Recording artists, songwriters push for campaign music reform

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/28/aerosmith-pearl-jam-jason-isbell-campaign-music-reform-letter-trump-biden-2020-election/5523784002/

"As the 2020 U.S. Presidential election inches closer, top songwriters, producers and touring artists urge bipartisan leadership for more accountability on political campaign playlists. 

In a letter delivered Tuesday to Republican and Democratic campaign committees, the nonprofit Artist Rights Alliance implored that partisan election groups establish policies where candidates must seek consent prior to aligning music with political events. 

Nearly 60 artists signed the letter, including Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Lorde, Lionel Richie, Linkin Park, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Notable Nashville signatures include Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Mary Gauthier, Michelle Branch and Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney. 

"This is the only way to effectively protect your candidates from legal risk, unnecessary public controversy, and the moral quagmire that comes from falsely claiming or implying an artist’s support or distorting an artists’ expression in such a high stakes public way," the letter reads. "....(more)