Variety Getty Images After 44 years of living under Iran’s oppressive fundamentalist Islamic regime, the situation on the ground in the country — mass protests following the Sep. 16 murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — has become an international crisis. In response, Taylor Hanson, of the multi-platinum and chart-topping “MMMBoppers” Hanson, has put out a widespread call for 16,000 voices to… Read More »

RollingStone A special session of the song, written by Shervin Hajipour, will take place this weekend A protestor holds a photo of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked a wave of demonstrations in Iran and elsewhere. BULENT KILIC/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Last September, as protests spread across Iran following the death of 22-year-old activist Mahsa Amini, the musician Shervin Hajipour released a… Read More »

Celebrity Access MADISON, WI (CelebrityAccess) – A new book titled Touring and Mental Health – The Music Industry Manual is set to be published on March 23 2023 via Omnibus Press. The manual’s focus is to give those working in the live music industry a guide to help them “identify, process and manage the physical and psychological difficulties that can… Read More »

Fordham What would the biography of a pop song look like? And what could it tell us about that song’s moment in history—and our own time?   In One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song, Fordham history professor Asif Siddiqi, Ph.D., and 15 other writers attempt to answer those questions. They each delve into the history… Read More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Don McLean, The Fray and Deep Blue Something also join the lineup Brookhaven, GA, Jan. 24, 2023 – The City of Brookhaven announces Band of Horses and HANSON as the concert headliners for the 2023 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26, at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Brookhaven.  Admission is free. Band of… Read More »