Music

A portable music player that promises better sound fidelity than MP3s is set to launch on Kickstarter with backing from veteran rocker Neil Young. The PonoPlayer will be available for order on the crowdfunding site starting March 15, according to a leaked release purported to be from Young’s PonoMusic. The company did not immediately respond Continue Reading →

Hot off the launch of Beats Music, does the world need yet another music streaming service? Samsung’s about to find out. In January, Samsung actually shut down its streaming service for US customers — but now, it’s coming back as something completely different. Today the company’s introducing Milk Music, a free streaming radio service designed Continue Reading →

Streaming-music service Beats Music is opening up some of its programming to outsiders, with the goal of proliferating the new $120-a-year subscription player in the broader online universe. “If you’re willing to pay $100 a year for music, which in my experience for all the world’s music is a tremendous bargain, you should have access Continue Reading →

Spotify on Thursday announced it has acquired music data platform The Echo Nest, which will continue to operate out of its headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts, and its offices in San Francisco. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Spotify says it will use The Echo Nest to continue on its path of growing global Continue Reading →

Music is personal. It’s tied to our identities, our emotions, even our friends. So the idea that a complex algorithm could make us smarter about music is counter-intuitive. The creators of Cone, a wireless speaker that learns what you like and builds on it, think they’ve cracked the code. Cone is the first product by Continue Reading →

Amazon gives away movies and TV shows to people who join its Amazon Prime subscription service. When will it start giving away music, too? Maybe this year. People have been predicting that Amazon would offer a Spotify-like music subscription service, most likely bundled with its Prime delivery option, for some time. But industry sources say Continue Reading →

Shazam has announced a partnership with Warner Music Group (WMG) that will herald a new Shazam-branded label, as well as a collaboration on marketing efforts. This is a big move for Shazam, which is better-known for its cross-platform music-tagging app that automatically recognizes what music is playing in the background. The new Shazam label imprint Continue Reading →

Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of a seminal moment in television and music history. On February 9th, 1964, The Beatles appeared on CBS’ Ed Sullivan Show. They kicked off the program with “All My Loving” and by the time they closed with “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” Beatlemania had officially arrived in the United Continue Reading →

Legendary hip-hop producer Rick Rubin is listed as the executive music producer for Sonos’ 2014 Super Bowl Commercial titled ‘Face Off.’ The clip also features N.A.S.A.‘s remix for ‘Hide’ featuring Aynzli Jones. Rap duo N.A.S.A. — consisting of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon — get the ultimate placement in the latest Sonos (a wireless Continue Reading →

Can’t get your fill of streaming music with the likes of Pandora, Spotify, and Rdio? There’s a new music service in town. Debuting for the iPhone and Android devices on Tuesday, the Beats Music app works more or less like its rivals. It acts as an online radio station to serve you tunes from your Continue Reading →