Music producer Martin Rushent, best known for his work with the Human League, has died at the age of 63.

More clear-as-a-bell country from a woman who – though still just 39 – has been making records for precisely the same number of years as Grammys notched (26).

Rising soul pop star Carrie Mac gives us the skinny on her favourite tunes, pop idols... and Jedward.

When people use the word "siren" to describe Clare Maguire, it's unclear whether the sense is mythological or industrial, such is the strength of the 23-year-old Brummie's deep, window-shatteringly powerful voice.

A versatile virtuoso guitarist with a clean sound and a distinctive, sustained tone, Gary Moore would grimace and unleash torrents of fluid notes from his trademark Gibson Les Paul, and drew ecstatic responses from audiences across Europe throughout the last three decades. However, as he willingly admitted, he often had a tendency "to play a song four minutes after it's finished."

Guns N'Roses star Axl Rose, who kept the world waiting 15 years for his comeback album, has been declared the greatest lead singer of all time.

Three years ago, James Blunt was struggling to come to terms with the implications of his sudden success on All the Lost Souls, the follow-up to the all-conquering debut album Back to Bedlam.

"If I was from Paris I would say 'Ooh la la, la la la la'" sings Potter, who's from Vermont.

If fashion has forsaken the Magic Numbers, then it's fashion's loss.

Lissie Maurus is a 27-year-old Californian trying to kick-start her music career in London.