Rolling Stone UK
'I'M DONE WITH REALITY'
Mawaan Rizwan discusses the fantastical return of his hit BBC sitcom, Juice
6 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
ON HOME GROUND
After charting at number three with his sharp, London-centred debut album Alpha Place, Kilburn rapper Knucks has expanded his vision for second record A Fine African Man, to explore his ancestral home of Nigeria
8 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
In search of sisterhood
A first for the writer, director and one of its stars, Brides is a gripping feature about two Muslim besties who set off in search of freedom and belonging.
2 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
GIVING VOICE
When the pandemic hit in 2020, an Irish touring drummer locked himself away for six months, got sober and emerged as “angry, one-man-operated punk band\" Meryl Streek, with a mission to address injustice through music. Here, he traces his touring days and writes about his creative transformation
10+ min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
LOOKING UP
After a challenging few years that saw him lose some of those closest to him, Louis Tomlinson is determined to celebrate life through music, with songs like ‘Lemonade’ from new album How Did I Get Here? reflecting a sunnier, more upbeat phase
10+ min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
STEVE LACY
He's a musical polymath and style icon with several modern classics under his belt. Up next: his most personal album yet
10+ min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
SUTARA GAYLE: PIONEERING REGGAE ARTIST, ACTRESS AND ACTIVIST
From the Brixton riots to the first UK Black Pride, Sutara Gayle – aka Lorna Gee – has been a defining force in UK culture for over 40 years. Here, ahead of her one-woman solo tour in October and November, she tells her story
4 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
FROM ELVIS TO 50 CENT, PHANTOM IS THE STARS' RIDE OR DIE
Now celebrating its centenary, the Rolls-Royce flagship has been embraced by artists from Marlene Dietrich and Elvis to John Lennon and Sir Elton John
4 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
ADJANI SALMON 'WE HAD A RULE: DON'T INVENT RACIAL JOKES'
The writer of the BAFTA-winning Dreaming Whilst Black on what viewers can expect from the second series, plus his new sitcom project
4 min |
October/November 2025
Rolling Stone UK
JOHN FOGERTY
The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman on revisiting the band's hits, his childhood dreams, and the promise of immortality
4 min |
October/November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Ravel's Boléro, a ballet with 'no music', takes to the stage
In 1984, a truncated version of Maurice Ravel's orchestral piece Boléro was used to accompany a routine by British ice-dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. The pair won gold and Boléro went global, its seductive rhythms mesmerising a whole new generation of listeners. Four decades later, Boléro remains one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of classical music, the work’s ‘crossover’ popularity entirely undiminished.
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pick a theme... and name your seven favourite examples
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Dark fascination
Cellist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has forged a career spanning classical, film and electronics – but she's always been drawn to unsettling themes
9 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Identity crisis
Do national schools of piano playing still exist in 2025, asks Jessica Duchen – and indeed, has the concept ever really been an accurate one?
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A passage to Indonesia
Hearing the Javanese gamelan at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris introduced Debussy to a new world, explains Simon Broughton
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Michel Legrand
With a portfolio ranging from iconic film scores to jazz standards and even a piano concerto, the versatile Frenchman is hailed by Mervyn Cooke
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A stunning and scholarly performance
Jan Smaczny is enthralled by Isabelle Faust's unique approach to the demanding material of Bach's little-known violin works
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Trieste Italy
John-Pierre Joyce heads to the very corner of Italy to enjoy the cultural riches of a city whose list of musical visitors is both long and illustrious
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Best value bookshelf speakers for your budget
Our expert Chris Haslam gives advice on buying the latest hi-fi equipment
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Rays of light
Multiple studies show that music can do wonders for our mental health. So which pieces do we turn to when times are tough?
8 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Eleanor Oldroyd Broadcaster
Having joined the BBC in 1986, Eleanor Oldroyd has become well known as the presenter of radio programmes including Radio 1's Newsbeat and 5 Live Sport, and is perhaps most familiar to many as the voice of 5 Live's cricket coverage. She commentated for BBC Radio on the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh and the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, and has also presented programmes on choral music for Radio 3. Her book Composers of Barnes: The Flow of Inspiration was published in 2016.
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Cardiff Singer of the World
One of the world's most prestigious international opera competitions, the biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of the World was founded in 1983, and has been a launchpad for the careers of some of the world's major stars. But due to ongoing renovations to the competition's home venue of St David's Hall, it's had to take a hiatus and promises to return in 2027.
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
An environmental force
As he relives a memorable evening at the BBC Proms, Tom Service ponders how music might make us reconsider our relationship with the world around us
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Rodion Shchedrin - Born 1932 Composer and pianist
Throughout his life, Rodion Shchedrin (left) enjoyed significant status in his home country, both in the Soviet Union and then in Russia – in a 2014 interview, the then prime minister Vladimir Putin cited him alongside Gavrilin and Sviridov as three composers who had brought Russian classical music into the modern era.
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A vibrant and humane message
Jo Talbot is impressed and moved by Abel Selaocoe’s first Cello Concerto
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A triumphant return for the Notre-Dame organ
Paul Riley is captivated by this infectious collection of feel-good crowd-pleasers, masterfully performed
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Concert Heaven Concert Hell
Top artists recall their best and worst performances
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Grave occasions reveal an unexpected taste
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the graveyard...
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Alison Balsom calls time on career
Last Night of the Proms to be trumpeter's final concert
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
Jeremy Pound is storm-tossed and then enchanted as he seeks out the best versions of the Russian's Shakespeare-inspired fantasy-overture
4 min |