Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Paul McCartney wants to get his hands on Prince’s unearthed cover of a classic Beatles song
Back in 1998, Prince said that reviving an artist's voice after their death is "the most demonic thing imaginable"
Meet the teenage producer who’s ended up with production credits on two new Drake songs
“Everyone’s all like, ‘How did you do this?’ The whole school is just hyped"
Ableton’s Jesse Terry reveals the Lego brick origins of the company's Push hardware instrument
"I chopped up a bunch of other products and sampled the parts of them that I wanted,” he says
Olivia Rodrigo gives the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking about her new single
“I think it's like a new perspective that I haven't really had the maturity maybe to express before in earlier albums,” she says
Geese’s record label dismisses the suggestion that their success was contrived amid 'psyop' drama
“The way that they caught fire and caught people’s ears honestly gives me hope for the musical era that we’re in”
Stevie Wonder’s '70s synth guru Robert Margouleff on the moment he knew their partnership was over
“We never used click tracks," he says. "If you listen to Superstition, you’ll hear it speeds up and slows down. That imperfection is what made the music compelling”
Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else?
The second single from her upcoming third album lands on Friday
Mike Stock: “Put Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter in the '80s and they couldn’t have got arrested"
"They don’t have to worry about the song," he argues
Charlie Puth joins the dots between Metallica, Bon Jovi… and Phil Collins
“The cool thing about music is that you can trace everything back to something,” he says
Shania Twain discusses producer Mutt Lange's unique hit-making prowess
"I used to do this song as part of my rock repertoire once I was a little older," she says of one particular Def Leppard hit. "I am a rock chick at heart”
Olivia Dean sings the praises of the affordable vocal mic that’s still going strong after 60 years
“We ended up going with a chrome finish for The Art of Loving Tour, which fits perfectly with the show design,” she says
Look Mum No Computer reveals his self-built Eurovision “mega-synthesizer” and says 'nil points' is OK
“Because if you expect nothing, you lose nothing,” he argues
Ludwig Göransson bought 35 bronze gongs to use on the soundtrack for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
The forthcoming film also features Travis Scott as a bard
Eurovision Song Contest boss explains why Finland’s violinist is playing live, while others are miming
“It’s very much a ‘nice to have’ and we’re happy to do it where we can,” says Martin Green
Paul McCartney suggests that Bob Dylan could think a little more about his audience at his shows
“I get it if he doesn't want to do Mr Tambourine Man. Maybe he's fed up with that. But I would like to hear it. And I've paid”
Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back
“It was very basic. It was really a cocktail drum machine, you know, for people that play piano in bars”
Alicia Keys celebrates 25 years of her debut album, which featured a notable cover of a Prince b-side
“I’ll just never forget the way that landed on me when I first heard it, because he's playing the piano and he's just stomping his foot on the floor”
Teddy Riley on how he sampled a single bar of a Bill Withers song and turned it into an R&B smash
“That's the grits, right there. So I had to turn it into grits and eggs"
"If you want a pair of low-latency headphones for DJing or instrument monitoring, the Studio Max 2 ticks all the necessary boxes and a few more besides": OneOdio Studio Max 2 headphones review
High-quality audio without any discernible delay?
Superbooth 2026: all the latest synth news from Berlin - LIVE!
Knob tweakers, assemble! Europe's most exciting synth showcase is upon us
"Overall performance is high enough to make you wonder if it’s really worth spending any more": Soundcore Space 2 headphones review
Soundcore's latest pair of over-ear cans promises everything you need in a pair of day-to-day headphones at a price that's lower than you'd expect
InMusic confirms Native Instruments acquisition, bringing it under the same ownership as Moog and Akai Pro
NI had been searching for a buyer after facing insolvency proceedings
Best DAWs 2026: The best digital audio workstations for PC and Mac
My expert pick of music production software packages for every budget and application - tested and rated
