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Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm now available to pre-order at HMV. In stores Fen 10 2026. hmv.com/store/books/...
Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm now available to pre-order at HMV. In stores Fen 10 2026. hmv.com/store/books/...
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm now available to pre-order at HMV. In stores Fen 10 2026. hmv.com/store/books/...
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Keith's blog @songsommelier.bsky.social looks at the ipod which is 20 years old this weekend and deeper listening.
In a world where so much is screaming for my attention. How I choose to slow down and listen with intent is becoming essential.
#slowmusic
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In a world where so much is screaming for my attention. How I choose to slow down and listen with intent is becoming essential.
#slowmusic
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My revived iPod is a time machine
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iPod (October 23rd 2025), a draft of an essay from my forthcoming book The Art of Listening: essays on the value of music.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Keith's blog @songsommelier.bsky.social looks at the ipod which is 20 years old this weekend and deeper listening.
In a world where so much is screaming for my attention. How I choose to slow down and listen with intent is becoming essential.
#slowmusic
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
In a world where so much is screaming for my attention. How I choose to slow down and listen with intent is becoming essential.
#slowmusic
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
My revived iPod is a time machine
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My revived iPod is a time machine
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iPod (October 23rd 2025), a draft of an essay from my forthcoming book The Art of Listening: essays on the value of music.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My revived iPod is a time machine
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Whole album tours are a glorious celebration of music and fandom
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Whole album tours are a glorious celebration of music and fandom
Who started it all?
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October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Whole album tours are a glorious celebration of music and fandom
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Mat recently joined @songsommelier.bsky.social on The Art of Longevity podcast.
Listen here: songsommelier.com/taol-suede-r...
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Listen here: songsommelier.com/taol-suede-r...
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August 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mat recently joined @songsommelier.bsky.social on The Art of Longevity podcast.
Listen here: songsommelier.com/taol-suede-r...
- SuedeHQ
Listen here: songsommelier.com/taol-suede-r...
- SuedeHQ
Lovely recommendation thanks!
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lovely recommendation thanks!
An interview I did for the @torontostar-rss.bsky.social about when fandom gets a bit too transactional…and weird. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Drake, GloRilla and other stars have been giving lucky fans gifts worth thousands of dollars. But has this generosity gone too far?
Recently, in Australia, the Toronto rap superstar gave one couple $25,000 after they got engaged at his concert.
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March 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
An interview I did for the @torontostar-rss.bsky.social about when fandom gets a bit too transactional…and weird. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Musically speaking I’m still in 2024. Heard nothing so far this year that grabs me.
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Musically speaking I’m still in 2024. Heard nothing so far this year that grabs me.
The Art of Longevity Season 11! kicks off with
@thelumineersmusic.bsky.social
Wesley and Jeremiah in the studio, a career perspective and insights on the new album AUTOMATIC. Listen here: songsommelier.com/art-of-longe... #podcastandchill #podcast #thelumineers
@thelumineersmusic.bsky.social
Wesley and Jeremiah in the studio, a career perspective and insights on the new album AUTOMATIC. Listen here: songsommelier.com/art-of-longe... #podcastandchill #podcast #thelumineers
February 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Art of Longevity Season 11! kicks off with
@thelumineersmusic.bsky.social
Wesley and Jeremiah in the studio, a career perspective and insights on the new album AUTOMATIC. Listen here: songsommelier.com/art-of-longe... #podcastandchill #podcast #thelumineers
@thelumineersmusic.bsky.social
Wesley and Jeremiah in the studio, a career perspective and insights on the new album AUTOMATIC. Listen here: songsommelier.com/art-of-longe... #podcastandchill #podcast #thelumineers
Kind words thank you @jhonnybravo27.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kind words thank you @jhonnybravo27.bsky.social
Artists On Vinyl is a short audio doc featuring @ronsexsmith.bsky.social Ben Folds Interpol Suede ++ in collaboration with War Child - please have a listen, share, play records, DONATE! www.songsommelier.com/artists-on-v... #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
February 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Artists On Vinyl is a short audio doc featuring @ronsexsmith.bsky.social Ben Folds Interpol Suede ++ in collaboration with War Child - please have a listen, share, play records, DONATE! www.songsommelier.com/artists-on-v... #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
This is a brilliant book which I often use to do warm up / icebreaker type thingys in some music meetings (when I used to do those).
My calendar history of pop #DontStopTheMusic was published two months ago in North America. Much acclaimed here in the UK, but it has plenty to appeal to US readers, especially those appalled by recent events. Ask your local bookstore. It's published by Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is a brilliant book which I often use to do warm up / icebreaker type thingys in some music meetings (when I used to do those).
Sam Fender’s gone and written me theme tune open.spotify.com/track/5kQrDt...
Me And the Dog
Sam Fender · Wild Long Lie · Song · 2024
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December 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Sam Fender’s gone and written me theme tune open.spotify.com/track/5kQrDt...
A sort of Wrapped for the pod. MUCH more coming in 2025, I hope!
December 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
A sort of Wrapped for the pod. MUCH more coming in 2025, I hope!
The album was once under threat. Napster and iTunes unbundled it. Spotify shuffled it. But in the end, the album endured. The album reassembled. And the album is getting stronger. My Decanted pick of 12 albums for 2024. www.songsommelier.com/decanted-202...
Decanted 2024: Best albums — THE SONG SOMMELIER
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December 13, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The album was once under threat. Napster and iTunes unbundled it. Spotify shuffled it. But in the end, the album endured. The album reassembled. And the album is getting stronger. My Decanted pick of 12 albums for 2024. www.songsommelier.com/decanted-202...
One that came quite early in the year and so you feel like it was last year. No less brilliant whenever it was. Nadine continues a path to quiet legend. (@thequietus thanks for the reminder!).
