music business Archive
14 Dec 2020
Book Review: Ready Steady Go!: The Weekend Starts Here
Launched a few years ago, BMG Books broke into the market with the excellent Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout, Billy Edd Wheeler’s lively memoir. Soon thereafter, the publisher began its […]
03 Dec 2020
Truly Fine Citizen: Citizen Vinyl Launches in the Blue Ridge Mountains (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Ragland’s facility is set up to provide full, turnkey service. Some tasks are subcontracted – sleeve printing, and electroplating (the latter to be done at […]
02 Dec 2020
Truly Fine Citizen: Citizen Vinyl Launches in the Blue Ridge Mountains (Part One)
The heyday of vinyl records – the so-called “album era” – spanned from 1964 to the mid ‘90s. But the advent of CDs and then the internet seemed to spell […]
13 Nov 2020
Facing the Music, Part Five (conclusion)
Continued from Part Four … Live Music in WNC Before, During, and After COVID-19 This feature appeared previously in Capital at Play Magazine. Beyond the outdoor shows, Keith and the […]
12 Nov 2020
Facing the Music, Part Four
Continued from Part Three … Live Music in WNC Before, During, and After COVID-19 This feature appeared previously in Capital at Play Magazine. Among the musicians interviewed for this story, […]
11 Nov 2020
Facing the Music, Part Three
Continued from Part Two … Live Music in WNC Before, During, and After COVID-19 This feature appeared previously in Capital at Play Magazine. WNC Music Community Faces the New Challenges […]
10 Nov 2020
Facing the Music, Part Two
Continued from Part One … Live Music in WNC Before, During, and After COVID-19 This feature appeared previously in Capital at Play Magazine. The Coalition’s study found that in Asheville […]
09 Nov 2020
Facing the Music, Part One
Live Music in WNC Before, During, and After COVID-19 This feature appeared previously in Capital at Play Magazine. Music-making is inextricably entwined with the culture of Western North Carolina. In […]
29 Aug 2020
Asheville Music Industry Supports #WeMakeEvents
Note: It’s not my custom to reprint press releases, but this is important enough to make an exception – bk RSVP for the event at this link: http://bit.ly/2YJMFBi d&b audiotechnik […]
26 Jun 2020
d&b audiotechnik on What the Future of Music Might Sound Like
This story is the third of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk With its headquarters for the Americas in South […]