Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Bonnie Raitt on Bon Iver and Charli XCX’s unlikely request to sample her song, Nick Of Time
Raitt also reveals how Taylor Swift reacted after she beat her to Song Of The Year at The Grammys
Roland’s new Earth Piano instrument puts “50 years of piano development” into your DAW
Grand, upright and felt pianos are all here
Questlove on the Prince production that he calls “one of the most daring funk songs of all time"
How Tower Of Power’s Squib Juice fuels the groove that drives The Time’s 777-9311
“We recorded that song in a toilet with quite a cheap microphone, a Shure SM58”: Phil Oakey lifts the lid on the birth of The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me
In 1981, the band were enjoying their first flush of commercial success
From iPad Pro to the iMac: Apple's new all-in-one desktop takes its M4 chip from the company's flagship tablet
Launch comes on the same day as the release of Apple Intelligence
BT on the new Spanish version of Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree that was made possible by his AI plugin
Will Noche Buena y Navidad become a festive classic?
Taylor Swift is joined on stage by Sabrina Carpenter for a surprise shot of Eras Tour Espresso
Acoustic mash-up also featured Carpenter’s Please Please Please and Swift’s Is It Over Now?
Why the new Springsteen biopic could spark a new wave of interest in the 4-track Portastudio
New movie will tell the story of the making of The Boss’s 1982 album, Nebraska
“I think she likes loud guitars - in this day and age!": The Breeders’ Kim Deal on Olivia Rodrigo
As the tour draws to a close, The Breeders' Kim Deal says of Rodrigo: “I think she likes loud guitars - in this day and age! She finds loud guitars exciting and wants to be around them”
Kylie Minogue on the Britney Spears hit that she turned down
“It's like the fish that got away. You just have to accept it," she previously admitted
Jon Hopkins reflects on being introduced to Coldplay by Brian Eno and his work on Moon Music
Hopkins recently hit number 1 in the US and UK simultaneously thanks to his appearances on Coldplay’s Moon Music and Charli XCX’s Brat reworks album
Kurzweil and Axel Hartmann channel mid-century modern design with the KaP1 digital piano
Use it in the home, on stage or at the studio
Tascam’s retro-looking Studio Bridge is designed to be the missing link between your analogue console and DAW
The piece of studio gear you didn't know you needed?
“Who does a hook like that?”: Timbaland on being inspired by the “genius” of Pharrell Williams
“Who does a hook like that?”
Cher joins Dua Lipa to sing Believe - minus the Auto-Tune - at the Rock & Hall of Fame
“It was an accident, because my producer and I were having a fight,” Cher says of Believe’s groundbreaking vocal sound
Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead
“It played two notes at a time, which was unbelievable - to be able to play almost a chord with it - and it had four oscillators instead of three”
“Taylor is the ‘now’ one. We are the ‘still now’”: Ringo Starr on those Taylor Swift/Beatles comparisons
“She’s pulling them in,” adds Starr, who first met Swift when she was just 14
“Is everyone OK?”: Halsey on the reaction to their Nine Inch Nails-produced album in 2021
The record was released to critical acclaim
Bruno Mars jumps on the drums for APT, his new single with Blackpink’s Rosé that’s served with a pinch of Toni Basil
The composers of Basil's 1981 hit Mickey have been given writing credits
Mike Campbell recalls his conversation with Tom Petty after he’d sent him the songs he’d written for his side project
“Well, if they’re really good, why don’t we do them?” Petty asked him
SoundCloud says that electronic music fans are its most engaged listeners, and that trance is on the rise
Producers have been the cornerstone of the platform since its launch in 2007
No one knew about the lyrical Easter eggs I dropped into a Rihanna hit, says songwriter
The Michael Jackson, Tears For Fears and A-ha references passed everyone by, he reveals
“That album makes me tear up”: Charli XCX on the Daft Punk record that hits different
She also says that, when she was growing up, “I really thought that I wanted to emulate Britney Spears”
