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Will The Music Industry Pin Its Hopes On Vinyl Records (Or Player Piano Rolls)?
Wired thinks that vinyl is about to "re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary" thanks to the "uniformly optimistic picture of the vinyl market" in the "vital indie and DJ scenes." So why is this trend set to rock retailers across the country? Oh wait, it's because vinyl sounds better, right? (30/10) ReadYou may also like
Raider of the lost archives
Financial Times | 27/06/08 
At a party in 1983, Francis Falceto had an epiphany that changed his life. Falceto had been involved in music for many years, as a curator, programme planner ... More
Some retailers give vinyl records a spin
GoErie.com | 16/06/08
It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.
This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release ... More
The mystery of the rare vinyl
BBC | 23/04/08 
It was a quiet afternoon in the Oxfam Shop in Great Yarmouth in the autumn of 2005. Most days are quiet in Great Yarmouth out of season.
This day, however, ... Read
Radiohead top UK album chart
The Register | 07/01/08
Radiohead's In Rainbows has climbed straight to the top of the UK album chart in the week following its physical release on CD and vinyl, apparently proving ... Read
Radiohead Spins Donation Based D.I.Y. Release
Hypebot | 01/10/07
Asking fans to pay anything from 1 pence (plus a 45 pence service fee) to whatever they think is fair for a download, Radiohead is offering their latest ... Read
Jazz and Jihad: the discourse of solidarity
Middle East Online | 17/04/07
For many years I considered America as my promised land. As a young Jazz musician I was pretty convinced that sooner or later I would end up living in ... Read
The lure of vinyl
Denver Post | 19/09/06
"Matador still puts out everything on vinyl." Mark Ohe's words come through crystalline and without distortion. The art director at one of the country's ... Read
The Vinyl Word
Täipe Times | 19/01/07
Taipei is synonymous with house music, and arguably has a vibrant house compared with other Asian capitals. A mish-mash of local and foreign talents have ... Read
Music, sex and murder
Jamaica Gleaner | 16/06/08
Like businesses, countries have their competitive advantages, things for which they have a particular propensity. And what Jamaica excels at, or at least ... More
'Nashville Star' lassos NBC
The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08
John Rich, half of the country music sensation Big & Rich, achieved stardom the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
The Texas native, with pal Kenny Alphin, ... More
Music is more than just entertainmnet
Ghanamusic.com | 07/06/08
Hiplife artiste Bice Osei-Kuffour aka Obour has urged all Ghanaians to stop viewing musicians as mere entertainers, but rather as social activists who ... More
Music City can turn a citified girl into a country-hummin' gal
Kansascity.com | 18/05/08
The last time I listened to country music was the summer after my senior year of high school when I worked in a sweatshop in Tyrone, Pa., sewing seams ... More
Dolly Parton and Lessons on Bad Branding
Wall Street Journal | 04/05/08
There is nothing wrong with the product. But boy, the branding bites.
That's what I thought last night at Radio City Music Hall as I watched one of ... More
Music in China: The Inside Story
The Register | 02/11/07
How To Do Business In China, China CEO, The New Chinese Consumer... my shelves here in Beijing are stacked full of such books, all trying to throw some ... Read
Why Nazis and spies make such sweet music
Independent online | 17/11/07
Improbable Frequency, the musical by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, is halfway through a country tour at the moment and opens in the Pavilion Theatre, ... Read
Banking on a 'Disco Inferno'
Valide FR Valide EN | 18/05/07
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is proving you can boogie and finance at the same time, buying the 1976 Trammps hit "Disco Inferno" and the ... Read
Idol star sweeps country awards
BBC | 17/04/07
The singer picked up video of the year and female video of the year for her revenge anthem Before He Cheats. Director Roman White also won a prize for ... Read
Carrie Underwood: Hacked!
TMZ | 06/06/07
Holy biscuits and gravy! Country music sensation Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked! One of our staffers, a huge Underwood fan, has been ... Read
EMI Math: Graph Of A Digital Sales Increase
Wired News | 11/07/07
One month after iTunes Plus introduced the country to unprotected EMI downloads, there is some proof that the change has been beneficial to EMI's digital ... Read
A scare for McCartney as fan breaks through security
PR-Inside | 03/04/07
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY suffered a scare at his country estate in England after a fan crashed a speeding car through entrance gates on Friday (30MAR07).
