Pilar McCurry, Veteran Music Supervisor, Dies at 53

Pilar McCurry, former Sony Pictures Entertainment senior VP and music supervisor for seminal films such as Love Jones, Stomp the Yard, Set It Off, Gridlock’d and Men in Black, died March 19 in Los Angeles of undisclosed causes. She was 53 years old. “Pilar McCurry was an exceptional talent and a rare, …

Some songs are never going to be played on the radio. Their lyrical content is so extreme that it would cause no end of bother. But for every Rage Against the Machine, who refuse to alter their words to appeal to a broader fanbase, there are songwriters who will happily come up with a rewritten lyric if it will …

Canadian-based, UK-traded Entertainment One, which does business as eOne, has taken over New York-based production company Round Room Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to give eOne a pathway into the live touring business. Round Room company — which …

The culture of country music thrives in Texas! Budweiser gave SXSW the southern treatment by transforming Austin’s Fair Market into a full-blown club. The immersive Budweiser Country Club hosted over 2,500 festival attendees on March 15^th, with impressive performances from Sony Music Nashville’s …

As the #MeToo movement ricochets through Hollywood and into other industries, Nashville musicians and legislators alike appear to be coming to terms with the country music industry’s role in dealing with sexual harassment. After assault allegations surfaced against former PR executive Kirt Webster in …

Ek, 35, started Spotify in 2006 because he thought he could stamp out the piracy that had ravaged the music business. He was right. Total global music sales have grown three straight years after a 15-year decline. More than 70 million people now pay Spotify an average of about $5 a month to access 35 …

I heard the music before I saw the car. In 1982, when I was 13, I was shopping with my mother in the Hollis section of New York’s borough of Queens. A large car … Music was our Twitter . What you cranked up sent a social message and said everything about what you wanted. As a kid, I was just trying to go …

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