Recent UK entries aside, the Eurovision song contest is a prestigious event for some of Europe's best talent. Artists like Katrina and the Waves, Lulu, Cliff Richard and most famously Abba have all once been entrants in this international 'b...

This month we look at how to make yourself heard as we lift the lid on PA systems, big and small. And so we talk to top Sound Engineer for events like Live Earth and the Concert for Diana - Bunny Warren. Yamaha's Nick Pemberton takes us t...

The Yamaha Download for Jan 2009 is the usual mix of the biggest names talking about the best music gear, this month focused on home recording. And so Radio 2's Richard Allinson is joined by one of Britain's hottest new pop acts Little Boots,...

Founded by Bob Benjamin, a rock music manager and a sufferer of Parkinson's Disease since the mid 1990s, the Light of Day Foundation, which supports Parkinson's Disease and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) charities, began when Benjamin asked ...

Yamaha recently was proud to help The Teenage Cancer Trust in providing instruments for a Music Workshop at the annual TCT conference in Sherwood Forrest Nottingham.

Yamaha Music Schools have announced plans to extend their acclaimed and award winning music encounters scheme for a third year throughout this Autumn and Winter.

November's Yamaha Download is focused on drums as Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes you through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK, with exclusive interviews, gear demos and live music.

Described as the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar, Antonio Forcione is one of the most charismatic performers to come out of Europe in recent years. Breaking the mould across most conventional popular guitar styles, be it Jazz, Spanish...

In the October edition of the Yamaha download Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes us through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK. As ever, the programme features exclusive interviews, gear demo's and live music as we talk to the artists who...

When Yamaha were approached by breast cancer charity The Pink Ribbon Foundation about supporting one of their fundraising auctions with a guitar to auction off, there was only one thing for it. We needed to find some pink paint, sharpish...

If you want to be one of the first people in the UK to see the latest Yamaha products then read on. Yamaha and the organisers of the London International Music Show (LIMS) are offering two pairs of tickets that will get you into this ama...

The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, will offer anything you need to help your business have its best year yet: All the latest musical instruments and-products from around the world, professional training from industry experts and the inspiration a...

2 million people trying to buy 18,000 tickets. Tickets selling on eBay for £1000. One fan paying £83,000 for a seat. There's no question, December's Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert - probably better known as the Led Zeppelin reunion gig...

October 8th-13th 2007 are all about acoustic roots

Following on from the hugely successful acoustic tour last year with Glenn Tilbrook, Antonio Forcione and Dave Goodman, the 2007 dates are booked and ready to go on the r...

Changing Tunes - a one-day event held in Birmingham on 11 July and organised jointly by the Music Education Council (MEC) and Music for Youth (MFY) in partnership with the Music Manifesto - attracted more th...

Students from Birmingham and Derby Yamaha Music Schools hit a high note with ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen recently. The celebrated TV personality and charity campaigner visited Yamaha Music Head Office in Milton Keynes to congratulate and...

Some of the UK's most high profile and respected rock and pop musicians have joined forces for a national music making campaign, based around free introductory music lessons for all through Yamaha's national network of Music Schools. Aimed at ...