A lot of people are talking about the fact that CD sales are down by 20% from a year ago. While the music industry blames it on pirated music, there are more important reasons that CD sales are down: The compact disc is 25-year old technology; Mainstream music has stagnated; People are spending their entertainment [...]

March 16: We‚Äôre on the downhill side of 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We’ve talked about free guitar music, free classical music, free dj mixes, free hip-hop and even some brutal, unrelenting noise. Somehow, though, we missed bagpipes and gypsys. The Renaissance Festival podcast features Celtic music, Irish folk music, Scottish [...]

March 15: We’re halfway through 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We’ve got couple more gigs of free music to write about – so, check out the day’s free podcast, subscribe to the ones you like, and get ready to blow out your hard drive. If you’re familiar with Rhino Records, you’ll [...]

March 14: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We hope you’re not running out of space on your computer or MP3 player, because we keep finding cool free music podcasts to share! Yesterday, we looked at the sturm un drang of Beethoven’s symphonies. Today, we’ve got something a little less intense. [...]

March 13: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. Previously, we’ve highlighted podcasts with free guitar music, free jazz videos, free soundtrack music, and some brutal, harsh noise. And we’re not even halfway [...]

March 12: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. Today’s podcast is the Jon Hammond Show – a video podcast that focuses on the music of aptly named jazz organist Jon Hammond. The [...]

March 11: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre highlighting a free music podcast. So far this month we’ve highlighted podcasts with lots of nice music: Nice piano music Nice guitar music Nice americana music Nice Irish and Celtic music More f***ing nice music They gotta lotta [...]

March 10: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. CC Chapman saw the potential for the combination of indie music and podcasting early on. He’s been producing the Accidental Hash podcast for over [...]

March 06: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre highlighting a free music podcast. Previously, we‚Äôve highlighted a free electronic music podcast, a classical music podcast, an Americana music podcast and more. Today’s podcast is Blibb Blobb – The Chiptune Podcast. It’s a great example of how [...]

March 05: It’s 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we’re going to do our best to hook you up with free music podcasts. Previously, we’ve highlighted a free electronic music podcast, a classical music podcast, and a free music podcast from guitarist Ottmar Liebert. If you like Americana [...]