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21 extraordinary 1970s album covers – ranked
As vinyl sleeves grew into larger creative canvases, musicians in the 1970s increasingly turned to visionary photographers, painters and design studios to translate sound into image
'I never saw what the big fuss was about': the legendary guitarist AC/DC's Angus Young had no time for
Angus Young has never been shy about naming the rock legends he thinks fall short of his uncompromising musical standards
Yuja Wang: a guide to the celebrated pianist and her best recordings
Meet the world-famous Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, and discover some of her best recordings
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15 classic albums made by bands already falling apart
When great bands start to fracture, the studio becomes a pressure cooker – and sometimes that tension produces their finest work
'Our lowest point': the 3 Pink Floyd albums David Gilmour wishes had gone differently
David Gilmour has never been shy about Pink Floyd’s missteps, and three albums in particular remain sources of regret
These 21 songs defined the sound of 1980s US college radio
From R.E.M. to The Smiths, college radio defined a parallel 1980s chart where emotion, noise and invention mattered most
13 rock stars who left great bands... and lost their way
They were brilliant in great bands, but once they went solo, something changed – and the magic began to disappear
Last Night of the Proms 2026: all you need to know about one of the world's biggest and best classical music events
The Last Night of the Proms is always a spectacular festival finale to the BBC Proms. Here's all you need to know about this year's last night
5 great works written by composers late in life
Radiohead are heading back out on tour – here are 10 songs we'd love to hear them resurrect
They’ve already revived some long-lost gems. But which forgotten Radiohead songs could make an unlikely return on the 2027 tour?
History's 20 most musical monarchs, ranked (he's up there)
From Henry VIII to Bhumibol Adulyadej, these monarchs didn’t merely patronise music – they played, composed, sang and shaped it
BBC Radio 3 to broadcast from UK lighthouses this September
Review: Schubert Late String Quartets (Zemlinsky Quartet)
The Zemlinsky Quartet conquer a titanic masterpiece, writes Michael Jameson
These 11 rock stars made it big in 3 bands or more – no. 1 racked up SIX
Being a member of one successful rock band is a wild accomplishment - this talented bunch performed the trick three times or more
'Long capes and endless keyboard solos': 9 things you're getting wrong about 1970s rock
Hobbits? Capes? Ten-minute keyboard solos? Our resident Seventies svengali Robin Askew debunks some prevalent 1970s rock myths
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: the brilliant wartime composer who found himself torn between Germany and Italy
George Hall explores a greatly underrated composer who united Italian and German influences in a range of colourful operas
13 great, forgotten American bands we should still be talking about
From psychedelic pioneers to punk innovators, these 15 great American bands deserve to be rediscovered – and remembered
Meltdown! Rock’s 15 most infamous onstage blow-ups
From incendiary walk-offs to visceral confrontations, witness the unvarnished chaos of rock’s most monolithic icons losing their cool on stage
12 rock bands who should have been huge – but fate had other ideas
Whether thwarted by crooked managers, catastrophic timing or financial naivety, these rock bands never nailed the greatness they deserved
You’d know them from the first note: 15 guitarists who sound like nobody else
From homemade guitars and missing fingertips to unusual techniques and sheer genius, these 15 guitarists created sounds nobody else could quite replicate.
Rock kept changing. These 6 legends somehow stayed relevant (no. 5 came back from the dead)
The story of rock is littered with casualties. These 6 acts ignored, embraced or outlasted every trend – and are still standing today
Yuja Wang documentary to be released in cinemas
Exploring the life and career of Chinese-American pianist Yuja Wang, the new documentary will have a limited UK cinema release before being broadcast on Sky Arts
How did THAT become a hit? 13 of the weirdest songs ever to reach the Top 10
From gnomes and techno oddities to spoken-word sermons and Vietnam protests, these unlikely songs somehow became massive mainstream hits
Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez: the Spanish guitar masterpiece and its best recordings
Rob Ainsley basks in the warmth of the Spanish sun as he explores the finest recordings of this iconic piece for guitar and orchestra
