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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra

I'm beginning to lose count of the number of times I've seen Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at the...

Posted by Adam Bowie on June 17, 2010 11:22 PM

Jonny Greenwood - Doghouse

(This photo has nothing to do with the concert, but I took it down the road from the BBC's...

Posted by Adam Bowie on February 28, 2010 10:03 PM

Amy MacDonald

Amy MacDonald played a set in London's Hard Rock Café for Absolute Radio earlier this evening. The set, promoting...

Posted by Adam Bowie on February 23, 2010 12:31 AM

Spotify Making Money?

Yesterday's Observer had an interesting piece on Spotify that included a little more substance about whether or not Spotify is...

Posted by Adam Bowie on November 30, 2009 12:08 PM

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra

Next year, the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra is starting something of a residency at the Barbican and...

Posted by Adam Bowie on July 26, 2009 1:17 PM

Secondary Ticketing Redux

The other day I was talking about secondary ticketing and my despising of the general dishonesty of it all. Well...

Posted by Adam Bowie on March 17, 2009 11:47 PM

Martin Kelner on 6Music

Kelner is always worth a read: [Lesley Douglas's campaign] a central plank of which was the replacement of Gideon Coe...

Posted by Adam Bowie on March 16, 2009 10:18 AM

Ofcom v Global

Perhaps that heading is a little misleading, but that's what it feels like at the moment. On Friday, Ofcom gave...

Posted by Adam Bowie on March 16, 2009 9:20 AM

Secondary Ticketing

What a foul expression "secondary ticketing" is. It's the terminology used to refer to those sites that let the "fans"...

Posted by Adam Bowie on March 11, 2009 9:01 PM

6 Music and RAJAR

A week or so ago, Media Guardian got very excited about some RAJAR figures. They had the half hour figures...

Posted by Adam Bowie on March 2, 2009 10:10 PM

A Tale of Three Concerts

In the last seven days I seem to have seen a lot of music, although I did pay the price...

Posted by Adam Bowie on February 22, 2009 9:51 PM

Radio On The TV

The new issue of Private Eye's Ad Nauseum column highlights the recent BBC 6 Music TV ad which you may...

Posted by Adam Bowie on February 3, 2009 10:12 PM

Copyright Extension

A great film explaining why extending sound copyright is not in performers' interests but just record companies'. And, of course,...

Posted by Adam Bowie on January 19, 2009 9:34 PM

More Digital Britain Leaks

If you want to know what's going on with the Digital Britain report, forthcoming from Lord Carter as metioned yesterday,...

Posted by Adam Bowie on January 16, 2009 1:27 PM

Celebrities Inappropriate Advertising

Last Friday was the last in Clive James' current run of A Point of View (Harold Evans takes over this...

Posted by Adam Bowie on January 8, 2009 10:03 PM

Copyright Extension

In just four days, we could begin to see the first of Cliff Richard's singles re-released without Richard himself either...

Posted by Adam Bowie on December 26, 2008 9:41 PM

Radio 2 Audiences and The Age of Listening

Here's an interesting question related to the Ross/Brand affair. Yes, I know I said I was bored of the whole...

Posted by Adam Bowie on November 24, 2008 9:35 PM

Responsibility In Front Of A Microphone

In the last couple of days we've heard plenty about a "prank" that Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross played on...

Posted by Adam Bowie on October 27, 2008 11:00 PM

Sorting Out Your Music

It's come to my attention that over the last couple of years, although I still buy and listen to a...

Posted by Adam Bowie on September 14, 2008 2:46 PM

Musical Tastes and Personality

A friend of mine pointed me towards this story based on some research that suggests that your musical tastes are...

Posted by Adam Bowie on September 8, 2008 1:25 PM