From superstition to simply hating the song, these artists all had reasons to stop playing their most loved songs ...

This live recording from the 2010 Magdeburg Telemann Festival is a fascinating reconstruction of Telemann’s Germanicus, written between 1701-05 (and later revised) for Leipzig, when the city briefly ...

Timeless artefacts and sonic anomalies: 15 singular albums that abandoned the cultural conveyor belt to exist in their own ...

David Crosby's 1971 album 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' was his masterpiece. But he had to go through a lot of pain to ...

These are the great ghost rooms of US rock – fifteen vanished spaces where scenes were born, legends rose and history left ...

But even the greatest can stumble. Sometimes it’s exhaustion, sometimes ego, sometimes changing times or sheer bad luck. And ...

Led Zeppelin was never a ‘singles band’. While their peers chased three-minute radio spots, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were busy constructing cathedrals of sound that ...

Some bands are tight, talented, even innovative – but still fall short of greatness. Then a figure emerges: a voice, a personality, a presence that changes the chemistry entirely. These are the ...

From iron-fisted studio dictators to ego-driven visionaries, these 15 leaders proved that rock and roll is rarely a true democracy ...

A great soundtrack is more than just a collection of songs. It’s an important part of the cinematic experience. Then when the movie is over it’s an album you want in your collection ...

From operatic epics to hard rock anthems, we rank Queen’s 25 greatest songs – celebrating their theatrical flair and timeless musical brilliance ...

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 ...