ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has said that the music industry today places “very little” value on songwriters. READ MORE: The story of ABBA in 15 classic songs Speaking in the context of the ongoing streaming rates for musicians and writers, Ulvaeus said the industry placed...
A new live music venue called Amazing Grace is set to open in London Bridge later this month. The venue will be located in the Grade II Listed St Thomas’ Church, which was originally built in 1192 and is now situated next to The...
Johnny Marr has spoken to NME about his work writing the score for the new James Bond film No Time To Die, as well as the experience of recording the movie’s theme song with Billie Eilish and Finneas. READ MORE Finneas on the cover:...
Finneas has opened up about his struggles to keep optimistic when he is creating. Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Finneas explained that he tries to keep a hopeful, optimistic mindset, but admitted that he can sometimes find that challenging when writing music. READ...
LCD Soundsystem will return to the live stage later this year for a run of 20 gigs in New York City. The news arrives just a few months after frontman James Murphy said that the band were “on a full hiatus”. READ MORE: The...
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This...
By Jack Irvin In the months leading up to the April 2020 release of JoJo’s album Good to Know, the singer-songwriter was at her most liberated. Almost entirely co-written and co-produced by the artist herself, the ultra-introspective collection was her first original project to...
R. Kelly has had his key to the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana rescinded by a former city council member after he was found guilty of multiple accounts of sex trafficking and racketeering. Kelly, who was found guilty on all charges against him this...
Elbow have shared their new single ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ – you can hear the track below. The song, which shares its title with the band’s acclaimed 2008 LP of the same name, is the first preview of their upcoming new album ‘Flying Dream...
For many years, Hal Willner co-ordinated the music sketches on revered US TV sketch show Saturday Night Live. At other times he could be found curating multi-cast tributes to the work of songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Charles Mingus, Kurt Weill and Thelonious Monk....