologizes for R. Kelly collaboration
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Baby Shark (Doo doo doo doo doo doo) Billboard chart (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
  Post from NY Times
• The 2018 Uproxx music critics' poll: Best albums
  List from Uproxx
• Concord's Craft Recordings launches Latin division
  Post from Music Week

Friday, January 11

• Openly gay Latin trap artist Kevin Fret shot and killed at 24
  Story from Billboard
• As Coachella turns 20, its press-shy co-founder gets candid about sexual harassment and why Kanye dropped out
  Interview from LA Times
• Is Liberty Media about to buy into talent agency CAA?
  Item from Music Business Worldwide
• What TikTok is depends on where TikTok is
  Post from New York Magazine
• Octavian wins BBC Sound of 2019
  List from BBC News
• Clydie King, unsung backup singer for Ray Charles and Bob Dylan, dead at 75
  Obituary from Rolling Stone