With the Ivors 2022 approaching, Ammar Kalia speaks to Best Original Video Game Score nominee Richard Jacques about scoring Guardians of the Galaxy and bringing the soundtrack to life outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

‘The world is full of unwritten songs waiting to be plucked out of the air’ - former Fairground Attraction songwriter turned solo artist Mark Nevin on writing, BRIT Awards, Bowie and his latest record…

'We can laugh, cry, scream and shout at each other, but nothing comes in the way of our friendship' - Amanda Gentle discovers the secret behind the ongoing success of seminal rockers Uriah Heep…

With Christmas upon us, M Magazine speaks to Dan and Justin Hawkins of The Darkness about the making of a modern festive classic.

For our third instalment of M at The Proms, we spoke to Bolton-born composer Simon Holt about his life and work.

We quiz the debonair elder statesman of dance music on his illustrious career and pursuit of sartorial elegance…

The Pictish Trail lives and works in the margins. Based on the Isle of Eigg, he’s gained a loyal following from his isolated base both for his songs and releases with the Fence and Lost Maps labels. We get to know his ‘secret soundz’…

To mark the centenary of <i>PRS for Music</i>, we’ve scoured the society’s records to uncover British music’s most performed works over the last 100 years. In part two we cover the 1950s to the 2010s.

This week’s Guest Editor Michelle Escoffery talks openly with Shaznay about her journey into the music industry, what success looks like and how she maintained her sense of self throughout it all. 

M Magazine caught up with Paul to chat about composing for TV, collaborating with Glass on his first ever TV score and going back to basics.

We spend time with some of the leading lights behind this year’s edition of the Proms to find a classical music community teaming with optimism and invention.

Jim Ottewill investigates Bristol’s music scene to uncover the source of the city’s creative pulse.

'This one is much faster and louder!' Leeds five-piece Hookworms give us an update on their eagerly awaited second album

We head over to Bristol in search of Britain’s most mysterious musical trio…

Jessica Curry is a trailblazing composer whose BAFTA Award-winning pastoral score to the videogame Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture in 2015 has cemented her growing reputation. Here, we learn about her experiences as a female in the gaming world...

There are many books out there that bill themselves as music industry guides. However the vast majority of these books are by American authors, and therefore offer a mostly American perspective– with very little reference to the UK. Paul Rutter, principal music lecturer at Southampton Solent University, thought it was about time that the UK music industry had a guide of its own. So after two years and many late nights, The Music Industry Handbook was born. Paul Rutter talks about to M about its conception.

‘On the whole, it’s about reaching out to encounter difference in a meaningful way,’ says Vanishing Twin’s Cathy Lucas.

Anita Awbi chats to freak-folk legend Vashti Bunyan to learn about one of the most curious songwriting stories in British music.

Spandau Ballet’s chief songwriter Gary Kemp lets Jim Ottewill in on his songwriting secrets…

Creative chameleon Genesis P-Orridge spills his guts on Psychic TV, the death factory and dressing as a baby…

With two days to go before Power Up’s Year 2 application process closes, Estée Blu chats to some of the Year 1 cohort to find out how the last 12 months has impacted their progress.

In the run up to the release of their forthcoming album, Torpedo, M Magazine spoke to Feeder’s Grant Nicholas about the new record and the refusal to coast on former glories.

Loose and limber trio All We Are have crashlanded into 2015 with a bang - we learn how they did it.