Today we are wishing a very happy 60th birthday to one of my favourite singers - Natalie Anne Merchant - born on this day 1963, in...

So, another musical icon from Liverpool passed on this week. While he had an association with the Cavern Club scene of the 1960s, it was...

Many have been marking this year as the 50th anniversary of hip hop. It is a genre so inextricably linked with New York City, it was...

We found out yesterday, that bass player extraordinaire, John Giblin, had passed awy on Sunday (14 May) at the age of 71, after 'a short...

Yesterday we lost the one of the most famous and distinctive songwriters of the last sixty years in Burt Bacharach, who passed away aged...

Well, this wasn't what I was going to be writing about today - but that can wait for another time. For a year that had already gotten off...

Another sad bit of news coming in from the world of punk - drummer and founder member of The Stranglers, a.k.a. The Men In Black - Jet...

It was announced earlier today (6 November) that Mimi Parker, drummer, singer and co-founder of the band Low, has died, at the age of...

Experimental psych-folk band, Animal Collective have announced their decision to cancel their imminent tour of Europe. The band, from...

A fantastic new initiative is being run by non-profit Accessible Festivals, that will provide free tickets for recreational experiences...

More sad news to bring you. After losing Motown legend Lamont Dozier yesterday, it was announced that long-time bass player with The...

Forever associated with the legendary Motown songwriting powerhouse Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier died today, aged 81. A message...

Two years after Brexit came fully into effect, UK bands are still encountering huge problems when trying to tour in Europe. A cross-party...

With a message posted across social media, it was all over. After nine years and three albums, Brisbane band The Goon Sax have decided to...

After a two year enforced hiatus, the world's premier music festival is back with us! As ever, it isn't that straightforward. Three days...

The loss of Taylor Hawkins earlier this year at the age of just 50, is still reverberating around the musical world, but his family and...

Peter Gabriel's long time drummer, Manu Katche, seems to have confirmed that he will release his first album in twenty years, by the end...

Julian Lennon has released a cover version of Imagine, one of his fathers most famous songs. He had played it at a global fundraising...

The king of mellow 80s pop, Bruce Hornsby, has been moving in some fairly cool circles in recent years. There has been work with Bon Iver...

Sad news emerging this evening. Andy Fletcher, keyboard player with legendary band, Depeche Mode, has passed away today. A statement from...