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Bebe Rexha's 7-step guide to breaking into the music industry

Edit Entertainment Weekly 22 Jun 2016
Bebe Rexha’s voice has been all over the radio lately ... In the new issue of EW, Rexha shares her journey from New York City kid to hit songwriter for the likes of Tinashe, Iggy Azalea and Nick Jonas ... And she’s had to fight to get credit on songs she had a major hand in creating ... Instead, that song—“Hey Mama,” also featuring Afrojack and Nicki Minaj—became a Top 10 hit in more than a dozen countries....

The real world, brought to you by Pere Ubu

Edit The Examiner 22 Jun 2016
It starts in 1978 ... When you hit the P-A state line, you decide the radio’s useless ... The singer, done up in a black suit and tie like a mortician, keeps hitting himself on the chest with a closed fist—and shaking his finger, and shaking his head, and slapping himself on the head with his palm ... This is exactly what life in 1978 is really like, only most folks can’t see it, much less hear it ... David Thomas – Vocals....

Sting and Peter Gabriel Trade Hits, Covers During Three-Hour Tour Kickoff

Edit Billboard 22 Jun 2016
For more than three hours they traded numbers, sometimes sharing vocal duties ... The three percussionists did a nice job of bringing both singer's supple world rhythms to life, and both backing vocalists did well in their duet turns, particularly on Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up,” recently covered by John Legend and Pink....

What to do in Oklahoma on June 22, 2016: Listen to Gordon Lightfoot at Rose State College

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Jun 2016
A lifelong musician, he became a member in 1960 of the Swinging Eight, the in-house vocal group on the popular Canadian television series "Country Hoedown," a position he held for two years, and formed a duo with fellow singer Terry Whalen called the Two Tones ... By this time, Lightfoot had begun playing occasional solo dates, and had a regional hit in Canada with the single "Remember Me (I'm the One)," a moody pop ballad....

Those who bought book about weight loss to get money back, FTC says

Edit WPTV 22 Jun 2016
"Kevin Trudeau’s run-ins with the FTC began back in the late 90’s when he agreed to settle an FTC charge that he hosted a series of deceptive infomercials designed to look like radio and TV news interviews," according to ......

Chart Beat Podcast: SiriusXM Exec Kid Kelly on Being an 'Advocate for Radio Entertainment'

Edit Billboard 22 Jun 2016
... that social media being radio ... Kelly also discloses, for the first time, that his popular syndicated radio show Backtrax USA, which, in its two forms, relives the hits of the '80s and '90s on more than 200 stations, may soon end after nearly 25 years ... "Maybe it's that time to say, 'You know what? What a great run.' It's been in the back of my mind....

R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs of the Summer Picks: Maxwell, DJ Khaled & Drake

Edit Billboard 22 Jun 2016
Billboard has already handicapped what might be the biggest smashes this summer, with safe bets pointing to, among others, hits by Drake, Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris and Rihanna ... Yesterday, country radio decision-makers weighed in with what might be the biggest country hits from now through Labor Day. Today, programmers in R&B;/hip-hop and rhythmic radio pick what might rule their format in summer '16 ... "This is 'Lean Back' 2.0....

Luton Sixth Form takes over RadioLaB (University of Bedfordshire)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
Music includes 80s and 90s hits, R'n'B, soul, today's biggest tunes and everything in between, mixed with features, chat, and a few interviews along the way ... Students have worked so hard to take part in this unique experience which enormously enriches the BTEC Radio course at the College and provides them with valuable experience in communication techniques ... 'I'm delighted to welcome Luton Sixth Form College back to Radio LaB....

iiiDrops

Edit Rollingstone 22 Jun 2016
Chance the Rapper's buddy tells hard tales of life in 'Chiraq' ... "I ain't been church in a minute, my Jesus piece flicking/Riding in the whip ......

Blake Lively explains controversial LA face, Oakland booty comment: "I was celebrating my body"

Edit Digital Spy 22 Jun 2016
Blake Lively has hit back at her critics and defended her choice to use Sir Mix-a-Lot's 'Baby Got Back' lyrics to describe herself in a recent Instagram post ... "Even in that dress, I'm wearing a great, tiny corset and someone has cinched me in to within an inch of my life and it's the most favourable version....

NCW seeks Salman's apology for ‘rape’ analogy

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
"We have sought an explanation in seven days," said NCW chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam. At a presser in the run-up to Sultan's Eid release, Salman who plays an ageing wrestler described a gruelling sequence saying, "During those six hours, there'd be so much of lifting and thrusting on the ground ... Writer Madhu Kishwar, on the other hand, was vocal in her support of Salman's naivete and slammed her fellow feminists instead....

Joni Mitchell: 15 Great Artists Influenced by the 'Blue' Singer

Edit Rollingstone 22 Jun 2016
... told Rolling Stone in 1979. "At that period of my life, I had no persona defenses ... I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world, and I couldn't pretend in my life to be strong....

Former Ebony editor slated to become exec at Interactive One

Edit New York Post 22 Jun 2016
Former Ebony Editor-in-Chief Kierna Mayo is heading to Interactive One, the digital arm of Radio One, as senior vice president of content and brands, ......
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