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It's a miracle these 10 albums are so good. They were made in, frankly, desperate circumstances
Financial ruin, broken relationships, addiction, illness and grief: these 10 legendary LPs were made when everything was on the line
Your chance to become Paul McCartney’s neighbour
Paul McCartney’s north-west London home is steeped in rock’n’roll and art history. Now a place just around the corner is on the market
We put 1,000s of people on the floor of some cathedrals. Here's what we learned about classical music audiences
Britten Sinfonia artistic director Meurig Bowen describes the success of the ensemble's immersive 'Surround Sound Playlist' in UK cathedrals
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Epics: rock's 21 greatest 10-minute-plus songs (one single year gave us 7 of them)
From prog odysseys to psychedelic breakdowns, these long‑form masterpieces show how musicians turned time itself into a tool for imagination and scale
On This Day: The three surviving Beatles meet for the last time
George, Paul and Ringo spent their last afternoon together in a New York hotel
Concept albums aren't just for rock and pop stars... classical artists are getting creative too
In classical music, concept albums give performers the chance to flex their creative muscles, explains
Tom Service… and today, many are doing just that!
'Venomous': the humble glass of milk that nearly broke up one of America's biggest bands
A backstage glass of milk helped trigger this big band's collapse – but behind the bizarre incident lay years of drugs, feuds and dysfunction
Joshua Weilerstein named BBC Philharmonic chief conductor
Sorry, America: here in Britain we just didn't 'get' these 15 massive US bands
From Journey to Kansas, these bands conquered America but never quite cracked Britain. Was it bad luck, bad timing or bad taste?
From a descent into the underworld, to the parting of the Red Sea: 7 incredible stories told through music
Conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell shares vivid examples of musical storytelling
Review: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, etc (WDR Sinfonieorchester/Mǎcelaru)
Misha Donat is impressed by the exhilarating energy of these personality-filled performances
'The worst night of my playing life': Paul McCartney's one-off supergroup featuring stars from Led Zep, Pink Floyd and The Who
Assembled in the late 1970s, this who’s who of rock royalty won a Grammy and played to a sell-out crowd. Yet few could tell you their name, let alone what they sounded like…
Out now: our December issue, featuring Mozart's Requiem, Alice Sara Ott, Nigel Kennedy and more!
Young Concert Artists winners announced: meet classical music’s rising stars
A select few have been chosen from more than 150 emerging musicians worldwide to earn one of classical music’s most career-defining opportunities
11 brilliant albums that nobody understood when they first came out
Not every classic album is recognised straight away. These 11 records were overlooked, misunderstood or simply too strange for their time – until people caught on
Riots, floods, imprisonment: six 1970s rock festivals that went spectacularly wrong
The 1970s produced some legendary rock festivals – and some spectacular disasters, as ambition, crowds and chaos collided in unforgettable ways
The strange tale of the rock-star composer held at gunpoint by an infatuated student
Why did a disenchanted student threaten one of the Romantic era's greatest composers at gunpoint? Terry Blain reveals the shocking story
Herbert Blomstedt (1927-2026): obituary
The Swedish-American maestro, known for his interpretations of Mahler, Brahms and Bruckner, continued to conduct into his late nineties
Lust, murder, madness… music’s most dramatic Greek mythological heroines
For centuries, Greek myths have inspired great composers – but, asks Rebecca Franks, how
do female characters fare in these heroic tales?
We're calling it: this was the greatest singles year in music history. And these 15 songs make it so
A year of extraordinary contrasts, it gave us everything from dancefloor anthems to punk statements, futuristic synth-pop and timeless rock classics.
'You Can't Always Get What You Want': 9 fun facts about the iconic song featured on the John Lewis Christmas advert
It'll be all across your TV this Christmas, in Same Fender's cover version. But this Stones classic has some interesting tales behind its creation
Review: Contes (Sandrine Piau / David Kadouch)
Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch are
enchanting storytellers, writes Natasha Loges
'Rock's most enduring soap opera': the 15 most traumatic band breakups in rock history
Bands fall apart every day – but these splits were absolute carnage: betrayal, addiction, lawsuits, and wounds that still haven’t fully healed
