In conversation with Carrie Churnside, Associate Professor in Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (part of Birmingham City University)Â Before I began further researching for this interview and actually speaking…
Music and technology have always had a close, collaborative relationship. From Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph to synthesizers to today’s vast library of music learning software, the rapid advancement…
The Cambridge Dictionary defines the term ‘empathy’ as ‘the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation.’…
While we may not explicitly be in a ‘recession’, we certainly are experiencing instability. A quick look at housing crises, job layoffs, rising food prices and constant discourse around the…
KATYA is an artist who truly encompasses what it means to do it all: she is a singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer, mixes her own tracks… there is very little…
Born and raised in South London, Sacha T, ‘The British Sunflower’, is an up and coming singer-songwriter who is passionate about using her music to spread joy and positivity. Music…
UK jazz is a curious thing. With a hugely diverse range of cultural and stylistic influences, what the journalists and critics are defining as modern ‘jazz’ in this country is…
Pelada emerged from Montreal’s underground electronic scene and has now built up a fanbase worldwide, generating excitement with Tobias Rochman’s unique minimalist instrumentals and vocalist Chris Vargas’s punkish shouting of…
What does it mean to own music? With multiple major artists facing legal battles over music copyright in recent years, this question seems more relevant than ever. In a digital…
When browsing the music section of HMV, I used to spend a long time admiring CDs. Nowadays, I rarely buy them. What is the point? I have my phone and…