International Songwriting Competition judges announced
July 6, 2019 in Competitions, News
ISC reveals its 2019 judging panel and, as usual, it includes some of music’s most talented artists and industry executives…
Coldplay
Interview: Travis’ Fran Healy
September 9, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Summer 2018
The Scottish group’s frontman and talismanic songwriter talks about telling the truth, being “the shittest” and making ‘The Man Who’…
Arcade Fire release first single from upcoming fifth album
June 1, 2017 in News
‘Everything Now’ is made available, ahead of the July release of the enormously successful Canadian indie-rock troupe’s much-anticipated fifth album…
Ivor Novello Awards 2017 winners revealed
This year’s Ivors were awarded last night in London, honouring the very best of the UK’s songwriting and composing community…
Nominations announced for The Ivors 2017
April 20, 2017 in Competitions, Events, News
Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Cave and Skepta are among the songwriters in the running for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards…
EXCLUSIVE! ‘Beautiful Wonderful’ by Eddie Stoilow
December 15, 2016 in Music, News
Tonight’s exclusive track is from a sublime Eastern European group who’ve drawn comparison to some of rock-pop’s most successful groups…
Coldplay to release new EP next year
November 22, 2016 in News
The English rock quartet make announcement that 2017 will see their first EP since 2014s’ ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’…
Interview: Todd Alsup
November 21, 2016 in Features, Interviews
The New York-based pop/soul sensation steps away from the piano to talk about his life, work and third studio album…
The Week In Review (10-16 Oct)
October 16, 2016 in News
We round-up the last week in music, including news you might’ve missed, our #SongOfTheDay playlist and Classic Of The Week…
Introducing… Frances
September 8, 2016 in Features, Interviews
The fast-rising, female singer-songwriter who picked up nominations for both the Brits Critics Choice and BBC Sound Of 2016 shortlists…
EXCLUSIVE! ‘Two Of A Kind’ by Axel Jansson
Our second exclusive of the week is by a gravel-throated Swedish-born songwriter who writes sublime pop-rock songs, as you’ll hear…
Barry Gibb set to release new solo album
June 29, 2016 in News
Fresh from his special guest appearance with Coldplay at Glastonbury, the Bee Gee signs to Columbia and announces next record…
Adele to headline Glastonbury 2016
March 19, 2016 in News
This year’s final headliner has been confirmed as the phenomenally successful Adele, with the songwriter to take the Saturday slot…
BRIT Awards 2016 takes place
February 25, 2016 in Competitions, Events, News
David Bowie honoured, with Coldplay, Björk and James Bay among the winners, but Adele dominates by taking home four awards…
PJ Harvey confirmed for Glastonbury 2016
February 18, 2016 in News
Much loved UK songwriter returns to play at this year’s Glastonbury Festival after an absence of more than ten years…
Coldplay score seventh No 1 album
February 12, 2016 in News
British quartet’s ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’ knocks Adele off the top spot to continue their remarkable No 1 streak…
BRITS nominations announced
January 14, 2016 in News
The shortlists have been announced today for the 2016 BRIT Awards, which take place at the 02 Arena in London…
Muse for Glastonbury 2016 is a “no-brainer”
December 12, 2015 in News
British rock trio reported to have signed a deal to be one of the three headline acts at Glastonbury 2016…
‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ by Coldplay (Single)
November 10, 2015 in Music
With a notable shift in direction from their last album, English pop-rockers could be returning to what they do best…
Jay Z reveals how his music streaming site Tidal is ‘artist-friendly’
March 31, 2015 in News
Last night Rapper and business mogul Jay Z announced just how his new music streaming site Tidal is ‘artist friendly’…
Interview: Kim Churchill
March 2, 2015 in Features, Interviews
Roaming Aussie folk-blues singer and songwriter Kim Churchill talks of non-stop touring, surfing, collaborating and plans for album number six…
British acts dominate UK music sales as streaming doubles
January 1, 2015 in News
UK artists led by Ed Sheeran fill the entire top 10 best-selling artist albums in 2014, for the first time…
