Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd ...

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Over the past decade, Jazz in Britain has built a reputation not through scale or spectacle, but through a steady, almost ...

Reissued and remastered onto brilliantly colored sea blue and highlighter yellow vinyl, Aurora Gory Alice and Wholesale Meats and Fish are finally widely available on vinyl for mass consumption. So ...

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan debuts on multiple Billboard charts decades after its release thanks to a 2,000% sales spike tied ...

One day, my wife said she was canceling her Apple Music subscription, and I followed her out the door. I had been plotting my exit for a while and needed the extra push. I was tired of renting all my ...

Nutcracker Unwrapped: Winter Tales from Around the World Asya Fateyeva (saxophones), with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Vilmontas Kallunas et al (Berlin Classics) ...

One of the fun things about being Xennial is trying to explain to kids all the different ways I listened to music.

Patti Smith's landmark album "Horses" was released Dec. 13, 1975. Its 50th anniversary brings a contradiction that feels appropriate to the record's origins. For an album that helped define an era, it ...

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential.

Last year, Fiio introduced the DM13, a portable CD player with modern features (such as USB-C charging and built-in Bluetooth) and priced at $150, making it a relatively affordable excuse to revisit ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...