Slave to the algorithm? How music fans can reclaim their playlists from Spotify

Streaming services may have an uncanny feel for our tastes, but what have they done to our relationship with music? In this extract from his latest book, Ben Ratliff recommends ways to start listening for ourselves againThe big news in music over the past 10 years or so may not be Kanye or Adele or Taylor but you, the listener. Access is power, and a great deal of the history of western music, and much else besides, is now in your phones or on your desks, via YouTube or a streaming service &ndas