Music Business Today

Fiona Apple visited Portland, Oregon's Newmark Theatre with Blake Mills last night, turning in a set that mixed folk, pop and other genres with ease. However, late in the set, the singer-songwriter had a tense encounter with a heckling audience member, leading Apple to throw the woman out of her show. U.S. Digital Track Sales Down 3.4% This Year, Overall Album Sales Drop 6.1%. Radiohead and Atoms for Peace frontman, Thom Yorke, renews his attack on streaming music service for 'trying to become gatekeepers'. Keith Urban is getting ready to release a line of signature guitars and it looks like one of the places you'll be able to purchase them is on HSN (formerly the Home Shopping Network).