Michael Dugher and MPG executive director and Coldplay sound engineer Olga Fitzroy have hit out at the ‘manifestly unfair’ situation facing self-employed parents.

Bristol country soul sensation Yola Carter is on the cusp of blowing up in 2017 - we quiz her on breaking country music stereotypes in two…

Stormzy has announced that he will be donating £10 million to organisations fighting racial inequality.

Nile Rodgers, Jean Michel Jarre and B-Traits are among the first wave of artist ambassadors representing The Association for Electronic Music (AFEM).

The Musicians’ Union (MU), Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) and Music Managers Forum (MMF) have come together to draw up a guideline management contract for artists.

The value of social media for emerging music acts lies in engagement rather than ‘likes’, an industry panel at this year’s Great Escape has said.

X-Factor winner James Arthur will hit the top spot of the charts with the fastest selling single of 2012, new figures predict.

Singer-songwriter Jarvis Cocker will perform alongside the BBC Philharmonic at a special Wireless Nights Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.

With a band that so obviously wear their musical influences on their sleeves, we ask Firestations to compile our latest playlist. Here’s what they picked – a lovely, gooey mix of textural indie and folk...

Rare and unseen photographs of The Beatles, The Doors and Coldplay are going on show at an interactive audio and visual exhibition in London this week.

Jamaica’s biggest exports Sly and Robbie talk about their trail-blazing history and life-long collaboration.

Tottenham’s Oscar #Worldpeace is doing his bit to put his postcode on the map with latest killer Tate Modern showing off an inspired grime style… we get to know an incendiary new talent…

UK Music celebrated a ‘landmark victory' yesterday as the Scottish government announced it will back vital plans to save music venues under threat from developers.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Lucy Ward is one of the scene’s hottest new talents. M quizzed her about how she fell in love with folk…

PRS for Music and PRS Foundation bring you a special online virtual edition of PRS Presents to celebrate Black History Month.

Seasoned pop publisher and peermusic managing director Nigel Elderton has just taken up the PRS chairmanship. We learn what's in store for his tenure...

Jungle and hardcore are at the heart of dance music act Gorgon City. We discover how they’ve injected these sounds into the mainstream…

Jane Dyball, chief executive of the MPA Group of Companies, has urged the government to ‘be gentle with us’ following last week’s Brexit vote.

London DJ and producer Hannah Holland on electronics, club culture and worshipping at ‘the church’ of Berghain…

'Welsh folk songs are our soul music': 9Bach's Lisa Brown on her musical heritage and the lure of the Celtic tradition...

The famed Eurovision Song Contest takes place this Saturday (18 May) and Manchester record label Ostereo claim to have exposed a secret formula for success.

Composer, collagist, opera writer, radio producer, filmmaker; take your pick from a long list of his current specialisms

In the run up to Mental Health Awareness Week, M sat down with Birmingham rapper Fox to discuss his ongoing battle with his mental health.

PRS for Music’s Robert Ashcroft welcomes the latest development in the European Union’s plan to reform copyright legislation as a step forward in protecting creators.