Artists
Explore Artists
Latest about Artists

“Know you’re about to have the time of your lives”: Pitbull fans will attempt to break a world record in July
By Will Simpson published
A bald attempt to generate publicity and drum up ticket sales, you might say

Michael Stipe returns to Springfield to sing a rewritten version of one of REM's biggest hits
By Will Simpson published
It’s his second appearance on the show

How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
By Ben Rogerson published
Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”

We speak to Dry Cleaning about the making of the Cate Le Bon-produced Secret Love
By Jim Ottewill published
Post-punk indie futurists Dry Cleaning have set the bar high for 2026 albums with their masterful third album Secret Love. They tells us how they created it in cahoots with acclaimed producer Cate Le Bon…

Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb
By Ben Rogerson published
“Mark Ronson DM’d me. He was like, ‘Nice.’ And I was like, ‘yeah!’”
![Vernon Reid [left] wears a brightly patterned suit and plays his signature Reverend onstage; [right] a still of the late great Arthur Rhames performing.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sjkugqBND4ekbX32UwgeaF-320-80.jpg)
“I was scared to say it – but he played at the level of John McLaughlin!”: Vernon Reid pays tribute to a lost genius
By Jonathan Horsley published
“He should have been much more known than he was”

Tributes paid to Billy Steinberg, one of the defining songwriters of the '80s and '90s, who has died
By Will Simpson published
A “pure genius”, says Cyndi Lauper

What we’ve learned about the inner workings of Kraftwerk’s mythical studio via a recent auction
By Andy Jones published
Here are five takeaways that seal the band's legendary Man Machine status - and shed a light on how Kling Klang really worked…
Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here.

