Streaming Archives

Spotify adds Offline Backup for when you are not online

07/10/2024

Spotify adds Offline Backup for when you are not online and creates a playlist in Offline Listening which can be found in your Home feed. Available now, Offline Backup brings Premium subscribers another way to keep listening to music offline with no downloads required. Offline Backup takes your queued and recently streamed tracks and creates a playlist that is unique to you. Spotify uses tracks already stored on your device as part of your regular […]

Free music from your local library

05/10/2024

There can’t be many of us who aren’t having to think about personal and household budgets in these difficult times following the COVID-19 pandemic and everything that has followed. So, here is a reminder that for many of us in the UK there is a wealth of free audio available usually only a short trip away from home or available online at your local library. Despite local authority cuts to library services in recent years […]

Naxos Music Library reaches 3 million tracks

04/10/2024

Naxos Music Library reaches 3 million tracks of classical music encompassing both standard and niche works from the entire classical repertoire, from mediaeval to contemporary. Launched in 2004 as an online streaming service and educational resource for classical music, the Naxos Music Library catalogue now offers individual and institutional subscribers access to tracks from Naxos Records and more than one thousand other labels introducing hundreds of new albums each month. Additionally, the Naxos Music Library […]

Qobuz introduces a student subscription plan

03/10/2024

Qobuz introduces a student subscription plan costing £/€/$4.99/month giving access to Qobuz’ complete catalogue of over 100 million titles in CD Quality and HiRes lossless FLAC. Starting on October 1st, 2024, enrolled students ranging from 18 to 25 years old will be able to access Qobuz’ complete offering – a saving of more than 60% compared to the standard subscription. The new plan, called Studio Student, opens the door to a rich and diverse catalogue […]

Apple Music Classical adds 50,000 album booklets

30/09/2024

Apple Music Classical adds 50,000 album booklets to its classical music app which launched in March 2023 following its acquisition of Primephonic in Autumn 2021. The digital album booklets contain in-depth liner notes, translations, composer biographies, and more. In the past year, Apple Music Classical has seen its expansion into Asia and the launch of a Top 100 chart which ranks the most popular classical albums globally and is updated weekly. The app has also […]

Spotify increases daylist countries and languages

19/09/2024

Spotify increases its daylist coverage with an additional 65 countries in English and making it available to both Free and Premium subscribers. They have also added the following language support for this playlist – Arabic, Catalan, French (Canada), French (France), German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico) and Turkish. Originally rolled out last year in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland in English only, many users will […]

Italian music market up 15.1% in first half of 2024

05/09/2024

Italian music market up 15.1% in first half of 2024 with streaming subscriptions growing by 23% according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. Total revenues were over Euros 200 million according to data compiled by Deloitte for FIMI. Streaming continues to dominate in Italy with premium streaming seeing revenues growing by 23%, bringing the entire streaming segment to cover 81% of the market thanks to the overall growth of 18.1%. In the first […]