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

Keith Emerson, keyboard player with prog rock legends Emerson Lake and Palmer, has sadly passed away.

‘After all these years if our career can be likened to a big cake, this is the icing on the cake,’ says Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover of the band’s Ivors win.

Bristol country soul sensation Yola Carter is on the cusp of blowing up in 2017 - we quiz her on breaking country music stereotypes in two…

Michael Dugher and MPG executive director and Coldplay sound engineer Olga Fitzroy have hit out at the ‘manifestly unfair’ situation facing self-employed parents.

Seasoned pop publisher and peermusic managing director Nigel Elderton has just taken up the PRS chairmanship. We learn what's in store for his tenure...

Bellowhead, Cara Dillon and Nancy Kerr are among the artists shortlisted for the Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Jungle and hardcore are at the heart of dance music act Gorgon City. We discover how they’ve injected these sounds into the mainstream…

Tottenham’s Oscar #Worldpeace is doing his bit to put his postcode on the map with latest killer Tate Modern showing off an inspired grime style… we get to know an incendiary new talent…

Stormzy has announced that he will be donating £10 million to organisations fighting racial inequality.

With a band that so obviously wear their musical influences on their sleeves, we ask Firestations to compile our latest playlist. Here’s what they picked – a lovely, gooey mix of textural indie and folk...

Rare and unseen photographs of The Beatles, The Doors and Coldplay are going on show at an interactive audio and visual exhibition in London this week.

Nile Rodgers, Jean Michel Jarre and B-Traits are among the first wave of artist ambassadors representing The Association for Electronic Music (AFEM).

The Musicians’ Union (MU), Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) and Music Managers Forum (MMF) have come together to draw up a guideline management contract for artists.

The value of social media for emerging music acts lies in engagement rather than ‘likes’, an industry panel at this year’s Great Escape has said.

X-Factor winner James Arthur will hit the top spot of the charts with the fastest selling single of 2012, new figures predict.

Singer-songwriter Jarvis Cocker will perform alongside the BBC Philharmonic at a special Wireless Nights Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.

UK Music celebrated a ‘landmark victory' yesterday as the Scottish government announced it will back vital plans to save music venues under threat from developers.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Lucy Ward is one of the scene’s hottest new talents. M quizzed her about how she fell in love with folk…

Composer, collagist, opera writer, radio producer, filmmaker; take your pick from a long list of his current specialisms

'Welsh folk songs are our soul music': 9Bach's Lisa Brown on her musical heritage and the lure of the Celtic tradition...

The famed Eurovision Song Contest takes place this Saturday (18 May) and Manchester record label Ostereo claim to have exposed a secret formula for success.

Event follows 2017’s evening on the EU Copyright Directive

London DJ and producer Hannah Holland on electronics, club culture and worshipping at ‘the church’ of Berghain…

Anita Awbi spends time with folk icon Shirley Collins, and others thriving in her wake, to learn how our ancient musical vernacular is inspiring songwriters today…