The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 27

Among the links to music news stories provided by the Daily Chord this week; an unheard Bowie find, an SEC settlement for the Fyre festival heads, development threatens to level Seattle's Showbox, and the Mercury Prize nominees came out. Check out all of the new stories each weekday, and make it one step easier by subscribing to our email blast.

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Monday, July 23

• David Bowie: First studio recording 'found in bread basket'
  Post from BBC News
• Festicket integrates with Spotify to help you discover festivals you'll like
  Item from TechCrunch
• Before there was food, Jonathan Gold was a groundbreaking music critic
  Appreciation from LA Times
• Most of music's top money makers in 2017 had been at it for decades
  Post from Marketwatch
• 5 of the coolest people shaping Tokyo's music scene
  List from Fader
• Ticketing firm Eventbrite reportedly files for IPO
  Post from Music Ally

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Tuesday, July 24

• Music Modernization Act stares down potential snag
  Post from Variety
• How the global music copyright business grew by $1.5BN in 2016 (and why that's amazing news today)
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Made In America to stay on Ben Franklin Parkway after Kenney reaches accord with Jay Z's company
  Story from Philadelphia Inquirer
• In conversation: Billy Joel
  Interview from Vulture
• Annoyed by restaurant playlists, a master musician made his own
  Story from NY Times
• 'Kokomo' is 30: The strange backstory to the Beach Boys' last cultural gasp
  Story from Stereogum

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Wednesday, July 25

• Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland settles with SEC, must repay $27.4 million
  Post from The Verge
• Live Nation stock climbs after analyst calls merger with Liberty/Sirius XM 'inevitable'
  Post from Variety
• Blockchain startup Tron closes BitTorrent acquisition
  Item from TechCrunch
• How social media changed the one-hit wonder
  Post from Noisey
• MQA chief Mike Jbara talks hi-res music and streaming evolution
  Interview from Music Ally
• Trojan Records at 50: How one label ignited a British love affair with Jamaican music
  Feature from The Independent

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Thursday, July 26

• With Lyor Cohen leading the charge, YouTube Music brings some challenges and advantages to a competetive music streaming market
  Post from LA Times
• Could the Seattle process save the Showbox?
  Post from The Stranger
• Mercury Prize: Arctic Monkeys and Jorja Smith on short list
  Item from BBC News
• The wisdom of Macca
  Post from NME
• You don't need to be a musician to get a record deal in 2018
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Target's CBGB tribute draws backlash, followed by an apology
  Post from NY Times

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Friday, July 27

• Entering Brexit Britain for Womad festival is 'so difficult and humiliating' that performers are giving up, says organiser
  Post from Radio Times
• Spotify talks direct artist deals: 'Licensing content doesn't make us a label'
  Post from Music Ally
• Some music festivals balk at booking 50% female acts. One just did it.
  Post from NY Times
• Stax Records alumni salute founder Jim Stewart during emotional museum event
  Story from Memphis Commercial-Appeal
• Oddball is a drum machine controller you toss around to make beats
  Post from Engadget
• Variety, Rolling Stone owner Penske invest in BuzzAngle to challenge Billboard chart dominance
  Post from Hypebot