Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Pharrell Williams thinks that his falsetto vocals on one particular song sound like Mickey Mouse
"Not sexy - just regular Mickey Mouse,” he confirms
The Struts’ frontman Luke Spiller says that he and Taylor Hawkins lost out to Billie Eilish on the No Time To Die Bond theme
Of his chances of securing a Bond theme in the future, he says: “I’m waiting for the call because I know it’s going to happen”
Sabrina Carpenter songwriter Amy Allen on why she doesn’t listen to other contemporary pop hits
“What’s current now is not going to be current by the time anything I write comes out”
Sabrina Carpenter claps back and confirms that she sings “live every show 100%”
She’s working late, and she’s definitely singing
Best iPad for musicians and producers 2024: My pick of Apple tablets for all levels of music maker
Apple's iPads can now comfortably handle every music production task, but which is most suited to your needs? I put the whole range under the microscope
Jack Antonoff explains that unusual key change in Sabrina Carpenter’s Please Please Please
"It’s A to C - it’s not a typical place you would lift to - and we were just all like ‘whoa’”
Kathy Sledge explains why Sister Sledge didn't get to hear We Are Family right up until they recorded it
“They believed in spontaneity,” she says
Here’s when you can watch Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour concert special on Netflix
And the good news is that you don’t have long to wait
John Williams recalls the first time he played the Jaws theme for Steven Spielberg in new documentary
Music by John Williams is coming soon to Disney+
That’s incredible… that is nuts”: Tom Cruise gets a Royal Albert Hall organ lesson
He also explained the importance of the leitmotif (and no, that’s not a pilot’s call sign)
Man seemingly spends $4,000 on a guitar signed by Taylor Swift and then immediately destroys it
It looks like someone might need to calm down...
“It screams ‘party speaker’, with a definite focus on bass; but not, happily, at the complete expense of detail”: Anker Soundcore Boom 2 Plus review
It lights up and is so waterproof you can chuck it in a pool, but how does this low-end-loving Bluetooth speaker sound?
Chris Martin on why he’s sticking with the plan to stop at 12 Coldplay albums
“Because less is more,” he says. “And for some of our critics, even less would be even more!”
Raphael Saadiq says that Beyonce, D'Angelo and Solange can hear the potential in songs that others can't
“I wasn't even going to play Beyonce that song. I was going through another song, and she heard Bodyguard, and she said, ‘What's that?’”
Beabadoobee on her unorthodox guitar style and how it helped her to gel with Rick Rubin
“I think what I really go off with, and what Rick really goes off with, is what you feel and the vibe and what you hear,” she says
Prince collaborator Cat Glover, famed for her Alphabet St rap and striking choreography, has died
She played a key role on the Sign o’ the Times and Lovesexy tours
Finneas on why he’s given Billie Eilish “the bare minimum of stuff” in her new recording studio
"'If I give you this basic thing, it’ll make sense to you right away’”
Duolingo partners with Loog on a portable piano for use with its music course
Coming in Brattish green, it’s bang on trend
Greg Phillinganes explains how he shares the Clavinet parts with Stevie Wonder on Higher Ground
Revealed: the secret sauce on Michael McDonald’s I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
Jet on the making of Are You Gonna Be My Girl and how it ended up in an iPod ad
“People talk about the song’s similarity to Lust for Life. It has that rhythm - but so do You Can’t Hurry Love and Town Called Malice”
“That's what I identify with": Pete Townshend is the latest rock legend to praise Taylor Swift
“That’s what I identify with,” he says
Deco on their new album, ‘80s covers and attracting the attention of both Noel and Liam Gallagher
“Rick Astley told us in person that our Never Gonna Give You Up mashup with Teenage Dirtbag is ‘very good, by the way’”
Timbaland's beat for Nelly Furtado's Maneater was so fire that flames started coming out of the speaker
Furtado has also reiterated her love of Oasis, and says that “I feel like Noel Gallagher taught me to play guitar without him knowing"
