<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Keyboard-players ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:20 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “That’s called the lazy musician’s way”: Greg Phillinganes schools Clyde Lawrence on how to play the piano part in Toto’s Rosanna correctly ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/thats-called-the-lazy-musicians-way-greg-phillinganes-schools-clyde-lawrence-on-how-to-play-the-piano-part-in-totos-rosanna-correctly inWWWJwbiEo5ZdgJpBWLFF Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I cheat, really. I’m not a great technical player at all. Because I was always writing for myself, I could avoid the things I couldn’t play”: Tony Banks says that virtuoso technique was never his priority, but avoiding "lazy" chord progressions was ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-cheat-really-im-not-a-great-technical-player-at-all-because-i-was-always-writing-for-myself-i-could-avoid-the-things-i-couldnt-play-tony-banks-says-that-virtuoso-technique-was-never-his-priority-but-avoiding-lazy-chord-progressions-was FXNZUUmLBWsLwS68Kmt4ck Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:34:54 +0000 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:27:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They were my favourite band growing up. Dave was my hero, and this was his keyboard": How The Repair Shop restored The Stranglers’ vintage keyboard ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/they-were-my-favourite-band-growing-up-dave-was-my-hero-and-this-was-his-keyboard-how-the-repair-shop-restored-the-stranglers-vintage-keyboard 7tEYu7Wm7ug5nX2ZxYuj7G Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:45:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative": Perry Bamonte, of the Cure, dies aged 65 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/quiet-intense-intuitive-constant-and-hugely-creative-perry-bamonte-of-the-cure-dies-aged-65 NEEzEYQZiGEgoTDDwNzhT4 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:01:40 +0000 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:46:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "All the way through, I never stopped the tape once. He'd just go through the whole song and say ‘give me another track'. We did that nine times and then he said ‘I’m outta here’": Steve Porcaro on the two unreleased songs he wrote with Michael Jackson ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/all-the-way-through-i-never-stopped-the-tape-once-hed-just-go-through-the-whole-song-and-say-give-me-another-track-we-did-that-nine-times-and-then-he-said-im-outta-here-steve-porcaro-on-the-two-unreleased-songs-he-wrote-with-michael-jackson odBebzqnKEwTAB7wkz8V4N Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:41:15 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:50:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It doesn't seem to have affected my piano playing - I still seem to be very capable of hitting the odd wrong note here and there”: Rick Wakeman shares positive health update after brain surgery ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players/it-doesnt-seem-to-have-affected-my-piano-playing-i-still-seem-to-be-very-capable-of-hitting-the-odd-wrong-note-here-and-there-rick-wakeman-shares-positive-health-update-after-brain-surgery hQnQRuqFr97GmkwjCvDS8i Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A unique, talented, and innovative musician who leaves a rich back catalogue of Eastern-influenced electronica as his legacy”: Tributes paid to Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe, who has died ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/a-unique-talented-and-innovative-musician-who-leaves-a-rich-back-catalogue-of-eastern-influenced-electronica-as-his-legacy-tributes-paid-to-blancmanges-stephen-luscombe-who-has-died vtRbE6t6qhqjjGrFBEwM58 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:03:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The most psychopathic contract a session musician could ever be handed”: Cradle of Filth guitarist Ashok fired mid-tour, days after keyboardist wife Zoë Marie Federoff quits citing low pay and “toxic” atmosphere ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/cradle-of-filth-guitarist-fired-keyboardist-quits TWN9GbdvhSWybUCYhAPTPE Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:38:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour keyboard player reveals the compact synth she uses to create those big disco sounds ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/kylie-minogues-tension-tour-keyboard-player-reveals-the-compact-synth-she-uses-to-create-those-big-disco-sounds Td9YfQ3AqW3uygzV2RxUa5 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:05:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “RIP Bobby”: Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, the Memphis musician who sang and played keyboards in Derek and the Dominos and recorded with George Harrison ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/rip-bobby-eric-clapton-pays-tribute-to-bobby-whitlock-the-memphis-musician-who-sang-and-played-keyboards-in-derek-and-the-dominos-and-recorded-with-george-harrison DDFmcG4WEp5cuBXurnFwqA Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:57:48 +0000 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:13:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They thought he was too short. He wore a beret, and it was just very kind of corny; he sang on one knee! But he had ‘it’ - I saw it’”: How Billy Joel ended up joining the little-known ‘60s band that gave him his break as a recording artist ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/they-thought-he-was-too-short-he-wore-a-beret-and-it-was-just-very-kind-of-corny-he-sang-on-one-knee-but-he-had-it-i-saw-it-how-billy-joel-ended-up-joining-the-little-known-60s-band-that-gave-him-his-break-as-a-recording-artist