Phil Gallo

New York

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Senior Editor at HITS Daily Double

Writer/critic who prefers vinyl, Nebbiolo and the National League

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MELISSA ORMOND : HITS Daily Double

Dec 15, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo

Prior to taking her job as COO festivals, at AEG Presents in 2017, Melissa Ormond had been out of the live music business for three years. She'd earned an executive MBA at NYU, run her own consulting business and raised two toddlers to grade-school age. Then Jay Marciano called. "When it's something I'm so passionate about that combines with Jay Marciano, it was kind of a no-brainer," she says.
Tony Bennett, legendario intérprete del Gran Cancionero Americano, muere a los 96 años

Jul 21, 2023 | billboard.com | Phil Gallo

La carrera del ganador de 20 Grammy abarca más de siete décadas.
Tony Bennett, Legendary Interpreter of Great American Songbook, Dies at 96

Jul 21, 2023 | billboard.com | Phil Gallo

The 20-time Grammy winner's career spanned more than seven decades. Tony Bennett, a singer’s singer whose steadfast allegiance to the Great American Songbook would connect him with multiple generations of diverse talent – Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga — died on Friday morning (July 21) at his home in New York according to a statement from his management company.
WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN : HITS Daily Double

Mar 26, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo

Documentarian John Scheinfeld has excelled at finding gems in music history where the story has appeared to have already been satisfactorily documented. In What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears, which starts in theaters Friday, Scheinfeld peels away the layers of Blood, Sweat & Tears' rapid rise and fall as expertly as he did in The U.S. vs. John Lennon and Who Is Harry Nilsson...?
WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN : HITS Daily Double

Mar 26, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo
JENNA ADLER : HITS Daily Double

Feb 13, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo

Jenna Adler, CAA's first homegrown music agent, started in 1990 as an assistant to Kevin Gasser and learned the ins and outs of the business from Rob Light before heading out on her own. A rock 'n' roll fan, she was big on the acts that populated KROQ's playlists, and her first signing, Warner Records' punk-metal band Deftones, fit both her taste and her sense of commercial potential.
JENNA ADLER : HITS Daily Double

Feb 13, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo
HITS Daily Double

Feb 1, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo

Sunday will be executive producer Ben Winston's third Grammy Awards ceremony but the first in the traditional setting-L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena -and on schedule; the last two years' shows were moved to March from early February/early January thanks to the pandemic. It's the first time he has had the show ready to go in the tight December-January window after two years of having an additional two months to plan.
HITS Daily Double

Feb 1, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo
JACK SUSSMAN : HITS Daily Double

Jan 25, 2023 | hitsdailydouble.com | Phil Gallo

CBS put Jack Sussman in charge of its specials back in 1998. He was promoted to EVP of specials, music and live events in March 2006 and in 2020 took over all alternative programming in addition to specials. Sussman is the guy who works with artists, managers and labels to put music on CBS, whether that's prime-time series and movies or his bread and butter, awards shows and specials like the Grammys and Kennedy Center Honors.