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February 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Prince Celebration
Almost all of the Prince material released in his lifetime is now available for you to stream on your platform of choice. To celebrate the easy-availability of so many classic tracks and albums I’ve made an 80-track, 7-hour playlist of Prince favourites. Obviously this just scratches the surface – there are several B-sides I couldn’t […]Archive
October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
What Matters Most Is The Music: It’s Not How You Listen – It’s That You Listen
Audio streaming has now beaten video streaming – or put simply, Spotify means more to people than YouTube. Okay, that’s putting it very simply but that’s – basically – the news. Record companies are only just cottoning on to YouTube, thinking video might help them sell audio. But audio is being taken for free – […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
You Must Remember This: The Aro Street Video Store
It was sad to read about the imminent demise of Aro Video. In a sense it wasn’t news, I’m a regular customer. I’m there several times a week – it’s near my doorstep, I know the owner, I know the staff, they’ve told me times are tough and business is hard work; a lot of […]Archive
December 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Erykah Badu: But U Caint Use My Phone [Mixtape]
Erykah Badu But U Caint Use My Phone [Mixtape] Apple Music/Control Freaq. It’s been five years between albums – and the new one by Erykah Badu is a mixtape, some covers and rewrites, the phone theme is explored across all 11 tracks and the slight 37-minute running time, the title lifted of course from her […]Archive
September 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman