November 2019

IDAGIO launches free classical music service

26/11/2019

IDAGIO launches free classical music service which has worldwide availability at a maximum of 192 kbps AAC and MP3 depending on platform. IDAGIO is available both on the web (www.idagio.com) and as a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. IDAGIO Free listeners can play their favourite classical music through speakers and external devices via Airplay and Bluetooth. IDAGIO Free users can browse and listen to IDAGIO’s complete collection using Radio mode, meaning you can […]

Spotify Free extended to Alexa devices

25/11/2019

Spotify Free extended to Alexa devices as well as Sonos and Bose speakers using Spotify Connect according to a recent blog post by the streamer. Free users in Australia, New Zealand, and the US will, for the first time, be able to ask Alexa to play Today’s Top Hits, their Discover Weekly, or a custom-made playlist on their Amazon Echo or Fire TV. To find out how to link your Spotify account to your new […]

Classical music front-end for Apple Music

24/11/2019

Concertino is an open source classical music front-end for Apple Music. It uses Open Opus data and combines it with automated analysis of the Apple Music’s own metadata in order to create an adequate user experience for classical music. It relies on crowdsourced curation as well for additional verification and refinement. Concertino is web-based with an iOS app in development and is free to use. It can be found here. The app is fairly straightforward […]

Amazon Music extends free streaming

24/11/2019

Amazon Music extends free streaming to the Amazon Music app on iOS and Android and also to FireTV devices. Amazon Music customers who do not yet have a Prime membership, or a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited, can now listen to an ad-supported selection of top playlists and thousands of stations for free on their favourite devices. Previously only available to customers on Echo devices, today’s news expands access to customers using the Amazon Music […]

Spotify creates personalised road trip playlist

23/11/2019

Spotify creates personalised road trip playlist which launches in the US on a separate website, here, rather than as part of the streamer’s app. The Soundtrack Your Ride lets you personalise your playlist for your journey in three easy steps. Once you have logged into your Spotify account: Select the length Use the Google Maps tool or time selector to set the length of your trip Customize Take a quick quiz to personalise your playlist. […]

UK music streaming could double by 2023

23/11/2019

UK music streaming could double by 2023 by adding new services and innovations targeting different music fans more specifically according to research commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The report prepared by consultants OC&C, highlights of which are published in a recent ERA blog, suggest that the already booming streaming market could double to £1.6 Bn annually in as little as four years. Key to the growth forecast, say OC&C experts, is increasing streaming […]

Deezer HiFi arrives on mobile

22/11/2019

Deezer HiFi arrives on mobile giving CD Quality lossless FLAC streaming to phones and the web. All Deezer’s 52 million HiFi tracks can be downloaded which means that there is no compromise on quality when you listen to music offline. To take advantage of this enhanced quality plug in your high fidelity headphones and enjoy the following features with Deezer HiFi: Over 52 million songs all in FLAC quality No adverts interrupting your tunes Download […]