Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
“I don’t want any undos. There’s no ‘undo’ in good music": Raphael Saadiq on why he records to tape
“I was just sitting there by myself, going, you can't get mad at yourself, because it's gone. There's nothing you could do”
Trevor Horn on the waltz-time song with the "crazy" vocal harmonies that gave Seal a '90s US number one
"I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know where you thought of this stuff – it’s brilliant'"
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter on his reaction to the huge scale and success of Random Access Memories
He also explains how the direction for the album was set by Daft Punk's work on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack
Razorlight’s biggest song was originally intended for another artist, says Johnny Borrell
He also wanted it to borrow the drum beat from a Billy Joel song
"He was an absolute hero”: Howard Jones on the synth legend who inspired him
“I saw the classical music as my way to get good at playing the pop and rock stuff,” he says
“I said, ‘What does it matter?": Mick Jagger didn’t see the point in using tape on the new Stones album
Plus, he’s been sharing his thoughts on Olivia Rodrigo’s ability to make rock music
"I’m going to go out on a limb and say we don’t want this”: Lorde slams Spotify's About the Song feature
New feature was announced last year and is currently in beta
Questlove on the moment he discovered what ended up becoming his favourite Prince song
“At the five minute 18 second part, Prince transforms this song, and at the time, I didn't realise what he was doing”
Producer Ian Kirkpatrick on how AutoTune enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track
“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”
Phil Collins thinks he might know why Noel Gallagher once called him “the antichrist of music”
Could a scary experience at a Genesis gig have inspired the insult?
Could a Fleetwood Mac Sphere residency be on the cards? Lindsey Buckingham isn’t ruling it out
The possibility of playing there was raised while Buckingham was sharing his admiration for John Mayer
Este Haim says sibling rivalry, Princess Peach and Tina Weymouth led her to the bass guitar
"I was moping around, like, ‘I don't have any talent. What is my place in the world?’ At eight years old! Existential crisis. So my dad was like, ‘I got an idea’”
Mick Jagger had to check that Paul McCartney's bass playing was "punk" enough for new Rolling Stones song
“I said to Andy, ‘Is he into this?’ Because it's really a punk tune, and it's going to go really fast," remembers Jagger
I’m so obsessed with your sets: Olivia Rodrigo’s new LEGO collection includes a 'dual guitar'
“I’ve always loved hiding little details and meanings in my music and videos, so working with the LEGO team to bring something that fans can actually build and explore together has been so exciting,” she says
Producer Stuart Price discusses his working relationship with Madonna
Price's first role was as musical director on her 2001 Drowned tour, but he says he initially tried to turn it down
Alanis Morissette reflects on how the music industry has changed for women since Jagged Little Pill
“I was kind of crafting my own scaffolding the whole time, and it was cardboard and water,” she says
The story of the classic yacht rock single that Clive Davis rejected but the world fell in love with
"He goes, ‘Yeah… you guys look good, you sound good, but I don’t hear a hit,’ and so that was the end of our chances with Clive Davis," says co-writer and singer Peter Beckett
There's no Glastonbury this year, but this movie is here to show you what it looked and sounded like in 1993
You can also watch more recent Glastonbury sets on the BBC iPlayer
Sombr reflects on being asked to perform in honour of Taylor Swift after she called him "the future"
“I picked two songs, and I suggested them to her and she was like, ‘Perfect.’ So, I was like, ‘OK’”
“I have vocal nodes": Breakout star Sienna Spiro's distinctive singing voice comes at a cost
"I never really had any proper singing lessons growing up… so technically, I'm actually a terrible singer," she says
Olivia Rodrigo on the making of Stupid Song – and an unlikely artistic inspiration
She's also announced a new music festival with an impressive all-women line-up
Rob Thomas explains the genius of Clive Davis and his influence on Santana's Smooth
Even if everybody around him said, ‘I don’t get it,’ he would say, 'You don’t have to get it’”
"He doesn’t know nothing”: Finneas is as confused by Rick Rubin’s production claims as the rest of us
"What I assume he means by that, and I respect this, is similar to what I’ve said before: there are a lot of people that know a lot more than I do"
