Record Collector
THE ENGINE ROOM
The unsung heroes who helped forge modern music
4 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Latest BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists revealed
2021 Leeds International Piano Competition winner among this year's recruits
1 min |
September 2023
Guitar World
GUY TALK
On the eve of his farewell tour, living legend BUDDY GUY looks back on his nearly 70-year career (and a particularly unforgettable Fender Bassman amp)
10+ min |
October 2023
Guitar World
Positive Undertones
BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT, WE ASKED THE UNDERTONES’ DAMIAN O’NEILL ABOUT THE NORTHERN IRISH ROCKERS’ OUT-OF-LEFT-FIELD 1981 ALBUM, POSITIVE TOUCH. THANKFULLY, HE OBLIGED US!
6 min |
October 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Ancient & modern
When Christopher Hogwood founded the Academy of Ancient Music 50 years ago his focus was firmly on the past, yet together they helped to propel music-making into a new era, as Nicholas Kenyon explains
8 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
The Grange Festival England
Jeremy Pound drives into the Hampshire countryside where, behind the neo-classical columns, an evening of tantalising Tchaikovsky awaits
3 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
COURSES FOR COMPOSERS
Clare Stevens investigates the opportunities offered to budding creatives by the UK's schools, universities and music colleges
6 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Alar Karis - President of Estonia
Alar Karis trained as a molecular geneticist and developmental biologist, and after a distinguished academic career became director of the Estonian National Museum. In October 2021 he was elected as the sixth president of Estonia. Travelling for work, he listens to classical music and subscribes to BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone for recommendations.
3 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Obsessive repetition
Ravel's Boléro may be the composer's single most popular work, but there's a lot more to it than its two beguiling melodies may suggest, says Tom Service
2 min |
September 2023
Guitar World
The Gold Standard
CHARVEL PRO-MOD SO-CAL STYLE 1 HSS FR E
3 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
Melanie Faye
THE R&B GUITARIST AND PRODUCER TALKS US THROUGH HER NEW D’ANGELICO SIGNATURE MODEL, HER UNIQUE APPROACH TO NEO-SOUL GUITAR AND THE ONE CHORD SHE JUST CAN’T STOP PLAYING
2 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
Believe the Hype(r)
SEYMOUR DUNCAN HYPERSWITCH
2 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
CRÜE TO THE 5TH POWER
MONSTER GUITARIST JOHN 5 DETAILS HIS ASCENSION INTO THE RANKS OF MÖTLEY CRÜE
10+ min |
October 2023
Guitar World
In the Eye of the Hurricane
WITH A NEW SOLO ALBUM SHAKING UP THE AIRWAVES, NITA STRAUSS DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING RISKS. STEPPING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND NEVER SETTLING
10+ min |
October 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Life at the front
Even as war rages, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine continues to rehearse and perform - and in October undertakes a 17-date UK tour. Tom Stewart meets some of its brave musicians
6 min |
September 2023
Guitar World
DIMARZIO SUPER DISTORTION HUMBUCKING PICKUP
THE REPLACEMENT PICKUP is so commonplace these days that most guitarists have swapped pickups on at least one of their electric guitars to improve its sound
2 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
Hardcore Breakdown
HOW GUITARISTS FROM DRUG CHURCH, MILITARIE GUN AND SCOWL ARE LEADING THE MELODIC MOVEMENT IN HARDCORE PUNK
4 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
One Piece
One Piece
3 min |
October 2023
BBC Music Magazine
When I see a rainy day, I think that nature is crying. A tide is nature breathing
THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW Tan Dun | The Chinese-American composer has risen from humble origins to global success, yet his concerns - balance, humanity and the natural world - remain the same, writes Claire Jackson
7 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Vital organist
Anna Lapwood has built a huge fanbase through her performances of music from Bach to Disney and her enthusiastic social media presence. Richard Morrison catches up with her as she records her debut album for Sony
8 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Leoš Janáček - Sinfonietta
Terry Williams enjoys a musical city tour in the company of the Czech composer as he explores the nooks and crannies of the best recordings
4 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Joseph Haydn
The father of the symphony and the string quartet deserves to be remembered for his still underappreciated operas too, says George Hall
7 min |
September 2023
Guitar World
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS BLUER
SIX BLAZING BLUEGRASS GUITARISTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT (BESIDES BILLY STRINGS AND MOLLY TUTTLE!)
10 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
Stoking that Fire
In Flames reignite the death metal fire with Foregone, an album that marks ex-Megadeth master Chris Broderick’s recording debut with the band
10 min |
October 2023
Guitar World
STEVE BARTEK
The former Oingo Boingo guitarist talks “Dead Man’s Party,” his early days with future Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, upcoming shows with Danny Elfman and a lifetime of scoring films
10 min |
October 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Opera Heroines
Despite being perpetually overlooked, women have been writing superb and challenging operas since the 17th century, as Rebecca Franks discovers
7 min |
September 2023
Prog
IHLO
Studio project-turned-band proper deliver dark, poppy and synth-infused prog metal.
2 min |
Issue 142
Prog
The Music Begins Here
Canterbury mainstays Soft Machine are back! As the group herald a new era without their longtime drummer John Marshall and bassist Roy Babbington, the current line-up tell Prog all about their latest studio album, Other Doors, and we find out more about their new drummer, Asaf Sirkis.
6 min |
Issue 142
Prog
The Voyage Beyond Eurovision
Many artists would follow a mainstream moment with the most accessible music of their career. However, weeks after finishing in the Top 10 at the Eurovision Song Contest, Voyager have doubled down on their heavy synth-prog with new album Fearless In Love. Singer Danny Estrin, guitarist Simone Dow and bassist Alex Canion tell Prog about life after playing to more than 160 million people.
7 min |
Issue 142
Prog
Stories To Thrill And terrify
A ghost train, aliens, Captain Nemo's famous submarine and much more besides inhabit I Am The Manic Whale's Bumper Book Of Mystery Stories. Frontman and founder Michael Whiteman talks to Prog about giving voice to his lifelong love of the uncanny and the inexplicable.
5 min |