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Video interview: Maverick Sabre

We catch up with tunesmith, lyricist and rapper Maverick Sabre at PRS for Music and Spotify's #WhoWeBe songwriting camp to get the inside track on his musical DNA...

Interview: Marcus Hamblett

‘I find it very easy to be critical of my own music, but when a musician I trust adds something to it I almost always love their contribution and can start to see my music in a different light’: Marcus Hamblett discusses he rewards of collaboration.

Have your say in screen composers’ survey

The Ivors Academy has launched a survey to explore the working conditions of screen composers and ensure fair commissioning practices. Take part now.

Interview: The Vegan Leather

‘Content has become a lot more personal to each individual artist. You’re always pushing your creativity’: says The Vegan Leather’s Gianluca Bernacchi.

Voting opens for the 2019 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards

The awards return to Aberdeen in December and voting is now open for the 2019 nominations and the Top 20 Albums Longlist.

Playlist: Max Pope

It’s fair to say London singer-songwriter Max Pope has taken the road less travelled in his musical adventures so far. Here, he lets us in on the songs that have shaped him along the way…

EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 line-up revealed

Soweto Kinch, Corinne Bailey Rae, Herbie Hancock and Gazelle Twin are among the diverse roster of artists slated for this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival.

Female electronic composers wanted for new album

Are you a female producer or composer who creates original electronica, future R&B or bass tracks? If so, Universal Production Music wants to hear from you.

Decca launch bursary for children across the country

Decca is supporting the launch of a new Universal Music UK Sound Foundation bursary, The Decca Bursary, to help give children a classical music education, whatever their financial background.

A Sonic Pulse: the deaf experience of electronic music

'Music is a universal language when we feel the vibrations and it's a social experience when shared with others:' the filmmakers behind A Sonic Pulse let us on in what they learned about club culture...

Latest news

Nominations open for the Scottish Awards for New Music 2020
New Music Scotland have announced that the nominations are now open for the fourth annual Scottish Awards for New Music.
BBC Music Sound of 2020 longlist announced
Arlo Parks, Celeste and YUNGBLUD are among the artists tipped for success next year.
UK Music chairman and founder to step down
Andy Heath is to step down in 2020 after 11 years at the helm of the UK’s leading trade body for the music industry.
General Election 2019: What About The Arts?
There's just one day to go before the UK general election and many voters are still undecided. With that, we’ve rounded up arts and cultural policies as they appear in the manifestos of all major …