NjfPaXgWxiX9J9sRrqPXvW Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:57:11 +0000 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:17:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The value of music has dropped considerably since I was born – it's not great that less people are trying to perfect their art”: Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on the imagined musical apocalypse that inspired his double album, All The Quiet ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/the-value-of-music-has-dropped-considerably-since-i-was-born-its-not-great-that-less-people-are-trying-to-perfect-their-art-ezra-collectives-joe-armon-jones-on-the-imagined-musical-apocalypse-that-inspired-his-double-album-all-the-quiet tYfXC5T3JMYFeeJb3VyDH9 Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:10:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Rick, I’m playing one note, how do I play less?’ He said, ‘I know you can do it’”: Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin on Johnny Cash’s American IV album was like solving a puzzle ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-said-rick-im-playing-one-note-how-the-hell-do-i-play-less-he-said-i-know-you-can-do-it-tom-petty-keyboard-player-benmont-tench-says-that-being-produced-by-rick-rubin-on-johnny-cashs-american-iv-album-was-like-solving-a-puzzle RCKoruAFptXmPZ8wnFEXWF Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:36:03 +0000 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:05:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d be running from the studio to other speakers in the house, basically going insane trying to get mixes to sound correct”: Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on why he created his Aquarii Studios and his dub-influenced mixing technique ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/joe-armon-jones-aquarii-studios xPgsiRe28mKyWMxTzkyUuT Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I haven’t been able to see the performance, but I have enjoyed it”: Elton John tells audience at Devil Wears Prada premiere that he’s lost his sight ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-havent-been-able-to-see-the-performance-but-i-have-enjoyed-it-elton-john-tells-audience-at-devil-wears-prada-premiere-that-hes-lost-his-sight aXAnCHHB57nv5Fir8Z8Dxn Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:52:37 +0000 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:58:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I did a demo. I had Sheila E playing on it and Michael sang on it. I played it for Quincy and he said, ‘No.’”: Greg Phillinganes on the Michael Jackson song arrangement that Quincy Jones rejected because it wasn't "sexy" enough ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/producers-engineers/i-did-a-demo-i-had-sheila-e-playing-on-it-and-michael-sang-on-it-i-played-it-for-quincy-and-he-said-no-greg-phillinganes-on-the-michael-jackson-song-arrangement-that-quincy-jones-rejected-because-it-wasnt-sexy-enough JMa3bKHLJoWfWytzGToBom Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:24:02 +0000 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:50:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was going to buy a Minimoog because Keith Emerson had one. I was in the store and I was trying it out and I hear a voice behind me say ‘you don’t want that’”: Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players/i-was-going-to-buy-a-minimoog-because-keith-emerson-had-one-i-was-in-the-store-and-i-was-trying-it-out-and-i-hear-a-voice-behind-me-say-you-dont-want-that-why-foreigners-al-greenwood-said-no-to-the-minimoog-and-bought-a-little-known-synth-instead 8B9MZvYLQJpSh9yHjfkuga Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:32:09 +0000 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:00:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Every movement and gesture creates a new sound unique to them, which will make music much more expressive, and could even lead to new genres of music": ROLI unveils the Airwave, an expressive new way of learning and creating using its MPE instruments ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/keyboards-pianos/every-movement-and-gesture-creates-a-new-sound-unique-to-them-which-will-make-music-much-more-expressive-and-could-even-lead-to-new-genres-of-music-roli-unveil-the-airwave-an-expressive-new-way-of-learning-and-creating-using-their-mpe-instruments vx64BN6t8uy5aSZroLHara Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:00:20 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:14:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s incredible… that is nuts”: Tom Cruise gets a Royal Albert Hall organ lesson from Anna Lapwood after a surprise appearance at Top Gun: Maverick in Concert ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players/thats-incredible-that-is-nuts-tom-cruise-gets-a-royal-albert-hall-organ-lesson-from-anna-lapwood-after-a-surprise-appearance-at-top-gun-maverick-in-concert zufKr2qJZVRgUTo5j3TByS Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:08:44 +0000 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:19:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I look at all the stuff going on with AI in music and I think it’s really, really cool": Jordan Rudess reckons AI is just misunderstood ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players/i-look-at-all-the-stuff-going-on-with-ai-in-music-and-i-think-its-really-really-cool-jordan-rudess-reckons-ai-is-just-misunderstood Mh2fn59F2PpGetueiWHfo4 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:24:28 +0000 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:42:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s so many on the record but it’s now down to two for live”: Greg Phillinganes explains how he shares the Clavinet parts with Stevie Wonder on Higher Ground as he performs a set of Clav classics using Spectrasonics’ Keyscape ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/keyboard-players/theres-so-many-on-the-record-but-its-now-down-to-two-for-live-greg-phillinganes-explains-how-he-shares-the-clavinet-parts-with-stevie-wonder-on-higher-ground-as-he-performs-a-set-of-clav-classics-using-spectrasonics-keyscape UTdtD5qhHDpwwatuu2rCRa Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:38:43 +0000 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:51:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pianist Jesus Molina had never heard Prince’s 1999, so could he play along to it when given just the vocals and drums? