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There are tons of music magazines and online e-zines devoted to all types of instrument, style and standard of singer/musician which include articles on music, education, courses and event listings.  Browse through our list below!! (all links open in a new window)

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Acoustic Musician
Covers a wide range of instruments and music styles.

Alternate Music Press
AMP is an online magazine that provides music articles and interviews with current artists.

American Songwriter
USA Songwriting magazine based in Nashville

Audio Amateur Corporation
Publishes several magazines including Audio Electronics, Glass Audio, Speaker Builder, and Voice Coil. They also sell books and software on the same topics.

Audio Media
AM Publishing
Atlantic House
11 Station Road
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE17 4BH
Tel: 01480 461 555
Fax: 01480 461 550
Email: mail@audiomedia.com
Website: www.audiomedia.com
Audio Technology magazine produced in Europe, Asia, Germany & USA.

AV Magazine
19 Scarbrook Road
Croydon
CR9 1LX
Tel: 020 8565 4224
Fax: 020 8565 4282
Email: peter@avmagazine.co.uk

Back Porch Music
Acoustic instrument dealer with product reviews and regular articles for acoustic musicians.

Backstage Online US
Complete performing arts resource providing casting resources, audition notices, talent and crew job listings, features, news, columns, showguide and related information for Broadway, Chicago & Florida.

BBC Music Magazine
BBC Worldwide
Woodlands
80 Wood Lane
London
W12 0TT
Tel: 020 8576 3277
Fax: 020 8576 3292

Beat Magazine
Produced by SPNM for young composers.

Bigmouth
UK music information station with tour dates, music events and artist information.

Billboard
Endeavour House
189 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
WC2H 8T
Tel: 020 7420 6003
Fax: 020 7420 6014
Email: eu@billboard.com
Website: www.billboard.com
Includes Billboard Spotlight Reviews More than 30,000 original Billboard album reviews from 1970 through today.

BITCH Magazine
femanist response to pop culture

Black Hole
USA Street Music Magazine

Blank Magazine
read about all sorts of bands at home and abroad, listen to songs, read columns and talk to the stars.

Blue Band Magazine
published in April, August and December each year and contains news of Royal Marines Bands and Royal Naval Volunteer Bands.

BluePrint Magazine (UK)
great mag with venues, gig guide, news, info & reviews on all things blues.

Blues and Soul
153 Praed Street
London
W2 1RL
Email: info@bluesandsoul.co.uk
Website: www.bluesandsoul.co.uk
Tel: 020 7402 6869
Fax: 020 7224 8227
Covering RnB, Soul, Blues and more.

Blues & Rhythm
Europe's leading English language Blues, R&B and Gospel magazine with Features, reviews, obituaries and more.

Blues Access
Distinctive Blues Magazine.

Brass Band World
Peak Press Building
Eccles Road
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak
Cheshire
SK23 9RQ
Tel: 01298 812 816
Fax: 01298 815 220
Email: info@brassbandworld.com
Website: www.brassbandworld.com

Canadian Musician
Canadian musicians magazine

CD Now
e-zine & cd online shop

The Celebrity Cafe
online Entertainment Q-A magazine of your favorite musicians, actors, models, writers and artists

City Cabaret
Online magazine for music lovers contains features, cabaret library, upcoming and favourite artists and cabaret links.

Classical Guitar Magazine
1-2 Vance Court
Trans Britannia Enterprise Park
Blaydon
Tyne and Wear
NE21 5HN
Tel: 0191 4149 000
Fax: 0191 4149 001
Website: www.classicalguitarmagazine.com

Classical Music Magazine
The news magazine for the UK classical music profession.

Classical Singer
USA magazine and networking opportunities site includes audition listings.

Computer Music
Comprehensive music info, software reviews by UK Future Publishing.

Computer Music Journal
Long established academic journal covering technical issues & research in electronic music.

Computer Music
UK magazine devoted to computer technology featuring news, help and current reviews of hardware and software products. The web site also provides a discussion forum and selected articles from the magazine. Also see Futurenet's new site Intermusic.com for online reviews and resources.

