3 d. ago Mystery of the Loch Ness monster turned into 'Nessa' the musical with puppet beasts

The spooky mystery of the Loch Ness monster is set to be turned into a musical - producers hope colourful puppets of 'Nessa' operated by the cast will dazzle audiences

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5 d. ago Plans revealed to turn former BBC studios in Maida Vale into 'world leading' music centre run by Hans Zimmer

Dated studios could become a state-of-the-art film and music production arena

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6 d. ago Patti Smith’s Horses at 50: How a reluctant musician made a punk

Patti Smith’s groundbreaking debut has influenced generations of musicians. But it took a producer four years to persuade Smith to enter the studio. As the album approaches its 50th birthday, Fiona Sturges reflects on how Smith overcame the misogyny of the time and pays tribute to a masterpiece that very nearly didn’t get made

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7 d. ago Fans thank Selena Gomez after Benny Blanco shaves his unibrow for the first time

The music producer shared a video of his grooming on TikTok

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9 d. ago ‘I raced against Michael Schumacher in F1 – now I’m a DJ and music producer'

Jaime Alguersuari was just 19 years old when he made his Formula One debut at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix - and the Spaniard retired from the sport aged just 25

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9 d. ago 'I was F1's youngest driver before Max Verstappen – now I'm a music producer and DJ'

Before Max Verstappen's emergence on a Formula One track, Jaime Aguersuari once held the record as the youngest driver in F1 history before turning his back on racing for music

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1 week ago Fans are all saying the same thing about Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's Hot Ones outing

Selena Gomez and her music producer Benny Blanco appeared on Hot Ones Thursday, with fans marveling at Selena's sensitivity to the spicy chicken wings.

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1 week ago Hugh Jackman and Sonia Friedman launch new company for ‘affordable’ theatre

Jackman was last seen on Broadway in ‘The Music Man’ while Friedman currently has several productions running

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2 w. ago How O Brother, Where Art Thou? got inspired – then upstaged – by its own soundtrack

For their freewheeling comedy – back in cinemas this week – the Coen Brothers sought creative help from super-producer T-Bone Burnett, whose music for the film sparked a folk revival upon its release and launched the careers of many of its contributors. It may be the film’s greatest legacy, writes Xan Brooks

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2 w. ago Masked gang lured music producer thousands of miles to Wales, beat him and left him handcuffed to radiator

The music producer later said that being being beaten and left handcuffed to a radiator in the isolated Welsh property was like "my own personal October 7"

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2 w. ago Masked gang lured music producer to Wales, beat him and left him handcuffed to radiator

The music producer later said that being being beaten and left handcuffed to a radiator in the isolated Welsh property was like "my own personal October 7"

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2 w. ago Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek: Yarın Yoksa review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Big Crown Records)Fuzzy, hypnotic beats, soulful saz-funk and emotive balladry mark Yıldırım’s powerfully imaginative new music, produced by Leon MichelsSince the 1960s, Turkish groups have honed a distinct blend of Anatolian folk and psychedelia. Early pioneers Moğollar and Erkin Koray electrified the lute-like saz, while newer acts such as Baba Zula and Altın Gün have added synths, dub echo and heavy fuzz to the mix. German-Turkish singer Derya Yıldırım has meanwhile taken a downtempo approach since her 2019 debut album Kar Yağar, singing soaring vocals over hazy reverb to produce soulful saz-funk.Yıldırım’s third album with her band Grup Şimşek is their first working with analogue soul producer Leon Michels (who produced pop singer Clairo’s acclaimed latest) and the resulting 11 tracks luxuriate in warm acoustics, tape hiss and earthy basslines. Opener Çiçek Açıyor sets the tone with Yıldırım’s powerful falsetto ascending beautifully over a driving, mid-tempo groove of fuzzing b...

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2 w. ago Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to produce Oasis reunion tour film

Film will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the pair behind NYC music doc Meet Me in the Bathroom and LCD Soundsystem concert filmSteven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, will oversee a film documenting Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour.Knight is described as the creator of the film and will produce it, though it is being directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Unrecognisable Calvin Harris divides fans as he shows off dramatic new look

Hit-making DJ and producer Calvin Harris has ditched his clean-cut style for long hair and a full beard, sparking a mixed reaction from fans as he debuted the look on social media

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3 w. ago Natalie Portman shows 'cheating' ex what he's missing as she gets touchy feely with another famous French hunk

Natalie Portman showed her 'cheating' ex Benjamin Millepied what he's missing as she confirmed her new romance with a famous French music producer.

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3 w. ago Age and migration influence bird groups’ song repertoires, study finds

Researchers used 20,000 hours of recordings of great tits in Oxford to see how culture changes among populationsWhich songs birds sing can – as with human music – be influenced by age, social interactions and migration, researchers have found.Not all birds learn songs, but among those that do, individuals, neighbourhoods and populations can produce different collections of tunes, akin to different music albums. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifah honor Quincy Jones at Oscars

Prolific musician, producer and film score composer died in November at age of 91Oscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updatesSee complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetOprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifah led a star-studded tribute for Quincy Jones at the Oscars on Sunday night, honoring the prolific musician, producer and film score composer who died in November at the age of 91.“When we talk about black excellence, we’re talking about Quincy” said Goldberg, who starred in The Color Purple, for which Jones served as producer and composer. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Rihanna producer lifts the lid on what it's like to work with the singer after she FINALLY confirms new music

Producers are often left in the dark until the album is completed before finding out if their work has made the cut, said Chuck Harmony, who worked with the singer on Rated R.

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4 w. ago Mel Brooks thought there was ‘no reason’ to make The Producers into a musical

The original Broadway production won 12 Tony Awards.

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4 w. ago Charli xcx, Jade and Ezra Collective’s Brit awards cap a vintage year for adventurous pop | Alexis Petridis

Playing music that is as smart as it is successful, Brit winners made articulate calls for artist development – while host Jack Whitehall was brilliantly riskyThe Brits has long been in the business of underlining success; upsets and shock wins aren’t really the point. If they seemed moderately more exciting in 2025 than in years past, that’s partly because Jack Whitehall is a better, riskier, funnier host than anyone else offered the job in recent years – he mocked Stormzy for his promotion of McDonald’s, made a joke about amyl nitrate and called Coldplay “the musical missionary position” – and because 2024 was a vintage year for mainstream pop, dominated by music that was characterful and hugely successful.If Charli xcx – and producer AG Cook – hadn’t been lavishly rewarded for her agenda-setting album Brat, you would have wondered what had gone wrong: likewise Chappell Roan, whose ardent emotion both in and out of the recording studio makes her one of pop’s most cheering recent d...

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