Music’s tech nightmare part 1: The quiet storm – the 1920s witnessed astonishing technological change, and music was being left behind

Music’s tech nightmare part 2: The legendary Louis Sterling

Music’s tech nightmare part 3: No spoils for this Victor

Why the UK messed up the ‘Jazz Age’

The roaring and soaring 1920s

Bhaskar Menon, the founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of EMI Music Worldwide and prominent music and film executive, died on March 4, 2021 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 86. He is survived by Sumitra, his wife of 49 years, sons Siddhartha and Vishnu, and sister Vasantha Menon. A citizen of the… Read more »

The EMI Archive Trust have the great pleasure to share an announcement from Prof. Edwin Serrossi, Director of the Jewish Music Research (JMR), for the results of this extraordinary multi-disciplinary collaboration project ‘Judeo–Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912)’.  This entire project, including the 78 tracks is now open for listening on the Jewish Music Research website.  JMR… Read more »

The Sound of the Hound today announced the launch of a new historical podcast series sharing the adventures, stories and lives of the entrepreneurs, artists and eccentrics who invented the music industry and brought recorded music to the masses at the tail end of the nineteenth century. The series is presented by music industry veteran… Read more »

A new generation of artists tasked to write and produce a 21st Century track inspired by the earliest recordings in music history 11 December 2019 The EMI Archive Trust and its benefactor, Universal Music Group (UMG), in partnership with London based youth-community charity, The eXceL Project (XLP), today announced the release of two new original… Read more »

Featured photo LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 04: Roger Taylor unveils Westminster Council’s commemorative plaque on December 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan for Universal Music) LONDON: December 4, 2019 — Britain’s rich music heritage was celebrated yesterday with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the site of Europe’s first recording… Read more »