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While New York City is knee deep in CMJ madness, those forward-thinking folks at South by Southwest have announced that Motown legend Smokey Robinson will give the keynote address at SXSW 2010 on March 18th. Robinson is responsible for a wealth of R&B hits over the past 40 years, and his lengthy list of accolades include membership in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the “UK Special Achievement Award” at the Ivor Novello Awards and The ASCAP Rhythm and

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This explains why NBC booted Glee from the Thanksgiving Day Parade! They’ve got their own show to promote! The Sing-Off , the network’s new a capella singing series will give competing groups a chance to win a recording contract with Epic Records/Sony Entertainment. And unless you’re ambushed by the art at any run of the mill Ivy League college, you may wonder what all the fuss is about! A capella has been on rise in recent years and the basis for top musical acts from Motown to

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Newly appointed American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has just been hit with a lawsuit. A group of labels (including Atlantic, Capitol, Motown, Sony and Warner Brothers) accused the TV personality of playing over 1,000 songs on The Ellen DeGeneres Show without permission. The suit was filed Wednesday in Nashville, but representatives for the talk show said they have been working with the record imprints for months to resolve the issue. Perhaps these labels are secretly Paula fans? [ The New Yo

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One day she’s a judge, the next a defendant: a consortium of major record labels has filed suit against Ellen DeGeneres’s syndicated daytime talk show, saying that their copyrights to more than 1,000 songs were violated when they were played on the show without their permission, The Associated Press reported. The suit was filed Wednesday in United States District Court in Nashville by labels that include Atlantic, Capitol, Motown, Sony and Warner Brothers. The labels say in the suit that in a re

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Ellen DeGeneres was floating on cloud nine this week, when American Idol producers finalized a deal that made her the show’s fourth judge . Sadly, that cloud has popped. Her talk show’s being sued ! An army of record companies filed a lawsuit against Ellen’s eponymous talk show for using their beloved, popular and oh-so-profitable songs without paying the price. Motown, Atlantic, Virgin and a host of other companies claim Ellen and her producers used their products in the talk show host

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