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Qobuz - free Hi-Res album downloads through May 15
|During this period of containment, millions of people around the world turn to music as a means of escape and the number of initiatives to overcome social isolation is increasing. We’re here to help! We’ve ...read more -
Breaking the isolation: Concerts in your home
|As we are all coming to terms with locking down to beat this medical tornado called COVID-19, many of us are also having to come to terms with missing a season of great concerts and ...read more -
The Rails – ‘This record is definitely more us…’
|English husband and wife duo The Rails – James Walbourne and Kami Thompson – have just made their best album yet. Recorded in London at the start of 2019, Cancel The Sun – their third ...read more -
Interview: Wes Berwise of WBSSmedia
|Wes Berwise is a clever man. He has been passionate about his music for as long as he can remember, and was an avid collector from his school days. His love of music in all ...read more -
Emily Barker: A Sweet Kind of Blue
|We’ve talked to Emily Barker before in these pages and in 2013 she told us about her last solo album Dear River, a collection of songs about her native Australia. She has worked on a ...read more -
Stylus Show 2017
|From the Chester Group press release: The UK’s first show devoted to all things Vinyl, Stylus returns for a second year and moves to a new venue: the MacDonald Hotel & Spa in Manchester. Taking ...read more -
Meet Your Maker – Bob Stuart of MQA and Morten Lindberg of 2L
|Way back in May this year, the blossoming MQA format took a step closer to mainstream acceptance as Warner Music Group and MQA entered a long-term licensing agreement. As the ink on this deal was ...read more -
Robert Wyatt interview
|The Canterbury Scene was not just the place where Paul Messenger (mis)spent his youth, it was a musical movement of the 1960s that resulted in some of the most original British bands of the era. ...read more -
David Bowie (1947-2016) – a personal tribute
|I was somewhere over the Atlantic when the news about the death of David Bowie broke. As the 747 landed at Gatwick, practically a plane full of text messages rang out in unison. I saw ...read more -
Breaking the wrong record?
|There are some valuable records out there. Earlier this month, Ringo Starr’s ‘No. 0000001’ copy of The Beatles (also known as the White Album) achieved $790,000 at auction, and a copy of The Sex Pistols ...read more -
The Show Must Go On
|If you were there at the time, Queen was a very big thing. From the early 1970s right up to (and beyond) the death of singer Freddie Mercury in 1991, the band had a string ...read more -
Tidal - the future of audiophile streaming?
|In one of the most public displays of the music business setting itself straight, Tidal’s recent announcement was part showbiz glitz, part hard-nosed business. Last month, Aspiro, parent company of high-resolution streaming service Tidal (and ...read more -
Classic Albums – Huhtikuu's Ensimmäinen Päivähuhtikuussa
|Dark Loungecore was not long for this world. A brief moment of irony in the late 1990s and it was gone. It left no lasting legacy, produced no stars, and most of the albums were ...read more -
Classic Album Sundays - Pink Floyd's The Wall
|I must admit I have not listened to Pink Floyd’s The Wall in its entirety for nearly three decades until recently. However, in anticipation of our The Wall 35th anniversary celebrations, I duly dusted off ...read more -
Classic Albums: Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
|Frank Zappa might not be your run-of-the-mill rock star. He was not one for recreational pharmaceuticals. As a teenager, when his contemporaries were listening to Bill Haley & His Comets, Zappa was paying attention to ...read more