'It’s delicate work to find how much honesty resonates with an audience and what becomes alienating. Nadine Shah navigates this rough terrain on her fifth album, Filthy Underneath'
#NadineShah - Filthy Underneath is No 10 in tQ's Albums of the Year 2024
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#NadineShah - Filthy Underneath is No 10 in tQ's Albums of the Year 2024
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December 12, 2024 at 2:17 PM
One that came quite early in the year and so you feel like it was last year. No less brilliant whenever it was. Nadine continues a path to quiet legend. (@thequietus thanks for the reminder!).
A very considerate take! Thx
Evenin'! The latest Network Notes just went out, this time looking at @songsommelier.bsky.social's "Music's 3 Futures" paper, which offers three views on how the industry will develop. Do I agree with his points? Read on to find out! open.substack.com/pub/networkn...
🔵 Music's Three Paths Forward
Unpicking Keith Jopling's vision for the music industry's future
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December 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
A very considerate take! Thx
Nice to be in the company of @SwitchedOnPop @SongExploder and @nprmusic among other here. Thanks @rostr_cc Flattered! stack.rostr.cc/stacks/10-po...
10 Podcasts in Music You Should Know About | Stack by ROSTR
The ROSTR Group shares top podcast picks to keep you entertained on your travels. Recs include Switched On Pop, Song Exploder, Every Single Album, And The Writer Is..., New York Times Popcast and more...
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December 9, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Nice to be in the company of @SwitchedOnPop @SongExploder and @nprmusic among other here. Thanks @rostr_cc Flattered! stack.rostr.cc/stacks/10-po...
Most kind Matthew and thanks again…Matthew! Look out for Moon Mirror in my ‘Decanted’ top 12 picks of 2024 (clue: it’s high up!). @nadasurf.bsky.social @nadasurftalk.bsky.social @nadasurfed.bsky.social
I love the @songsommelier.bsky.social podcast and I was super happy to see Matthew from @nadasurf.bsky.social on the program.
Not all music careers follow the same shape and this conversation btw Matthew and Keith is gold.
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Not all music careers follow the same shape and this conversation btw Matthew and Keith is gold.
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Art of Longevity: Nada Surf — THE SONG SOMMELIER
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December 7, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Most kind Matthew and thanks again…Matthew! Look out for Moon Mirror in my ‘Decanted’ top 12 picks of 2024 (clue: it’s high up!). @nadasurf.bsky.social @nadasurftalk.bsky.social @nadasurfed.bsky.social
My new podcast That One Guitar classified as food for your brain by The Guardian. Have you tuned up and tuned in yet? It’s here: www.songsommelier.com/that-one-gui... #guitarplayer
December 7, 2024 at 11:52 AM
My new podcast That One Guitar classified as food for your brain by The Guardian. Have you tuned up and tuned in yet? It’s here: www.songsommelier.com/that-one-gui... #guitarplayer
For my perspective on the changes coming around the corner in music, I've put down a 'manifesto' called Music's 3 Futures and you can download the (short) read in full here: www.songsommelier.com/musics-3-fut...
December 5, 2024 at 10:44 AM
For my perspective on the changes coming around the corner in music, I've put down a 'manifesto' called Music's 3 Futures and you can download the (short) read in full here: www.songsommelier.com/musics-3-fut...
List time OMG. Frighteningly I know about 20 of these artists and I've heard about ten of the actual records. Can we bring the monoculture back PLEASE! This is my December xmas songs listening time gone then!
'The cultural infrastructure around us is in crisis. Pitchfork and other publications lost staff or closed, the mainstream broadsheet and broadcast media continued to reduce their arts coverage...'
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December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
List time OMG. Frighteningly I know about 20 of these artists and I've heard about ten of the actual records. Can we bring the monoculture back PLEASE! This is my December xmas songs listening time gone then!
Now posting regular column The Art of Listening on how we listen to music. Or don't! It's an art is what I'm saying. The posts appear on the UK 'Featured Artists Coalition' website news feed. thefac.org/news-directo...
Art of Listening with Keith Jopling #3 — Featured Artists Coalition
Last month, we launched a new series called Art of Listening by the ever-incisive Keith Jopling . This week, we’re excited to present the third installment: Focused & communal listening is ...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Now posting regular column The Art of Listening on how we listen to music. Or don't! It's an art is what I'm saying. The posts appear on the UK 'Featured Artists Coalition' website news feed. thefac.org/news-directo...
My latest guest on The Art of Longevity #podcast is the British singer-songwriter legend @davidgrayofficial.bsky.social. “Once you get attention and then lose it, how do you get it back? It’s a question I’ve been puzzling over for a long time”. www.songsommelier.com/art-of-longe...
December 1, 2024 at 12:20 PM
My latest guest on The Art of Longevity #podcast is the British singer-songwriter legend @davidgrayofficial.bsky.social. “Once you get attention and then lose it, how do you get it back? It’s a question I’ve been puzzling over for a long time”. www.songsommelier.com/art-of-longe...
Hello people on Blue Sky. The Song Sommelier page curates The Art of Longevity, That One Guitar! #podcast and a lot else besides. Articles and musings on music + the music industry. Please follow me for 'the antidote to the algorithm' + www.songsommelier.com
THE SONG SOMMELIER
The Song Sommelier is a music discovery site with playlists, sleeve notes, podcasts and fan artwork. Playlists can be played on Spotify and Apple Music, podcasts on all the main platforms.
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December 1, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Hello people on Blue Sky. The Song Sommelier page curates The Art of Longevity, That One Guitar! #podcast and a lot else besides. Articles and musings on music + the music industry. Please follow me for 'the antidote to the algorithm' + www.songsommelier.com