The Decade In Music: '00s archive
Listen The iPod: 'A Quantum Leap In Listening'
December 22, 2009 – It wasn't the first player to offer music on the go, but its impact on the decade is undeniable.
Listen Napster: The File-Sharing Service That Started It All?
December 21, 2009 – Shawn Fanning turned the music industry on its head, foreshadowing a decade of spasmodic change.
Listen Recording Studios Face Uncertain Future
December 10, 2009 – Bands no longer need to book studio time, and can approximate a decent sound in the basement.
Listen The Decade In Music: How Musicians Create
December 3, 2009 – How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans?
Listen The Decade In Music: The Way We Listen Now
December 2, 2009 – The way we experience music has exploded with this past decade's proliferation of the MP3 file.
Read Missing The Cut: More Important '00s Music
November 24, 2009 – See some of our favorite albums that didn't make the final 50 most important recordings list.
Listen How I Recorded A Song In One Weekend
November 21, 2009 – Last weekend, NPR Music gave its followers two days to write and produce a song. Here's one of them.
Read The Future of What? Looking Ahead in Music
November 20, 2009 – Here is the final installment of our unscientific, should-not-be-used-for-news-and-reporting-p...
Read A Magazine, Reborn: 'Vibe' Is Back In 2010
November 20, 2009 – Len Burnett speaks about the relevance of a print magazine focused on hip-hop in today's market.
Read The Decade In Music: Beyonce's 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)' (2009)
November 20, 2009 – Sure, "Single Ladies" actually came out in 2008, but it's fair to argue that it's the jam of 2009.
Read 'Free' Music And The Unbuyable Sublime
November 20, 2009 – Jace Clayton, a.k.a. DJ /rupture wonders about the value of music in the age of easy access.
Read The Past (And Future) Of Online Music
November 20, 2009 – Record companies' defeat of Napster was a Pyrrhic victory; file-sharing turned out to be a Hydra.
Read Question Of The Day: How Will We Listen To Music In 2020?
November 20, 2009 – How will we listen to music in the next decade? How will we acquire it? What will it sound like?
Read Industry FAIL: Four Musical Mistakes Of The Decade
November 19, 2009 – Schadenfreude never seems so sweet as when it's directed at the music industry. Here are a few o...
Listen Assessing Decade's 50 Important Recordings
November 19, 2009 – Tom Moon is the author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.