Sideshow: McFadden and Whitehead estates win back rights to song catalogue
Ain't no stopping them now A federal appeals court has upheld a decision allowing the estates of Philly soul song writers Gene McFadden and John Whitehead ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now") to keep control of their song catalog. Since 2002, the writers, and later their estates (Whitehead died in 2004, McFadden in 2006) had tussled with Pullman Group L.L.C. over contracts and the rights to the catalog.
Ain't no stopping them now
A federal appeals court has upheld a decision allowing the estates of Philly soul song writers Gene McFadden and John Whitehead ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now") to keep control of their song catalog. Since 2002, the writers, and later their estates (Whitehead died in 2004, McFadden in 2006) had tussled with Pullman Group L.L.C. over contracts and the rights to the catalog.
N.Y. Phil music director
On Wednesday, at a crucial point in its history, the New York Philharmonic named a new music director - Jaap van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director. The orchestra faces a renovation of its Lincoln Center headquarters in future seasons. Van Zweden's five-year contract as music director begins in the 2018-19 season, roughly before the renovation begins, which means cutting short his Dallas tenure (meant to run through 2019) by a year. Esa-Pekka Salonen, now the orchestra's composer-in-residence, and Manfred Honeck of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra had also been mentioned as possibilities in recent weeks. A periodic guest of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Van Zweden was described by Dallas Morning News critic Scott Cantrell as "universally credited with raising the standards of DSO performances almost beyond imagining."
- David Patrick Stearns
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