The BBC describes its new initiative BBC Music as “an ambitious wave of new programmes, innovative partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives that amount to the BBC’s strongest commitment to music in 30 years.” To mark the launch, the media conglomerate commissioned this music video featuring an all-star lin...

In the 10 years since Brian Wilson finally released Smile, the Beach Boys maestro has mostly stuck to passion projects like What I Really Want For Christmas, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, and In The Key Of Disney. The only thing that could pass for a traditional Wilson album was 2008′s California song cycle with Van [...]

Veteran group will perform across North America and Europe this year

Rock legend Chuck Berry and opera and theatre director Peter Sellars, both from the US, have won Sweden's Polar Music Prize, organisers said Wednesday. "Chuck Berry was the rock'n'roll pioneer who turned the electric guitar into the main instrument of rock music," the jury said in its citation. &q...

Rock legend Chuck Berry and opera and theatre director Peter Sellars, both from the US, have won Sweden's Polar Music Prize, organisers said Wednesday. "Chuck Berry was the rock’n’roll pioneer who turned the electric guitar into the main instrument of rock music," the jury said in its citation. "Every riff...