The compact disc isn’t dead, young listeners are rediscovering the format and driving demand at local record stores.

Music Players: CDs, Vinyl, Cassettes ...

Compact discs, or CDs, were revolutionary when they first emerged as a new medium for listening to music in the 1980s. Part of their success is alluded to in the name itself: the slim, compact size of ...

Interest in vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes and even reel-to-reel tapes saw a wave of retro-inspired music hardware released in 2025.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's epic 2024 Sea Hear Now festival performance is coming to vinyl and CD for Record ...

At Begyle Brewing on Sunday, June 8, the Chicago Independent Radio Project hosted its third CD Blowout Sale. CHIRP founder and general manager Shawn Campbell says the sale’s debut in May 2022 was a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), vinyl records outsold CDs in the United States in 2023, the second ...

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