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jesus-molina-prince-1999 BMkUCXqhSZoMemRsswtqkX Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:58:16 +0000 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:11:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Why does it only have drums and vocals?”: Watch Karol G keyboard player Jemma Heigis trying to figure out the chords for Huey Lewis and the News’ The Power Of Love, a song she’s never heard before ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jemma-heigis-the-power-of-love JNdAxBeDDdgY4jVHQMQ3DT Wed, 08 May 2024 12:18:15 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 12:40:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stevie Wonder flexes his Clavinet chops as he hits the stage with Gary Clark Jr to perform What About The Children ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/stevie-wonder-clavinet-gary-clark-jr 74au3qMvmc5YAN8vzWXUeH Fri, 03 May 2024 10:51:43 +0000 Fri, 03 May 2024 10:51:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie Wonder told me I needed to do 5 hours a day to get good at piano”: Super-producer Raphael Saadiq on taking advice from a legend, his love of Teles and creating musical history with Beyoncé and D’Angelo ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/raphael-saadiq-stevie-wonder-beyonce-dangelo Ht3W5dBZXLfhCd4XQWNjPa Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:41:58 +0000 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He knows very little about an awful lot, but it’s how he applies that knowledge - and it’s down to confidence, too": How Brian Eno became music's ultimate renaissance man ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/pioneers-brian-eno 8iwXBA4RrVhXyL64cQ5itc Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:12:26 +0000 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:12:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kelly Moran: "An important aspect of my work is trying to preserve my own humanity, even if I'm using technology to help me do it" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/kelly-moran-interview Toz4jtvjLJRNgBxg6brFjA Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:47:28 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:54:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wrote it in my garage, in my house in California”: Bruce Hornsby plays an emotive orchestral version of The Way It Is in BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bruce-hornsby-the-way-it-is-radio-2-piano-room mfhrexSLwiDCEYsuPJvS6V Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Barely two days into the new year, I get a call from Steve Lukather”: Greg Phillinganes is back in Toto ahead of their North American tour ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/greg-phillinganes-toto-tour wnV6PkGobwicWiKjYmSnQ6 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:42:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jazz pianist Les McCann, whose work was sampled extensively by hip-hop artists, has died, aged 88 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/les-mccann-jazz-pianist-dies p7nW58yZKyH8HscpgfvQ4S Tue, 02 Jan 2024 11:46:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was standing crying at the synthesizer, so I pulled out a card and it said 'just carry on'. I did and created something I still like today": How Brian Eno's mysterious Oblique Strategies could help your music production and your life ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/what-brian-enos-oblique-strategies-actually-are-and-how-you-can-use-them-in-your-music-production Ym8geGdjn6hpYr7pFEoa8J Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:11:54 +0000 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:37:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Not what I expected at all”: here’s what happened when Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess was asked to play along to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ Empire State of Mind, a song he’d never heard before ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jordan-rudess-alicia-keys-jay-z 4r2JYUVmwXP6doqhS3z84W Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:33:07 +0000 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:53:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought, ‘have I done something heinous?’”: James Blake reminds Brian Eno that he once accused him of using ‘the arsehole chord’ and demands to know what it actually is ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/james-blake-brian-eno-arsehole-chord tf4v5dkaQUKup3YzdBA8oD Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:56:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Synth pioneer Gary Wright, The Dream Weaver, has died at the age of 80 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/gary-wright-obituary cAKoUcBeWdrfgn3qqtjvz6 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:52:21 