Thom Duffy
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Willie Nelson’s 2026 Farm Aid: Best Moments From Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & More (opens the original)
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On a weekend that saw a storming Nor’easter shut down major music events throughout the New York region, some 300 miles south, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Farm Aid went forward Saturday (Sept. 26), supporting the men and women who grow the nation’s food. Mother Nature wouldn’t dare mess with Willie Nelson. In its 41st year, Farm Aid is the longest running concert for a cause. Since 1985, the festival launched by Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young — and now boasting Dave Matthews, Margo Pric
Mike Campbell Brings The Dirty Knobs to Farm Aid, Four Decades After Backing Dylan at the Festival’s Debut: ‘It Was Quite a Moment’ (opens the original)
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When Mike Campbell brings his band The Dirty Knobs to the stage at Farm Aid in Virginia Beach, Va. on Saturday (9/26), he’ll be coming full circle. In 1985, at the first Farm Aid in Champaign, Ill., Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, with Campbell on guitar, played at the debut of Willie Nelson’s festival to support family farmers — as the backing band for Bob Dylan. “It was quite a moment,” Campbell recalled to Billboard, specifically referring to Dylan’s performance of “Maggie’s Farm,” during wh
R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players: Billboard’s 2026 List Revealed (opens the original)
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Above Ground Entertainment CEO David Ali leads Billboard’s list of executives across multiple industry sectors pushing the genres forward. Marsha St. HubertCo-president; executive vp, Atlantic Music GroupNico ZiangasCo-presidentTom PhillipsSenior director of marketing Rayna BassSelim BouabCo-presidents; co-presidents of hip-hop, R&B and global musicTashana VenturaVp of marketingShyniece “Shy” FergusonSenior director of marketing strategy and implementationGabe KrantzDirector of streamingMichael
Dave Marsh, Influential Critic, Activist, Broadcaster & Biographer of Bruce Springsteen, Dies at 76 (opens the original)
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Dave Marsh, one of the most influential music writers of his generation and a passionate activist for health care, social justice and freedom of expression, died on Friday (Aug 14). The cause of his death has not been reported but he had been in declining health in recent years. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1950, Dave grew up immersed in the sounds of Detroit — Motown, R&B, and rock ‘n’ roll — inspiring a lifelong belief in the power of music. Marsh was among the first editors of Creem magazine
Billboard’s 2026 Top Music Lawyers Revealed (opens the original)
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It all begins with a song, goes the music business maxim. Getting paid for a song all begins with the copyright, say the lawyers. The ability of creators to protect their work through copyright is so fundamental that the legal concept appears in the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power “to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” The Founding Fathers, however, never anticipated generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI tools used in music have evolved by ingesting
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