Spotify

A French bulldog puppy looks at the camera

Spotify creates podcast to save your pup from loneliness

Lifestyle

Spotify has launched a podcast designed to calm your dog when he is home alone, in response to owners’ request and scientific studies that prove a connection between pets and humans.

Australian singer Conrad Sewell performs at the Spotify House at SXSW 2015.

We traveled to SXSW for the geeks at Interactive, but music grabbed a spotlight

Music
The World

He’s going to be huge. Before that happens watch Conrad Sewell sing his hit ‘Hold Me Up’

Music
Zoe Keating

Is Google playing hardball with indie artists?

Music
Beats headphones

‘Legacy artists’ are still waiting for respect from music streaming services — and a new law might offer it

Music

Pennies for plays: Royalties from streaming services still small for many musicians

The music industry has been halved since the early 2000s. It’s simultaneously full of innovation and rife with problems, the biggest of which is the issue of payment. As music proliferates, how do musicians track who is listening to their music and where? Most importantly, how do they get paid?

Songwriter David Lowery lashes out at rates streaming radio pays

Arts, Culture & Media

David Lowery’s blog has ignited a discussion over how much, or how little, online streaming radio services, like Pandora and others, pay to musicians. Lowery says his song, Low, was played more than 1 million times on Pandora, for which he received just $16.89.

Streaming Music on the Internet

Arts, Culture & Media

Getting your music off of the internet needn’t land you in court; several legal services now have catalogs voluminous enough to satisfy most appetites.

This Week’s Playlist

Here’s the music we used in this week’s show, via Spotify:

This Week’s Playlist

Here’s the music we used in this week’s show, via Spotify: