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Playlist: The Bill Withers’ Essentials

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With a career spanning over four decades, the Mail & Guardian recalls how the late Bill Withers' music infiltrated our collective psyche.

Playlist: RnBetter Not Go Outside

Article Kiri Rupiah - 4 Apr 2020

Fight the indoor blues with our R&B lockdown playlist featuring the likes of SWV, Ashanti and Keith Sweat

SA joins digital music mainstream

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 14 Dec 2018

The demand for music streaming services is growing as digital sales outstrip physical ones

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UK ratchets up pressure on US tech giants with new tax

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Oct 2018

The 2% tax levy on sales made by large digital companies in Britain would apply to search engines, social networks and e-commerce channels

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Beyoncé, Jay-Z release joint album on marriage and identity

Article Shaun Tandon - 17 Jun 2018

The album came out late on Saturday exclusively on Jay-Z's fledgling Tidal streaming service

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After years of allegations, R. Kelly faces sexual assault lawsuit

Article Staff Reporter - 23 May 2018

The R&B artist is accused of sexual battery, false imprisonment and failure to disclose a sexually transmitted disease

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R Kelly among artists affected under Spotify’s new policy

Article Staff Reporter - 11 May 2018

The digital music platform has announced new policy preventing the promotion of music from any 'hateful' artist

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Spotify in talks with Vodacom over music deal in Africa

Article Chris Spillane - 3 Jun 2014

International digital music service Spotify is said to be in talks with Vodacom to provide users with access to its music library.

Twitter to launch music service

Article Jemima Kiss - 14 Mar 2013

Twitter will launch a music-specific app, following its acquisition of music discovery service We Are Hunted last year, according to a CNet report.

Giving music wings

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Jan 2012

The <em>M&G</em> speaks to the founder of new online music service Airborne about how SA artists can make the most of an enormous internet audience.

Spotify launches syncing with Apple’s iPod

Article Staff Reporter - 4 May 2011

Spotify on Wednesday launched an application enabling users to synchronise playlists and songs purchased through its service with Apple's iPod.

Internet age re-inventing the music business

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Aug 2009

Music and internet worlds merged on Friday on San Francisco's posh Nob Hill as insiders brainstormed about industry rocking Web 2.0 trends.

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