recording industry

For sale: 160-year-old converted church used to record The Suburbs

Digital music sales have hit a wall, raising tough questions about the future of the recording industry

The highlight of last night’s American Idol was a contestant’s performance of “Footprints in the Sand”, a song that hit big for Leona Lewis as a charity single in 2008. Many viewers were probably surprised to learn that Simon Cowell, a man famous for his no-nonsense, unsentimental persona, actually had a writing credit on this piece of sentimental nonsense.