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Chris Willman Music WriterThe artist formerly known as Josh Tillman has taken fans through some twists before, but “Father John Misty: big band leader” is probably not a curve very many saw coming as a career development in 2022. The eclectic singer-songwriter certainly hasn’t been shy about employing orchestration before, to the point of bringing his own sizable string section out on tour on his last pre-pandemic outing, probably at considerable personal expense.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe rapper Tyga — real name: Michael Stevenson — was arrested Tuesday morning and booked by the L.A. Police Department’s Hollywood division after surrendering on charges of felony domestic violence.The LAPD confirmed the arrest in a tweet.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe filmmakers responsible for “Fauci” may appear to be unusually speedy bandwagon jumpers, but there’s more to the timeliness of their feature-length look at Dr. Anthony Fauci than first meets the log line.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe veteran rapper Nas is having a very good March. He finally won his first Grammy less than two weeks ago, for best rap album for his latest release.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe writers of some of the biggest perennial Christmas hits — or their estates, given how far back some of these songs go — are making some decent coin via streaming every year, according to a study released Wednesday that calculated the likely payouts from Spotify this season for the holiday songs that dominate music consumption in December.Although these amounts alone may not support the stars in the styles to which they’ve become accustomed, it’s clear that for some, releasing holiday material can at least set up a nice Christmas bonus each year.According to the UK design firm Nofollowdesigns, Mariah Carey’s dominative “All I Want for Christmas Is You” should have made $946,000 in earnings from Spotify for the

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday’s Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of “Sabotage” accompanied a spot for the Joe Biden presidential campaign.It wasn’t just any campaign spot, but one that focuses on how the COVID-19 shutdowns have decimated the live music industry.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe singer JoJo and songwriter Diane Warren have teamed up for an official campaign song for the Biden/Harris campaign, “The Change,” and they both spoke with Variety about what led up to today’s release of the new track, which represents a new wrinkle in the often wild and wooly intersection of pop music and presidential politics.“Diane called me all excited about this song that she had written, as she has before, about different songs for different moments,” says JoJo, who first recorded Warren material in her teen yeas. “But there was something about this that particularly made my heart open.