Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists
Fans love them, even local councils try to attract them, but immense park and stadium shows don’t always break even – and many bands don’t want to risk images of empty seats
Thanks to streaming, the charts are dominated by albums from years ago. Australia has shown how to give new artists a chance, says music business journalist Eamonn Forde
Musical history is littered with cases like the failed $100m suit against the singer, and they risk stifling pop music, says music journalist Simon Price
Those delivering paternalistic lectures to Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae and Sydney Sweeney would do well to revisit recent history, says writer Jennifer Jasmine White
Fraudsters use fake artists to juice royalties from streaming services – but real musicians are getting blamed. Might they be better off without Spotify et al?
Born in Douala prison and hailed for helping young people stay out of trouble, the success of Jail Time Records has persuaded Burkina Faso to let the label branch out there