Music

Why Kanye West is buying this free speech social media app Parler

Ye officially knowns as Kanye West has entered into talks to buy free speech platform Parler. The company confirmed the announcement on Monday confirming…

Spotify new feature comes at a price

Swedish streaming service Spotify has added an upgrade to its service, but there’s a catch, and you have to pay the price. The update…

WATCH: Here’s how to hum, search that song in your phone

Forgot that artist’s name but the melody is so close in your head that you can hum it. We have a solution, and the…

Spotify Wrapped 2021: How to see your personal music streaming trends for the year

It’s that time of year again — Spotify has released its Wrapped experience for 2021, which takes users through a personalised story on their…

You can now see lyrics on Spotify: How to access them

While Spotify arguably has a number of great features, the lack of lyrics when playing songs has been a major drawback for some users….

Spotify now lets you see the top songs in major cities in South Africa

Spotify has announced that it will let users in South Africa see the top streamed songs in the cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban,…

YouTube announces three South Africans in Black Voices Music Class of 2022

YouTube has announced the list of artists, including three from South Africa, who will participate in its Black Voices Music Class of 2022. The…

Spotify launches Premium plan for students in South Africa

Spotify has launched a membership plan for students in South Africa that offers Premium subscriber benefits at a lower cost. The plan is now…

Roland launches Zentracker, a free audio recording app for musicians

Instrument manufacturer Roland has launched Zentracker, a mobile app that lets users record multitrack audio and apply sound effects. The app is now available…

Spotify launches Blend; how to make playlists with your friends

Spotify has officially launched Blend, a feature that lets music lovers combine and mix their favourite tracks to create a shared playlist. The feature…

Apple buys Primephonic, plans classical music app for 2022

Apple has acquired the classical music streaming service Primephonic and plans to launch a standalone music app for the genre in 2022. Announced on…

Spotify to add What’s New feed to showcase new releases

Spotify has announced it will introduce a What’s New feed that notifies users when their favourite artists and podcasters have published new releases. The…

Telkom announces music streaming app

Telkom has announced its own music streaming platform in partnership with Tencent’s JOOX: Telkom Music Powered by JOOX. This follows other services launched by…

YouTube Music opens applications for Black Voices Fund

YouTube Music has announced it will open applications for the Black Voices Fund Class of 2022, a grant to help black artists grow and…

Apple Music: What to know about Lossless and Spatial Audio

Apple has announced Apple Music will soon introduce spatial and lossless audio features for its subscribers at no extra cost. The new audio types…

Spotify rolls out accessibility features for mobile app

Spotify has introduced several new features to improve user accessibility, such as text resizing and podcast transcribing, on its mobile app. The company announced…

YouTube Music announces schedule for Africa Month

YouTube Music has announced its lineup of African talent scheduled to perform throughout Africa Month in May. The platform revealed the schedule on 12…

Spotify rolls out paid subscriptions for podcasts

Spotify has launched a new paid subscription platform for podcasts, adding an extra avenue of revenue for creators. The company announced the new platform…

Spotify updates desktop app and web player

Spotify has refreshed its desktop app and web player to make it more user-friendly and easier to stream music. Spotify announced the changes on…

Spotify app now supports Afrikaans and Zulu: How to switch languages

Spotify has announced that the app and website will now support 36 additional languages, including the South African languages Afrikaans and Zulu. This brings…

Spotify reveals South Africa’s top trending tracks and artists for 2020

Spotify has revealed the top streamed tracks and artists for 2020 in South Africa, giving us an interesting glimpse into our tonal tastes locally….

Spotify app now lets you search for songs using lyrics

Ever get that sinking feeling when you can kind of remember lyrics to a particular song you like, but don’t remember the title? Well,…

South Africa among first countries to lose Google Play Music

Google has announced the phase-out plan for Google Play Music — with South Africa being one of the first countries that to lose access…

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