John Mayall, influential British blues pioneer who inspired Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, dies at 90 (Obituary from NBC News)

Indie Music Labels Form ORCA, a Think Tank  for ‘Recorded Culture and Arts’ (Article from Music Business Worldwide)

What Are Neighboring Rights? A guide to foreign music royalties (Post from Hypebot)

Spotify turns in record quarterly profits grows premium subscribers to 246million – despite controversies (Article from NME)

Still No 1? How the music charts lost their lustre (Article from The Guardian)

Chris Brown Accused, in New Lawsuit, of “Brutally and Severely” Assaulting Concertgoers (Article from Pitchfork)