Best music Newsletters
24 music newsletters on Substack, ranked by subscriber count. Find expert voices, compare audiences, and discover what's worth reading.
by The Music Week
The Music Week is a place to share, explore and discuss music. Every week I publish album reviews and recommendations, discussions, deep dives and more!
by Blue Coast Music Store
DSD and high resolution music download store. Acoustic music performed by real musicians
by Harmony Holiday
Music writing that is not restricted by the demands, wishes, and timelines of the music industry. Writing, not advertising. Love, not a battle of the brands.
by Diaries of Distortion
Insights for musicians who think in systems. Strategic creativity, sound psychology, and smarter workflows. Delivered weekly. https://musicscientists.digital
by Maarten
Regular insights about the future of music, media & tech. A strategic writer collective led by Maarten Walraven
by The Music History Club
Sunday round-ups of historical music events from 10 years ago through to over 100 years ago. There will be album anniversaries, artist profiles, inspiring quotes, music facts and figures, and loads more.
by Jacqui Devaney
Left-field grooves and retro gems. Weekly playlists and album recs.
by Gabriel Kahane
Writings at the intersection of music, literature, and politics
by Will Hermes
New music worth hearing. Old music worth remembering. Deep-dive playlists. Record reviews. Books. Concerts. New York City. Lou Reed. Genre-fluid.
by Wu Fei 吴非
An original piece of music every weekday from genre-bending composer, guzheng virtuoso, and vocalist Wu Fei. For booking and more information: wufeimusic.com.
by Matthew Perpetua
The longest-running music blog in the game! This newsletter is focused on music curation - reviews of new music, playlists for Spotify/Apple/YouTube covering a wide range of genres and moments in history, and links to other cool things.
by Dana Thynes
Sheet music. Free. Piano, vocal, guitar, violin, & solo instrumentalists. For music teachers - and all musicians!
by Popular Music
A Mausoleum of the Mind. The words & works of Zac Pennington & Prudence Rees-Lee & Popular Music & Parenthetical Girls & Sanitarium Sound Services, et. al.
by Jeff Miers
Jeff Miers is a music journalist, musician, former Buffalo News music critic and human "music encyclopedia" giving his expert opinion, insight and reporting on everything Music.
by Music of Africa
Song recommendations, information, reviews, themed YouTube playlists, and more. We focus mainly (but not exclusively) on southern Africa (especially Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa) and eastern Africa (Uganda and Kenya).
by Jordan Nix Music
New music, old music, covers and show announcements for Jordan Nix.
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