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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Peermusic European President Nigel Elderton shares his experiences of his first year in office as PRS Chairman...

As the third week of Black History Month draws to a close, we ask Guest Editor Michelle Escoffery to make us a playlist.

Martin Suckling, Timothy Cooper and Matthew Grouse are among the composers shortlisted for the second annual event.

PPL chief executive Peter Leathem has become the new chairman of specialist healthcare charity, the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM).

‘2017 will be a defining year for MCPS,’ Chris Butler, MCPS Chairman, has told M magazine.

Keith Emerson, keyboard player with prog rock legends Emerson Lake and Palmer, has sadly passed away.

‘After all these years if our career can be likened to a big cake, this is the icing on the cake,’ says Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover of the band’s Ivors win.

The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth are among the key note speakers at Liverpool Sound City 2014.

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.

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.

10th December revealed as the date Brits start to get into the Christmas spirit and South of England plays the most Christmas music on its radio stations.

‘You have to believe it and believe in what you’re doing’ - Brownswood’s Recordings Future Bubblers team let us in on how new acts can break through in 2015…

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.