Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an 11-year, six-album run with the Matador label, singer-songwriter Kurt Vile has signed with Verve Records, the company ...

After more than a decade at Matador Records, Philadelphia's folk rock standout Kurt Vile is starting a new chapter with Verve Records, the home of legends from the The Velvet Underground to Frank ...

The announcement could hardly have been hidden any better. Slipping the news into the second paragraph of a press release about a management change, Universal Music disclosed last week that most of ...

Kurt Vile has signed with legendary jazz label Verve Records, Billboard reports. He’ll release his first LP for the label next year. Until now, Vile has released his music via independent record ...

A new album, "Live at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge," features previously unreleased recordings of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson from 1960. The recordings were made at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Dickon Stainer, President and CEO, Universal ...

Members of Verve Record Club will receive monthly, limited-edition vinyl re-releases of albums by John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong and more. By Chris Eggertsen Verve Records and Impulse!

Mike Rittberg, who has served as Verve Records' general manager for about a year and half and spent four years total with the company, is moving on. By Ashley Iasimone Mike Rittberg, who has served as ...

Two extraordinary mavericks changed the face of jazz in the 1940s. Saxophonist Charlie Parker changed the way it was played and entrepreneur Norman Granz changed the way it was sold. Parker was the ...

"Jazz stirs the possibilities for creativity in the moment. Jazz is about the human character; jazz is about feeling, not just about entertainment. Jazz is healing.“ Herbie Hancock in the introduction ...

Norman Granz, the founder of Verve Records, died at age 83 on Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 at his home in Geneva, Switzerland. Granz was one of the most influential executives in the jazz world. He ...

After an 11-year, six-album run with the Matador label, singer-songwriter Kurt Vile has signed with Verve Records, the company announced Tuesday. Vile is said to be preparing an album for the label ...