Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
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”
“They didn’t like his bikini underwear”: Prince’s support sets for the The Rolling Stones remembered
“Prince got freaked and cut the set short. The rock stations reported that we got booed off the stage, but that wasn’t true,” he says
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
Tony! Toni! Toné! guitarist and singer D’Wayne Wiggins has died, aged 64
He also worked with Destiny’s Child and Alicia Keys
Doechii describes joining Lauryn Hill on stage in Miami as “the greatest honor hip-hop could give me”
“I would sing your songs as if I wrote them, imagining myself on stage”
Lady Gaga says that the "electro-grunge" song on her new album is inspired by The Cure
“After I made that song then I was like ‘we need to change all the production,’” Gaga recalls
Apple announces new MacBook Pro, iPad Air and iPad models (oh, and “the most powerful Mac ever made”)
A laptop, two tablets and a supercharged desktop
Neil Young? Charli XCX? Another headliner might steal Glastonbury 2025's Saturday night
There’s apparently a third artist playing at the same time who could be an equally hot ticket
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The director of Netflix’s cancelled Prince documentary speaks out
“The image I've had in my head is the last shot of Raiders of the Lost Ark, of just a huge warehouse somewhere in Netflix, a crate and just like put away,” he says of his unreleased film
Is it time to ditch your 'deep focus' playlists? You might need something 'groovier', says study
Music that improves your mood could also make you work faster, it seems
