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Of Course Amazon Is Putting on a Music Festival

Intersect — featuring Foo Fighters, Kacey Musgraves, Beck and Anderson .Paak alongside a “post-apocalyptic dodgeball stadium” — is not as random a venture as it seems ByAMY X. WANG  While Spotify grapples with podcasts and Apple explores bundling albums with other entertainment, Amazon continues to barrel … Continue reading

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The ‘pocket stereo’ changed how we listen to music

You can take the music you like anywhere’ CBC Archives · Posted: Oct 17, 2019 8:30 AM ET | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Watch “Pocket stereo” makes music a personal experience in 1981 38 years ago 02:32 Tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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‘For people like us, music means something’ — the enduring legacy of Mister Disc

Sault ex-pat Todd Gordon explains why his CD store that closed down over 20 years ago is still bringing music lovers from the community and beyond together.about 3 hours ago By: Chris Belsito PreviousNext1 / 4 Todd Gordon opening Mister Disc at the Great Northern … Continue reading

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What Should Label Playlist Strategies Be in 2020?

Posted on 15th October, 2019 by Keith Jopling in Marketing, Music and Strategy MIDiA’s ‘Playlist Revolution’ report recently highlighted that, although playlists have become valuable commercial music real estate in their current form, there is plenty of scope for further development of the format. A prominent … Continue reading

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“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” Comes to Broadway

In previews at the Lunt-Fontanne, the show traces the singer’s beginnings, her Motown rise to fame, and, of course, her turbulent partnership with Ike Turner. Tina Turner is seventy-nine and happily retired in Switzerland, but her story and her music … Continue reading

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Don’t mourn for iTunes. Here is how to listen to music on MacOS now

In MacOS Catalina, Apple does away with iTunes and lets the new Music app focus on songs, albums and playlists. Some have waited years for this moment, the day when Apple killed off its iTunes media app for MacOS and split the exasperating … Continue reading

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