On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, his government cost-cutting plan emerged, and one of its proposals was the elimination the National Endowment for the Arts. It’s a ludicrous stab at ...

Duluth record label spins vinyl forward In this era of mp3s and Bandcamp pages and streaming sites like Spotify, starting a record label in a small city to put out music on a format once pronounced ...

How labels use metrics, research, formulas and instinct to decide which albums get a vinyl release. By Steve Knopper For the past year, hallowed jazz label Blue Note Records has reissued dozens of ...

When Liz Dunster, known to friends as Vinyl Mama, moves through Erika Records’ 65,000-square-foot vinyl pressing plant in Buena Park, she’s usually trailed by Elvis, her little Yorkshire terrier. On a ...

“It’s still a little damp,” Stefan Mitterer warns as he ushers me inside his cozy Berlin flat. The Norwegian DJ accidentally left the hot water in his bathtub gushing full blast while away for a week ...

Independent record labels have expressed worries after a large vinyl distribution company, Utopia Music, has started to involve major labels in its finances. READ MORE: What’s causing the vinyl delay?