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Crossborder Alex : Global Marketing & E-commerce logo

I am Alex Baar, and I publish on global e-commerce, marketing, AI, retail, and product management. Feel free to join, it is all free. Just doing this for fun to share knowledge and to improve cross-border and cultural understanding.

De La Soul logo

#1 De La Soul

DA.I.S.Y AGE

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The Music Lab logo

#2 The Music Lab

We do citizen science to learn how the human mind creates and perceives music.

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Vulf logo

#3 Vulf

Welcome to Vulf Records.

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Starship Casual logo

#4 Starship Casual

Jeff Tweedy shares songs, advice, general musings, and whatnot...

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Classic Music Trivia logo

#5 Classic Music Trivia

Revisit the greatest musicians and moments from the decades when you had to hit play and record at the same time if you wanted to download music.

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Baby's All Right  logo

#6 Baby's All Right

What's happening at Baby's this week?

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Grimes logo
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Feist’s Newsletter logo

#8 Feist’s Newsletter

Music and Musings from Feist

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Music Help Desk logo

#9 Music Help Desk

Inspiration, Ideas, Facts for the Rap, R&B and Afro Communities

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berlioz logo

#10 berlioz

if Matisse made house music.

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SoundBirth Newsletter logo

#11 SoundBirth Newsletter

SoundBirth Monthly News & Fresh Music Talents

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Cookie Marenco - Producer's Workshop logo

#12 Cookie Marenco - Producer's Workshop

A community for sound, audio, studio techniques, audiophile listening led by Cookie Marenco, founder of Blue Coast Records and Music Store. Founder of OTR Studios. Follow as we get started!

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Cookie’s Corner logo

#13 Cookie’s Corner

The musings of an audio professional with an interest in the mysteries of life :)

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Yoni Wolf’s Wet Paint logo

#14 Yoni Wolf’s Wet Paint

A window into my daily practice of songwriting, demo making, illustrating, song covering, and podcasting.

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Talk Back logo

#15 Talk Back

Join this community where we will share new songs, old demos, live performances, contemplations, declarations and explanations

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Flow State logo

#16 Flow State

Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).

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The Hoosiers logo

#17 The Hoosiers

News and announcements from The Hoosiers

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The Ruffian logo

#18 The Ruffian

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

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The Land That Time Forgot logo

#19 The Land That Time Forgot

Official Substack of musician Chuck Prophet

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Future of Forestry | Eric Owyoung logo

#20 Future of Forestry | Eric Owyoung

News and updates from Future of Forestry and Eric Owyoung.

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RCRDSHP logo

#21 RCRDSHP

Your one-stop for all updates about RCRDSHP including new releases, rewards and challenges, and other updates

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Afrobeats Intelligence logo

#22 Afrobeats Intelligence

Afrobeats Intelligence is a weekly newsletter on African music curated by multi-award winning journalist, Joey Akan. It is published every Monday.

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Tom Cridland Substack logo
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The World of Dust-to-Digital logo

#24 The World of Dust-to-Digital

Presenter of music and sound cultures.

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Tracy Chapman Online’s Newsletter logo

#25 Tracy Chapman Online’s Newsletter

a newsletter for Tracy Chapman fans to come together and celebrate the artist we love.

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Blue Coast Records logo

#26 Blue Coast Records

Acoustic Music for Audiophiles recorded, mixed and mastered to DSD in the studio without headphones or overdubs. Visit bluecoastrecords.com for more information.

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Letters from Los Campesinos! logo

#27 Letters from Los Campesinos!

All the latest from LC!, the UK's first and only emo band.

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Entering The Lung logo

#28 Entering The Lung

Who are Nature?

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Colin Meloy's Machine Shop logo

#29 Colin Meloy's Machine Shop

A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing

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I Think We're Alone Now logo

#30 I Think We're Alone Now

Tegan and Sara talk to each other about music, writing, art and life using voice notes, annotations of lyrics, personal essays, video conversations, and unreleased music.

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Kimbra’s Substack logo

#31 Kimbra’s Substack

Kimbra talks about life as a musician, waxes poetic on the transcendent, shares voice notes from the vault, watercolours and other musings....

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UNSUBSCRIBE: THE JEFF ROSENSTOCK NEWSLETTER & CIRCULAR logo

#32 UNSUBSCRIBE: THE JEFF ROSENSTOCK NEWSLETTER & CIRCULAR

UNSUBSCRIBE: THE JEFF ROSENSTOCK NEWSLETTER & CIRCULAR

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FAÇA PARTE DO SOHO CLUB! logo

#33 FAÇA PARTE DO SOHO CLUB!

Receba direto no seu e-mail o Soho News semanal, novidades sobre nossos artistas e lançamentos, ofertas exclusivas do Soho Sessions e muito mais!

