Spotify doubles down on $11-billion music industry payout
Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point.Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady...
Nneka Cummins: ‘Stay curious’ | Classical Music
The composer and Ivors Classical Award winner reflects on their career...
Seven of the best music festivals to visit by train from the UK |...
Fête de la musique, FranceParis has some great festivals, such as Cercle (22-24 May), with dance music stars against the backdrop of planes...
San Antonio music legend Augie Meyers, co-founder of Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados,...
Augie Meyers, the San Antonio-born musician known for his signature Vox organ sound and role in the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados,...
‘Utterly winning’: Paddington becomes first new West End musical to land nine WhatsOnStage awards...
Paddington has become the first new West End musical to land nine awards at the WhatsOnStage awards.The much-loved bear’s first appearance on the...
On This Day in 1969, Sonny James Topped the Country Music Charts With a...
With his velvety vocals and trademark dark sunglasses, Roy Orbison still looms large in the public consciousness nearly 40 years after his death....
Bombshell in Boston as Symphony drops music director
norman lebrecht
March 07, 2026
The dismissal of music director Andris Nelsons by BSO chief executive Chad Smith was a death foretold in slippedisc in...
String theory: How Carnatic music is shaping the global sound of artists like Susheela...
As Abi Natesh stepped onto the stage and the strains of her Saraswati veena boomed through the stadium, the crowd went wild. Last...



















