Twenty-year-old guitar virtuoso Marcin, a.k.a. Marcin Patrzalek, has released a searing rendition of Led Zeppelin‘s “Kashmir.” Standing inside a parking garage, the Polish percussive fingerstyle guitarist ripped through the Physical Graffiti epic, thumping his hands across the guitar while playing Jimmy Page‘s riffs. Tom Morello and Paul Stanley even praised …
Read More »How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits
Most of the world knows Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.’s “Blurred Lines” as a half-forgotten hit song from 2013. The music industry remembers it as its worst nightmare. In the five years since a court ruled that “Blurred Lines” infringed on Marvin Gaye’s 1977 “Got to Give It Up,” …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Cover Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin at iHeartRadio Fest
Miley Cyrus staged her first post-divorce concert Saturday at Las Vegas’ iHeartRadio Music Festival, where the singer added a pair of classic rock staples to her setlist, Pink Floyd‘s “Comfortably Numb” and Led Zeppelin‘s “Black Dog.” Cyrus’ show at the T-Mobile Arena also featured the debut performance of her, Ariana …
Read More »A Plagiarism Lawsuit Against Ed Sheeran Depends on One Against Led Zeppelin
In music, the two most high-profile court cases are the copyright infringement lawsuits against Ed Sheeran and Led Zeppelin — and now the outcome of the former is being tied to that of the latter. A Manhattan judge canceled a scheduled September jury trial for the case against Ed Sheeran’s …
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