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:29:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ In celebration of Jan Hammer: so much more than great film and TV soundtracks ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/in-celebration-of-jan-hammer t2tb2xYEbycFmuzmvPb6V Sat, 01 Jul 2023 09:04:35 +0000 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:33:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ The quiet genius of Ryuichi Sakamoto ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/ryuichi-sakamoto-quiet-genius 9CELM4ToKzyAE9uHNmcRdd Tue, 16 May 2023 10:18:24 +0000 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:04:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc reveals his love of the piano and shows you how he recorded his first track in Ableton Live ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/charles-leclerc-piano-ableton-live 9F3aYh4gurPhxh3pP47ct Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:41:03 +0000 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:50:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jon Hopkins launches new beer inspired by one of his tracks and the number 9, and it’s all thanks to something Brian Eno told him ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jon-hopkins-brian-eno-light-through-the-veins-beer 2zFXfkRrhKiRgCsgEXUZ37 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:52:57 +0000 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:12:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Brian Eno kept a backup, backup laptop in a fridge for his Acropolis gig with brother Roger ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/brian-eno-backup-laptop-fridge jrtgh2TwcexgHtzZSdRYA7 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:05:12 +0000 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:05:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Brian Eno and Roger Eno release the first track from the concert film of their first ever live performance together ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/brian-eno-roger-eno-live-acropolis QjLVaC8R8UPRt3siEg7PFY Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:56:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Memories of Keith Emerson: "He looked to his Leslie speakers to throw his knives - this guy’s eyes opened wide when he saw the knives fly in his direction. The guy was Jimi Hendrix" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/keith-emerson-tribute-jimi-hendrix-keyboard 8MpLxaUGeTErB7dPzNeXiN Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:47:00 +0000 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 18:58:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mick Fleetwood’s wooden balls go under the hammer and raise $128,000 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/fleetwood-mac-auction-wooden-balls dSAUMRLMEpC7gWtkVpgSof Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:18:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie dies, aged 79 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/christine-mvcie-dies-79 qbnFfJ72h5Vm4aYHnB48ue Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:57:30 +0000 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:04:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hans Zimmer reveals his favourite soft synth plugin and explains why MIDI “saved his life” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/hans-zimmer-favourite-soft-synth-midi um8EBjtapHpjXDQuKderiX Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:03:51 +0000 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:19:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ New BBC documentary celebrates the life and work of “Hollywood Rebel” Hans Zimmer ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/hans-zimmer-bbc-documentary h9wxieVpe6czGHzCuszEn Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:01:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can’t make a conventional, by-the-numbers bio doc about Brian Eno,” says director of unconventional bio doc about Brian Eno ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/new-brian-eno-film fhtYjawWCoPRgcn9kUvcVL Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:26:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bruce Hornsby - the 10 albums that changed my life: “Elton John burst into the room wearing a Tina Turner wig” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bruce-hornsby-the-10-albums-that-changed-my-life-overnight-my-life-was-completely-turned-upside-down Yvmso7jZ4qNWgyoCbRJbre Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:39:58 +0000 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:45:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Byrne on working with Brian Eno: “Sometimes it's not that comfortable” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/david-byrne-brian-eno-studio-recording m5YoSVWFKoC3KqvKy62vnA Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:02:09 +0000 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:02:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hans Zimmer on the benefits of Spatial Audio and his “weird relationship” with Jony Ive: “I don't want to hear stereo, because you took half of my sonic world away” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/hans-zimmer-mike-einziger-jony-ive-dolby-atmos-spatial-audio dJoY3jENfMCEZLq92ynYxD Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:38:12 +0000 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:13:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic interview - Brian Eno: “I use the DX7 because I understand it. I know that there are theoretically better synths, but I don’t know how to use them” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/brian-eno-interview spLMPN3EF6hMrok3Fwa5nB Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:26:47 +0000