The ... Read
George Strait Earns 32nd Platinum Album
Music Industry News Network | 05/12/06
You can add another jewel to his crown. The King of Country Music has received his 32nd platinum album certification for It Just Comes Natural, which was ... Read
Why Does Avril Lavigne's Label Have To Make Things So Complicated?
Idolator | 27/04/07
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing may be the No. 1 record in the country this week, but were her sales numbers inflated by listeners' desire to hear ... Read
Songwriter's family fights after his death
The Columbus Dispatch | 16/01/07
The children of a hit country music songwriter accuse their evangelist aunt of promising to use her healing powers to cure his cancer and then stealing ... Read
In Elvis we trust
The Telegraph | 09/01/07
Canada has a proud claim: it's the only country in the world other than the United States where Elvis performed in concert. In the spring and summer of ... Read
The good, the bad and the maestro
The Sydney Morning Herald | 02/02/07
FOR many filmmakers, a certain kind of pilgrimage to Rome leads to the opulent parlour of the composer Ennio Morricone. It's a place where he has discussed ... Read
Piano smugglers face the music
Reuters | 13/04/07
Chinese smugglers are suspected of dodging taxes to the tune of $1.3 million in the sale of thousands of imported pianos, with eight separate cases before ... Read
Toussaint explores life after Katrina, outside the Big Easy
Scripps Howard News Service | 15/05/07
Allen Toussaint never left New Orleans. He spent virtually his entire distinguished career playing piano, singing, writing songs and making records with ... Read
'I'm paying some karma'
The Guardian | 08/12/06
'Would you like the tour?" asks Johnny Borrell eagerly. Razorlight's singer turns and leads the way through his new home, which sits expensively close ... Read
Last Man Standing
The Sydney Morning Herald | 17/11/06
For those whose first contact with rock'n'roll was in the mid-1950s, Jerry Lee Lewis was a god. His frenetic piano playing, wildly raucous vocal delivery ... Read
Symphony world premiere brings together a virtuoso pianist and an ambitious composer
San Francisco Chronicle | 14/11/06
Composer Kevin Volans' new piano concerto, "Atlantic Crossing," is scheduled for its world premiere in Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday night, and ... Read
Baidu partners up for music service
Variety Asia | 30/06/08
Faced with mounting pressure from international music orgs over alleged piracy, China's top web search site Baidu has announced a partnership with three ... More
All That Jazz doing fine despite doom in music industry
Steamboat Pilot & Today | 30/06/08
For the past 10 years, music magazines have been flooded with articles about the death of the record store.
Joe Kboudi — who opened Wednesday with twice ... More
Music beneath my feet
The Financial Express | 23/06/08
Ever wondered what this underground music is, which is spreading like wildfire? Does it constitute Bollywood or is it just independent artists that we ... More
Warner Tells Kid Rock To Denounce File Sharing; He Denounces Warner Instead
Techdirt | 19/06/08
While Warner Music had claimed that it was getting away from attacking fans who wanted to download, it appears that it still has a long way to go. Atlantic ... More
Music, sex and murder
Jamaica Gleaner | 16/06/08
Like businesses, countries have their competitive advantages, things for which they have a particular propensity. And what Jamaica excels at, or at least ... More
Some retailers give vinyl records a spin
GoErie.com | 16/06/08
It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.
This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release ... More
'Nashville Star' lassos NBC
The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08
John Rich, half of the country music sensation Big & Rich, achieved stardom the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
The Texas native, with pal Kenny Alphin, ... More
Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales
Reuters | 07/06/08
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads."
As luck would have it, ... More
A new harmony for music labels, TV
Los Angeles Times | 07/06/08
It's the sobering reality of today's music business -- a record company executive can sign a new act and then tell her, "Keep your day job."
That ... More
Idol Dominates Charts: Is This The Day The Music Died?
