Music

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…

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…

Deezer extends its three-month free trial to Premium, Family and HiFi tiers

Deezer has extended its lengthened free trial for Premium, HiFi and Family tiers into June, the streaming company announced on Monday. The initial free…

Deezer HiFi drops its price to something a bit more affordable

For those who love lossless music streaming, your choices are limited and fairly pricey. But today, Deezer made its offering a tad cheaper. The…

Spotify’s Group Session feature would be great if you could actually have parties

Spotify has launched a feature that would be great for parties, so you can bet it’s pretty useless right now if you’re living alone….

Spotify Premium Family launches in South Africa for up to six users

Nearly two years after its official launch in South Africa, Spotify is finally offering users a Premium Family plan. Previously all members of your…

Deezer opens a three-month free trial for users under lockdown

Music streaming service Deezer has extended its trial period of Deezer Family and Deezer HiFi to three months. HiFi allows users to stream CD-quality…

Spotify has a new app home screen that better suits your habits

Spotify has tweaked its home screen on phone and tablet apps to help users find their favourite content faster. “Starting today, when audio lovers…

Apple Music now shows you ‘Other Versions’ of the same album

Apple Music has rebooted a popular feature that allows users to view different versions of the same album. First spotted by MacStories editor Federico…

10 interesting facts and figures from Spotify’s 2019 earnings report

Spotify on Wednesday released its fourth-quarter earnings report, revealing that 2019 saw a steady increase in user growth and popularity for the music streaming…

5 holiday music playlists from your favourite online streaming services

The festive season is nothing without those good old tunes and holiday music playlists that get stuck in your head the moment you walk…

Amapiano or hip-hop? South Africa decides 2019’s best music genre

Is hip-hop better than Amapiano, a local genre featuring elements of house music and piano instrumentals? Well, South Africans have taken to Twitter to…

Celine Dion’s new music video is also a virtual Instagram shop

After launching a curated catalogue of 2019’s biggest online shopping trends, Instagram has teamed up with Celine Dion to release a music video featuring…

The numbers behind Apple Music’s growth in South Africa

Apple Music is making quite a splash in South Africa, at least in terms of year-over-year numbers. The company, perhaps better known for its…

The best moments from the American Music Awards according to Twitter

The 2019 American Music Awards on Sunday honoured some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, BTS, and…

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