Gigwise

Music for the High Seas

Pirate culture has always had a strange pull on music fans, sparking curiosity and excitement. Now BigPirate Casino is ...
Forbes

Pirate Flags: Music Business Says Piracy Still Threatens Its Future

As far as the record industry is concerned, the existential (and the literal) threat of piracy has not been negated by the rise of streaming. Legal action continues and studies claim the issue ...
Los Angeles Times

Digging up a treasury of pirate songs

LEERING, full of menace and the threat of pain, “15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” is arguably the most famous pirate song ever committed to tape (and thanks to its refrain, “Yo ho ho and a bottle of ...
Jazz

Spotify Killed Piracy? 57M In U.S. Still Pirate Music, Says New Survey

According to the prevailing wisdom, education, judicial action, Spotify, Pandora and streaming music that makes a free or almost free infinite jukebox available to everyone, has killed piracy. But ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Johnny Depp Curates Pirate-Themed Music Compilation

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star recruited the talents of Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Nick Cave, Sean Lennon, Broken Social Scene and others for a follow-up to his 2006 Rogue's Gallery album. By ...
Seven Days

Behind the Music: Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate

In July, Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate released his latest full-length record, Talk Like a Pirate. The rollicking collection of nautically themed children’s tunes is the affable Vermont ...