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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Interview
    Opera singer Lise Davidsen: ‘I was in survival mode’

    Heralded as a star of her generation, her career took off with Wagner and Strauss roles around the world

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Review
    The Wreckers at Glyndebourne review — rare revival for Ethel Smyth’s passionate opera

    Plus: fine singing in Le nozze di Figaro

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    How To Spend It
    Kylie Minogue, uncorked

    She’s topped the charts for decades, now her wines are winning awards. What’s the secret to her business? The pop megastar turned mogul explains all     

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Interview
    Composer Tom Coult goes in search of lost time

    His first opera, premiering at the Aldeburgh Festival, explores a fantastical world in which hours disappear

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Review
    Charli XCX, Crash tour review — electro-tinged bangers with deliciously chaotic energy

    The star’s show at Alexandra Palace brought out hardcore fans for an evening of kick-ass pop stardom

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Review
    Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry review — an exhilarating set at Ronnie Scott’s

    London gig showcased the saxophonist’s technique and his rapport with pianist Marilyn Crispell

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Life of a Song
    Never Gonna Give You Up — how Rick Astley’s 1987 hit became a global meme

    ‘The song has been good to me,’ says the singer of the track that gave rise to ‘Rickrolling’

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Review
    Best new album releases of the week
  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Simon Rattle lets his hair down with London Symphony Orchestra for Nazareno

    This energising album of jazz-related works features a Stravinsky concerto and a percussion-filled suite

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita: Echo — Welsh harp meets Senegalese kora

    The duo reunite for their third album, supported by a string section

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Harry Styles’ boy-next-door appeal persists with new album Harry’s House

    The singer comes across as warm and unspoiled in his third solo album since One Direction hung up their singlets

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Mary Halvorson explores sonic extremes in Amaryllis and Belladonna

    Two new albums mark the guitarist’s first forays into long-form composition for a quartet of strings

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Jo Ellison
    The perfect evolution of Harry Styles

    In his transition from teeny popper to rock god, the musician has done everything right

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Review
    Rapper Lupe Fiasco: ‘It’s my job to shine light and expose the dark side’

    The reluctant star on coming out of retirement, staying politically conscious and why he doesn’t like drill music

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Spotify record-breaker Bad Bunny returns — Un Verano Sin Ti review

    One of the biggest names in pop reaches 183mn streams in a single day with his new album of dance jams and summer anthems

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    How do today’s musicians make money?

    Unable to fight the streaming giants, singer-songwriter Amaare has had to develop her own business model

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Review
    Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera review — complex, dark and enthralling

    Brett Dean’s Shakespeare adaptation opens in New York with a formidable cast

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Review
    X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X review — a long-dormant opera revived in Detroit

    Anthony Davis’s biographical work adroitly fuses elements of classical music and jazz

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Life of a Song
    I Don’t Know Why — where did Stevie Wonder’s howl of teenage angst come from?

    The singer’s 1969 track, at odds with his optimistic output, led to some remarkable cover versions

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    The top 10 classical music festivals in the US this summer

    From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia to Tristan und Isolde in New Mexico

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    The Sex Pistols: from filth and fury to Disney and Sotheby’s

    A TV bio-series and upcoming auction may upset punk purists, but the group themselves made a mockery of the concept of ‘selling out’

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Kendrick Lamar: Mr Morale & The Big Steppers review — a virtuoso rap performance

    On a bravura album, the Pulitzer-winner sheds egotism, incorporates many voices and opens his private world

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Lex
    Pink Floyd: just another brick in the wall of the lucrative music rights industry Premium content

    Artists’ rights are broadening out from songs and master recordings to name, image and likeness

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Arcadia Quartet give a first-rate performance in Weinberg: String Quartets

    This Chandos recording offers a fascinating sample of the composer’s chamber music

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Best new album releases of the week
    Ches Smith’s Interpret It Well marries vibrant tones with a vibraphone

    The musician’s 10th release, supported by piano, guitar and viola, maintains a fascinating grip

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