Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
“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
Is Sabrina Carpenter the world’s biggest Teenage Engineering fan? Please, please, please say that it’s true
Photo evidence suggests that she may have been jamming with an OP-1 and OP-XY during her Short n’ Sweet tour downtime
Dua Lipa wins victory in Levitating court case as judge rules that there is no copyright infringement
A precedent set in a previous Ed Sheeran copyright case helped her cause
Billie Eilish’s mix engineers reveal the star's “favourite part” of her smash hit, Birds Of A Feather
“The most sensitive part was getting the audio files from Logic to come into Pro Tools sounding exactly the same," they say of the mixing process
Ed Sheeran on his introduction to looper pedals and why he often writes songs with Rihanna in mind
“I promise you, there'll be so many songwriters out there that their best song came from trying to write a Rihanna song,” he reckons
“It’s too pop, y’know?": Róisín Murphy on why she couldn’t get onboard with Charli XCX’s Brat summer
It seems that the hyperpop sound isn't to her taste
Heart’s Nancy Wilson told Chappell Roan that she’ll be her "rock and roll auntie if you ever need any advice"
"Zeppelin was kind of our influence, and the Beatles and Elton John," says Wilson. “These girls have us and Sheryl Crow and others”
Mk.gee, Fred Again, Sekou… is Justin Bieber assembling 2025’s hottest cast of musical collaborators?
He might not have announced a new album, but Bieber is rumoured to have been working with some serious in-demand talent
Apple says that its USB-C audio update for AirPods Max will make them do something unique for musicians
Lossless 24-bit/48kHz audio meets low-latency performance
Dolly Parton explains that Sabrina Carpenter lyric change on Please Please Please
Fortunately, embarrassment was saved for all concerned
