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The Eagles song nobody wanted to record – and the strange reason they did
The Eagles hated this syrupy song – but recorded it anyway, because refusing it could have pushed the band towards breaking point
1975: the 21 greatest albums from rock's great year of change
1975 was the year classic rock reached its peak while punk, funk, electronic music and something altogether stranger began taking shape
'I didn’t really get what it was about': the Stones classic that Mick Jagger never truly understood
Mick Jagger gave one of the Rolling Stones’ greatest performances to a song he later admitted he didn’t really understand. So what was going on?
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13 songs inspired by infamous true crimes
Some of rock’s darkest songs began with real crimes. Discover the murders, killers and victims that inspired these 13 remarkable tracks
Ouch! Five terrible treatments of the piano
Review: Alma y Fuego (Simón Bolívar SO/Dudamel)
This refined 150th-anniversary tribute is a triumph, writes Erik Levi
These 13 classic albums only exist because no one ever said 'stop spending'
Rock celebrates rough edges, but sometimes limitless budgets, endless studio time and outright extravagance created albums that simply couldn't exist otherwise
How can we stop music from being eroded at our schools and universities?
On This Day, 1984: the night MTV changed music forever
MTV’s first Video Music Awards looked like a risky experiment. Then Madonna fell off a wedding cake – and pop history changed forever
These 17 songs soundtracked the dark side of 1970s America
1970s urban America could be a turbulent, paranoid, often violent place. These 17 songs soundtrack those dark, strange times
'Nobody's going to find out': rock's 15 strangest pairings (no. 5 nearly derailed two careers)
Guitar heroes and hip-hop pioneers: these unlikely collaborations reveal what happens when rock stars step outside their usual boundaries
'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
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
