As much as it’s a cathartic experience for me you can open up old wounds, and sometimes that’s much needed, but it’s not always easy.

Screen composer Chris Nicolaides is BBC’s go-to musician when it comes to scores for historical documentaries. We got the lowdown on his career and how new composers can survive from writing music in 2014…

Jazz drummer Mark Holub is doing his bit to overhaul any preconceptions surrounding the genre with his energetic, eclectic group Led Bib. M quizzed this Mercury Music Prize nominated artist on the challenges and opportunities facing the genre…

Guy Damman discovers how modern classical music is shifting its genetic make-up in the UK, allowing young composers to expand out of their comfort zones and carve new niches for themselves.

The Scottish bard talks us through his spiritual and songwriting journey from the sixties to the present day...

Anita Awbi heads to Glasgow to discover how the longstanding DIY scene has turned the city into a musical mecca.

We discover a new breed of British jazz artists doing their bit to blow away outdated stereotypes surrounding the genre

Welcome to the world of syncs, music imaging and sonic branding– a constantly shifting universe of buzzwords and ad-speak. Gordon Masson sifts through the jargon to discover what the evolving ‘sync’ business can offer songwriters and publishers in 2011.

Hardware hugging duo Soccer96 on the making of their ace new LP and what it’s like being two-thirds of Mercury Prize nominated cosmic jazz trio The Comet is Coming…

The quietly understated English folk luminary opens up to M

Poet, musician and book maker Will Carruthers on Spaceman 3, Spiritualized, working on a building site and his new book, Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands...

The band that never give in to bad luck, Crows have returned with a killer album and are building an ever-growing army of true believers.

BBC Radio 1 DJ and producer B Traits is well known as a curator of forward thinking, underground dance music. We discover her top tips for 2015…

TUSKS, aka Emily Underhill, chats about the making of her stunning debut LP, Dissolve, for One Little Indian and how she first began sculpting her icy synth-pop...

Welcome to our latest playlist, this time by independent rockers ISLAND. You can whet appetites ahead of their new EP in February 2017 with this selection…

In the latest issue of M magazine, Paul Sexton meets Randy Newman to decipher the songwriting nous of America’s most consistent creator.

As PRS welcomes Laura Mvula onto its Members’ Council, President Michelle Escoffery speaks to Hannah Peel about her decision to withdraw from her position as a Council member, and the importance of protecting your own wellbeing in an industry that never rests.

We spoke to B.A.N.D co-founder Chris Hardy about the issue of discrimination within the Brass Band community and how B.A.N.D aims to defeat it.

Fresh from the release of her latest single, Antigoni speaks to M Magazine about her Greek Cypriot influences, her stint on Love Island, and the music that’s coming up.

As they release their third album Unwanted, Pale Waves speak to M Magazine about community, vanity, and life's dark matter.

‘I come up with the melodies and Gary’s job is just basically to put the apocalypse on basically anything I do': Butterfly Child's Joe Cassidy and Gary McKendry, aka Papa Sprain chat collaboration.

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