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Mick’s Newsletter logo

#34 Mick’s Newsletter

Mick

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Beats and Business Newsletter logo

#35 Beats and Business Newsletter

A weekly curated newsletter teaching various how-to topics in music business such as new revenue streams, tech, gear, finance, marketing, health, and so much more!

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Sidechain Society logo

#36 Sidechain Society

#wearesidechain Sidechain Society is a community created in celebration of beat culture, curated by STLNDRMS

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The Line of Best Fit logo

#37 The Line of Best Fit

The leading voice in new music discovery and new perspectives on pop culture from from the biggest independent music website in the world.

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I Tried To Reach You logo

#38 I Tried To Reach You

Show announcements, new releases, and musings on life and music from Great Lake Swimmers.

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Bazan HQ logo

#39 Bazan HQ

This is where we post news about Pedro the Lion and David Bazan's other musical adventures, tour dates, merchandise, conversations, peek behind the scenes and whatever else we can think of.

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Katie Crutchfield’s Substack logo
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First Floor logo

#41 First Floor

A newsletter about electronic music and the culture / industry that surrounds it.

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Rawdoggin' Reality logo

#42 Rawdoggin' Reality

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist. Finally, a place to share my musings, poetry, lyrics, literature and songs, and connect with fellow artists and fans.

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S/FJ logo

#43 S/FJ

no longer here—please go to n.sashafrerejones.com and sign up there

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Reality Shield logo

#44 Reality Shield

"Love Letter" newsletters, huge archive of live show recordings, AMA, pop-up Zoom hangs, guitar tutorials, song demos, monthly rarities giveaways & more. Your brain on Dan Mangan, but like... more and better.

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dod Letter logo

#45 dod Letter

dod Letter es una newsletter personal que publico (casi) semanalmente como algo adicional al contenido generado en dod Magazine. En la dod Letter hablo sobre música, series y cine. Bueno, en realidad, cualquier cosa que me genere cierta curiosidad.

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The Lot Bulletin logo

#46 The Lot Bulletin

Updates from The Lot Radio Station

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And It Don't Stop logo

#47 And It Don't Stop

Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics. Old Age.

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Pause For Effect logo

#48 Pause For Effect

The official Slaughter Beach, Dog newsletter.

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Patterns in Repeat  logo

#49 Patterns in Repeat

Around and about songwriting and what causes it.

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Tone Glow logo

#50 Tone Glow

A newsletter about experimental music both new and old.

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Denise Ho - 何韻詩 logo

#51 Denise Ho - 何韻詩

時光倒流ya-gooblog。

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The Antlers logo

#52 The Antlers

The best place to stay up-to-date about The Antlers and associated projects. Here you’ll find announcements about new music, future shows, and a home for various writings.

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HAPPY NEW TEARS by Wesley Eisold logo

#53 HAPPY NEW TEARS by Wesley Eisold

My open journal where I share writing and musings from my life, tours, answer questions, share poems and more. I write about music I've made and the music that's made me, from Cold Cave to American Nightmare, all I love and loathe.

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Flagging Down the Double E's logo

#54 Flagging Down the Double E's

Bob Dylan concerts throughout history

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Nightcap with Tift Merritt logo

#55 Nightcap with Tift Merritt

Songs & stories from the studio of musician & writer Tift Merritt. Nightcap is a travelogue of process & projects in motion.

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Letters From Lucas... logo

#56 Letters From Lucas...

If you enjoy a hot take or two, and LOVE music (+ the fucked up business that comes with it)...you're in the right place. Letters sent to your inbox every week! Home of "Lucas Flood Presents," a weekly artist showcase in Los Angeles, at The Hotel Cafe.

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Yellow Ostrich logo

#57 Yellow Ostrich

News and writings from Yellow Ostrich

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A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby logo

#58 A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby

Music, books, movies, work, football, TV and so on.

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Wild East Radio logo

#59 Wild East Radio

Rap crew from Brooklyn.

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Slow Descent Into Radness logo

#60 Slow Descent Into Radness

We Are Scientists: the essentials and the esoterica; the frolic and the mayhem; the drought and the surge 🥁🪩

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The New Cue logo

#61 The New Cue

The World's Greatest Music Newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Monday and Friday mornings.

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The AuxParty Newsletter logo

#62 The AuxParty Newsletter

A newsletter about AuxParty

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KLOF Magazine Newsletter logo

#63 KLOF Magazine Newsletter

KLOF Magazine is an online music & culture mag. Our newsletter features album reviews, interviews, news & more. Premium Subscribers receive exclusive playlists and help to support the work we do.

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Kevin Morby's Fam Club logo

#64 Kevin Morby's Fam Club

All things Kev Mo

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Futurism Restated logo

#65 Futurism Restated

A newsletter about electronic and experimental music.

