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Fan of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours'? Try these 21 soft-rock classics next
Worn out your copy of Rumours? These 11 overlooked gems from the California-rock orbit (and beyond) offer golden harmonies, confessions, and glossy ‘70s perfection
Paavo Järvi named London Philharmonic Orchestra chief conductor
The Estonian conductor has signed a five-year contract from the 2028-29 season
Review: Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola
Misha Donat praises Giovanni Antonini’s lively and detailed accounts of Haydn and Lessel
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Vietnam: 15 rock icons who served... or dodged the draft
From combat veterans and 'crazy' physicals to high lottery luck, discover how rock’s legends navigated the chaos of the Vietnam draft
Agatha Christie: crime novelist and wannabe opera singer
Did legendary crime novelist Agatha Christie once harbour ambitions to become an opera singer? Andrew Green follows the clues…
These 13 bands conquered the world. But they weren't having fun anymore
They won the big prize... and lost the love. Thirteen rock bands who found fame and fortune - but lost the simple love of playing together
1907: the year Gustav Mahler lost everything... but found America
The composer Gustav Mahler suffered a series of personal and professional disasters in 1907. A move Stateside, however, resulted in a rapid upturn in his fortunes
The 22 minutes of music that basically invented 1970s rock
How a prodigiously inventive suite of orchestral polish and studio wit provided the definitive blueprint for Seventies rock
We ranked the 20 greatest operas of all time
From Monteverdi to Berg via Mozart and Puccini, we count down the 20 best operas of all time. Did we miss your favourite?
These are the 21 greatest heavy metal albums of all time
Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl
Shostakovich: a composer's frightening double life in Stalin's Russia
Dmitri Shostakovich: the Soviet voice of the oppressed, and a composer of huge integrity
Gone too soon: 21 music icons who left us far too young
From Robert Johnson to Nick Drake: 15 brilliant musicians gone too soon – tragic losses that left us wondering what could have been
These 23 songs soundtracked the dark side of 1970s America
1970s urban America could be a turbulent, paranoid, often violent place. These 23 songs soundtrack those dark, strange times
Off grid: 17 rock icons who suddenly checked out of stardom
The Great Vanishing: 17 legendary rock artists who walked away from fame to find themselves
The strange story of why Fleetwood Mac went AWOL for 5 years in the ‘80s
The strange tale of why one of the world's biggest bands went off the map for half a decade
Weird 1970s: 21 strange hits from a beautifully bizarre decade
From incendiary prog-rock odysseys to novelty oddities, these 21 unlikely hits prove the 1970s was music’s most idiosyncratic decade
Is AI really all-consuming? Why musicians shouldn't be too gloomy... yet!
The rise of Artificial Intelligence may be spreading gloom over the music world but, reasons Tom Service, there is still hope for us humans yet!
We only got one album from these 14 bands. If only we'd got more
From Derek and the Dominos to Thunderclap Newman, these 14 brilliant acts stuck around for just one LP – and we’re still yearning for more
Meltdown! 15 times rock icons lost their cool onstage
From incendiary walk-offs to visceral confrontations, witness the unvarnished chaos of rock’s most monolithic icons losing their cool on stage
1967: the 21 greatest albums from rock's Year of Revolution - ranked
1967 wasn’t just psychedelia. These 21 albums reveal brilliance across rock, soul, folk, and avant-garde, redefining music forever
These 21 albums aren't quite like anything else in rock
From pagan folk to noise experiments and cosmic prog, these 15 albums defy convention: rock’s strangest, boldest, most unrepeatable visions
The '80s are back! The best portable cassette and CD players on the market today
Our Audio expert Chris Haslam gives his personal recommendation for buying a modern portable cassette or CD player
OUTLAWED: Rock's 21 most provocative songs, ranked
21 rock songs that enraged censors, provoked controversy, and challenged authority – banned, blacklisted, or silenced, yet defiantly unforgettable
These 9 'supergroups' had huge talent. But they squandered it
Rock’s biggest names don’t always create magic together. These nine supergroups promised greatness, but were less than the sum of their parts
