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Best cheap MIDI keyboards 2026: Inexpensive MIDI controllers starting at just £39/$49
By Chris Corfield last updated
Start making music for less with our selection of affordable MIDI keyboards from Arturia, Akai, Nektar, Novation, and more

Joni Mitchell says that her near-fatal brain aneurysm gave her a “better life”
By Ben Rogerson published
“I was on the road with men for years and years and years and now I live with a house full of women,” she quips

James Blake asks to have his name removed from Kanye West's album credits
By Matt Mullen published
"My original version is a completely different production in spirit"

“We just asked management, and they said first song, first album”: Rush just made their live comeback
By Beth Simpson published
“Also, it’s the only song we know how to play," jokes Alex Lifeson

"It's the musical equivalent of someone whispering in your ear": Max Richter's SRM Sounds releases ASMR Choir
By Matt Mullen published
"A palette of choral and string textures that provides a really special colour to add both a purity and ‘humanness’ to your score"

“His dependents became incredibly greedy”: Queen are being sued by the relatives of Mick Rock
By Beth Simpson published
And May and Taylor are at odds over another Queen tour

Lindsey Buckingham hints that he and Stevie Nicks could be working together again soon
By Beth Simpson published
Plus, he’s almost completed a solo album

"That’s not how the demo sounded": Bonnie Raitt praises Bruce Hornsby’s contribution to one of her signature songs
By Ben Rogerson published
According to producer Don Was, though, it wasn’t all plain sailing during recording

“It’s essentially a ballad, but we put a pounding beat to it”: The classic ’80s No 1 by A-ha that inspired a U2 anthem
By Paul Elliott published
“The melody line must have been lying in Bono’s subconsciousness”

“They describe themselves as a Mantra-Rock Dada Pythago-Cubist Orchestra, and the band name translates to ‘angina of the chest’”: The microtonal music theory behind viral math-rockers Angine de Poitrine
By Ethan Hein published
Our resident music professor breaks down the experimental tunings and time signatures behind the costumed Québécois duo breaking the internet
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