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 ...

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 ...

From contrabassoons to harmonicas, we take a look at some of the concertos for more unusual instruments to have found their ...

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

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 ...

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

Not every late-'60s band embraced peace and love. These 13 acts chose darkness, danger, noise and brutal honesty instead ...

With a run of albums stretching back to 1979, Robert Smith’s band covers pretty much every style of music going, but somehow always makes it sounds like The Cure ...

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

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

From abandoned rock operas to lost masterpieces, these 9 cancelled albums might have rewritten musical history — if only they’d made it out of the studio alive ...

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