HIGHLIGHTED MUSIC NEWS OF THE WEEK

In Stevns, in the countryside south of Copenhagen, Jacob Shaw, a cellist and the head of a music school, comes to play with other musicians to a herd of cattle.

The pop icon - whose global hits include 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth', 'Leave a Light On' and '(We Want) The Same Thing' - admits she avoids her own songs and will only revisit her tracks if she is preparing for a tour and has to get the arrangements and melodies right.

YouTube seems to have shown that it’s possible to both upend an industry and help make it stronger.

Special needs education teacher Daryll Nathaniel has been extremely busy during the lockdown. He’s been poring over research material on music therapy for children with disabilities.

Scullin's recent study, published in Psychological Science, investigated the relationship between music listening and sleep, focusing on a rarely-explored mechanism

Culture Club frontman Boy George is looking for an actor to play him in a new music biopic due to start filming this summer.

Music has always played an important role in cultures across the globe and across the millenia. The discovery of a 40,000-year-old bone flute in a German cave showed that hominids, our prehistoric ancestors, could use a tool to produce sound.

Sony Music has cancelled the debts of thousands of artists who signed to the record label before the year 2000.

The enduring musical power of The Beatles helps carry Sir Paul McCartney to the top of the Music Rich List

Thomas sold more than 70 million albums worldwide, with eight No. 1 hits and numerous top 10 singles on the country, pop and Christian charts.

Quincy Jones has taken aim at one of the biggest musicians of all time, Elvis Presley, and labelled him racist.

I am, of course, referencing Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone, a six-minute tour de force from 1965 that transformed pop into a poetic art form.

“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.” Playwright William Congreve wrote that in 1697, and it remains true today.

One of the best-selling artists of all time now has a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail.

Joni Mitchell got personal in a rare interview about how the evolution of her music made her male counterparts feel.

The International Indigenous Music Summit is getting ready to kick off, but this time with a virtual twist.

Ever tried to relax after a stressful day by putting on some music - a little Mozart, some gentle jazz - or perhaps a little Natalie Imbruglia? Well, now a start-up tech company says it is proving that the right playlist can have medical benefits.

ABBA new music will be released in 2021, confirms Björn Ulvaeus, who says the band is really united right now.

Sir Tom Jones yesterday smashed a record set by Bob Dylan to become the oldest male to top the UK album charts.

Sir Tom Jones knew he'd hit "the big time" before a Cilla Black concert when fangirls shred his raincoat to pieces.