Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Nigerian producer-turned-artist Pheelz learned music in church, believing sound and spirit are inseparable — a core idea that shapes his argument about the rise of artificial intelligence in music: ...

This is one of the most replayed Apollo moments for a reason: it sounds wrong. The astronauts reach the far side, lose ...

Getting signed to a major label with two albums full of “dick and fart” jokes doesn’t seem like something achievable for most ...

People of Note is as wonderfully artistic as it is fun to play with its synergy of music-focused turn-based combat and an ...

Words for a better world Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates ...

Sparks flew at Exhibition White City as London show was cut short by technical failure and evacuation ending the Valentine’s ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

The number of New Zealanders who speak te reo Māori grew 15% from 2018 to 2023 – and the nation’s artists are reflecting this ...

We’ve reached the finale of this year’s #1 hits ranking series, and we’re ending on one of the strongest Top 5s of the whole event. It helps that I lived through all of these songs dominating radio ...