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Sex mad: music's 11 most bed-hopping composers, ranked
Jeremy Pound lifts the covers off those notorious notesmiths who found the thrill of playing away simply too hard to resist
Best Neil Young album? We asked you. And you said... (not this one)
We asked you to vote for your favourite Neil Young album. Here's what you said...
Unknown prog rock albums: 21 hidden masterpieces you should hear
Discover 15 mind-blowing prog rock gems you’ve (probably) never heard: bold, beautiful, and criminally overlooked masterpieces await
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What was THAT? 15 songs that sounded like nothing else on earth
From Bill Haley to Nirvana, 15 songs that blasted into the rock pantheon like so many objects from outer space
Review: Golden Age (Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee)
Morley and Brownlee are on sensational form in 19th-century arias and duets, writes George Hall
These are the 17 worst movie performances by rock stars
Rock stars on the big screen: when charisma meets a script, sometimes it’s magic… and sometimes it’s gloriously, painfully awful.
The 31 classic rock albums you NEED in your collection
31 essential classic rock albums, from Zeppelin to Bowie, that shaped an era with riffs, melodies, and timeless, genre-defining innovation.
The best value bookshelf speakers for £500 or less
Pink Floyd albums: all 15 LPs ranked from worst to best
From psychedelic beginnings to stadium-filling epics, we rank all 15 Pink Floyd studio albums: icons, oddities, and everything in between
11 iconic debut albums that their creators never surpassed
Some artists peak early. These stunning debut albums set a standard so high, even their creators couldn’t top them
The 12 greatest heavy metal albums you don't know (number 12 will surprise you)
Twelve heavy metal sleeper classics that take you in way deeper than Sabbath, Metallica and Maiden
Synthpop! The 23 greatest synth albums of all time, ranked
From Associates to Yazoo, 23 of the most evocative albums to come out of the early 1980s synthpop explosion
1969 was prog rock's Year Zero. We've ranked its 15 greatest albums
1969 was prog rock’s explosive dawn. From King Crimson to Zappa, discover 15 groundbreaking albums that redefined rock with ambition, complexity, and sonic adventure
Breakup albums: rock's 15 rawest chronicles of heartbreak
From bitter confessions to tear-stained masterpieces, these 15 breakup albums prove heartbreak can hurt, heal, and still sound timeless
This cat's reaction to music is pretty adorable
Snoop, a beautiful black and white cat, gets surprisingly emotional over classical music—he even looks like he’s shedding a tear while listening to Chopin. Clearly, he's feeling all the feels.
Autism? Tourette's? Top psychiatrists assess Mozart's bizarre, brilliant mind
Using today’s psychoanalytic methods, what can we learn, asks Rebecca Franks, about the mind of Mozart, perhaps the greatest musical genius of all?
Anne Dudley, Debbie Wiseman and Anoushka Shankar among the winners at Ivors Classical Awards 2025
Rule breakers: 13 maverick musicians who tore up the rulebook
From Satie to Sun Ra, we salute 13 musicians who defiantly did things their own way - and left music incalculably the richer for it
Review: John Jenkins works (Fretwork)
Ingrid Pearson is captivated by this stunning showcase of John Jenkins works for viol consort and organ
Ranked: the 21 greatest blues songs of all time
From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time
These 15 rock legends each have a modern band that sounds just like them
From Zeppelin to Queen, these modern bands channel rock legends’ sounds, proving classic rock’s spirit still thrives today
Screen actors playing musicians: the best and worst examples
Actors ‘playing’ instruments on screen can be the stuff of nightmares. But, asks Michael Beek, to what lengths have they gone to make it look convincing?
Under the radar: 11 seminal rock albums that were ignored on release
Some of rock’s most revolutionary albums were ignored at release, only to reshape music decades later – proof that true influence often takes time to reveal itself
Classic 1970s albums: the greatest LP from each year of rock’s golden decade
From glam to punk, prog to soul, the 1970s defined the album era – here are the decade’s standout releases, year by year.