Watch The Mini Documentary ‘Still Ill: 25 Years of ‘Ill Communication’ by the Beastie Boys’

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Amazon Unveils Ticketmaster Functionality in Alexa-Enabled Devices — Including Seat Selection

“Alexa, where are my Ticketmaster tickets?” Yesterday, Amazon unveiled a new feature – Song ID. Prime Music and Music Unlimited subscribers in the US can now easily identify a song’s title and artist. Users can simply activate and deactivate the featur…

Ticketmaster, Amazon Partner: ‘Hey Alexa, Who Bought All The Good Seats?’

Live Nation’s Ticketmaster has announced that it was partnering with e-commerce titan Amazon to sell tickets via Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. The partnership will allow fans to discover events and buy tickets directly from Alexa-enabled devices, such as Amazon Echo and Echo Dot via voice commands Would-be ticket buyers…

Amazon Unveils Song ID, Telling Users What Song is Playing, But Only for US Echo Devices

Amazon has made a brand-new innovative feature – Song ID – available only for Prime Music/Unlimited subscribers. At the Mobile World Congress (MBW) in Barcelona, Universal Music Group (UMG) CEO and Chairman Lucian Grainge shared some good advice to all…

Amazon Music Unlimited Launches In Canada

Amazon Music Unlimited launched today in Canada, joining Amazon Music which launched there last year. As in the US, users can access music through voice with Alexa on the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android. Amazon Music is now in 40 countries. “We’ve seen such a positive customer response…

Apple’s buyout of Shazam: 5 reasons it could change music streaming forever

How the world’s leading voice-recognition app could shake up the streaming game
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Amazon Alexa Adds New Music Skills, TIDAL

Amazon unveiled a slew of new and improved Alexa voice controlled devices on Monday, and with them came new music related services, features and skills. Here’s a roundup of new Alexa music services and skills: New Music Service – TIDAL Later this year, global music streaming platform TIDAL will be…

Alexa Now Answers Questions About Concerts, Venues Powered By Bandsintown

Amazon’s Alexa can now answer questions about upcoming concerts and top music venues worldwide. Tour dates are drawn from Bandsintown. Examples of the new Alexa voice commands include: “Alexa, when is Bruno Mars coming to LA?” “Alexa, is Metallica touring?” “Alexa, where is the next Kenny Chesney concert?” “Alexa, what…

Google Overtakes Amazon In Smart Speakers

Fresh research has revealed that Google has pulled ahead of Amazon in the smart speaker department, the latest move by the tech giant in its quest to be the best in the biz at tracking users and building speech recognition tools. ________________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology…