Rick Rubin

...deal from American Recordings/Columbia Records, now everything is changed. Attach good ol' Rubin's name to everything Avett-related and you've got solidarity. You've got promotion all in one simple step. Hello, Rolling Stone; let's talk...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, House of Blues, Boston, MA, Biscotti, National Public Radio, Starbucks, Columbia Records, American Recordings, and Concord

...into something bigger: bigger harmonies, bigger melodies, bigger hooks. But Rubin smartly left the folksy, homespun idiosyncrasies of the Brothers' music intact. At least that's how it seems to some of the band's fan base. "I'm not big...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, House of Blues, Logical next step, Beastie Boys, and Columbia Records

...chorus was your name. " "I and Love and You" was a business decision: The Avett Brothers needed to expose their music to the masses and jumping on board Columbia Records with Rubin was just the way to do so. Now fans just need to hope...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, Columbia Records, Concord, and North Carolina

These folkie DIYers have cultivated a grass-roots audience for years. Hopefully, producer Rick Rubin and Columbia Records can turn them into more than a cult favorite. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your...

In this article: USA Today, Simon Cowell, American Idol, Lady Gaga, RedOne, and Katy Perry

...heart from coast to coast, or the summation of the inevitable, since the Avett's caught the eye of Rick Rubin, the co-head of Columbia Records who signed the band and produced their new major-label debut. The album shies away from...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, Kings of Leon, and Columbia Records

...I and Love and You, their major label debut on American Recordings/Columbia Records. I and Love and You was produced by multi Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin. The band is set to perform the title track on the Late Show with David Letterman on...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, Love, Wilco, Columbia Records, NPR, O Magazine, Rolling Stone, Grammy Award, and American Recordings

In Rick Rubin: In The Studio, Jake Brown traces Rubin's history as a college student and hardcore music fan who started Def Jam Recordings out of his dorm room in the '80s, right up to his present status as the head of Columbia Records. In...

In this article: Platinum, Beastie Boys, Columbia Records, Neil Diamond, Def Jam Recordings, Metallica, and Dixie Chicks

...Rubin is joining the music blogging platform's board of directors. Last year he joined Columbia Records in an exec and creative partnership with Rob Stringer and Steve Barnett. Once named byTime Magazineas one of the "100 Most Influential...

In this article: MLB Network, Yahoo, Total Beauty Media, Tony Petitti, and Columbia Records

...wild-bearded vegan Rick Rubin to an executive post at Columbia Records two years ago. But where Rubin was thrust into an unfamiliar operational role -- proclaiming at the time that he would find "the new model for the music business of the...

In this article: Rob Cavallo, Warner Music Group, Brand New Eyes, Sony, Rock and Roll Jesus, Columbia Records, Kid Rock, Sony Music, and Green Day