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BTS Reveals Proof Disc 3 Will Be CD-Only – American K-Pop Fans Are Pissed

May 11, 2022

Photo Credit: K-Pop Market BTS unveiled their plans to release their newest album called Proof. It includes a third disc that will be available as a physical CD only. In a press release announcing Proof rele... Read More...

Apple Officially Discontinues the iPod After 20 Years — ‘End of an Era’

Dylan Smith

May 10, 2022

Apple has discontinued the iPod Touch and, in turn, the overarching iPod line. Apple has officially announced that it will discontinue the iPod Touch, the last iPod model that the Cupertino-headquartered comp... Read More...

Nottingham Music Shop ‘Windblowers’ to Close After Almost 40 Years

Ashley King

May 9, 2022

Photo Credit: Paul Robinson / CC by 2.0 A Nottingham music shop could disappear without a new owner. Windblowers on Derby Road has been open for nearly 40 years. Opened by David Oldershaw and Margaret Frogso... Read More...

Verve/UMe’s Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series ‘Acoustic Sounds’ Announces Slate of 2022 Releases

Ashley King

May 5, 2022

Photo Credit: Wim van Rossem / Anefo / CC by 1.0 Acoustic Sounds, Verve/UMe's analog-only vinyl reissue series, announces their scheduled releases for 2022. In its third year, the series will focus on some of... Read More...

Bandcamp Faces Legal Action From Visually Impaired Musicians

Ashley King

May 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Bandcamp Website Bandcamp is facing legal action over an inaccessible website for visually impaired musicians. A visually impaired musician named Linda Slade has brought the class action suit a... Read More...

T Bone Burnett Announces a New Analog Audio Format, Tested With Bob Dylan

Ashley King

April 28, 2022

Photo Credit: Steve Rhodes / CC by 3.0 T Bone Burnett has developed a new analog audio format he's calling Ionic Originals. Bob Dylan is the first test subject. Bob Dylan has re-recorded some of his classic ... Read More...

Taylor Swift Ignites Record Store Day 2022 With Limited Edition Vinyls

Ashley King

April 24, 2022

Photo Credit: Clem Onojeghuo Record Store Day is helping reignite the world's love of vinyl music – and Taylor Swift is leading the charge. Swift was selected as the global ambassador for Record Store Day th... Read More...

How the CRB Blew Out the NMPA’s Gaslight on Songwriters

Jody Dunitz

April 19, 2022

Vinyl records, one of several physical formats judged as 'de minimis' by the NMPA (photo: Bru-nO) The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) tried valiantly to serve the labels, its real patrons, in th... Read More...

Steinway Files For IPO, Charts China Expansion as Annual Sales Approach $540 Million

Dylan Smith

April 15, 2022

A Steinway & Sons piano. Photo Credit: Filipp Romanovski Steinway Musical Instruments Holdings, the entity behind 169-year-old piano company Steinway & Sons, has revealed plans to list shares on the N... Read More...

The Weeknd + MSCHF Partner for Playable Saw Blade Album ft. “Out Of Time”

Ashley King

April 8, 2022

Photo Credit: MSCHF The Weeknd and MSCHF are debuting a playable saw blade single of "Out of Time" from Dawn FM. The collaboration is part of MSCHF's infamous drops – the same company behind Lil Nas X's Sata... Read More...

Jack White Calls On the Major Labels to ‘Finally’ Open Vinyl Pressing Plants: ‘You’re Either Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution’

Dylan Smith

March 15, 2022

Photo Credit: David James Swanson Amid historic vinyl sales – and historic manufacturing delays – Jack White has called on the major labels to open their own production facilities. Detroit-born Jack White e... Read More...

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Are Websites for Musicians Profitable in 2021? Musicians Earned $9.9M on Bandzoogle

Ashley King

March 15, 2022

Photo Credit: Sam Moqadam The music industry is heavily driven by streaming, but direct-to-fan sales are where most artists earn the lion’s share of their revenues. So are websites for musicians a profitable ... Read More...

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Nottingham Music Shop ‘Windblowers’ to Close After Almost 40 Years

Verve/UMe’s Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series ‘Acoustic Sounds’ Announces Slate of 2022 Releases

Bandcamp Faces Legal Action From Visually Impaired Musicians

T Bone Burnett Announces a New Analog Audio Format, Tested With Bob Dylan

Taylor Swift Ignites Record Store Day 2022 With Limited Edition Vinyls

How the CRB Blew Out the NMPA’s Gaslight on Songwriters

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The Weeknd + MSCHF Partner for Playable Saw Blade Album ft. “Out Of Time”

Jack White Calls On the Major Labels to ‘Finally’ Open Vinyl Pressing Plants: ‘You’re Either Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution’

Are Websites for Musicians Profitable in 2021? Musicians Earned $9.9M on Bandzoogle