The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, May 25

Live music, recorded music, music festivals, musicians, music fans, music businesses, music instruments, music analysis, music history and the future of music are among the concerns that the Daily Chord keeps tabs on. Each weekday, we choose the stories worth sharing to guide your surfing and save you time. Sign up for our email updates to peruse the day's stories first.

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Monday, May 21

• Chvrches: 'It only takes two seconds to say: I don't agree with white supremacy'
  Interview from The Guardian
• Reggie Lucas, versatile guitarist and producer, dies at 65
  Obituary from NY Times
• Young and hungry, Greta Van Fleet returns to Detroit as a rock-conquering hero
  Interview from Detroit Free Press
• Great Escape music convention puts social consciousness at the forefront
  Post from Billboard
• Former Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley denies sexual misconduct allegations, accuser's lawyer responds
  Post from Consequence Of Sound
• Tidal hits back against rumors of wrongdoing with its own investigation
  Item from Rolling Stone

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Tuesday, May 22

• Sony takes controlling stake in EMI Publishing
  Story from BBC News
• R. Kelly is still doing just fine on Spotify
  Post from The Verge
• Why Billboard's new chart changes will please some - but aggravate others
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• China's music potential:'We are finally getting there!'
  Post from Music Ally
• Direct licensing: A loook at the new PRS tariff for concerts and festivals in the UK
  Post from Pollstar
• World Goth Day: An anatomy of melancholy
  Post from The Independent

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Wednesday, May 23

• EDC Las Vegas and the increasing impossibility of escapism
  Commentary from LA Times
• Pete Tong: 'The EDM bubble has punctured'
  Post from Music Week
• Guitars are getting more popular. So why do we think they're dying?
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Amuse scores $15.5M for its free music distribution service and 'next gen' record label
  Post from TechCrunch
• Gracenote launches hyper-specific music descriptor system Sonic Style
  Item from Billboard
• When metal festivals get political, it feels like utopia
  Post from Noisey

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Thursday, May 24

• YouTube Music will eventually get Google Play Music's best features, including user uploads
  Post from The Verge
• Spotify's $112 million class-action settlement wins approval
  Post from CNET
• Fired MusiCares exec accuses Grammy chief of steering money from charity to cover shortfall
  Post from Variety
• How the music industry condones a culture of excessive substance use
  Post from MixMag
• Clairo's 'Pretty Girl' went viral. Then she had to prove herself.
  Story from NY Times
• Vegas bar calls off show due to threats of violence
  Post from Pollstar

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Friday, May 25

• Vevo could have been 'an existential threat' to YouTube, but YouTube won in the end
  Post from Recode
• How Ed Sheeran is tackling ticket touts
  Post from BBC News
• IMS publishes annual report on electronic music industry
  Item from Resident Advisor
• The Pitchfork guide to new albums, summer 2018
  List from Pitchfork
• 'I'm not sorry I said it': Erykah Badu on music, motherhood and wildly unpopular opinions
  Interview from The Guardian
• Sony forecasts slowdown in industry's global recorded music growth in 2018
  Post from Music Business Worldwide