Classical and Opera Features
Roxanne de Bastion: “Music is the best tool for empathy. It’s such a good way to feel things” – Interview
by Ben Hogwood
With two US tours, a Glastonbury appearance, over 500 gigs and a self-released debut album behind her, the Berlin-via-West-Midlands songwriter returns with a “cathartic” second work, produced by Bernard Butler
Reissues Round-up: James Bond, Judas Priest, Kylie Minogue, R.E.M.
by Ian Wade
Spotlight: Metallica – Metallica (The Black Album) 30th Anniversary + The Metalli...
by Ross Horton
Yann Tiersen: “I became more about seeing what’s around me, living stuff and or...
by Ben Hogwood
This Music Made Me: Matthew E White
by MusicOMH
ABBA voyage back after 40 years with new album and digital arena show
by Peter J Robinson
Reissues Round-up: Primal Scream, Buena Vista Social Club, Robbie Williams
by Ian Wade
Arab Strap: “Our music’s intimate points have changed from being about dirty be...
by Steven Johnson
Reissues Round-up: The Beach Boys, Kim Wilde, Habibi Funk, LCD Soundsystem
by Ian Wade
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary: Spotlight
by Ross Horton
Teenage Fanclub: “We’ve always resisted becoming a heritage band” – Interview
by Steven Johnson
Lucy Gooch: “I wanted to make something more experimental with a dissonance and eerin...
by Steven Johnson
Roddy Woomble: “I’ve spent 20 years making guitar music, but this new album involve...
by Steven Johnson
Spotlight: George Michael – Older
by Ian Wade
Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner: “I was looking for something less structured, something I h...
by Steven Johnson
One For Keeps: Paul and Linda McCartney – Ram
by Ross Horton
Murcof: “I feel attracted to music and sounds that evoke a sense of mystery or otherw...
by Steven Johnson
Man On Man: “Take away all the venues and queers would still find a way to get to...
by Matt Cotsell
Peggy Seeger: “Humans are a warlike species. The world is being run on a male dyn...
by Daniel Paton
Tom Jones: “I make the songs my own, and it’s as if I wrote them” –...
by Ben Hogwood
Spotlight: Fleetwood Mac – Live (Super Deluxe Edition)
by Ross Horton
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Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know 27 May 2022
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Matthew Bourne – Irrealis 27 May 2022
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Kae Tempest – The Line Is A Curve 26 May 2022
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Stars – From Capelton Hill 25 May 2022
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Calexico’s Joey Burns: “This album represents the things I love most, a mix of cultures, languages and musical genres” – Interview 24 May 2022
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Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel 23 May 2022
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Stutzmann and the BBC Symphony Orchestra cook up a piquantly emotional soup of Brahms and Tchaikovsky 23 May 2022