Hailing from Bristol, Jethro Sheeran AKA Alonestar is an artist who fuses hip hop and urban pop, folk and soul to great effect, winning two Exposure Music Awards for Best Male Artist and Best Urban Song.

‘It's the most pure feeling in the world’ - underground UK producer Randomer on the untamed power of electronic rave…

Cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates is one of the most in-demand experimental artists pushing sonic waves for everyone from Mica Levi to Radiohead and beyond - we go down the aural rabbit hole with Oliver to discover more…

While some revenue decreases are starting to emerge following the initial impact of Covid-19 on the music industry and UK businesses in late March, July’s strong distribution also follows a record-breaking April distribution earlier this year.

‘People still come up to me and say, “Do you feel lucky that you’re still alive?”’ And so starts Twisting My Melon, the autobiography from original Manchester party-starter Shaun Ryder.

Mark Sutherland discusses the renewed success of Running Up That Hill and looks at how the industry is changing in the TikTok age.

'Rap is a release for the youth' - the Birmingham rapper and wordsmith chats the rise of UK hip hop, plus her advice to new artists...

Swifta Beater, a producer for UK grime stars JME and Wiley, has signed a global music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music.

Music tastes are formed by cultural upbringing and are not innate, a new study has revealed.

Kenny Wheeler, the late jazz trumpet player and composer, has had a blue plaque unveiled in his home town of Leystonstone.

Dancehall artist Sincere and pop boy/girl duo Oh Wonder are among the latest artists to receive backing from the Momentum Music Fund.

Radio continues to play a key role in music discovery, a panel of music industry experts at The Great Escape has said.

As the third week of Black History Month draws to a close, we ask Guest Editor Michelle Escoffery to make us a playlist.

Each month the PRS for Music Foundation invite one of the movers and shakers in the world of new music to share with us, and you, a brief history of their movements in new music and a selection of the sounds and experiences that have been inspiring them of late. This month it's Bear Driver.

‘You have to believe it and believe in what you’re doing’ - Brownswood’s Recordings Future Bubblers team let us in on how new acts can break through in 2015…

The final quarter of 2014 has brought another tumultuous episode in the ongoing streaming saga. We ask Clive Gardiner, one of the UK pioneers of digital music licensing, to look behind the headlines and give us his perspective.

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Peermusic European President Nigel Elderton shares his experiences of his first year in office as PRS Chairman...

Matthew Taylor is one of leading symphonists and string quartet composers of his generation. We chat to him about his lasting obsession with Beethoven and his first brushes with composing.

Jamaica’s biggest exports Sly and Robbie talk about their trail-blazing history and life-long collaboration.

10th December revealed as the date Brits start to get into the Christmas spirit and South of England plays the most Christmas music on its radio stations.

Martin Suckling, Timothy Cooper and Matthew Grouse are among the composers shortlisted for the second annual event.

The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth are among the key note speakers at Liverpool Sound City 2014.

PPL chief executive Peter Leathem has become the new chairman of specialist healthcare charity, the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM).

‘2017 will be a defining year for MCPS,’ Chris Butler, MCPS Chairman, has told M magazine.