Features Music News Do shit leaders inspire good songs? by Happy Music has a long history of being an artform utilised in activism. Protest songs have been sung upon the strumming of a chord ever since the guitar was born and…
Features Pro Audio ‘Strange Fruit’ and Sinatra: the extraordinary legacy of Billie Holiday by Emily Suine Everyone knows the swinging, swooning voice that belongs to Billie Holiday. But the life of the jazz legend was filled with more than song. Billie Holiday was a firey, foul-mouthed…
Features American Music: how Duke Ellington built a jazz empire by Dan Shaw When it comes to the pillars of jazz, none stand prouder than Duke Ellington. And like fellow luminaries of the idiom, he pushed this uniquely American phenomenon forward, doing it…
News Universal Music Group confirm more recordings damaged in 2008 fire by Talya Jacobson For the first time since the Universal Studios building in Hollywood was burned down in 2008, Universal Music Group have officially revealed 19 artists whose recordings were destroyed in the…
