Cassette tape

‘My friends call me the BlackBerry queen!’ Meet the people clinging on to old tech – from faxes to VCRs

You can keep your iPhones, emails and streaming videos. Aren from London, Lisa from St Louis and Billy from Wigan are quite happy with old-fashioned alternatives. And there are plenty more where they came from

Lizzie Cernik

23, Nov, 2022 @10:00 AM

From vinyl to streaming: music writers on how they consumed the Top 40

Crying over the Spice Girls, recording off the radio and raging against the sales machine: our writers recount how they consumed the singles chart

Alex Needham, Alexis Petridis, Laura Barton, Laura Snapes, Tayyab Amin and Sophie Walker

18, Nov, 2022 @2:30 PM

‘A journey through the past’: lost music of the Palestinian uprising is restored

Mo’min Swaitat uncovered 10,000 tapes in the West Bank during lockdown, and digitised Riad Awwad’s intifada album

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

12, Jan, 2022 @5:00 AM

Writers’ notes: the record labels remixing novels into music

Fiction has been adapted into popular films and TV for years – but now there is growing interest in bespoke scores for novels

George Bass

27, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM

Lou Ottens obituary

Engineer whose invention of the audio tape cassette brought benefits to both listeners and performers

Michael Carlson

17, Mar, 2021 @4:31 PM

'Mixture of Jane's trendy records!!!': discover readers' cherished mixtapes

Following the death of Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape, Guardian readers share the romances, friendships and discoveries his invention generated

Guardian readers and Alfie Packham

16, Mar, 2021 @1:30 PM

Thank you for the music, Mr Ottens. Nothing will ever top the mixtape | Barbara Ellen

The death of the inventor of cassettes should sadden anyone for whom they were the final word in cool

Barbara Ellen

13, Mar, 2021 @6:00 PM

Tell us: what is your most cherished mix tape?

We would like readers to send photos of their most cherished cassette tapes – and to tell us the story behind it

Guardian community team

11, Mar, 2021 @3:24 PM

‘Right now I’m into Libyan reggae’: the music label delving into the Arab world's back catalogue

Jannis Stürtz has trawled Casablanca and rooted around a factory in Sousse for music. The Habibi Funk founder talks about his passion for Tunisian disco, Sudanese jazz and Lebanese soft rock

Alexis Petridis

22, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM