Rolling Stone UK
JAMES GUNN
I'M LESS AFRAID NOW'
10+ min |
August/September 2025
Classic Rock
WELCOME BACK Willie Nile
After four years, the New Yorker's new album was worth the wait. He also has a documentary on the way...
2 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
WELCOME BACK Brent Cobb
For his new album the American country music veteran looked back to his youth and decided was time to rock.
2 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy
The pair and their 'covers' band present the music of R.E.M.'s album Fables Of The Reconstruction.
3 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
CUTTING HEADS
Friends for two decades, blues giants Joe Bonamassa and Joanne Shaw Taylor invited Classic Rock to join them and press 'Record' as they put the world to rights - from Al and internet trolls to crap journalists, and the music execs who need a punch in the face.
10 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
SLY STONE
March 15, 1943 - June 9, 2025
5 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
BRIXTON CALLING
New play tells the story of the entrepreneur who bought Brixton Academy for a quid.
4 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Using My Religion
Christian rock was crucified in the eighties. Wytch Hazel may be believers, but their righteous influences and almighty folk metal rocks harder than Gabriel's judgement day trumpet herald.
5 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
THE REAL McCOY
Rick Derringer, famous for 60s classic Hang On Sloopy and Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo, died in May. Late last year he granted our sister title Guitar Player a rare and exclusive interview, in which he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen, being in a band with Johnny Winter, and much more.
10+ min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
FIGHTING TALK
Whipping boys of the UK music press in the 90s, Bush know what an uphill battle feels like. Today they're still fighting, but instead of battling the detractors, they're prioritising improvement.
10 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Volbeat
Singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen on life, death, loss, evil, spirituality, choosing music over boxing, the new album, goats...
4 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
California Irish
The Answer's frontman on his new band inspired by 1960s folk/country rock.
2 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
BRIAN WILSON
June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025As the visionary heart and soul of the Beach Boys, he created a mythic California soundtrack of sun-drenched, youthful innocence, and some timeless classics, all while battling personal demons, addiction and mental illness.
10+ min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Young Gun Silver Fox
Don't call it yacht rock - there's no cheesy parody here, just accomplished songcraft.
2 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
THE WORKING MAN
The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman's saga is one of American rock's most complex: a story of working-class poetry, bitter betrayal, legal warfare, and long-delayed redemption. Now at peace with his past and driven by a renewed purpose, John Fogerty's story is not over yet...
10+ min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
EVER MEET LEMMY?
Ronnie Dio pinched her cheeks, Wolfgang Van Halen took her to 5150, she's shared stages with Slash, Skid Row and Tom Keifer, given Rob Halford high heels for Christmas, bonded with Ann Wilson and Amy Lee... She's Lzzy Hale, and these are some of her stories.
8 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Cardinal Black
Back with a new album and with Slash in their corner, they play UK dates in October.
4 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
Lita Ford
The former Runaways guitarist plays rare UK shows.
2 min |
August 2025
Classic Rock
HERE COMES THE RAIN
For The Black Keys, 2024 is a year they’d like to forget. But with a new outlook and approach feeding into new album No Rain, No Flowers, they’re hoping 2025 will be one to remember.
10 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
From Me To You
Four top classical musicians come together to share with us why they had to get The Beatles into their life
6 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Becoming Oscar
Michael Beek catches up with actor (and pianist) Sean Hayes ahead of his Barbican run as Oscar Levant in the play Good Night, Oscar
6 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
On the cutting-edge of headphone development
Our expert Chris Haslam gives advice on buying the latest hi-fi equipment
4 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Aristo Sham strikes gold in Texas
Hong Kong pianist triumphs in Van Cliburn Competition
2 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Wagner sees the bigger picture as the Ring opens in Bayreuth
‘I am toying with the boldest of plans.’ With these words, in September 1850, Richard Wagner first articulated a grand idea which took a quarter of a century to come to full fruition: the building of a special opera house in which the work eventually known as Der Ring des Nibelungen could be mounted to the highest standard.
3 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
The magic touch
Performer, educator, campaigner and festival director... in all aspects of her busy career, violinist Nicola Benedetti aims to make music accessible for all, writes Ariane Todes
8 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Richard Morrison
How shocking was it for a critic to compare The Beatles to Mahler?
3 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Magical Mystery Four
As we mark 65 years of The Beatles, Bob Chilcott, composer, former King's Singer and Fab Four fanatic, explores the band's many musical influences
6 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Bologna Italy
There's more to Bologna than culinary delights, writes John Allison — not least a music festival dedicated to its native son, Ottorino Respighi
3 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Hero or hype?
Are some of the 'great' composers simply overrated? We invite five of our writers to reveal those whose feted talents leave them seriously underwhelmed
10 min |
August 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Cello and piano works beautifully wrought
David Nice says Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen are in a class of their own in this revelatory selection of pieces
3 min |