BBC Music Magazine
London calling
Clifford Hall recounts Haydn's huge successes in the English capital, a far cry from the composer's hard-up days in a freezing Vienna garret
9 min |
December 2025
BBC Music Magazine
All aboard!
Clare Stevens joins the intrepid presenters of Radio 3 for a day of remarkable on-the-move broadcasting, travelling the length of the United Kingdom by train
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Music Magazine
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4 min |
December 2025
BBC Music Magazine
Franz Schubert
From angst to acceptance, Schubert's ability to switch seamlessly between states of mind was a unique part of his genius, says Stephen Johnson
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A compelling revival of Hasse's tragic masterpiece
Anett Fritsch, Roberta Mameli and Jeremy Ovenden deliver vivid performances, notes Nicholas Kenyon
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Music Magazine
A heartfelt and beautiful performance for our time
Tippett's meditation on inhumanity is as relevant today as at its premiere, writes Christopher Dingle
6 min |
December 2025
Guitarist
The Learning Curve
Neville Marten bemoans his lack of music-reading skills as he and some 'old' mates attempt to compile songs for an upcoming gig
3 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Seventies Chic
After some considerable time, the Les Paul Custom returns to Gibson USA's production line-up in classic 70s style, while the lesser Marauder is celebrated with a limited throwback design. Time to investigate!
9 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
1963 FENDER TELECASTER
The only other Fender in The Final Encore collection is this modded firecracker of a Tele
2 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
1962 GIBSON LES PAUL
Gary Moore's SG-shape Les Paul is in remarkably clean, original condition
1 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
GIBSON 1963 ES-335TD
Gary Moore was a master at coaxing tone from this workhorse semi
1 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Stephen Dale Petit
Grave illness and a broken heart have tested Stephen Dale Petit – but the bluesman tells us that completing his Clapton-bolstered masterpiece, Be The Love, is all that matters
8 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Junior Senior
Decked out in tooled western-style livery with a saddle bag's worth of speaker and circuit upgrades, this anniversary edition stands strong in the lineage of the classic benchmark combo
4 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Flex Factor
The little green pedal loved by Nashville session players gets a reboot with added versatility
2 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Tones Behind The Tracks
When two prog giants collaborate, you know you're in for a mesmerising experience. Bioscope's Steve Rothery shares the story of Gentō
5 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Albums
The month's best guitar music - a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax
4 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
BIFFY CLYRO
WITH THEIR 10TH ALBUM, 'FUTIQUE', BIFFY CLYRO REMIND US EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BANDS OF THE MODERN AGE...
8 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
TRUSTY STEED
Compact, affordable and full of Fender DNA, the Blues Junior celebrates 30 years as one of the company's most iconic and celebrated valve amp designs. Senior product manager, Rick Heins, joins us to mark the milestone
6 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Doubleneck Duo
It's double trouble this month as we examine a pair of twin-necked 60s Gibsons
3 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
Deep Space
Crazy Tube Circuits presents a dual-engine ambient reverb workstation that spans the traditional and the esoteric
4 min |
November 2025
Prog
COLIN EDWIN AND JOHN WESLEY JOIN FORCES AND SET SAIL WITH THEIR NEW PROJECT VOYAGE 35
The former Porcupine Tree members will be playing and touring their former band's early material alongside the band's original lightshow, Fruit Salad Lights in 2026.
3 min |
Issue 164
Prog
GREGOR MACKINTOSH
The long shadows cast by the genre-weaving music of Dead Can Dance have long enveloped Paradise Lost's guitarist Gregor Mackintosh.
1 min |
Issue 164
Prog
IHLO
Hot on the heels of the recently released Legacy, Scotland’s Ihlo return to London for a sold-out show celebrating its launch.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
PELAGIC FEST
Once a record label showcase held now and again in Berlin, Pelagic Fest has flourished into a bona fide annual getaway for progressive music fans. For the second year in a row, it's taking up two days at Muziekgieterij, a club in the sleepy Dutch city of Maastricht renowned for its sound quality and state-of-the-art light shows. The bill is dominated, as ever, by artists signed to the Pelagic roster, but with This Will Destroy You and Ihsahn headlining, this is by far the biggest and most diverse lineup to date.
3 min |
Issue 164
Prog
WRNTDP ANNOUNCES SIXTH ALBUM AND COMPILATION
Latest LP mourns the collapse of public services.
1 min |
Issue 164
Prog
RAPHAEL WEINROTH-BROWNE
Leprous collaborator redefines the cello and pushes it to its progressive limits.
2 min |
Issue 164
Prog
JESSICA MOSS
Fuelled by a burning social and political conscience, the Canadian violinist turns protest into music.
1 min |
Issue 164
Prog
"The best thing he's ever done!"
Songwriting partnerships walk a delicate line between inspired and volatile. During Supertramp's most commercially successful period, Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson's working relationship created some of their best-loved material. We look back on Rick Davies' finest musical moments and discover what Hodgson considers to be \"the best thing\" Rick ever did.
7 min |
Issue 164
Prog
Sacred Sounds
Since her 2010 debut album, acclaimed composer and virtuoso cellist Jo Quail has demonstrated that the melancholic-sounding stringed instrument has a place beyond the realm of classical music and spooky movie scores. On her latest album, Notan, she strips her breathtaking and otherworldly sound back to its purest parts, and its orchestral companion is due next year. She tells Prog why less is sometimes more.
5 min |
Issue 164
Prog
DEREK SHULMAN
Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it's Derek Shulman. The Glasgow-born musician is best known as frontman of progressive rock trailblazers Gentle Giant and before that, the psychedelic pop outfit Simon Dupree And The Big Sound. But his career didn't end there - he went on to enjoy a hugely successful second chapter as a record label executive, playing a key role in signing and developing major acts including Bon Jovi and Dream Theater. Now, with a newly published autobiography, he looks back on six decades navigating both sides of the business, reflects on the importance of 'authenticity', and marvels that his music has found a new generation of listeners.
10+ min |