Aretha Franklin has died at her home in Detroit aged 76.

Competitors come in many forms, some are teams going toe-to-toe on a playing field whilst others pit their skills in digital arenas. Then there are those with no opponents, challenging themselves, and the status quo, in musical concert halls.

As the EU celebrates bloc's cultural heritage, a fierce political debate rages over tougher copyright plans

The 20-year-old, who has released two hit albums, was killed by a gunman as he was leaving a motorcycle dealership.

Once living in the streets, Portuguese singer Susana Silva was saved by music.

Portuguese singer-songwriter Susanna Silva used to sleep on the streets of London. Now, she is On The Road across Europe, performing concerts on the street and inside her mobile home.

This is a story about Joanna Stingray. A girl from California who found herself in 1980s Russia on the radar of the KGB and FBI for smuggling out underground Soviet music that Americans were never supposed to hear.

A new payment system is up and running in London for street musicians and artists who have seen takings plummet, as more and more people go out without cash.

Sony is splashing out €2bn to buy a controlling stake in the music publisher EMI. The deal will take advantage of the rapid growth in streaming services, which have driven a recovery in the music industry.

Israel's winner in the Eurovision song contest, Netta Barzilai, landed in Tel Aviv early on Monday (May 14), where she danced to a crowd of applauding fans and journalists, still on the runway.

Netta Barzilai is sassy, she's fun and she can sing — and now the Israeli has won the Eurovision Song Contest with a catchy techno dance tune about women's empowerment.

It's kitsch, but the Eurovision song contest — culminating in Lisbon this weekend — also confronts Brussels politics.

Abba are back in the studio