April 2024

Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex” is still as recognizable as the day that it dropped. As far as bedroom bangers of the last decade, it’s a staple,...

As so often, George Harrison put it most profoundly. “The first person who ever impressed me in my life was Ravi Shankar,” he said, “and...

Today, “legends” are ten a penny. When Billie Holiday was accorded the accolade it meant something. Lady Day was a brilliant jazz singer, a great...

As a trumpet player, Freddie Hubbard seemed to have it all. A fully formed musician at a young age, he could do the really difficult,...

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, the ‘Eroica’ Symphony, changed the musical world and is perhaps his defining work. At a stroke, orchestral...

Historically seminal and musically gobsmacking: from Mozart to Beethoven to Mahler, here’s our selection of the best symphonies. The Western Classical canon is littered with...