
Here at MFM we love electro-swing, stemming from the amazing productions of Odjbox we have another release that I personally love! This time is from legendary JFB . The EP 'What Goes Around' is being released on ' Freshly Squeezed ' a label dedicated to bring vintage swing songs to the 21st century. Here's a preview of the EP but you can go buy it now! JFB - What Goes Around EP Preview

I'm always delighted to receive some tasty new swing music, so my tastebuds almost tingled their way clean off my tongue when the debut album from Danish producer Swing Republic landed in my inbox. Having relentlessly, some might say obsessively, scoured the Internet and everywhere else for electro swing, and having exhausted most of the best tunes to the point of needing a long break from them, receiving anything new – particularly something as high quality as "Electro Swing Republic" - is a real treat. Read more..
Earlier today, we announced our CMJ showcase. Next Wednesday, October 20th at The Marlin Room at Webster Hall we will be hosting Your Youth, Grooms, P.S. I Love You, and one very "Bloody Special Guest" (stay tuned to The Daily Rind when we announce the guest early next week). In addition to this showcase, we [...]
Check out The Orchard's co-founder, Richard Gottehrer, live in the FOX Business studio today. Richard discusses his career in music, and how everything eventually led up to The Orchard. He also gives a shout out to The Black Angels. We love this man! Watch the latest video at <a href=" http://video.foxbusiness.com" mce_href=" http://video.foxbusiness.com"> video.foxbusiness.com</a>
Yesterday we announced a deal set to position Swiss-based HDTV music channel, iConcerts, as the world's largest cross-media provider of live concert films and music programs, The Orchard has been appointed to exclusively position and market an iConcerts branded channel within internet video outlets, mobile video platforms and consumer devices in North America, [...]
According to Stefan Michalk, CEO of the Federal Association of the Music Industry (BVMI) in Berlin, the German music market is set to grow again as of 2013 when digital revenues are expected to compensate for the losses made in physical sales. Digital business is expected to contribute some 20% to revenues in five years time. [...]
As the brightest British-Asian artist at the moment, Mumzy Stranger might need to reconsider his pseudonym. His latest single, "Fly With Me", is set to soar into the upper echelons of the UK singles chart in a couple of weeks-and leaving the 'Stranger' aspect of his title trailing in his wake. Rishi Rich's protégé has built [...]
A Letter from Richard Gotteher & Seymour Stein... Sometimes you just feel it! If anything has been lost in our business today, it's this; the greatest loss… instinct… intuition… and that indefinable something that comes from just feeling it. When we started Sire Records many years ago, that's what drove us. It guided us thru decades of success, [...]
How do you measure a year? How many shows you have attended? How many epic albums you heard that year? How many cups of coffee you've consumed? Well, here at The Orchard it is in cups of coffee AND a boatload of other things relating to our business. As a result, we've compiled some stats [...]
Fashawn's new video for "The Ecology/The Score" featuring Planet Asia finds the Fresno based MC seamlessly transitioning between his acclaimed 2009 release Boy Meets World and the upcoming mixtape Grizzly City 3. Via 2DopeBoyz.
A Note From Brad, Our CEO, To Our Clients Hi, everyone. I've got some great news to share: today we were acquired by Dimensional Associates – again! Up until today, Dimensional was our majority shareholder and prior to that they were our owner from 2003 - 2007. None of this will directly affect you; we're still [...]
The Orchard, a global leader in music and video distribution and comprehensive digital strategy, today announced that it is the recipient of the Champion for Global Education Award, an annual honor bestowed upon an institution that has made a significant contribution to global education and to the growth and continued success of the national programs [...]
New York– June 15, 2010 – Today, The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), a global leader in music and video distribution and comprehensive digital strategy, announced it has entered into a partnership with 19 Entertainment and Simon Fuller, creator of "American Idol"," and co-creator of "So You Think You Can Dance". The Orchard will handle the [...]
Widely recognized live concert video brand Baeble Music now has a fantastic collection of full length shows available on Hulu. Baeble is Hulu's first all concert channel. Now you can enjoy dozens of great shows from popular and buzzing independent artists for free. With Hulu's player, you can embed an entire concert on your Facebook page, [...]
Some of the most important challenges facing the music business are centered on understanding the "correct" amount of music to release each year, the best format for those releases and the optimal way to generate money from them. Through trial and error, I've learned that there isn't one, uniform strategy that works across an entire fan [...]
The Orchard, a global leader in music and video distribution and comprehensive digital strategy, has announced it has opened a new office on Nashville's Music Row. "Nashville has always had it right; it's about the songs," commented Brad Navin, CEO of The Orchard. "We hope to apply our expertise around the digital music business to [...]
In this issue, XXL covers hip hop's "new breed". Featuring ten up and coming artists, including the Orchard's very own Fashawn. XXL's freshmen issue hits newsstands on March 16th and also features Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa, Nipsey Hussle, Jay-Z protege J. Cole, self proclaimed trap artist OJ Da Juiceman, and more. See XXL's behind the [...]
Check out Fashawn showcase his lyrical ability as an inductee into XXL Magazine's 2010 freshman class. For more Fashawn, pick up his album, Boy Meets World, in stores now.
New York City is snowed in right now. Spring is still some 30 odd days away; summer even further. My own remedy for cabin fever in the winter is to eat ice cream. It reminds me that soon the weather will be warm, the days will be long, and one can shed all the extra [...]
Legendary blues record label Blue Horizon, which launched Fleetwood Mac's career, is to be resurrected. It is being revived by music industry veterans Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, who founded the Sire label and signed Madonna and The Ramones. They will now look for new artists to sign to Blue Horizon, which will start as a digital-only [...]