Executive Overview Pop superstar Dua Lipa has officially set the rumor mill spinning, offering the clearest indication yet that work on her highly anticipated fourth studio album is well underway. Taking to social media with a characteristically eclectic photo dump captioned simply "studio rat and other sightings," the Grammy-winning powerhouse shared a sequence of behind-the-scenes … Read more
Executive Overview For decades, the historical geography of jazz has been mapped through a series of iconic rooms—venues like the Village Vanguard in New York, the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, or the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen. It was within the latter of these storied spaces that a profound chapter of transatlantic and cross-continental jazz history was … Read more
Executive Overview Trevor Horn occupies a unique and exalted position in modern music history. Often dubbed "The Man Who Invented the Eighties," the British producer, songwriter, and musician transitioned from fronting The Buggles—whose 1979 single "Video Killed the Radio Star" ushered in the MTV era—to orchestrating some of the most complex, lucrative, and sonically groundbreaking … Read more
Executive Overview In late 1979, the classic lineup of progressive rock giants Yes—vocalist Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and drummer Alan White—convened in a studio outside Paris to record the follow-up to their commercially successful yet creatively polarizing 1978 album, Tormato. Enlisting high-profile producer Roy Thomas Baker, famed for … Read more