Hypebot | 30/05/08
No offense to Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper or Don McLean, but I think we may be witnessing the actual day the music died and this time I can even name the ... More
The music biz's digital flops - a short history
The Register | 26/05/08
Since the record industry first noticed that some of the kids were using the internet in the mid-90s, it's flopped from one puddle to the next. Despite ... More
Rifflet, Like Twitter For Music
Gizmodo | 18/05/08
I like to believe that all of us have rock star alter egos. For most of us, these inner rock beasts sleep latently, awaiting the proper heartbreak or drug ... More
The Cistercian monks being groomed for music stardom
Timesonline | 18/05/08
Within minutes of arriving at the monastery in the Vienna Forest, I see a clutch of men wearing lederhosen, while an oompah band tunes up for the May Day ... More
Music City can turn a citified girl into a country-hummin' gal
Kansascity.com | 18/05/08
The last time I listened to country music was the summer after my senior year of high school when I worked in a sweatshop in Tyrone, Pa., sewing seams ... More
IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa
TorrentFreak | 11/05/08
The campaign's leaflet (pdf) is distributed through schools and colleges, libraries, record stores, teaching portals and websites in 21 countries. It ... More
Music execs stuck in old time rock'n'roll
The Guardian | 11/05/08
It is May 9 1996, and you are a Senior Executive at a Very Big Record Label, in charge of Future Developments. This "internet" thing is being talked ... More
Collectors record Jamaica's music history
Jamaica Gleaner | 11/05/08
Some persons capture special moments on film, others in personal memories, but for some a good record can take them back into that golden moment. Record ... More
Bands are getting into bed with consumer brands
Timesonline | 04/05/08
Gabriel Hubert, horn player with Damon Albarn's favourite street-jazz collective, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, speaks with the unashamed zeal of a convert: ... More
Baidu partners up for music service
Variety Asia | 30/06/08
Faced with mounting pressure from international music orgs over alleged piracy, China's top web search site Baidu has announced a partnership with three ... More
Jay-Z Quiets Critics With Indie Cred
ABC News | 30/06/08
The world's largest music festival is wrapping up in the rolling hills of Somerset, England. For three raucous days, revelers at Glastonbury can always ... More
Tika: The fearless songstress returns
Jakarta Post | 11/05/08
The gig last Sunday evening at Score bar in Cilandak Town Square seemed much like any other organized by major sponsors trying to tap in to the youth market, ... More
They're doing it Frank Sinatra's way
Los Angeles Times | 11/05/08
Anew era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate.
The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, ... More
Music biz lawyers wary of labels' new grab
Reuters | 29/12/07
Like it or not, major record companies are expected to continue drafting their artist contracts so that labels share a piece of most -- if not all -- of ... Read
Artist Managers Protest New EMI Regime
Billboard | 11/01/08
EMI is facing the prospect of an artists' revolt, with representatives of major acts Robbie Williams and Coldplay expressing concern at the current state ... Read
DiMA, Publishers Clash Over Rights
Billboard | 08/01/08
A major battle is erupting between some digital media companies and major music publishers, which may lead to federal litigation, Billboard.biz has learned. ... Read
EMI to exit IFPI
Variety | 10/01/08
In a move designed to get major music trade organizations to reorganize, EMI has made the first step to exit the British trade group IFPI. Top operating ... Read
Why (And How) I Just Canceled All My Music Subscriptions
Wired News | 28/12/07
Now that three of the four major labels have decided to sell music without DRM, I've finally decided to drop it too. I've subscribed to Napster, Rhapsody, ... Read
The Old Music Industry Is Dead: Apple Launching Record Label With Jay-Z
Gizmodo | 03/01/08
Looks like there might another major announcement at MacWorld. BGR says they've "confirmed" that Apple is launching a record label with Jay-Z, who's ... Read
Imeem music service doesn't quite rock
News.com | 31/10/07
Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article about Imeem, pegged to the news that this fledgling site has signed a third major label, EMI, leaving only ... Read
Prince seeks to 'reclaim the net'
The Guardian | 13/09/07
Prince is threatening to sue a raft of major websites, including YouTube, eBay and Pirate Bay, as part of a legal initiative to "reclaim the internet" ... Read
Two Big Rap Stars Bicker, Ignoring a Larger Threat
The New York Times | 20/09/07
“Nothing is going according to the actual plan,” 50 Cent said in an interview with MTV last month. Right about now that seems like an understatement. He ... Read
Major Labels, Large Webcasters Reach Agreement
Billboard | 24/08/07
Major record labels and SoundExchange have just reached a deal with the large webcasting services over crucial terms covering royalty rates that webcasters ... Read