Nils Lofgren Is the Latest Musician to Pull Music From Spotify

[IronLionZion]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nils-lofgren-latest-musician-pull-025321195.html

And now it’s three. E Street Band and Crazy Horse guitarist Nils Lofgren is the latest musician to pull music off Spotify. In a statement posted on Neil Young’s website, he detailed his decision.

“A few days ago, my wife Amy and I became aware of Neil and Daryl standing with hundreds of healthcare professionals, scientists, doctors, and nurses in calling out Spotify for promoting lies and misinformation that are hurting and killing people,” Lofgren said.

“When these heroic women and men, who’ve spent their lives healing and saving ours, cry out for help you don’t turn your back on them for money and power. You listen and stand with them,” the guitarist continued. “As I write this letter, we’ve now gotten the last 27 years of my music taken off Spotify. We are reaching out to the labels that own my earlier music to have it removed as well. We sincerely hope they honor our wishes, as Neil’s labels have done, his. We will do everything possible towards that end and will keep you posted.”

Lofgren joins Young, his friend of 53 years, and Joni Mitchell to pull their music off Spotify mainly to protest The Joe Rogan Experience. Young threw down the gauntlet on Monday declaring that Spotify choose between “Rogan or Young. Not both.” On Wednesday, the veteran rocker had his music taken down. On Friday evening, Mitchell joined Young by having her label pull her music off Spotify.

Spotify Isn’t Really About the Music Anymore
In choosing Joe Rogan over Neil Young, the company has made its new priorities clear to listeners.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/01/spotify-neil-young-joe-rogan/621396/

Alright, time for lots more lefty musicians to join this protest.

[Skittles]

1. "Spotify Isn't Really About the Music Anymore "

no shit - and fuck anyone who supports them

[crickets]

2. K&R for visibility.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. I hope they coordinate and have a drip, drip of pulling good music

🎼🎶🎸🎵💿

[ripcord]

4. Why is it only older musicians who care? nt

[IronLionZion]

5. They established their careers and fans before streaming services existed

The industry has changed a lot since then.

[FlyingPiggy]

6. KR for visibility and hoping other musicians will join in the boycott of spotify

[IronLionZion]

7. I like music but never got into podcasts

Listening to people talking isn't that appealing to me since there is plenty of that for free online anyway. Someone must be paying to hear Joe Rogan if Spotify has chosen to keep it.