One can explain the recent boom in vinyl record sales in terms that make sense to an audiophile: A vinyl record often sounds more nuanced than music in a compressed digital format. But the growth in ...

In an era of music streaming and digital downloads, an old format is once again becoming popular. Modern music audiences are rewinding and hitting play on a cassette tape revival. Stephanie Sy reports ...

It turns out there’s a place for archaic physical media of questionable audio fidelity–even in the Spotify era. For Andy Molholt, there’s something oddly special about hitting play on his boombox at ...

Move aside vinyl, another retro music format has spun back into the local spotlight. As emblematic to 1980s culture as the boom boxes and Sony Walkmans that played them, cassette tapes are back in ...

Spotify and Apple Music might be more convenient, but nothing quite beats the nostalgia of cassette tapes. According to the Nielsen Media Research Music Year-End Report for 2017, sales of cassette ...

This might sound like an old story. Something old surprisingly becomes cool again. Like what happened with vinyl, the music medium that was nearly obsolete before making an unexpected and triumphant ...

In the face of continuing wide distribution of the compact disc and rebounding sales of vinyl LPs, cassette tapes have yet to see a real resurgence. The medium caters to consumers with a sense of ...

As perplexing as it might be, cassette tapes are making a comeback. Much like vinyl's resurgence in popularity over the past several years, cassette tapes are finding their way into retail stores and ...

Indian singer Zubeen Garg’s music ownership is scattered among a network of producers, distributors and labels.

Cassette tapes brought Veronika Cloutier to Pittsburgh. Vinyl LPs have kept her here. Before moving to Pittsburgh from North Carolina in 2021, the former vocalist and guitarist for the band Attack Cat ...

As a professional musician and teacher at Dave Janssen’s School of Music in Simi Valley, Lynnzee Fraye knows one of the best ways to build a following is by posting videos on social media. “But you ...