Celebrating songwriters:
The Weeknd, above, Jason Mraz, Fantasia and Tony winner Brandon Victor Dixon will appear at the 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony this month. The organization announced Friday that Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Leon Bridges, Stephen Dorff, Chad Elliott, Bob Gaudio, Nora Guthrie, Keith Stegall and Steve Wariner will also attend the June 14 event in New York City. The newly announced attendees will either perform or present an award.
Suing over copyrights:
Prince’s estate is suing an Oklahoma man for alleged copyright infringement. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Oklahoma City accuses Phil Shadid, of Yukon, of violating the estate’s copyright by distributing videos from the band Vanity 6’s selftitled 1982 album on a digital music distributor, TuneCore. The lawsuit says Prince put together the band and wrote the music and lyrics for the album. It says TuneCore removed the videos at the estate’s request, but that Shadid contested their removal and that TuneCore will repost them unless ordered not to by a court.
This is our fight song:
Singer-songwriter Rachel Platten will headline the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4. The 37-year-old is best known for her 2015 hits “Fight Song” and “Stand by You.” The show features an all-female lineup, including Indigo Girls, Rhiannon Giddens and Broadway legend Rita Moreno.