George Clinton, Annie Mac and Steve Angello are among the first wave of speakers announced for the Ibiza International Music Summit 2014.

Foundry's artist development lead Naomi Zeichner talks to M Magazine about nurturing independent artists, working with Arlo Parks, and the development programme's most global cohort yet.

‘Play music that you love madly with your best friends, get your other mates to come to your shows and have a brilliant time’ - Danny and the Champions of the World tells us how new acts can win in 2017…

‘We’ve just tried to write music we can have fun with’ - disco-boogie-house-soul crew Crazy P take us behind the scenes of new LP, Walk Dance Talk Sing…

Songwriter and ASCAP President and Chair Paul Williams has done more than most to champion and reinvent pop, joining the dots between Daft Punk and The Muppets. Paul Sexton quizzes the recent Ivor Novello Award winner on a musical life least ordinary…

Anonymous author, artist and activist The Secret DJ discusses the overlapping consequences of COVID, Brexit and the cost of living crisis and their impacts on the live music industry.

Anita Awbi spends time with folk icon Shirley Collins, and others thriving in her wake, to learn how our ancient musical vernacular is inspiring songwriters today…

Cro Cro Land festival launches in Croydon on 6 April, aiming to bring guitar bands back to the birthplace of punk music, and celebrate the area’s rich musical history, with gender equality at the heart of everything it does. Here’s an introduction to some of the tantalising line up...

Ian Watt, one half of the electro-pop duo, talks us through his favourite tracks - from <i>Drowning in Berlin</i> by The Mobiles to Nina Simone's <i>My Father</i>. Tune in to his top picks.

Check out our profiles of the most exciting new talents to sign up with PRS for Music over the last quarter including the Fat White Family and Hooton Tennis Club...

We learn ace artist Nadine Shah’s secrets to songwriting success from the recent UK Music Music Industry Careers Day…

Eric Goulden is Wreckless Eric, a singer and songwriter who has enjoyed almost 40 years as the self-confessed biggest name in the UK’s underground scene. We find out how he wrote his most loved song (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World.

PLAYING IT FOR LAUGHS: Mitch Benn is the musical lynchpin of BBC Radio 4's The Now Show, and the king of the pastiche pop song, having sent up everyone from Elton John to Coldplay. Here, he talks to M about the ongoing perception of comedy songwriting as a bit naff and how he’s been able to carve a niche in that. He also questions British audiences’ aversion to home-grown comedy songwriting talent...

The The’s Matt Johnson gives M a rare interview on how he wrote pop classic Soul Mining as it hits 30

The pioneering folk musician talks us through the songs that have shaped his life.

Mark Paytress considers the trend for musical ‘nowstalgia’, which is blurring the lines between then and now.

Following the release of their latest track A Million Times, released in October, we asked Welsh newcomers Rosehip Teahouse to make us a playlist.

As Kickstarter prepares for its UK launch find out what fan funding sites can do for you.

Jack Garratt, electronic artist-producer and multi-instrumentalist, has been named as the winner of the BBC Sound of 2016 poll.

UK grime star Skepta has taken the next generation of urban music talent to perform at London’s V&A museum as part of a new mentorship programme.

Roger Waters, Robert Plant, Stereophonics and Jorja Smith are among the first wave of winners to be revealed for the O2 Silver Clef Awards 2018.

The organisation has been honoured in the Top Employer Institute's '2024 Top Employers' list.

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Singer-songwriter Fiona Bevan spent several years perfecting her craft on the London gig circuit before hooking up with Ed Sheeran in 2011 to pen a number one hit for One Direction. Here, she tells us how it changed her life...