Random music news for Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Looking to renovate the bathroom? You might want to consider this new high-tech toilet that takes “analprints.” Think about that for a second before you dive into music news for April 8, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Elton John has launched a $US1 million fund for people living with HIV.
- Coronavirus update 2: Lucian Grange, the CEO of Universal Music, is recovering from a severe case of COVID-19.
- Coronavirus update 3: Jay-Z has donated 100,000 masks for use by people in prison.
- Coronavirus update 4: There’s a move in the UK to open shuttered cultural spaces (including music venues) to the homeless during this crisis.
- Coronavirus update 5: Nova Scotia’s The Stanfields have a new isolation song called “Stay the Blazes Home.”
- Coronavirus update 6: R Kelly has been denied release from prison.
- Are you among the many people who are using this lockdown as an opportunity to get in shape? Deezer has some new workout playlists.
- Podcast listening is trending down. Why? No one’s commuting.
- Another look at radio vs. Spotify.
- We’re in the midst of a self-isolation entertainment boom. Here’s what that means.
- The Vinyl Alliance says that COVID-19 is killing the vinyl part of the industry because “the supply chain is broken.”
- The Coachella documentary will debut this weekend.
- Speaking of documentaries, Eddie Kramer, Jimi Hendrix’s favourite producer (and a guy who has worked with everyone from Led Zeppelin on down) is getting his own rock doc.
- Here are some tips on livestreaming your own gig.
- Sanity in copyright fights? Maybe.
