One Liners: Calvin Harris, Marcus Mumford, Pink, more

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APPOINTMENTSSoundCloud has hired Jessica Rivera as Global SVP and General Manager and Maurice Slade as Head Of Marketing, both working in the firm’s artist partnerships division.

Rivera joins from Nas’s Mass Appeal company, while Slade moves over from Sony’s Epic label. “We are so proud to welcome Jessica and Maurice to the SoundCloud family to lead our efforts in working more closely with artists at the highest level”, says President Eliah Seton. “Each of them brings a sterling reputation as two of the most well-connected and well-respected creative leaders in music”.The Scottish Music Industry Association has appointed Ronnie Gurr as its new Chief Executive Officer. “I’m delighted and honoured to be asked to lead the Scottish Music Industry Association”, he says, which is good news. “I look forward to helping shape our future activities and to working with both artists and colleagues across all of Scotland’s music businesses to assist collective progress and growth in challenging times”.——————————————RELEASESCalvin Harris has released new single ‘Stay With Me’, featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell.Marcus Mumford has released that solo single he was banging on about the other day, ‘Cannibal’.Pink has released new single ‘Irrelevant’. “As a woman with an opinion and the fearlessness to voice that opinion, it gets very tiring when the only retort is to tell me how irrelevant I am”, she says. “I am relevant because I exist, and because I am a human being.

No one is irrelevant. And no one can take away my voice”.Yungblud has released a ‘sad version’ of his new single ‘Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today’.Odesza have released new single ‘Light Of Day’, featuring Ólafur Arnalds, ahead of the release of new album.