M Music & Musicians
M Music & Musicians is an American magazine based out of Redondo Beach, California, that covers the music industry. It was established in November 2009. The central management team is made up of Merlin David, editor Rick Taylor, creative director Terrill Thomas, senior editor Chris Neal, technology editor Doug Doppler and photographer Kent Kallberg. According to its initial press release, "M matches first-class features, interviews and reviews with a new distribution model" and offers "insightful, in-depth coverage from rock, pop and hip-hop to R&B, country, folk and jazz." Alicia Keys was featured on the cover of the , dated January/February 2010. Subsequent cover-story subjects have included Sting, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow. The "Encore" section regularly features work from archives of veteran rock photographers such as Henry Diltz and Norman Seeff.
The magazine has the motto: "Songs inspire us. Music moves us. M connects us."
