Third Man Records

The new store is located in the Soho district, London, on Marshall Street, and will open to the public on September 25, 2021. Must visit.

Useful links:

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/third-man-records-london-jack-white-shop

https://thirdmanrecords.com

Oleg Akkuratov

A fine musician versatile both in jazz and classical music. Must listen.

Useful link: https://www.olegakkuratov.com

Angélique Kidjo

A fine Beninese-American singer-songwriter. Actress. Activist.

Useful link: http://www.kidjo.com

The Bulgari Aluminium Steve Aoki Special Edition

Steve Aoki is one of the famous DJs in the world. And now he has got a watch with Bulgari.

Useful links:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/steve-aoki-on-his-collaboration-with-bulgari 

https://www.steveaoki.com

Ice Music Festival Norway

Terje Isungset founded the annual Ice Music Festival Norway, drawing curious adventurers willing to brave subzero temperatures in order to experience this unique way of bonding with nature through music. Take a look.

Useful links: https://www.icemusicfestivalnorway.no I https://www.terjeisungset.no

Fender Play

Give it a try.

Useful link: https://www.fender.com/play

The Royal Albert Hall At 150

The Royal Albert Hall is the Vatican for musicians. It's the favorite venue in the world for musicians.

Useful link: https://www.royalalberthall.com

Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History Of The World’s Music

The album is the work of Jonathan Ward,  a collector of old 78rpm records who started his website Excavated Shellac in 2007, posting up a recording every day. A true diamond in the rough. Must listen.

Useful links: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/26/kyrgyzstan-ballads-okinawan-folk-ugandan-hymns-the-album-rewriting-global-music-history-excavated-shellac I https://dust-digital.com/shop/excavated-shellac

Hunter Hayes's Watch Collection

Hunter Hayes typically buys a timepiece only when he reaches a milestone or goal, and everyone one of them has to have a story. Take a look.

Useful links: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/this-country-singers-watch-collection-charts-a-career-in-music I https://www.hunterhayes.com

The Top Twenty '80s Songs About Time

Must listen.

Useful links: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/top-twenty-80s-songs-about-time I https://deepvoices.substack.com

Merck Mercuriadis

Merck Mercuriadis is the most disruptive force in the music business. Hipgnosis Songs Fund raises money from investors and spends it on acquiring the intellectual property rights to popular songs. Songs are an asset class more reliable even than oil or gold because demand is impervious to economic and political uncertainties. When you're feeling happy, you play music to celebrate; when times are hard, you play music to cheer yourself up. A classic song is a source of predictable reliable income in an unpredictable world.

Useful links: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/27/merck-mercuriadis-the-man-who-is-shaking-up-the-music-industry I https://www.hipgnosissongs.com

Vinyl Collectors In Africa’s City Of Gold

Vinyl records are experiencing a revival across the world, including in many African countries, because they are good storytellers.

Useful link: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/8/diggers-and-dreamers-vinyl-collectors-in-africas-city-of-gold

Choir With No Name

Choir With No Name is a choir for people affected by homelessness: 70-80% of people who take part go on to volunteer or find housing and leave the streets.

Useful link: https://www.choirwithnoname.org

Weird Al Yankovic

Economies collapse; species go extinct; political movements rise and disappear, but for some reason Weird Al keep rocking. Really.

Useful link: https://www.weirdal.com

Mdundo

Mdundo, a Kenya-based music platform set up by Martin Nielsen alongside Frances Amisi, a Kenyan rapper popularly known by his stage name Frasha, provides access to Africa's favorite music to more than 6 million monthly active users. Instead of monthly subscriptions, Mdundo is focusing on its free model, where users download, rather than stream, music by 80000 artists free of charge. A five to ten second commercial is played before each track. Well-known brands advertise with them, and the revenues generated from songs are split 50/50 between the artist and the Mdundo.

Useful link: https://mdundo.com

Nick Ryan Studio

Get to know Nick Ryan, a brilliant composer, sound designer, artist and audio specialist, recognised as a leading thinker on the future of sound.

Useful link:
http://www.nickryanmusic.com

Radiooooo

Radiooooo (five o's, keep in mind) calling itself a 'Musical Time Machine' is capable of taking anywhere in the world at any time. Pick a country and decade on its intuitive world map to hear music that hails from that locale and that time period; let your imagination run wild with what it might have been like to live there at that time.

Useful link: https://radiooooo.com

Become Desert

The composer John Luther Adams combines immersive sound worlds with environmental activism.

Useful link: http://johnlutheradams.net/become-desert

Hrishikesh Hirway

A fine artist.

Useful link: https://hrishikesh.co

Enya Is Everywhere

Quite a lot of music has been inspired by Enya. Jenn Pelly investigates why Enya was initially written off as airy fluff and how her unique point of view has come to influence much of modern music as we know it.

Useful link: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/enya-is-everywhere