Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Forwards Festival 2025 review: Orbital, Barry Can’t Swim, Olivia Dean, Jorja Smith and more
Nia Archives was drafted in after the US star’s late withdrawal
Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer
“He would say ‘OK, that’s so close, cut it one more time,’ and I wouldn’t do it because I physically couldn’t cut a 16th of an inch without chowdering the tape”
How Pino Palladino turned the demo bassline in Miley Cyrus’s End of the World into something "so much better"
"I just thought it would sound the same, but my God," says awestruck producer Shawn Everett
Spotify responds to Apple Music’s new AutoMix feature by turning your playlists into ready-made DJ sets
You now have BPM and key information for all your playlist tracks, too
EDM DJ Gryffin on the moment he learned he’d been duped into performing with a fake Justin Bieber
Dylan Desclos managed to trick his way into The Wynn nightclub in Las Vegas and then got on stage
Calvin Harris shuts down talk of a feud with Miley Cyrus after teasing a new song
Ocean is now being sung by Jessie Reyez, it would seem
Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour keyboard player reveals the compact synth she relies on
Hazel Mills runs her UDO Super 6 through a couple of pedals and Apple MainStage
How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that’s now been picked up by Taylor Swift
“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said
Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl
She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”
Carlos Santana on what made Jeff Beck a guitar great, and getting into character to cover Michael Jackson
“Jeff Beck took guitar way beyond. His approach was like letting the hamster out of the cage,” he says
Taylor Swift announces new album and hints that Max Martin is back in the producer's chair
A return to pure pop for the world's biggest star?
Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, his Derek and the Dominos bandmate, who has died, aged 77
Whitlock also supported Rita Coolidge’s claim that she should have received a writing credit on Layla
Laufey and Clairo rank Taylor Swift albums and weigh in on the Folklore vs Evermore debate
Turns out they’re pretty much in agreement
Sabrina Carpenter celebrates September a month early as she duets with Earth, Wind & Fire
“I thought, ‘why not bring out my friends from Chicago?’”
After duetting with Weezer, Olivia Rodrigo wraps up her Guts era by teasing her third album
The star made two notable festival appearances over the weekend
“Found some cassettes in the attic!”: Lisa Coleman just discovered her own ‘vault’ of Prince recordings
Will anyone ever get to hear them, though?
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dies, aged 76
Family releases short statement confirming the news
Stevie Wonder reveals how he recorded the Moog synth bassline and “laidback” vocals on a '70s classic
Stevie also says that he’s working on a new “project”, Through The Eyes Of Wonder
“Once you’ve seen this film, you’ll never hear Vienna the same way again," says Billy Joel doc director
“He has 121 songs in his catalogue and we used over 110"
Barry Can’t Swim has no time for people who have an issue with artists using synth presets
“I'm really not one who kind of gets in and builds a sound from scratch," admits the musician/producer
50 years after leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel has reunited with Tony Banks on a new project
“It brought back many good memories of being in a band,” says Gabriel
Fred Armisen says that the late Steve Albini was “instrumental” in the creation of his new album
He also had a helping hand from Dave Grohl
Olivia Rodrigo’s lead guitarist says that she cried after learning that she'd get to play with Robert Smith
“Our music director came and told us, and was like, ‘This is very secret – you cannot tell anyone,” says Arianna Powell
