Category: Music

To become one of the biggest bands in metal, you have to unite the genre’s various warring factions: these Canadian metallers have pulled it off [more…]

More than a century ago, jazz’s early improvisers rarely strayed far from the secure consensus of a tune. That is, until the bebop revolutionaries of [more…]

This year’s UK entry for Eurovision will be Remember Monday, singing the powerpop ballad WTHJH (What the Hell Just Happened), the BBC has confirmed. The [more…]

Kylie has a legion of fans around the globe, but it might come as a surprise to many that the king is one of those [more…]

Musicians have one of the highest suicide rates in the world because the music business contains so many difficulties such as intense touring, performance anxiety [more…]

Lady Gaga’s single Abracadabra is enjoying its fifth consecutive week in the UK Top 10. You can imagine a collective sigh of relief chez Gaga: [more…]

DJ Funk, the producer who coined the term “ghetto house” and was one of the Chicago scene’s key innovators, has died aged 54. His death [more…]

‘We’re serving a really nice dish called metal tikka masala,” jokes Bloodywood guitarist Jayant Bhadula. “It’s metal but with so many spices that it’ll overwhelm [more…]

In November and December last year, Spotify’s chief executive, Daniel Ek, sold 420,000 shares in the music streaming company, earning himself $199.7m (£160m). One wild [more…]

There was a time, 20 or so years ago, when it seemed as if TV music supervisors were among the most important people when it [more…]