Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
“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
How Chappell Roan’s former touring guitarist handled the Pink Pony Club guitar solo live on stage
"If she didn’t like a voicing or a rhythmic pattern, she was great at communicating that," says Eliza Petrosyan
Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute
“Ivan Reitman, he came to us and said, ‘Hey, we want to use I Want a New Drug for our movie, Ghostbusters’”
“American Idol - just the worst. Go and play in a pub”: Elton John is no fan of TV talent shows
“Just keep trying to play live,” he says. “That’s the way you improve as a musician and a songwriter”
Roland’s "refreshed" GO:PIANO 88 has more sounds and a sleeker look than its predecessor
The refreshed version of this portable digital piano appears to give with one hand and take with the other
“It’s literally just that - that’s the whole song”: How Lola Young wrote Messy
Listen out for the guitar part that sounds like The Backstreet Boys, too…
A song on Haim’s new album includes an as yet uncleared George Michael sample and was inspired by Beyoncé
The band have just dropped their new single, Relationships
Guitarist in huge ‘80s power-pop band says she had reservations about their biggest hit
Eternal Flame was released shortly before The Bangles broke up
Guitarist Mike Campbell on his productive but sometimes fractious relationship with bandmate Tom Petty
“Sometimes he made me so angry I couldn’t look at him,” Campbell says of Petty in his new memoir
"He had two broken fingers on Friday’s show”: Snow Patrol frontman praises "unbelievable" bandmate
“He’s made of different stuff from the rest of us,” he says
Amanda Seyfried just showed off her new-found dulcimer skills on a Joni Mitchell classic
An ‘impromptu’ performance of a Joni classic has got the internet talking
