Music magazines from RNIB
Music Magazine
For the amateur or professional classical musician, Music Magazine contains CD reviews, features about music and musicians and lists the latest music publications available in braille.
Available monthly in braille and electronically.
Price: £1.00 per issue.
Upbeat
Upbeat is packed full of information on rock, pop, jazz, folk and much more. It features the latest concert diary, along with in-depth reviews and interviews.
Available monthly in braille and electronically.
Price: £0.84 per issue.
Good Vibrations
Know your sub-woofer from your super-tweeter? Your tuners from your turntable? If so, this is the magazine for you! Anyone interested in hi-fi equipment, whether you're an amateur or enthusiast, will enjoy Good Vibrations with its snippets of news from the world of hi-fi, reviews of new equipment, vinyl section plus much, much more. Available monthly in braille, electronically and on Daisy audio CD.
Price: £0.53 per issue.
Proms Guide
For classical music lovers, the RNIB's Proms Guide features full concert listings, booking information, interviews and reviews. It is published in two volumes. Volume one contains the information on each concert and volume two contains the articles and indexes.
Available each year in braille, electronically and on audio CD.
Price: £3.00 per volume.
For details of how you could enjoy the BBC Proms as well as other events, read about the RNIB box at the Royal Albert Hall.
Piano Tuners' Quarterly
Vital for the professional piano tuner, or anyone who is just starting out, this magazine features advice and tips from professional piano tuners, news from the piano world and a regular diary charting the experiences of a professional piano tuner - and occasionally his guide dog.
Available quarterly in braille, on tape and electronically.
Price: £0.68 per issue.
For a full list of vocational and leisure magazines from RNIB, visit our Magazines page.
Music magazines from National Talking Newspapers and Magazines
Do you want an alternative to print newspapers and magazines? Or want to keep up to date with the news as well as all the top magazine features? By subscribing to National Talking Newspapers and Magazines, you can access over 200 titles to read on a CD player, mobile phone or laptop. Their music titles include:
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BBC Music Monthly: Tape/CD/E-text
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Top of the Pops Monthly: E-text
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Classical Music Fortnightly: Tape/CD
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FRoots Monthly: Tape/CD/E-text
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Songlines Bi-Monthly: E-text
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Gramophone Monthly: Tape/CD/E-text
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Maverick Monthly: Tape/CD
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Mojo Monthly: Tape/CD
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Opera Now Bi-Monthly: Tape/CD
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What Hi-Fi Monthly: Tape/CD.
For details of how to subscribe to any of these titles, and to find out about NTNM's full range of newspapers and magazines, please contact Customer Services on 01435 866 102 or visit the
Talking Newspapers and Magazines website.