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The Jesea Lee Show logo

#67 The Jesea Lee Show

Your weekly dose of what's trending in rock & alternative music.

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Wedding MusicLetter logo

#68 Wedding MusicLetter

Discover new & trending ceremony & reception music every Wednesday. Grow your music knowledge beyond BPM, danceability, and charts - plan playlists that give goosebumps.

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NDY Newsletter logo

#69 NDY Newsletter

Independent & political music & noise.

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The Anchoress Substack logo

#70 The Anchoress Substack

Missives from Welsh multi-instrumentalist and producer Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress

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P.W. Elverum & Sun announcements logo

#71 P.W. Elverum & Sun announcements

This is a mailing list by Phil Elverum, mostly about the music project Mount Eerie, but also about whatever.

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Donwill's Amusing Musings logo

#72 Donwill's Amusing Musings

This is a companion piece to my podcast 'The Almanac of Rap'. It's where I may explore some topics deeper, give a few recommendations or just wax poetic about stuff that I don't know how to put anywhere else.

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Transitional Technology logo

#73 Transitional Technology

Jazz Music; Classical Music; Do the Math

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WALTER MARTIN MUSIC logo

#74 WALTER MARTIN MUSIC

A newsletter for the musically curious.

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A Wink And A Nod logo

#75 A Wink And A Nod

Essays, sounds, short stories, and imagery from artist and musician, Brandon Boyd.

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A Place Where No One Can Find Me logo

#76 A Place Where No One Can Find Me

A new Substack by Michael Crow Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger.

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Resist Psychic Death logo

#77 Resist Psychic Death

Road stories, songs, poems and other shiny things from the nest of Hurray for the Riff Raff/Alynda Segarra.

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Shiel Feels logo

#78 Shiel Feels

I make music constantly and care about a lot of things. This newsletter is the absolutely definitive summary of all or some or none of those things.

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Emily Sprague's Internet Brain logo

#79 Emily Sprague's Internet Brain

Connectedness to the music and art projects of Emily Sprague via here, the internet. Associated act: Florist.

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ZERO CRED logo

#80 ZERO CRED

Electronic mail dispatches from Dan Ozzi, America's Only Music Writer™

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Music & Culture logo

#81 Music & Culture

Uncover the latest trends in music and culture and how the two reflect and transform each other.

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Anti-Matter logo

#82 Anti-Matter

Contemplation and hardcore conversation, delivered straight to your inbox. We believe that hardcore is more than music.

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Black Music and Black Muses logo

#83 Black Music and Black Muses

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.

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Drowned in Sound logo

#84 Drowned in Sound

Music recommendations, industry insights and advice for musicians features in the newsletter from one of the original music blogs, which was established back in 2000.

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Songletter logo

#85 Songletter

We're constantly on the lookout for great music. This is where we store our top discoveries.

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My Favorite Classical Music logo

#86 My Favorite Classical Music

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

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Pernice Brothers News & Updates logo

#87 Pernice Brothers News & Updates

The latest from Joe & Joyce

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George W O'Connor—Figuring it Out on the Fly logo

#88 George W O'Connor—Figuring it Out on the Fly

Figuring it Out on the Fly

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New Bands for Old Heads logo

#89 New Bands for Old Heads

New music recommendations for people stuck in the '90s and early 2000s.

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Derrick G-Mail logo

#90 Derrick G-Mail

A newsletter about music, culture and identity, by Derrick Gee.

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Allison Moorer: The Autotelic logo

#91 Allison Moorer: The Autotelic

The Autotelic is where I put it all – writing, singing, anything I dream up — to chronicle and share about this wild, beautiful, and imperfect journey.

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Expanding Dan logo

#92 Expanding Dan

A newsletter about Steely Dan, featuring original interviews, oral histories, audio stories, themed mixtapes, and more transmissions from the Daniverse

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Songs in Four Dimensions logo

#93 Songs in Four Dimensions

Personal musings and thoughtful teachings from My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova.

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Dada Drummer Almanach logo

#94 Dada Drummer Almanach

Sound, Art, Vegetables

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Can't Get Much Higher logo

#95 Can't Get Much Higher

The intersection of music and data

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MUSIC x logo

#96 MUSIC x

Regular insights about the future of music, media & tech. Team: Bas Grasmayer, Maarten Walraven.

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Time & Temperature logo

#97 Time & Temperature

Hello. You've reached Time & Temperature. I can't properly tell you either, but I promise to tell you everything else!

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Rich Mail logo

#98 Rich Mail

let's keep in touch

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Kirk's Notes logo

#99 Kirk's Notes

A newsletter about music and other things.

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Invest in Music logo

#100 Invest in Music

Where fans become collectors.

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