In rock music, inspiration is a two-way street. What Mick and Keith took with one hand in the early days they gave back with ...

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Malin Byström lives her characters. She is steely of purpose as Beethoven ’s Leonore in ‘Abscheulicher’ – pity Don Pizarro. And if she isn’t quite ‘knowing’ enough as the Countess in the final scene ...

As the wide-eyed optimism of 1967 crashed into a year of global riots and war, rock music grew darker, heavier, and far more ...

Music and food have enjoyed each other’s company since time immemorial. Georgia Mann explores this tasty partnership ...

may be rock’s greatest year: a seismic explosion of innovation and artistry, yielding 15 landmark albums that still shape music today ...

From the mid-60s on, rapid advancements in technology meant gigs got louder and bigger, but it wasn’t till 1974 that stadium rock found its feet ...

Italian composer and pianist Olivia Belli shares insights on composing for other artists... and composing for herself ...

From libellous postcards to rogue inflatable pigs, rock history is littered with headline-grabbing publicity stunts ...

From teenage messiahs to the Lynyrd Skynyrd story, we rank 15 bombastic masterpieces that pushed the boundaries of rock and storytelling ...

East Meets West Works by Aftab Darvishi, Unsuk Chin, Jörg Widmann, Beethoven et al Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Nancy Zhou et ...

Such was the importance of the album cover to prog rock bands it developed into a genuine art form in its own right ...