Should we still be buying CDs? Yes.
I think the last time I bought a CD was in the UK about 18 months ago. I’d stumbled on
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Random music news for Friday, June 5, 2020.
Plague. Economic ruin. Rioting. Murder hornets. But at least there’s some good news on the Yellowstone supervolcano front. Can you
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CDs, vinyl, and record stores are under COVID-19 stress. Can they survive?
In my world (albeit a very small one), record stores perform an essential service. But in the interests of crushing
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A new graphic showing how music sales have evolved over the last 30 years.
We’ve purchased music in an astonishing number of formats over the last three decades: vinyl, 8-track, cassettes, CD, downloads, streaming,
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Random music news for Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Finally coming home today, but it’s a long ride: DPS-IST-MUC-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than, say, 28 hours. Here’s music news
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Random music news for Monday, September 23, 2019
First day of fall. While I love autumn, I’m trying not to think of what’s coming next unless I absolutely
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By the end of the year, vinyl could outsell CDs for the first time since 1986 (in the US, anyway).
The sales of compact discs have been in a death spiral for almost twenty years and no amount of pulling
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If collectible vinyl can sell for big dollars, what about CDs? Glad you asked…
When it comes to collecting music, all the glory and attention goes to rare vinyl. That’s the stuff that tends
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When it comes to concert tickets, have you been “bundled?”
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] At some point, we really, really need to admit that album
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It’s possible that vinyl will outsell CDs in the US as early as this year
Even though I wrote the above headline, I still can’t quite believe it. But according to the Recording Industry Association
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Which is worse for the environment: CDs, vinyl, or streaming? Nope. Not what you think.
Save for Donald Trump, climate change is on everyone’s mind these days, including those concerned with music at the BBC.
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