Connecting Voices
On-line magazine for vocalists with exclusive interviews and columns.

Cybergrass
The Internet Bluegrass Music Magazine

Dazed and Confused
a London based music and fashion ezine with content that changes monthly. Provides reviews of all the new releases coming from the UK and samples to download.

D.E.A.D. Webzine
extreme music resource with loads of info, reviews, interviews and links.

Digital Prosound
Online digital music website with press releases of interest to digital musicians.

Dischord
music, culture and unfashionable views.

DJ Magazine
Craven House
121 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6PA
Tel: 020 7721 8120
Fax: 020 7721 8121
Email: info@djmag.com
Website: www.djmag.com

Dotmusic
4th Floor
8 Montague Close
London Bridge
London
SE1 9UR
Tel: 020 7940 8563
Fax: 020 7940 8504
Email: news@dotmusic.com
Website: www.dotmusic.com
latest band profiles, music industry news, official UK charts, US radio charts, and the chance to buy CDs.

DrummerGirl.com
for women who drum

Early Music Today magazine
Britian's brightest early music magazine.

Electronic Musician
With Tips from EM's editorial staff and a search tool EM provides much relevant & coverage of keyboards, synths & samplers plus a wide range of related recording & audio products. See Who Knows for a categorized subject index of which issue particular articles & reviews appeared in.

Endemoniada Webzine
dedicated to giving exposure to female bands and artists of the metal, hardcore, punk, industrial, gothic, and bizarre genre

EP Magazine
Vigilante Publications
Huntingdon House
35 Field Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 6AP
Tel: 0118 9581 878
Email: epmagazine@vigilate.co.uk
Website: www.vigilate.co.uk

EQ Magazine
EQ magazines web site.with a product database and manufacturer info.

European Music Journal (EMJ)
An on-line magazine aimed at music educators.

Female Musician
free e-zine, radio cd series & educational guidance community for young women looking to pursue a career in music- excellent promotional vehicle for independent female artists.

Femmusic E-zine
The Place For Emerging Women In Music

Findarticles.com
search for music, songwriting and singing articles and critiques

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine

Folk Roots (UK)
P.O. Box 337, London. N4 1TW.  Folk Magazine

Folk Roots (USA)
Online Folk Magazine

Free Radical Sounds
cyberzine specialising in obscure, under publicised music.

Fuse Online
Covers jazz-fusion, modern jazz and progressive music with artist interviews.

Future Publishing
30 Monmouth Street
Bath
BA1 2BW
Tel: 01225 442 244
Fax: 01255 462 986
Publishers of several music orientated magazines including Future Music Magazine keyboard and electronic music magazine containing both cutting edge and retropsective reviews and information, Guitarist Magazine and a range of others.

GetFancy! E-zine
for the exposure and promotion of unsigned and independent musicians and record labels of all styles, worldwide

Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter USA
Quarterly publicattion covering signed and unsigned acts/bands. Online edition features local and major label interviews, album and demo reviews from across North America and local scene coverage.

Gig Magazine
Part of a group of music magazines including Guitar Player, Bass Player and others. The online version of the magazine has news, forums, gear database and classifieds.

Gigged
Magazine for Unsigned bands in and around at the Nottingham scene

Girl Musician Online
designed with the female singer/songwriter in mind with an emphasis on the independent recording artist

Guitar Magazine
Focus House
Dingwell Avenue
Croydon
CR9 2TA
Tel: 020 8686 2599
Fax: 020 8774 0934

Guitar Player

Guitar World Online

Guitarist
Future Publishing
30 Monmouth Street
Bath
BA1 2BW
Tel: 01225 442 244
Fax: 01225 732 224
Website: www.futurenet.co.uk

Guitarist Magazine
Great UK guitar mag by Future Publishing.

GuitarOne
Artist features, song transcriptions, gear reviews.

Guitart

Heat Magazine
Mappin House
Winsley Street
London
W1 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7817 8847

Harder Beat
Metal Music e-zine

Head Cleaner
includes interviews, articles, and single, album and concert reviews.

