Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
“In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song"
“I remember playing the guitar riff and thinking, ‘OK, that is great.’ From there, the song just made sense, it flowed"
Miley Cyrus explains her distinctive singing voice and why it’s preventing her from touring
"It's like running a marathon with ankle weights on," she says
"OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl
“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies
It turns out there’s a reason André 3000 turned up at the 2025 Met Gala with a grand piano on his back
After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches
“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version”: John Fogerty has 'done a Taylor Swift' and rerecorded his hits
Get ready for The Creedence Clearwater Revival revival...
D’Angelo was so in awe of Prince that he refused to play his guitar on the one occasion they shared a stage
Newly released audio features D’Angelo discussing the show, which took place in 1997
Alanis Morissette reveals what she thinks is “the real irony” of the fuss caused by the lyrics in her 1996 hit
“I think the 10% won over on that song,” she 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
The 'secret sauce' that creates Dijon’s distinctive vocal sound isn't what you thought it was
"What you're hearing - the 'processing' - you're hearing bleed," says his collaborator Tommy King. "You're literally hearing the entire song coming through"
Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model
She also discusses her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance of a White Stripes song and duetting with The Cure’s Robert Smith at Glastonbury
How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’s 12 to 12
“It doesn't matter what bass Wendy plays because it's just always going to sound like Wendy”
"I’m like, ‘That was me!’”: Maya Delilah on what it's like to be a young female guitar player
“It is still so male-dominated,” she says of the guitar world
Roxette’s It Must Have Been Love isn’t what you thought it was, says the man who wrote it
And did you know that, long before it appeared in Pretty Woman, it was released as a Christmas song?
Taylor Swift's bass player Amos Heller says he couldn't believe the "insane" length of the Eras Tour setlist
Plus, he reveals his unusual backstage practice location
Mastering engineers reflect on the loudness wars, and ponder whether they really are over
In a new documentary, Waves CTO and co-founder Meir Shashoua says that he was accused of ruining music
Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated”
“I love muted jabs and more rhythmic playing,” she says. “I think that's the stuff that I really, really love”
Taylor Swift names her favourite Taylor Swift song… but she’s going to need some time to come up with her top 5
Her top song is also her longest, it turns out
Just in time for the party season, Spotify is finally back in iOS and Android DJing apps
You can now mix Spotify music in Algoriddim’s djay and AlphaTheta rekordbox
Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he heard George Michael's duet with Aretha Franklin
“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”
Sabrina Carpenter offers her songwriting advice as she accepts Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year award
“The easiest way to write a bad song is to try to write a hit,” she noted
Dan Nigro says that he always knew that Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club was something special
Recorded in 2019, it took five years for it to become a hit
"They put it on hold so nobody else can record it. But he didn’t actually record it. That was when Don Henley said, ‘You need to quit giving your songs away’”: Sheryl Crow says that she once wrote a song for Eric Clapton that never saw the light of day
She still isn't telling who My Favorite Mistake was written about, though...
Greg Lester on how he crafted the classic nylon-string guitar solo in the Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1
“It was actually very well conceived but it didn't sound guitaristic at all,” he says of the original demo
