It’s fair to say Amber Bain isn’t having a great morning when she takes Music Week’s phone call. If rain, greyness and the second week of January weren’t grim enough, ...
Declan McKennaThe Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home ColumbiaFloppy of fringe and anthemic of chorus, Declan McKenna makes his first move of 2017 with a hefty, James Ford-produced slab ...
Adaptation. Innovation. Creative destruction. Whatever you call it, the constant change needed to stay ahead of evolving trends and technologies is not a new concept, even in an industry as ...
FAC interim CEO Imogen Heap is set to take on the newly created position of AIR-CEO (artist in residence, creative executive officer), as the organisation’s strategic redevelopment continues.
Heap will ...
Last year an Adele-infused indie sector took a bite out of the majors’ market shares. This year, the empire struck back.
Universal, led by David Joseph in the UK, remains ...
Streams, streams and more streams. The papers might be excited by the vinyl revival but make no mistake, the UK music biz’s second consecutive year of growth was built on ...
Proper Records has inked a label management agreement with Topic Records, which claims to be the world’s oldest independent record label.
The UK-based folk label has been in business for ...