Music Biz Features

It’s the stat I just can’t get out of my head. In 2017, according to a report backed by the U.S. music trade group RIAA, major record companies signed a total of 658 acts — a number up 12 percent over 2014. In 2019, that figure (judging by the subsequent …

“Did you see that hug Cardi gave me?” Ken Ehrlich says, beaming. Ehrlich — 76 years old yet dashing back and forth all day between run-throughs for the 61st Grammy Awards at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and rehearsals for a separate Motown tribute show in an adjacent building — has …