– Despite rising digital sales a new study predicts that overall music sales will continue to decline through 2010. (BBC)
– New Bridge Street ratings show that "the average MP3 player owner has 349 songs…
Also notable from this study was that 67% of radio listeners ages 12+ said they are not interested in being able to listen to music on their cell phones". (FMQB)– Did you know Cracker Barrel has sold 2.5 million CD’s? And now they’re releasing a special
"Song Of The Year" package with major country stars. (Celebrity Access)
– Soul legend Solomon Burke has a country CD set for September release. (Hollywood Reporter)
– Beck talks to WIRED about releasing new music in a post album world. (WIRED)
– Guitar sales in the UK are at an all time high. "It’s probably got a lot to do with guitar bands and kids being inspired by young singer-songwriters." (Guardian)
R.I.P. – Jazz Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson.
