Survival Of The Fittest Nick Krewen Grammy.com July 2002 It’s one thing if you’re an established artist like Prince, who sold 40 million records during his Warner years and wants to forego the major label route in favor of his own Internet venture www.npgmusicclub.com. It’s another, however, if you’re an artist that was perfectly happy to be nestled in the bosom of a major record company, only to have…
A VERSION OF THIS APPEARED IN THE KW RECORD NOVEMBER 23, 1999 By Nick Krewen Jim Johnston may not be a household name, but he’s ready to rumble. Last week, he bodyslammed Mariah Carey‘s Rainbow to the mat and placed Foo Fighters‘ There’s Nothing Left To Lose in a Tongan Death Grip. He drop-kicked Counting Crows‘ This Desert Life out of the ring and bulldogged Choclair‘s Ice Cold…
PUBLISHED IN THE TORONTO STAR, SUNDAY AUGUST 22, 1999 Impact of recording-industry merger has Canadian acts scrambling as new Universal Music super-label downsizes…and independent distributors beckon By Nick Krewen Special To The Star Margo Timmins didn’t see it coming. The Toronto singer of Cowboy Junkies was busy laying down tracks of her cloudless voice for the band’s Miles From Our Home album when word came down that Jim Powers…
Nashville In A Tizzy Over Sluggish Album Sales And Radio Airplay By Nick Krewen Special To The Star Saturday, April 17, 1999 NASHVILLE: Music Row is in turmoil. As the heart of the country music business, this eight-block community of record companies, radio stations, music publishers, recording studios and management offices, located in central Nashville, Tennessee, is on the verge of panic. After enjoying a decade of unprecedented…
Canadian Music Week Guest Convinced Wall Street Financiers To Invest Millions In British Pop Star By Nick Krewen Special To The Star March 2, 1999 David Pullman, who’s in town Thursday (March 4) at the Western Harbor Castle to deliver a keynote address for Canadian Music Week, is more magician than musician. As managing director of The Pullman Group, he convinced stuffy Wall Street financiers to invest…
