Whole album tours are a glorious celebration of music and fandom open.substack.com/pub/songsomm...

Mat recently joined @songsommelier.bsky.social on The Art of Longevity podcast. Listen here: songsommelier.com/taol-suede-r... - SuedeHQ

Lovely recommendation thanks!

An interview I did for the @torontostar-rss.bsky.social about when fandom gets a bit too transactional…and weird. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Musically speaking I’m still in 2024. Heard nothing so far this year that grabs me.

The Art of Longevity Season 11! kicks off with @thelumineersmusic.bsky.social Wesley and Jeremiah in the studio, a career perspective and insights on the new album AUTOMATIC. Listen here: songsommelier.com/art-of-longe... #podcastandchill #podcast #thelumineers

Kind words thank you @jhonnybravo27.bsky.social

Artists On Vinyl is a short audio doc featuring @ronsexsmith.bsky.social Ben Folds Interpol Suede ++ in collaboration with War Child - please have a listen, share, play records, DONATE! www.songsommelier.com/artists-on-v... #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity

This is a brilliant book which I often use to do warm up / icebreaker type thingys in some music meetings (when I used to do those).

Sam Fender’s gone and written me theme tune open.spotify.com/track/5kQrDt...

A sort of Wrapped for the pod. MUCH more coming in 2025, I hope!

The album was once under threat. Napster and iTunes unbundled it. Spotify shuffled it. But in the end, the album endured. The album reassembled. And the album is getting stronger. My Decanted pick of 12 albums for 2024. www.songsommelier.com/decanted-202...

One that came quite early in the year and so you feel like it was last year. No less brilliant whenever it was. Nadine continues a path to quiet legend. (@thequietus thanks for the reminder!).

A very considerate take! Thx

Nice to be in the company of @SwitchedOnPop @SongExploder and @nprmusic among other here. Thanks @rostr_cc Flattered! stack.rostr.cc/stacks/10-po...

Most kind Matthew and thanks again…Matthew! Look out for Moon Mirror in my ‘Decanted’ top 12 picks of 2024 (clue: it’s high up!). @nadasurf.bsky.social @nadasurftalk.bsky.social @nadasurfed.bsky.social

My new podcast That One Guitar classified as food for your brain by The Guardian. Have you tuned up and tuned in yet? It’s here: www.songsommelier.com/that-one-gui... #guitarplayer

For my perspective on the changes coming around the corner in music, I've put down a 'manifesto' called Music's 3 Futures and you can download the (short) read in full here: www.songsommelier.com/musics-3-fut...

List time OMG. Frighteningly I know about 20 of these artists and I've heard about ten of the actual records. Can we bring the monoculture back PLEASE! This is my December xmas songs listening time gone then!

Now posting regular column The Art of Listening on how we listen to music. Or don't! It's an art is what I'm saying. The posts appear on the UK 'Featured Artists Coalition' website news feed. thefac.org/news-directo...

My latest guest on The Art of Longevity #podcast is the British singer-songwriter legend @davidgrayofficial.bsky.social. “Once you get attention and then lose it, how do you get it back? It’s a question I’ve been puzzling over for a long time”. www.songsommelier.com/art-of-longe...

Hello people on Blue Sky. The Song Sommelier page curates The Art of Longevity, That One Guitar! #podcast and a lot else besides. Articles and musings on music + the music industry. Please follow me for 'the antidote to the algorithm' + www.songsommelier.com