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15 albums that invented rock's most important genres
It might not be a race, but some pioneering bands were faster out of the blocks than others
The Beatles Story is getting a huge new home in Liverpool – with a Yellow Submarine twist
The Beatles’ Liverpool story is about to get much bigger, with a fourfold expansion, cinematic sets and a Yellow Submarine theme
Why Mahler's Ninth Symphony is the greatest farewell in music
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Ivors Composer Awards 2026 reveals nominees
These 13 rock legends all discovered the darker side of fame
Success opened doors, but also brought scrutiny, pressure and easy access to excess. These 13 rock legends reveal the personal costs of life in the spotlight
The dark conspiracy theory linking California’s 1960s hippie music scene to a secret military experiment
Was California’s hippie music scene secretly engineered to discredit anti-war protesters? The strange Laurel Canyon theory linking rock, the military and Manson
'This will ruin your career': 10 classic albums that record labels didn't want you to hear
Today they are hailed as groundbreaking masterpieces, but these 10 albums were originally viewed by record labels as disasters-in-waiting
Nothing to see here – just 19 rock icons and their classic cars
From custom Ferraris to psychedelic Rolls-Royces, these legendary machines fueled the high-speed decadence and mythmaking of the greatest icons in rock
13 musicians who transformed great bands (for better or worse)
Some personnel changes looked inspired on paper. In reality, they changed great bands forever – and not always for the better
So, we ranked the 21 greatest Irish bands of all time (no. 4's 1991 album is still worshipped to this day)
From the raw energy of punk to stadium-filling anthems, these 21 artists define the defiant, melodic soul of Irish music
Beethoven! His 21 greatest works, ranked
From symphonies to string quartets, we select and explore the 21 greatest works from Beethoven's frankly awesome output
No matter how religious you are, Choral Evensong is a superbly uplifting ritual
'A truly horrendous record': rock's 11 most disastrous follow-up albums
The pressure of a huge hit album can weigh incredibly heavy on the head of the artist desperate to repeat the trick
'No deflowering took place': the desperately sad tale of Tchaikovsky's sham marriage
Tchaikovsky's marriage to Antonina Milyukova was a disaster, with the composer repressing his homosexuality and finding his wife to be 'absolutely repulsive'
These 15 American bands got more love abroad than at home
Japan, Britain and beyond embraced these American bands with extraordinary passion, often long before their homeland caught on
The Led Zeppelin song that borrowed its lyrics from a blues classic – and ended up in court
One of Led Zeppelin’s most famous songs has a surprising blues ancestry, a missing songwriting credit and a legal battle that took years to resolve
Review: Guys and Dolls (Sinfonia of London/John Wilson et al)
Loesser’s Guys and Dolls is performed with colour and character by all, writes George Hall
The worst days in rock history: 11 nightmare moments that changed bands forever
Riots, tragedies, walkouts and meltdowns: the catastrophic moments that defined – and sometimes destroyed – rock’s greatest bands
The seven best modern works by Scandinavian composers
Conductor-cellist Tabita Berglund selects the best modern works by Scandinavian composers
1986: the 23 greatest albums from the year the Eighties began to unravel
With synth-pop and glam metal in decline, 1986 was a good year for thrash metal, adventurous art pop, and the growing alt. rock scene
These 11 music legends shone brightly... then vanished from the spotlight
From Syd Barrett to Bobbie Gentry, these 11 musicians reached extraordinary heights – then retreated from the spotlight, some never to return.
The Rolling Stones’ all-star 'rock circus' film lay unseen for 28 years. Here's why
John Lennon, Eric Clapton and The Who all turned up. So why did the Rolling Stones hide their extraordinary rock circus for decades?
Myths, monsters and musical odysseys: prog rock’s 31 greatest songs
From cosmic suites to apocalyptic epics, these 15 prog rock masterpieces reveal the genre’s wild ambition and transcendent imagination
1972 was rock's wildest, strangest year. Here are its 25 greatest albums
These 15 seminal albums from 1972 defined rock’s golden era - and shaped the music landscape forever
