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30 November 2021
Tate curator says museums need to take responsibility for benefitting from slavery
A new landmark exhibition will feature artists from the Windrush generation and follow the UK’s Black power movement
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30 November 2021
Fashion designer and Off-White founder Virgil Abloh dies age 41
Abloh was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founder of the fashion label Off-White. He was suffering with an aggressive form of cancer for two years.
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30 November 2021
Epic Games buys Rock Band creator Harmonix to improve virtual music events
The developers of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine have bought the music gaming company Harmonix, who created Rock Band, in an attempt to "reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed".
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26 November 2021
New Music Friday: KAYTRANADA, Miles Kane and R.A.P Ferreira
Another installment of NMF, where we explain why you should listen to five of our favourite tracks from the past week or so. Let us know your thoughts!
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26 November 2021
Robot artist will perform artificially generated poetry at Dante celebration
Ai-Da will use a databank of words and speech pattern analysis to create a ‘reactive’ piece to Dante’s famous poem, the Divine Comedy
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26 November 2021
Tory MP links male criminal activity to female Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, and James Bond
A Conservative MP has claimed that violent male crime is caused by recent female castings of male characters in film and TV.
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26 November 2021
'Hemispheres': Jess Chalker on her new album
The Australian singer-songwriter spoke to Voice about the emotional and conceptual themes surrounding her new record ‘Hemispheres’, and how she doesn’t want to be deemed a ‘lockdown artist’.
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24 November 2021
New ‘Brennan Bill’ to change music streaming laws
The bill follows a DMCS report published this summer and will ‘ensure composers and musicians are properly remunerated’ for streams.
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24 November 2021
Brit Awards will scrap gendered categories for 2022
The awards ceremony has said that it aims to be “as inclusive as possible”.
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22 November 2021
Science Museum signed ‘gagging clause’ with Adani despite outcry over Shell contract
The Adani contract reveals that the museum has agreed to not say or do anything that “may reasonably be foreseen as discrediting or damaging the goodwill or reputation of the sponsor”.
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22 November 2021
Adele persuades Spotify to hide shuffle button on albums
The singer said that albums should be listened to as they were intended by artists, and highlights the importance of track listing.
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12 November 2021
New Music Friday - Mitski, Pinegrove, Silk Sonic and more
Five of our favourite tracks released this week. Check them out, and let us know what you think!
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12 November 2021
Little Simz, Arlo Parks and Dave nominated for MOBO Awards 2021
The best in black British music will be celebrated on 5 December in Coventry.
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10 November 2021
SWG3 nightclub in Glasgow to recycle clubbers’ body heat to cool down venue
The move is aiming to help save 60 tonnes of carbon each year.
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8 November 2021
Delays to vinyl processing caused by Adele, Fleetwood Mac and Taylor Swift
Many musicians and bands are unable to produce their albums in vinyl form at release as the biggest pop stars take over production plants.
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8 November 2021
Want my job? with Jule Konrad, Echelon Talent Agency
We spoke to Jule Konrad, from Echelon Talent Agency about what she does day-to-day as a music booking agent, and how she ended up with the job.
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8 November 2021
Travis Scott and Drake face lawsuits following the Astroworld crowd-crush incident
A lawsuit has been filed against the musicians and ticketing company Live Nation Entertainment, after eight people died and dozens were injured at Scott’s Astroworld Music Festival.
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5 November 2021
Two people have died at an ABBA tribute concert
ABBA have announced they will be delaying their album promotion due to the tragedy in Sweden.
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