At the second Music Business Worldwide awards held last night, Universal Music Publishing Group artists and team took home four awards. Caroline Elleray was honoured with the Sir George Martin award, Steve Mac took home 'Songwriter of the Year' and 'Producer of the Year' while the company as a whole won 'Publisher of the Year.'
'Ted Gärdestad - Signerat Peter Nordahl' - an album on which arranger and producer Peter Nordahl has removed the instruments, only kept the original vocals by Ted Gärdestad and framed the vocals with new orchestrated arrangement performed by Norrköping's Symphony Orchestra.
The concert on October 22nd was sold out and and a new has been announced. On January 14th we can enjoy this masterpiece in a live version at Konserthuset in Stockholm.
Fatboy Slim has been announced as music director for Julien Temple’s upcoming documentary ‘Ibiza – The Silent Movie’. Also known as Norman Cook, the legendary DJ will curate a selection of his own and other producer’s work.
Universal Music Publishing have been presented with the Sync team: Publisher award in recognition of syncs including the John Lewis Buster the Boxer Christmas campaign featuring 'One Day I’ll Fly Away'.
Steve Mac and Dua Lipa (Tap Publishing) were honoured at the ASCAP Awards last night.
“She took a flag and made a place in rock n roll for women.”
Janis Joplin is one of the most revered and iconic singers of all time, she electrified and thrilled millions of listeners with her powerful, soulful voice and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1971 at age just 27. With hits including ‘Mercedes Benz’ and ‘Move Over’ and classic albums such as ‘Pearl’, Joplin was one of the performers who embodied the musical and cultural revolution of the 1960's.