Hi Fi Choice
Future Publishing Ltd
99 Baker Street
London
W1M 1FB
Tel: 020 7317 2600
Fax: 020 7317 2686

Home Recording
HomeRecording magazine's web site offers some info taken from its magazine articles.

Hot Press
Sign up for news, webcasts, music videos and more from the UK Mags site.

Ice Magazine
Online mag with comprehensive CD Release Date listings.

ID Magazine
Universal House
251-255 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1P 0EA
Tel: 020 7813 6170
Fax: 020 7813 6179
Email: news@i-dmagazine.co.uk

Inner Space Magazine
techno magazine based in Edinburgh.

Intermusic.com
Online music network for all musicians and home of Future Music magazine.  Great magazines, some with an accompanying CD to bring the articles to life. Plus plenty of retro as well as new product acticles. Also see Samplenet which provides online feature articles, samples & a great shareware software archive. Also read the gear reviews.

Interface Magazine
A bi-monthly magazine featuring computer music & audio. The magazine is in Dutch only but the web site provides info in English.

Irish Music Magazine
news, views and reviews on Ireland's folk and traditional music scene.

Jazz Guitar Online
Weekly lessons and other jazz info.

Just Jazz Guitar
Some info on the magazine, including some of the lessons.

The Jazz Rag
PO Box 944
Birmingham
B16 8UT
Tel: 0121 4547 020
Fax: 0121 4549 996
Website: www.bigbearmusic.co.uk

The Jazz Rag
subscription & mag details for their comprehensive jazz magazine.

Jazz Review - Comprehensive online magazine providing jazz reviews, news, interviews, photographs and more.

Jazz UK
26 The Balcony
Castle Arcade
Cardiff
CF10 1BY
Tel: 02920 665161
Fax: 02920 665160
Website: www.jazzservices.org.uk

Jim Cara's Digital Music Page
An online midi & digital music ezine style site with current news and relevant information presented by Jim Cara and the Prodigy network. There is also a new discussion area with a forums dedicated to digital music issues.

Jimpress
British Jimi Hendrix collectors magazine.

Journal Of New Music Research
Academic articles from the Electronc Appendix of JONM.

Kerrang!
EMAP Metro
Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1R 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7312 8910
email: listings.kerrang@emap.com
Website: http://www.kerrang.com
seriously heavy! Rock, Punk, Metal and alternative music information from the worlds biggest selling weekly rock magazine.

Keyboard Central
USA 'Keyboard' magazine's official site with reviews, manufacturer info and downloadable midifiles & audio clips. If you are looking for the issue of a particular review try Who Knows for a categorized subject index. Keyboard magazine has a long tradition of providing cutting edge information on new products & trends in keyboard performance. Miller Freeman presents MusicPlayer.com featuring recent reviews from Keyboard Magazine.

Keyboard Player
27 Russell Road
Enfield
Middlesex
EN1 4TN
Tel: 020 8367 2938
Fax: 020 8367 2359
Website: www.keyboardplayer.com
The website of Keyboard Player magazine. The longest running keyboard magazine in the U.K. established in 1979.  See a selection of past reviews

Keyboards
A French keyboard magazine. No English language option.

Keyboards Online
Online site from German magazine "Keyboards" with info and files from past worshops. Includes Midi files for the SY77 ,JV80 , TS10 & X3 (no English language option)

Keys
"Keys Magazine" from Germany. Includes files & resources for you to download. (no English language option)

Kinda Muzik You Like, The
an indie/noise/rock ezine.

Kiss Online
Online version of the UK mag

Knowledge
Vision Publishing
2nd Floor
14 King Square
Bristol
BS2 8JJ
Tel: 0117 914 3305
Email: info@knowledgemag.co.uk
Website: www.knowledgemag.co.uk

Lard Inquirer
a weekly roundup of the latest UK music news stories
from the traditional press and the Internet with some exclusives thrown in for good measure.

