Reporter: Steve Nagel
'40th Spoleto Festival: 'Porgy and Bess' Production Celebrates Charleston's History
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'Tonara Partners with Alfred Music Publishing for Wolfie Piano App, Digital Sheet Music
On December 21st, two unlikely music companies announced a partnership that blends the old and the new into what is now the iPad app market’s most substantive music learning tool. Tonara Ltd., an Israeli music software company, has teamed up with Alfred Music, a veteran music publishing company (once based in New York, now based in L.A.), in order to supply its successful Wolfie Piano App with what Tonara's press release called the "world's largest educational digital sheet music library." -
'Guitarist David Lowery Sues Spotify for $150 Million Over 'Mechanical Rights' Infringement
Spotify, the popular music streaming service that delivers music to millions for next to nothing, is being sued by lead singer and guitarist David Lowery (of the rock bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven) for at least $150 million. According to CNN Money, David Lowery sues Spotify because, as his law firm asserted, Spotify "knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully reproduces and distributes copyrighted music."