Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
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Cassette tapes are in again – and this time, it’s smaller artists who look likely to gain.
Vinyl records are set to become the largest source of revenue from physical music sales.
Some of our favourite music formats might not be as environmentally friendly as we think.
Song by song streaming services may be hurting the album commercially, but its place in our cultural lexicon will be harder to shake.
Bootlegs will continue to be manufactured.
The future of the bootleg might just reinvent the official release.
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura, University of Plymouth
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Music Industries, Birmingham City University
