After five years of using Spotify, I decided to switch to Apple Music (for ethical reasons), and the difference surprised me! There are countless posts comparing sound quality across streaming platforms, but this isn’t one of them. Instead, I want to talk about what really changed for me as both a listener and a musician: the experience of the digital album.

Fouad Samiei, a celebrated Iranian composer and multi-instrumentalist, is renowned for his distinctive ability to blend traditional Persian

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