Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull frontman and solo singer songwriter, has announced details of a new UK tour in 2014.

Twickets, a new fan-to-fan ticket exchange platform, has won the support of a number of high profile music industry professionals.

London songwriting duo, Oh Wonder, have signed a new worldwide deal with independent music publisher Imagem.

It’s happened to Julie Andrews, and it’s every singer’s worst nightmare. The first of our Open Mic contributors, Sophie Garner, talks about her experience of almost losing her voice after a vocal chord operation and how help came from an unexpected source.

PRS for Music, The Incorporated Society of Musicians, the Featured Artist Coalition, the Association of Independent Music, the Music Managers Forum and the Music Publishers Association join the Ivors Academy, and the Musicians’ Union to commit to gender equality on their boards.

‘It's like the taste of grilled cheese on a Sunday afternoon in the Czech Republic,’ is how Ida Vallens describes the music she makes.

‘Sleep with whoever needs it, get a second job and always keep your hair and teeth on point’ - eclectic eccentric Mutado Pintato on how to balance musical aliases and going interstellar in 2016…

‘It's the most pure feeling in the world’ - underground UK producer Randomer on the untamed power of electronic rave…

Cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates is one of the most in-demand experimental artists pushing sonic waves for everyone from Mica Levi to Radiohead and beyond - we go down the aural rabbit hole with Oliver to discover more…

While some revenue decreases are starting to emerge following the initial impact of Covid-19 on the music industry and UK businesses in late March, July’s strong distribution also follows a record-breaking April distribution earlier this year.

Hailing from Bristol, Jethro Sheeran AKA Alonestar is an artist who fuses hip hop and urban pop, folk and soul to great effect, winning two Exposure Music Awards for Best Male Artist and Best Urban Song.

‘People still come up to me and say, “Do you feel lucky that you’re still alive?”’ And so starts Twisting My Melon, the autobiography from original Manchester party-starter Shaun Ryder.

'Rap is a release for the youth' - the Birmingham rapper and wordsmith chats the rise of UK hip hop, plus her advice to new artists...

Swifta Beater, a producer for UK grime stars JME and Wiley, has signed a global music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music.

Music tastes are formed by cultural upbringing and are not innate, a new study has revealed.

Kenny Wheeler, the late jazz trumpet player and composer, has had a blue plaque unveiled in his home town of Leystonstone.

Dancehall artist Sincere and pop boy/girl duo Oh Wonder are among the latest artists to receive backing from the Momentum Music Fund.

John Fulford Music is a library created by John Fulford, a Los Angeles based music producer.

Radio continues to play a key role in music discovery, a panel of music industry experts at The Great Escape has said.

Mark Sutherland discusses the renewed success of Running Up That Hill and looks at how the industry is changing in the TikTok age.

The final quarter of 2014 has brought another tumultuous episode in the ongoing streaming saga. We ask Clive Gardiner, one of the UK pioneers of digital music licensing, to look behind the headlines and give us his perspective.

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Matthew Taylor is one of leading symphonists and string quartet composers of his generation. We chat to him about his lasting obsession with Beethoven and his first brushes with composing.

Each month the PRS for Music Foundation invite one of the movers and shakers in the world of new music to share with us, and you, a brief history of their movements in new music and a selection of the sounds and experiences that have been inspiring them of late. This month it's Bear Driver.