Brian Fauteux inaugurates our "The Podcast Review" series with an analysis of The Only Music Podcast, a music podcast from Gothenburg, Sweden that offers a refreshing take on the music industries by critically engaging with bi-weekly topics.
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Tags: Bjork, Has It Leaked, iTunes, Jamie xx, KEXP, media industries, Mojib, music industries, music licensing, NPR, podcast, podcasting, popular music, radio, Robyn, Telegram Studios, The Only Music Podcast, Tidal, Tula
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Sirius XM's recent live broadcast of the Governors Ball highlights the persistence of place, of musical “hotspots,” within the satellite radio universe.
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Tags: digital media, Governors Ball, internet, Janelle Monae, music, Music Festivals, radio, satellite radio, Sirius XM, television
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Music, Music, On Radio, Perspectives, Radio, Radio | 1 Comment »
The promotional campaign for Arcade Fire's Reflektor reflects an increasingly mobile and interconnected experience of popular culture, as well as the persistent significance of local sites of production in popular music-making and promotion.
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Tags: Arcade Fire, Auguste Rodin, Bakhtin, carnival, cosmopolitanism, cultural capital, David Bowie, diaspora, Haiti, Here Comes The Night, Instagram, James Murphy, localism, marketing, Merge Records, mobility, Montreal, NBC, New York, Orpheus, popular music, Reflektor, Sirius XM, social media, The Reflektors, Tim and Eric
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Distribution remains a challenge for many artists and labels, and this initiative creates a much-needed resource that can allow artists to more easily sustain creative autonomy.
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Tags: canada, distribution, E-distribution, FACTOR, Independent Music, Weird Canada
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By broadcasting exclusively online and abandoning space-based FM or AM broadcasting, college radio stations run the risk of losing the local focus that has been integral to the programming and operations of the campus and community radio sector.
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Tags: canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CKUW, College radio, community radio, internet radio, KUSF, local media, public media, radio, WYBCX
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