THE KILLERS: Vital Signs (0)

Among the old world, late 1800s architecture of New York’s Lower East Side, The Rivington Hotel is a 21-story glass tower that’s a distinctly modern presence in a hip but decaying neighborhood. It’s a fitting spot to sit down for a one on one with The Killers, the Las Vegas-based band that has risen up from rock’s wasteland to become one of the biggest bands in the world, all while carving out its own unique musical identity and staying true to itself.

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EMI Suffers Major Losses…$1.2 Billion (0)

Major label EMI has reported a loss of $1.2 billion during the last fiscal year (which ended March 31), more notably since Guy Hands and Terra Firma took over the struggling company. This is more than double the loss experienced the prior year, which topped out at $455 million. Rounding out the bad news for the label, revenue dropped from $2.8 billion to $2.3 according to a report by Maltby Capital.

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IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS & THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC > by Amanda Petrusich (0)

This book, as its subtitle suggests, is constructed as a sort of report back from the road from musical locales-Nashville, Memphis, the Mississippi Delta-and from research into moments in roots music history-the making of the Harry Smith Anthology, the Lomaxes’ explorations, the founding of No Depression magazine-taken to be key to understanding the direction of Americana music.

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SESSIONS BLOG: Jonny Fritz (Comments Off)

The Sessions blog is a recap of our time spent recording songwriters in our Nashville, Tenn. office. To hear tracks from these recording sessions visit American Songwriter’s Profile on American Songspace.

Jonny Fritz has been on tour in almost every state in the U.S. So recently Fritz strapped a stack of his vinyl I’m Not Ready To Be A Daddy LP’s to one side of his motorcycle and his guitar (an archtop Indian-made “Givson”) to the other side and hit the road for the Dakotas.

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