Krept & Konan 'take ownership' with independent comeback & Abra Cadabra single

Krept & Konan have told Music Week that they are excited to have “100% control and ownership” of their music as they begin a new era as independent artists. The duo released new single Dat Way (feat. Abra Cadabra) last week, marking a return to the Play Dirty label they ...

Warner Music acquires classic Yes catalogue

Spotify to cut 6% of workforce as chief content & advertising business officer Dawn Ostroff exits

Polydor makes key appointments to A&R team headed up by Richard O'Donovan

Mushroom Publishing signs Sam Tompkins for Australia & New Zealand

First ever census launches to help support and represent musicians in the UK

Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union has launched the first ever Musicians’ Census. The project aims to both map the total population of musicians and build a picture ...

Kora virtuoso Seckou Keita signs to Faber Alt

UK-based Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita has signed to Faber Alt, the sister company of independent music publisher Faber Music. Since arriving in the UK in 1999, ...

Polydor, UMR and SJM score 2023's first catalogue No.1 with Courteeners' debut St Jude

The Courteeners have broken a chart record with their 2008 debut album St Jude, which has gone to No.1 for the first time. A 15th anniversary edition of ...

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