'LA'Ritmo.com
'Latin American' Rhythm Magazine

La Scena Musicale
Classical music portal and Canadian magazine in French and English. Online version contains news, feature articles, webcast listings, canadian classical music calendar, singing, songwriting and composition contests plus cd reviews.

LeeMail
A guided tour around the Woods' psyche.

Live and Kicking Magazine
BBC WorldWide
80 Wood Lane
London
W12 0TA
Tel: 020 8576 2447
Fax: 020 8576 2763

Loaded
IPC Magazines
Kings Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
Tel: 020 7261 5562
Fax: 020 7261 5557
Website: www.uploaded.com

M8 Magazine
independent dance magazine. Covers news from the youth culture underground.

Mi2N, Music Industry News Network
The most comprehensive daily updated music news on the net.

MagPortal
Find articles on music and a wide range of subjects gathered from popular magazines.  Search, read, save your favourites or put a feed on your site!  See a selection at the Electric Blues Club Music Articles!

Mandolin Cafe

Mandozine
For mandolin players.

Manilla Magazine
Free UK music magazine includes reviews, news, tours, gigs, ads and available in venues and superstores.

MEMI
Magazin fuer Elektronische Musik im Internet. An online German electronic music magazine with news, reviews, online discussions as well as other features. German language only.

Metalgrrlz
Metal mag for girls of metal!

Metal Hammer
Dennis Publishing
19 Bolsover Street
London
W1P 7HJ
Tel: 020 7631 1433
Fax: 020 7917 7655
Website: www.metalhammer.co.uk
UK Metal, Rock & Indie Mag from Futurenet

Metal-Is
Info, news, reviews, gossip & metal band gigs

Metal Maidens
dedicated to all women in (Hard)Rock and (Heavy)Metal.

MicStandOnline
This Boston USA based print and web magazine for music enthusiasts written by music enthusiasts providing news, articles and artist reviews.

MikroPolyphonic
An online journal & discussion forum that describes itself as .. "a refereed online journal published on the World Wide Web. It aims to encourage scholarly analysis and discussion in any genre of contemporary music making and research."

Mixmag
EMAP Metro
Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1N 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7312 8977

Mix Online
Homepage of Mix magazine. Pro audio resources but still very pertinant to all recording enthusiasts who aspire for pro quality results. Essential reading for the serious recording artist.

Mojo
EMAP Metro
Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1N 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7312 8296

Mojo 4 Music
has major artists news, reviews and more.

MMR Online
Musical Merchandise Review presents news for the music products industry.

Mugwumps
A magazine for folk music instruments being revived on-line.

Muse
weekly e-zine: your online eyes and ears to the A to Z to music and back again.

Music Connection
USA online magazine with free lessons and info for musicians and singers

Music Dish Magazine
Music and industry news and the 'Geonome' collection of music sites.

MusicMagazines.com
Allows you to search for any type of music magazine and provides contact info and URL if available.

Music Mart
40 Scarletts Road
Old Heath
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2HA
Tel: 01206 795 640
Fax: 01206 869 060
Website: www.musicmart-mag.co.uk

The Music Trades
On-line version of the magazine. It lists the contents of the current issue, and has some stats on the major companies in the music industry.

Music Week
UK music newspaper takes you to their online magazine Dot Music

Music Week
Miller Freeman Entertainment
8 Montague Close
London
SE1 9UR
Tel: 020 7940 8500
Fax: 020 7407 7094
Website: www.dotmusic.co.uk

Music Teacher
Rhinegold Publishing
241 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
WC2H 8TF
Tel: 020 7333 1747
Fax: 020 7333 1769
Tel: music.teacher@rhinegold.co.uk
Website: www.rhinegold.co.uk
The voice of music education since 1908.

Musical Opinion
2 Prices Road
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN37 6EL
Tel: 01424 715 167
Fax: 01424 712 214
Website: www.musicalopinion.com
Classical music magazine

Musiciannews.com
Web portal with gear and artist news, articles, classifieds, and more.

MusicPlayer.com
US publisher featuring recent reviews from their magazines plus lessons and other musicians' resources.

