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5 great works written by composers late in life
13 terrible spin-offs of great rock bands
From supergroups to side projects, these 13 rock spin-offs show just how badly things can go when legends leave the mothership
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?
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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
11 rock stars who found God… but it didn't quite go to plan
Many an iconic rocker has found religion or spirituality. It hasn't always led them where they might have hoped
Rock's 13 strangest duos
Two people, one very strange sound: 10 of rock’s most adventurous duos
This ill-fated band created a masterpiece... then broke up just before the world realised
They created a psychedelic masterpiece, broke up... and watched helplessly as their biggest hit became a worldwide sensation without them
Review: Bach: Six Suites (Marc Sabbah, viola)
Marc Sabbah is superbly eloquent in the Cello Suites, says Jan Smaczny
From chemical experiments to engine design, these are the most inventive composers
Rebecca Franks explores how some composers moved beyond music to apply their creativity to all sorts of scientific and practical inventions
These 11 bands mutated beyond recognition (no. 7 went in the opposite direction to the rest)
Some bands identify a sound and stick with, others are happy to change lanes and explore new sonic territories
‘Sucked my blood like a leech’: the Queen song that tears into their former manager
Discover the story behind Queen's most venomous track, a song so legally radioactive they had to pay to release it
