Ted Gioia's 100 Best Albums of 2016
Jazz historian Ted Gioia posts a list of his 100 best albums of the year. Here is his list for 2016 (so far).
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3 Easy Ways To Manage Your Digital Music Collection
Need help organising your digital music collection? Then this 3-part mini-guide might be useful. The death of the iPod classic was a watershed moment in music technology. It effectively marked the end of pocket-sized digital music collections. Sure, you can play millions of tracks on streaming services like Spotify and Google Play but unless you …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Rapping, Deconstructed: The Best Rhymers Of All Time
Vox asked some of the greatest rappers ever how they made rhymes.
Sampleface Five: Herbie Hancock Samples
Our Sampleface Five is dedicated to Herbie Hancock samples from the likes of Ugly Duckling, Lamb and Venom.
MusicRadar's "Top 10 Most Unlikely Sample Sources"
From Aled Jones to Toto, the guys at MusicRadar list their top 10 most unlikely sample sources. The joy of sampling is there are no right or wrong sources to choose from. Whether it’s the sound of paper being scrunched into a ball or a goat bleating in a farm, your samples are only confined …
Sampleface Five: Marvin Gaye Samples
Blurred Lines might be the most popular and controversial Marvin Gaye sampled-track but there have been plenty more. We picked five.
Sampleface Five: Making Of Videos
We picked five “making of” videos for our latest edition of Sampleface Five.
Sampleface Five: John Coltrane Samples
It would have been John Coltrane’s 87th birthday yesterday so for that, we’re looking at five samples of the late jazz master’s work.
Sampleface Five: MPC1000 Albums
We take a look at five albums made using the MPC1000.
Sampleface Five: Music Blogs You Should Be Reading
Here is our selection of five music blogs you should be reading.