Jem Aswad

Advertisment

Tom Waits Pays Tribute to Playwright-Director Robert Wilson: ‘His Vodka Paintbrush of Absurdity, Vaudeville, Heartbreak and Forgiveness and Imagination of the Infinite… Still Astounds’

Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his...

Sheila Jordan, Legendary Jazz Singer, Dies at 96

Sheila Jordan, whose cool and supple voice carried her name through decades of jazz recordings, performance and education, died Monday in New York, her family confirms to Variety. No cause of...

Warner Music Posts Encouraging Quarterly Results, Boosted by Streaming and Hits From Rosé, Teddy Swims and More

Warner Music Group’s fiscal third quarter, which concluded June 30, was a cautiously encouraging one, with revenue increasing by 8.7% (7% in constant currency) and streaming-specific revenues inching up by 4%...

Universal Music Posts 6.5% Revenue Growth at Half-Year Mark, With Publishing Soaring 11.6%

Universal Music Group posted relatively small gains in the second quarter but stronger ones for the half year that ended June 30, with its publishing division seeing 11%-plus year-over-year gains in...

Music Industry Moves: Warner Records Restructures Marketing Department

Warner Records is restructuring and refocusing its marketing team, the company announced today. The new structure “brings together digital and traditional marketing” to streamline the department’s operations overall. The change was...

Ozzy Osbourne’s Lost Interview: Black Sabbath Icon on Death Threats, Working With Wife Sharon, and Being Mystified by Glam Metal, ‘I Even Fancied the...

Many, many years ago, when this reporter was just a few months into his first music industry job as the assistant editor of a now-long defunct teen heavy metal magazine called...

Jonas Brothers Music Catalogs Acquired by Father’s Company

Several assets from the Jonas Brothers’ catalog are going to a “new” home in a deal through which Jonas Group Entertainment, the company overseen by the brothers’ father Kevin Sr.,...

Steve Miller Band Cancels All Tour Dates Due to Recent Weather Disasters

The calamitous weather of recent years has taken many lives, caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage and is changing the climate and economies of countries all over the globe. But...

Jem Aswad

Advertisment