Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Chappell Roan graduates from support act to guest star as Olivia Rodrigo invites her on stage
Roan had previously opened for Rodrigo on the Guts World Tour
Paramore’s Hayley Williams channels Freddie Mercury at Live Aid during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
“Ayyyyyyyy-ohhhhhhhhhhh!”
"Hone in on your craft”: Olivia Rodrigo reflects on the writing of her Guts album
"I think I've really sharpened some of my songwriting skills in making that album. I'm proud of that”
Pianist Jesus Molina had never heard Prince’s 1999, so could he play along to it?
“This is actually what I try to do when I practise every single day,” he says
deadmau5 plays Teenage Engineering’s medieval-themed EP-1320 while dressed as a knight
TE has also been getting in on the act by taking part in a medieval festival in Sweden
Who was playing the 'floating vertical piano' at the Olympics closing ceremony?
A more impressive stunt than Tom Cruise lowering himself off the Stade de France roof?
Storage locker treasure hunters discover they’ve bought a huge haul of Kanye West gear
Producer Mike Dean quickly asks if there’s anything with his name on it
“I don’t use presets that much, but this one just felt like, ‘yeah, let’s just throw this one in just to offset everything’, you know?”: Hyperpop producer AG Cook on his favourite plugins and how he used them on recent track Lucifer
Arturia, NI and Sonic Charge software all gets a look in
Queen live keyboard player Spike Edney on ‘80s tech and streamlining his rig
“I suppose what I think is that Queen is quite a demanding musical adventure, and there are lots of things that can be done to make their sounds more realistic for the audience,” he says
Tourist leans on a UK garage classic as he plays a piano version of Charli XCX’s 360
Artful Dodger meets the Brat summer
Roland, New Balance and Tiago Lemos announce drum machine-themed skate shoe for 808 Day
Make a phat fashion statement on the street and in the studio
Snarky Puppy pay tribute to singer and keyboard player Shaun Martin, who has died aged 45
Martin was also musical director for gospel legend Kirk Franklin
Why Billie Eilish’s collab with Charli XCX on Guess might not have happened
“Billie tried to get out of it, like, three times!” says Finneas
“OK, so, wanna hear a boring story?”: Taylor Swift on her latest technical malfunction
“Sorry, I’m just wondering if there’s anything that you guys can do about the static in my ears"
Roland launches new R&D group “to help design the future of music creation”
The Roland Future Design Group will focus on the potential of AI, WEB3, virtual and augmented reality, low-latency wireless connectivity and more
It looks like Waldorf could be bringing back a much-loved 1989 synth
“Legends never die,” says new teaser video
Evan Blair on co-writing and producing Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things
“He might kill me for saying this, but Benson was screaming the chorus part with his shirt off because it was so intense!”
Prince recorded his own version of Michael Jackson’s Bad, says Sheila E.
Prince famously turned down the chance to duet on the song after hearing its opening line
Engineer Chris Gehringer on how he mastered Dua Lipa’s Houdini using Ozone 11
Hear how the song sounded ‘flat’ and after it had been mastered
Jazz pianist DOMi fixes Ingrid Angress’s performance of The Star-Spangled Banner
Maybe it was just inspired "microtonal jazz singing" all along?
Billie Eilish performs stripped-back versions of 4 songs from Hit Me Hard and Soft
Skinny, L'Amour de Ma Vie, Wildflower and Birds of a Feather get the acoustic treatment
Dyson’s OnTrac headphones sample external sounds “384,000 times a second”
Can the vacuum cleaner specialist clean up in the personal audio market?
