Here’s the playlist King Charles will use for his coronation–and there’s one Canadian selection
“King Charles.” I’m still not used to that. But time marches on and he’ll be coronated in May along with
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Despite long odds, a Canadian businessman has turned bankrupt HMV UK profitable
When HMV collapsed under a mountain of debt, everyone rightly believed that it was the end of a record store
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Vinyl has another moment in 2022
Despite supply chain issues, vinyl had another good year in 2022, at least in terms of revenue. While figures aren’t
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Once again, I’m rooting for this band to have the UK Christmas #1 (VERY NSFW)
The Brits go goofy when it comes to betting on which song will end up at #1 on the last
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Here’s the latest list of the UK’s richest musicians
The Sunday Times is one of those publications that loves to keep tabs on the rich. The paper has just
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There’s a new 12-part doc on record shops coming
If you’re the kind of person who loves to root around in record shops, a new 12-part documentary entitled Behind
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Despite supply chain issues, vinyl had another MONSTER year
When vinyl sales ticked back up in 2008, it was easy to look at this as an anomaly, a blip
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Random music news for Wednesday, July 14, 2021
If you’re over 30, you might be able to relate to this. (Via Tom) Stretch. Then try some music news
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Weekly survey: Are some countries opening up to musical events too fast?
Maybe it’s the cautious Canadian in me, but watching the US and the UK start staging maskless, no-social-distancing public events
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How bad is it for British musicians? Worse than you may think.
Like other domestic music industries around the world, things in Britain have been decimated by the coronavirus. In many cases,
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Vinyl had a good year in the UK. Here are the top-selling vinyl albums of 2020
Pandemic or not, Brits bought a lot of vinyl in 2020. In fact, sales nearly reached a 30-year high. This
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