Chris Difford is a bone fide musical legend who’s been bringing cleverly crafted kitchen-sink pop to the masses since the mid-seventies. Here, he ponders the delicate craft of co-writing...
Rhian Jones meets award-winning composer Mark Thomas to learn how he’s keeping Wales firmly on the musical map.
We sat down with Jane Dyball, chief executive of the Music Publishers Association (MPA) Group, to get her take on the main challenges and opportunities facing music publishers as we head into 2016…
Our resident pop guru Russell Iliffe takes a look at ten tunes that didn’t quite make it to the top of the tree for the big day, but which certainly made a seasonal splash.
We quiz Nancy Kerr, BBC Radio 2’s Folk Singer of the Year, on the power of the protest song…
For our last playlist of the year, we ask some of the UK's leading musical minds to tell us who they're tipping for big things in 2016. Tune in for an eclectic mix of new talent and a few surprises too...
'I was looking for something else, something that would take our craft in another direction,' says The Libertines' drummer Gary Powell on the band's new album...
Boxed In’s Oli Bayston writes wonderful pop songs, inspired as much by his love of krautrock as his penchant for a sly hook. Watch his group perform All Your Love Is Gone from their recent gig at PRS Presents…
Afro-grime MC Afrikan Boy gives us the skinny on Border Business, his single standing up for refugees, and performing in Calais camp, The Jungle…
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