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Why Are Artists Leaving Spotify? A Guide for Listeners
From Daniel Ek’s AI weapons investment to low payouts and fake AI albums, more musicians are leaving Spotify. Here’s what it means for listeners.
Needless Alley
Life After Spotify: What Musicians Lose — and What They Gain
Who Hung the Monkey? An Old Song from Hartlepool
Playing Nick Drake’s Martin 000-28 at FolkEast 2025: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience
At FolkEast 2025, I was given the extraordinary opportunity to play Nick Drake’s Martin 000-28 — the guitar heard on his final recordings, including Black Eyed Dog. With little preparation and 200 people watching, I stepped on stage to see if I could find something of his sound in the wood and wire. It was a rare and quietly overwhelming moment.
