Maisie Peters flies straight to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with The Good Witch, becoming the youngest British female solo artist in nine years to celebrate a Number 1 album. 23-year-old Maisie’s second […]
At first, Brit school alumna Olivia Dean’s debut album Messy feels worryingly like another addition to the catalogue marked “stage school to neo-soul crooner”. There are horns, shuffling 60s rhythms and artificial vinyl crackling, just […]
Archive: Station Noailles Marseille, Thames News, Rinse FM ContributorsLloyd Bradley – music journalistSandra Cross – singer and songwriterD Double E – Grime artist MusicLord Invader – Teddy Boy Calypso (Bring Back The Old Cat-O-Nine) (1992, […]
Photo Credit: PRS For Music The UK music industry and government have released the much-anticipated ‘Get Paid Guide’ for music creators to help demystify music metadata. The Get Paid Guide provides songwriters, composers, and artists with quick […]
A bright afternoon has turned a foreboding shade of grey. The rain picked up a few moments ago, just as cameraman Barry Edmunds was negotiating an awkward set of steps, backwards, trying to squeeze Kairo […]
Fan-filmed video of BRITISH LION‘s June 8 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below. BRITISH LION is the side project of IRON MAIDEN bassist and founder Steve Harris. The […]
Photo Credit: Seb Doe The U.K. music industry has unilaterally agreed to improve streaming metadata delivered to DSPs like Spotify and Apple Music. An agreement drawn up by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) with the […]
Photo Credit: Luca Herrmann The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching an inquiry into the impact of AI on the UK economy. Large language models and generative artificial intelligence are impacting how people […]
Linda Lewis, the English singer-songwriter with a stunning five-octave vocal range, has died. She was 72, according to the BBC. Lewis died Wednesday at her home, her sister Dee Lewis Clay confirmed on Instagram. No […]
Photo Credit: Alexandru Acea UK regulators have blocked Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) analyzed more than 3 million Microsoft and Activision documents […]
The late British jazz singer George Melly used to ask his audiences: “Who is the greatest blues vocalist Britain has ever produced?” He’d tease them, asking, “Mick Jagger? No! Steve Winwood? No! Van Morrison? No!”, […]
The Great British Baking Show isn’t what it used to be. The absurdly charismatic hosts from the first few seasons are long gone. Only one of the show’s original judges still remains (and it’s not […]
Photo Credit: Kevin Bhagat The British government may force Google & Amazon smart speakers to offer UK radio stations for free amid new broadcasting legislation. Under draft legislation published today, the biggest broadcasters in the UK will […]
Alison Hammond will replace Matt Lucas as the new co-host of Great British Bake Off, joining Noel Fielding in presenting the long-running competition. “It gives me so much pleasure to welcome @alisonhammond55 into the tent,” […]
In our series ‘The Films That Made Us’, we take a look back at the films that have shaped British music over the last three decades. In this third edition, we talk to pioneering grime […]
“Breaking” America has been the goal of young British musicians since the days of Beatlemania, but that dream is being dashed. Hundreds of emerging artists could be affected by plans to hike visa fees by […]
Trevor Nelson, the veteran DJ and broadcaster, has said R&B remains the hardest music to sell in the UK, with artists still struggling to make their mark, and some turning to the US for chart […]
Photo Credit: Music Venue Trust British venues attracted more than 22 million visitors in 2022 — down 16.7% from 2019 as profit margins continue to shrink amid the cost of living crisis. Music Venue Trust […]
BRITISH LION, the side project of IRON MAIDEN bassist and founder Steve Harris, has shared a six-minute behind-the-scenes video from the band’s ongoing U.K. headlining tour. Check it out below. Prior to the current run […]
It’s a sad fact that there are many fortunes in the present day that are built on countless forms of exploitation, including slavery. Now, it is being reported that the government of Barbados, which a […]