SomaFM is a San Francisco based internet radio station broadcasting 39 channels of music in a wide range of genres including 70’s, alternative, ambient, Americana, folk, jazz, rock and many more. The station is listener supported relying on voluntary contributions from its listeners and when we tuned in at noon (UK BST) they had some 7.5k listeners. The station offers a wide range of audio formats including 128kbps and 256kbps MP3 and 32kbps 64kbps and […]
Deezer quizzes get multiplayer mode letting fans and music connoisseurs battle their friends in real-time and earn their spot on the leader board. The streamer added quizzes to its app at the end of 2022 and has now added an upgrade that lets users compete against friends and other music lovers from around the world, directly in the app. Up to a hundred people can challenge each other simultaneously on a wide range of music […]
Spotify adds 11 more languages to its apps including UK English, Spanish and Arabic variants bringing the total number of languages on Spotify to 74. This is in addition to the 27 languages they launched with and the 36 languages they rolled out in 2021. Spotify’s mobile app will now also support: Spanish – Argentina Spanish – Mexico Traditional Chinese – Hong Kong Arabic – Egypt Arabic – Saudi Arabia Basque Bosnian English – UK Galician Macedonian […]
Podcasts are now on YouTube Music with an initial launch in the US with global availability promised ‘soon’. The feature started being rolled out at the end of last week and is expected to reach all US listeners shortly. This update allows those watching podcasts on the main app to continue listening to them on YouTube Music. Listeners can enjoy podcasts on-demand, offline, in the background, while casting and seamlessly switch between audio-video versions on […]
Qobuz goes live in Canada making its HiRes streaming and download service available in 26 countries. The launch was originally promised for May but they have managed to deliver ahead of time. After Northern Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in 2021, and Latin America in 2022, Qobuz’ arrival today in Canada responds to a growing need among Canadian music aficionados and audiophiles for high-quality music streaming and download offerings. Qobuz has an extensive lossless catalogue […]
Stream Spotify while using Strava using their new integration that enables users to easily stream music, podcasts and audiobooks while tracking their workout activities on Strava. Listeners can play, pause, resume, skip, and browse Spotify favourites from the record screen on Strava. This new integration removes the need for Spotify users to switch between apps and allows them to easily tap into the motivation that gets them moving. Ian Geller, VP of Business Development at Spotify said, […]
Global music streams top one trillion in Q1 2023, a new record speed according to Luminate, the entertainment data and insights company that powers Billboard Charts. The company revealed that global music on-demand audio streams crossed the one trillion mark on the 31st March 2023, marking 2023 as the first year for that milestone to be reached in just three months. The news follows Luminate’s 2022 Year-End Report data that showed a +22.6% growth in on-demand audio streams over […]
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