Ah, the 1980s. The decade when luxury and excess would intertwine with the music industry like never before. This was when MTV and the music video went mainstream, while ...
The music industry puts too much emphasis on numbers and data, according to Miraa May.
May is signed to Island and starred in Music Week’s On The Radar ...
Spotify’s former head of songwriter relations, Europe, Paul Adam, has joined Island Records’ A&R team as a consultant.
Adam – a highly-experienced label exec before his time at the streaming ...
Island Records US president Darcus Beese has told Music Week of his “responsibility” to support British talent in America.
The recipient of The Strat at last month’s Music Week Awards ...
When Darcus Beese picked up the music industry’s highest honour – the Music Week Strat Award – last week, the list of artists paying tribute was long and illustrious.
U2, ...
Yesterday evening (May 9) witnessed the biggest Music Week Awards in history, with over 1,300 people heading to London’s Battersea Evolution for the best and most prestigious night out in ...
Darcus Beese, president of Island Records US, has been honoured at the Music Week Awards with The Strat – the special career award for an industry icon.
Beese’s record ...
The emerging UK country music scene has now achieved another landmark with its own movie. Jessie Buckley stars in Wild Rose, which was released in cinemas nationwide at the ...
Just weeks after launching classical station Scala, Bauer Media today (April 5) debuts another national digital station, Country Hits Radio. It goes live at 10am via DAB digital, ...
As exclusively revealed in this week’s Music Week, Island Records has promoted Phil Witts to director of radio.
The news comes in the same week that the label made ...
