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My London: Sam Ronson

02.10.09
Sam, 32, is the stepdaughter of musician Mick Jones, who wrote ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ for her mother... more

Guide to legal music downloads is new rival for iTunes

04.08.09
Website offering a guide to cheaper legal music downloads than iTunes is launched... more

Gig tickets given away on Facebook in challenge to booking websites

13.07.09
Some of the capital’s most sought-after gigs are being organised entirely via Facebook... more

Best of British for Mercury Prize

10.07.09
As it's nearly time for the annual UK album contest that is the Mercury Prize, David Smyth names his 12 favourites of the year.... more

DJs 'in iTunes scam to boost their royalties'

10.06.09
A group of London-based DJs allegedly used stolen credit cards to buy their own music on iTunes and Amazon in a scam that netted nearly £200,000 in royalties... more

Online music store to rival iTunes with £3 albums

31.03.09
An online file-sharing service is to challenge Apple's iTunes software after signing a deal to sell music ... more

Off the record: My pop odyssey

20.03.09
It's a strange trip from Animal Collective to Leonard Cohen as David Smyth takes a tour of the new online music recommendation services.... more

Off the record: Not too late to see Van the Man

20.02.09
David Smyth's week became significantly more astral with the news that Van Morrison is to perform his finest album at the Albert Hall.... more

Enough Twittering – I need to Spotify

17.02.09
No sooner have we trundled onto the internet superhighway than we realise that there is always something revving up in the fast lane waiting to overtake us... more

Download rebels upset charts

20.01.09
A London band are expected to top download charts around the world this week - despite not having a record contract... more

iTunes costs slashed to 59p under price war pressure

07.01.09
Bosses at Apple have announced a major shake-up for music downloaders with plans to sell songs for as little as 59p... more

Off the record

05.12.08
From Keith Richards singing Run Rudolph Run to a Phil Spector tribute by Glasvegas, there is plenty to celebrate this Christmas.... more

Off the record: Liam joins the choir

17.10.08
Oasis have made some unlikely friends in 50 Crouch End choristers.... more

Classical download store to rival iTunes

11.09.08
A classical music download site has been launched to challenge Apple's iTunes store... more

Limahl on iTunes: Now that's what I call progress

18.08.08
It was first launched in 1983, when Phil Collins, Limahl and UB40 topped the charts, quickly becoming a teenage institution... more

£30 annual 'tax' for unlimited downloads to stop Net pirates

24.07.08
Moves to revolutionise music downloading - including a plan to scrap the current system of paying for each track and charge an annual fee - have been unveiled... more

Lykke Li is a Swede who can make a kazoo cool

12.06.08
If on record Lykke Li can be a touch too dreamy, live her ghostly toddler voice was replaced with something more strident.... more

Blunt and Chaka Khan signed for free festival

03.06.08
James Blunt, the Ting Tings and Chaka Khan have been signed up to headline a month-long free music festival in London... more

itunes festival to host 60 gigs

03.06.08
James Blunt, the Ting Tings and Chaka Khan have been signed up to headline the month-long music event in Koko.... more

iTunes passes Wal-Mart in US music sales race

04.04.08
Apple's iTunes online music store has overtaken Wal-Mart Stores as the largest music retailer in the US... more

Off the record

08.02.08
David Smyth asks which US presidential candidate has the best tunes and highlights the hobo set to play a gig at the Royal Albert Hall.... more

Off the record

07.12.07
In this week's off the record, David Smyth talks about The Feeling, discusses his pick of festive gigs to get you in the christmas mood, and finds out what's new on the world wide web.... more

Off the record

23.11.07
David Smyth looks at a music website's attempt on the Christmas number one and finds yet another new sound from Goldfrapp.... more

Heartache making Kate a star

13.04.07
Kate Walsh came from nowhere to storm the iTunes chart with an album of songs about old boyfriends. 'I fall in love 10 times a day,' she tells Alastair McKay.... more

Off the record: David Smyth's column

26.01.07
David Smyth takes a look at what's happening in the world of music, ranging from a Norwegian ruling against iPods to a moustachioed Swede's bonkers tribute to Manuel from Faulty Towers.... more

Best new music downloads

13.10.06
A bit of falsetto funk from Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse's comeback single and youngster Jamie T are among the week's hot downloads, says David Smyth.... more

The street sound of Bleep

04.10.06
Bleep.com, an independent website set up in Kentish Town, has beaten the mighty iTunes and Napster to take a top download music award.... more

Downloads of the week

01.09.06
Albert Hammond of The Strokes goes solo with an iTunes exclusive while Jamelia's comeback single gets a first showing at online stores. David Smyth highlights the best music the web has to offer.... more

iTunes rival to let fans download free

29.08.06
The world's largest music company is backing a rival to Apple's iTunes which will allow fans to download music for free.... more

Downloads

25.08.06
David Smyth rounds up a selection of the best downloads this week, from an exclusive Beach Boys digital box set on iTunes to a sneak preview of Justin Timberlake's forthcoming album.... more

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