Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Elton John and Brandi Carlile are reviving the lost art of the long song intro
“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile
“The verse tricks you": Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on creating Sympathy Is A Knife
"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says
Songwriter Eg White on how Adele took some “very boring chords” and turned them into an “explosive” hit
Why working with the star on 2008’s Chasing Pavements led White to question some of his own creative instincts
Billie Eilish reveals what she had to do to become “looser and jazzier” with her vocal delivery
“My voice has gotten so much better and stronger and like I just can play in a way that I never have been able to before,” she confirms
Laufey on what Gen Z can teach the rest of us about how to appreciate music
On her friendships with Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee, she says: “I could easily find a person that listens to all three of us, even though we’re so extremely different”
Mustard will be headlining at Coachella tonight with a very exclusive Native Instruments Maschine MK3
Only two of each have been made, and you could win the others
Bon Iver takes to the streets of New York to play people his new album… and nobody knows who he is
“YouTube lo-fi beat right now, but hey, it might go somewhere,” says one listener
Sheryl Crow sings Kelly Clarkson’s praises after watching her cover her breakthrough ‘90s hit
“Good grief Kelly Clarkson could sing the damn phone book,” says Crow
NI's Kontrol S MK3 MIDI keyboards just added several features that DAWless music producers have been asking for
You now have an arpeggiator in standalone mode and you can use the USB and 5-pin MIDI ports simultaneously
“He always had this contemptuous smirk on his face”: White Lotus creator Mike White on the show’s composer
“I just don’t think he respected me,” says White when discussing Cristobal Tapia de Veer. “He wants people to know that he’s edgy and dark and I’m, I don’t know, like, I watch reality TV”
e-instruments’ Slower is the laidback software instrument that could put your music on the fast track to success
A tape-based tone generator that features a carefully curated collection of half-speed samples
Clairo says it was Charli XCX who convinced her to perform one of her most popular songs again
“We played a few shows, and she told me she watched my set the day before. But she was like, ‘Where’s ‘Sofia?’”
Brian May on the “supreme injustice” of Roger Taylor’s Queen B-side "making as much money as Bohemian Rhapsody"
“It was a real sticking point for the band and it’s good we got through it,” he admits
Neil Finn joins Dua Lipa to sing a Crowded House classic on her Radical Optimism tour
Finn once said that the 1986 hit “came out fully formed”
Bill Burr told Eddie Vedder that he hated Pearl Jam because they “knocked out” ‘80s hair metal
“When Pearl Jam came, that was another one of those grunge Seattle bands. And that’s when I was like, ‘Oh my God. This isn’t ending”
On what would have been his 73rd birthday, work begins on a Belfast statue of guitar legend Gary Moore
It’s set to be located in the city’s Cathedral Quarter
Bon Iver’s new album features a collaboration with Mk.gee, a musician who “reignited something” in him
Jacob Collier also has a writing credit on the song
Chaka Khan says that she’ll be releasing a new album of songs that she recorded with Prince and Larry Graham
After covering I Feel For You in 1984, she released an album on Prince’s record label in 1998
White Lotus composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer explains why he won’t be returning for season 4
“I was like, OK, this is like a rock band I’ve been in before where the guitar player doesn’t understand the singer at all”
“The verse tricks you": Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on creating Sympathy Is A Knife
"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says
This deep dive into a classic Beatles song reveals 4 synth parts that we’d never even noticed before
Anthony Marinelli’s video might change the way you listen to George Harrison’s ode to sunny positivity
PinkPantheress says that having her authenticity questioned by dance music purists “was a bit annoying”
"I spoke to one of these jungle purists - and it was very interesting hearing his side of things," she adds
"You gotta drink snake sperm”: Singer Jessica Simpson on her unusual vocal remedy
“It’s a like a honey,” she says of the herbal concoction