Musician Online
Musician magazine web site with some relevant articles for musicians.

Musicians Zines
Links to Online Music Magazines

Musikkpraksis Online
A Norwegian electronic keyboard magazine covering new releases and industry news. Norwegian language option only.

Musical Traditions
celebrating all aspects of traditional music, from all parts of the world.

Muzik
IPC Magazines
King's Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
Tel: 020 7261 5482
Fax: 020 7261 7100
Email: musik@ipc.co.uk

Net4music
Magazine style layout covering musical education and MIDI resouces for musicians.

New Notes Magazine
Produced by SPNM for composers.

Night Magazine
Suite 2
Waterloo Place
Watson Suare
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 3AZ
Tel: 0161 4297 803
Fax: 0161 4808 896

NME
New Musical Express
IPC Magazines
King's Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
Tel: 020 7261 5813
Fax: 020 7261 5185
Website: www.nme.com

Nightshift
Oxford UK music magazine.

Noisewave: The Sound of Scotland
promoting unsigned Scottish musical talent and featuring visiting world musical talent.

Nude as the News
music news, reviews, links and features.

OffBeat Magazine
A guide to the New Orleans music scene.

Opera Now Magazine
The most influential opera magazine in the world.

Opera magazine
UK magazine covering all things opera related.

PC-Musician.com
Webzine that helps you set your PC up for creating music.

Peppermint Iguana E-Zine
interviews, reviews, articles, links and other wierdness.

Performer Mag

Performing Songwriter
US Magazine covering writing, performing and recording.

Performink Online
Arts related updates, audition notices, message boards and information on the performing arts. The online version of the magazine has a variety of sections including Money & Taxes, Law & Entertainment, Stage Persona, Classifieds, Review Round Up and archived articles.

Piano magazine
the magazine for the piano world.

Piano & Keyboard
UK Online Magazine

Pjoe
independent music interview archive.

ProAudioReview
Pro audio review magazine with some reviews archived and available online.

Professional Musicians News

Prorec
Pro recording webzine that includes info on digital audio recording, related software and music computer technology.

Pro Studio & Live Audio
Very informative online magazine with excellent keyboard & effects profiles plus much more info.

Ptolemaic Terrascope, The
covering music of a vaguely psychedelic nature.

Q
EMAP Metro
Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1R 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7312 8250

Q 4 Music

Random Access
Online magazine featuring acticles & forums on digital audio and computer music.

Recording Magazine
with subscription info and back issue ordering. Recording's publication covers a wide range of topics relevent to the recording musician including the latest reviews of electronic hardware and software plus many recording tips.

Riffage
Online version of the music mag.

Rockrgrl E-zine
No beauty tips or guilt trips! A haven where women who play music can discuss their commonalities, differences and own unique perspectives

Rolling Stone
Well established US Music Mag

Sample Net
Music Magazine by Future Publishing UK

Scream Magazine
Norsk heavy metal-sted

Select
EMAP Metro
Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1R 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7312 8250

Showbiz.com (USA)
The industry's online directory where you can search for anything from singers to schools also has an online casting call listings and free classified ads (registration required).

Sing Out!
The Folk Song Magazine includes complete lead sheets for 20 or more traditional and contemporary folk songs, feature articles and interviews, instrumental teach-ins, tons of recording and book reviews, the most comprehensive and up-to-date folk festival and camp listing anywhere, plus regular columns on the folk process, songwriting, storytelling and children's music.

Singer
USA magazine providing techniques, training and technology for the Vocal Performer.

The Singer magazine
For amateur and professional singers of every persuasion from cabaret to grand opera. The Singer provides a lively perspective on the world of song, the lives of singers and the demands of the singing profession. Covering opera, cabaret, musicals, gospel, barbershop and choral singing, the magazine brings you event and competition news, star profiles, record reviews, music reviews, health matters and plenty of tips on surviving the profession. Produced Bi-monthly (6 issues a year)

Singing news
Southern Gospel Music Magazine contains stories, features, concerts, events, charts, radio, news and links.

