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MEEK MILL’S ‘CHAMPIONSHIPS’ FEATURING YOUNG THUG COLLAB AND RESERVOIR CATALOG SAMPLE DEBUTS #1 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill dropped his new album Championships today, via Maybach Music Group. The album spans 19 tracks, including laid-back banger “Splash Warning” featuring Future, Roddy Ricch, and Reservoir’s Young Thug, deemed to be “supremely entertaining” by HipHopDX with its “repeating vocal curlicue… full of ooh-oohs,” as […]

MALO RELEASES NEW SINGLE “SHE’S ONLY 16”

Danish-born singer-songwriter Malo released her new single “She’s Only 16” today, via Lifted House. “She’s Only 16” is an honest reflection of a 16 year old girl navigating through life and maturity: “She smiles and giggles about everything/ Even the things that don’t mean anything/ Her mind needs […]

NITIN SAWHNEY SCORES SOUNDTRACK FOR NETFLIX MOVIE ‘MOWGLI’

Ivor-Novello Lifetime Achievement Award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney scored the musical accompaniment of new Netflix film Mowgli, which features a star-studded cast including Andy Serkis, who also directed the film, plus Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and more. According to Sawhney, the soundtrack “is not to […]

RESERVOIR WRITERS CONTRIBUTE TO 22 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Grammy nominations were announced this morning and Reservoir titles contributed to a record number of 22 nominations. Reservoir is proud to congratulate all of our songwriters who have worked on Grammy-nominated music this year! See the full list of nominations below: Song of the Year – “This Is […]

NITIN SAWHNEY’S ‘DYSTOPIAN DREAM’ DANCE THEATRE SHOW, A MASTERPIECE

Based on and using the music from Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award winner Nitin Sawhney‘s 2015 album Dystopian Dream, the dance theatre show of the same name has wrapped up its successful 2018 tour, closing out the show in a 2-day stint at Sadler’s Wells, London. Co-devised with […]

RESERVOIR CEO GOLNAR KHOSROWSHAHI NAMED ONE OF BILLBOARD’S MOST POWERFUL FEMALE EXECUTIVES OF 2018

Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir’s Founder and CEO, has been named one of Billboard’s Most Powerful Executives for 2018. The annual Women In Music list includes over 120 female industry leaders who have played a significant role in their field, from label executives to agents to music publishers. “Reservoir has […]

RESERVOIR HONORED WITH AIMP NY INDIE AWARD, RESERVOIR PRESIDENT RELL LAFARGUE ELECTED TO AIMP BOARD

Reservoir was honored with the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) NY Indie Award for outstanding work as an indie publisher in 2018. AIMP was founded in 1977 to “educate and inform music publishers about the most current industry trends and practices by providing a forum for the […]

10 Reasons to Listen to J.I.D’S ‘Dicaprio 2’

Within hours of its highly anticipated release, J.I.D’s sophomore album DiCaprio 2 topped the charts and received endless amounts of industry-wide acclaim! The 14-track album, released via Dreamville/Interscope Records, features hit collaborations with J. Cole, Joey Bada$$, 6LACK, Method Man, A$AP Ferg, Ella Mai, and more. In case you haven’t already been […]

ALESSIA CARA RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘THE PAINS OF GROWING’ FEATURING THE ORPHANAGE COLLABS

Alessia Cara dropped her highly anticipated sophomore album The Pains Of Growing today, with Reservoir’s The Orphanage co-writing and co-producing tracks “All We Know” and “Easier Said.” Of the album, 360nobs.com describes The Pains Of Growing as an “earnest, heartwarming album rendered with so much sincerity” noting cut […]

10 New Tributes to Celebrate Great America Jazz Composer Billy Strayhorn’s 103rd Birthday

November 29, 2018 marks the 103rd birthday of great American jazz composer Billy Strayhorn. The centennial year in 2015 saw nationwide celebrations ranging from a New York City MTA vintage subway takeover to an original arrangement of “A Train” performed by Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and more. Three years later, Strayhorn’s lasting […]