Random Music News for Tuesday, June 16, 2015
On this date in 1963, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
- Rush has FINALLY made the cover of Rolling Stone.
- When we think about recommendations provided by streaming music services, it’s usually about current bands that we’ve missed. But Spotify is working on a new recommendation feature that puts everything in a time machine. It’s very nostalgic.
- If you work in the music industry, there’s a new site for connecting with people just like you. Take a look at The Global Music Community.
- So who are the DJs working for Apple’s Beats 1 “global radio station?” These people.
- An Irish radio star was targeted with an acid attack because he came out in support of gay marriage.
- Still with radio, here’s how Norway explains why they’re dumping FM entirely.
- Here’s how music piracy works in Mali.
- So Taylor Swift is now crashing weddings…
- …and Ed Sheeran is annoying people shopping at the mall?
- The Smashing Pumpkins have lost two more members.
- Just as Apple Music gets launched two weeks from today, GarageBand for Mac will get a big upgrade.
- How big is music tourism to the British economy? Big. REALLY big.