Smash Hits
EMAP
Mappin House
4 Winsley House
London
W1N 7AR
Tel: 020 7436 1515
Fax: 020 7636 5702
Email: smash_hits@emap.com
Website: www.smashhits.net

Smash Hits

SongLink International
23 Belsize Crescent
London
NW3 5QY
Tel: 020 7794 2540
Fax: 020 7794 7393
Website: www.songlink.com
For songwriters and producers, provides listings for songs/artists wanted/available and a host of links to songwriter, industry resources, associations, events, conventions and song contests

Songwriting and Composing
Sovereign House
12 Trewartha Road
Praa Sands
Penzance
Cornwell
TR20 9ST
Tel: 01736 762 826
Fax: 01736 763 328
Website: www.songwriters-guild.co.uk
Produces a regular magazine for their members.

Soul Patrol
online mag covering Soul, Funk, Blues, Rock n' Roll and Jazz also runs a free monthly email newsletter.

SoundBeatUK

Sound On Sound
Media House
Trafalgor Way
Bar Hill
Cambridge
CB3 8SQ
Tel: 01954 789 888
Fax: 01954 789 895
Email: info@sound-on-sound.com
Website: www.sound-on-sound.com

Sound On Sound
The official home of Sound-On-Sound pro audio magazine. A very good UK based gear magzaine with lots of relevant keyboard & electronic music gear reviews.

SoundpoolZ
German online magazine dedicated to audio sampling. Provides reviews of sample CDs as well as an extensive links database. German language option only.

The Stage UK Newspaper covering all areas of performance arts with entertainment vacancy listings, classified ads, articles and advice for singers/musicians/writers/actors etc.

Stirrings
28 Montgomery Avenue
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S7 1NZ
Tel: 0114 2589 182
Fax: 0114 2817 922
Email: editor@stirrings.co.uk
Website: www.stirrings.co.uk
UK Folk magazine produced quarterly.

Studio Sound
Pro audio magazine from Miller Freeman UK, with a number of reviews on electronic music gear including some synth, midi and sampling products.

Synthsounds
UK's First MP3 Magazine.

The Mix
UK recording magazine with info, reviews and news. Their site presents subscription info & list of this months current issue's contents. Another great music publication from Future Publishing

The Wire Magazine
2nd Floor East
88-94 Wentworth St.
London
E1 7SA
Song & Album Reviews of all sorts including unsigned acts, details of criteria and who to send to are available in the FAQ.

Top Of The Pops Magazine
BBC WorldWide
Room A1136
80 Wood Lane
W12 0TT
Tel: 020 8433 3910
Fax: 020 8433 2694
Email: totp.magazine@bbc.co.uk
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/totp

Total Guitar
UK Future Publishing Guitar Mag.

Trace Urban Magazine
daily hip hop news stories and features.

TroubledClef Online Music Industry News

Uncut
IPC Magazines
Kings Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
Tel: 020 7261 6992
Fax: 020 7261 5573

Univibes
generally speaking, UniVibes took off where the book (Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy by Caesar Glebbeek and Harry Shapiro), 1990 ended.

Venue
64-65 North Road
St Andrews
Bristol
BS6 5AQ
Tel: 0117 9428 491
Fax: 0117 9420 369
Email: news@venue.co.uk
Website: www.venue.co.uk
live music magazine covering events on the South Coast.

Vintage Guitar Magazine

VocalEase
is an online choral magazine that provides information, articles and advice for choral teachers. Every month they have a new featured article on singing.

Vocal Images
Online magazine for singers includes articles, news, reviews and produces cds. Singers are invited to send their work for inclusion.

Wall of Sound

Whats On Stage
(formerly Theatregoer magazine) available online and free of charge in over 35 London theatres and performing arts venues. It is also available in over 250 London hotels and in several tourist information centres in the capital.

Womenrock.com
a place where independent women artists can meet, network, learn and grow individually

Workshop Musiker-Magazin
Online German music magazine. Some excellent links and resources.

Wuss Online
UK based online fanzine featuring alternative, indie and rock bands.