Interesting story about how women are the most talked about people in pop music, but they’re still the minority of creators.
Source: Even Beyoncé can’t fix what’s wrong with the Top 40 | Fusion
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Gender Inequity in the Top 40
by Monthly Archives: June 2016
by Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ and Teaching U.S. History
I’m going to predict that the number of history majors starts to rise this year and will continue as long as Hamilton stays red-hot on Broadway (and we don’t go into another economic decline).
Source: The unusual way Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ is teaching U.S. history to kids
by Jack Daniel’s and African American History
Even if Jack Daniel’s is only doing this as a marketing move, I love how it acknowledges some of the real accomplishments and influence of slaves in creating Southern culture/life.
On its 150th anniversary, the Tennessee whiskey distillery concedes that its official history didn’t tell the whole story of its origins.
Source: Jack Daniel’s Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave – The New York Times
by Led Zeppelin Not Guilty of Stealing ‘Stairway’ Rift
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were found not guilty of stealing the guitar rift for Stairway to Heaven from the song Taurus by Spirit. There probably is enough difference that you can’t PROVE their guilt, but it is pretty darn similar. I’ve linked to Taurus so you can judge for yourself.
Source: The Latest: Led Zeppelin thankful ‘Stairway’ rift is settled
by Every Noise at Once
This might be one of best uses of digital scraping/analysis ever. Every Noise at Once is an algorithmically-generated, scatter-plot of the musical genres based on the 1467 genres by Spotify. You can see the relation between different genres and search for how groups are categorized too.
by History of the Jukebox
I once got a record pulled from a jukebox at my favorite college bar by playing it a dozen times in a row.
The story of Louis Glass, the original jukebox hero.
Source: How the Jukebox Got Its Groove
by The Fake Zombies and the Musicians Who Portrayed Them
Gotta love when a song is so popular, but the band so little known that a fake group can claim their identity and tour the U.S.
Source: The True Story Of The Fake Zombies, The Strangest Con In Rock History
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