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Interview: Rhian Jones and Lucy Heyman talk Sound Advice

Ahead of the release of Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music, M spoke to authors Lucy Heyman and Rhian Jones.

By Maya Radcliffe 2 Mar 2021

How the pandemic has affected women in the music industry

Pre-pandemic, women in the music industry faced huge challenges that impacted their mental health, from being taken less seriously to juggling their careers with childcare. Here, Lydia Smith explores how the sudden shift created by COVID-19 has both magnified and exacerbated these pressures.

By Lydia Smith 2 Mar 2021

Interview: Moderate Rebels

‘If we can encourage girls and women to have that realisation, the same time that men do at five years old when they're given a guitar, I feel that's going to help change things.’

By Stephanie Phillips 2 Mar 2021

Independent women in music publishing

Coral Williamson speaks to four women who have either founded or run their own publishing companies to find out how they did it, how supportive the sector has been and what being a good leader looks like.

By Coral Williamson 1 Mar 2021

Bringing Black women into the live music industry

Kaeshelle Rianne speaks to the women empowered by the Native Management backed Technical Tour Training course (3T). Supported by Nao and Mura Masa, 3T is a first of its kind in training Black women to bring music performances to life from behind the scenes.

By Kaeshelle Rianne 1 Mar 2021

Interview: Kolidescopes

'Nothing has changed in terms of how I write or do things. People just believe our ideas now because we have had a hit. We have been writing songs like this for years, it's just about right time, right place.'

By Maya Radcliffe 25 Feb 2021

Interview: Elder Island

‘It’s the first time we’ve worked as full-time musicians. Before, we’ve all been keeping down different jobs with different hours. This is the first album that we’ve worked on from scratch, building the album as a whole in one go. There’s no old ideas in it. It’s a great feeling.’

By Olly Wareham 24 Feb 2021