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    Billie Eilish may be only 22, but she sings like a chanteuse with decades of hard living behind her — a world-weary angel. Her version of this little tune gives it an entirely different r...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/12/have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas/

      Spotify: YouTube: Do they think we’re deaf? Why can’t they leave well enough alone? And going straight to the heart of the matter, John would have HATED this record. After the Beatle...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/12/now-and-then/

    You don’t know everything. And if you pretend to know everything, those who know something will dismiss you. Used to be a pro knew every record on the chart, now pros have never even hear...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/10/the-modern-music-business/

  Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3kcbvr7 I met him. I talked to him. I saw him more than once. And he was the absolute best. It’s hard to imagine, but once upon a time “guitar hero,” �...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/02/jeff-beck/

  Let’s start with the fees. Everybody wants them baked in, except for the acts. Ironically, even those acts complaining about the fees! Everybody on the inside knows the real price of the tic...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/01/fixing-ticketing/

    “It’s been a long time comin’ “It’s goin’ to be a long time gone” 1. David Crosby was a difficult man. But he was brilliant. And the special sauce, the man whose magic could b...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/01/david-crosby/

  This story has been buzzing for months, but I point you to a recent article on the decline of new music in the United States: “It’s Official: New Music Is Shrinking In Popularity In The Un...

https://ritholtz.com/2022/07/the-decline-of-new-music/

    Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Stream free in the U.S.) He’s completely internalized. Brian Wilson has been on an endless victory lap since 1976. First with his participation in “15 ...

https://ritholtz.com/2022/06/the-brian-wilson-movie/

    Listen along on your favored streamer — here is Amazon Music.   1. Exile On Main Street, 50th Anniversary is today (May 26 in the UK). It’s hard to convey how big “Sticky Fingers” ...

https://ritholtz.com/2022/05/exile-on-main-street-50th-anniversary/

    “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour“ It’s amazing she’s alive. This book has not gotten enough press. It’s the absolute best book about being an artist in th...

https://ritholtz.com/2022/04/the-rickie-lee-jones-book/