Relisten v6.1: CarPlay, Google Cast, Last.fm scrobbling, 4000 artists
Relisten version 6.1 has been released, adding support for CarPlay, Google Cast, and Last.fm scrobbling. The update expands coverage to over 4,000 artists, improving the app's functionality for live music streaming.
Background
- Relisten is a free, open-source iOS/macOS app for streaming and exploring live concert recordings, primarily from the Grateful Dead and other jam bands. It pulls from the Internet Archive (archive.org), a massive digital library that hosts thousands of audience and soundboard tapes.
- v6.1 adds CarPlay support (for use in cars), Google Cast (for streaming to speakers/TVs), and Last.fm scrobbling (automatic logging of what you listen to on the Last.fm music-tracking service).
- The "4000 artists" milestone means the app now indexes live recordings from 4,000 different musical acts, reflecting how far beyond its Grateful Dead roots Relisten has grown into a general live-music discovery tool.
- For non-US readers: the Grateful Dead were a hugely influential 1960s–70s American rock band whose fans (Deadheads) built a culture of taping and sharing concerts. Relisten and similar projects are the modern digital heirs to that tape-trading tradition.