Music

Quartiers nord is Marseille rapper Alonzo's most affectionate tribute to his hometown yet

Fifty years ago, with a couple of vans, children and dogs in tow, Paul McCartney set off to Europe with a new band to realise a dream

Jeton Neziraj’s new play explores the lesser-known side of Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke

A new boxed set provides a rare insight into the life and mind of one of the most popular cultural icons of the 20th century during what were to be his final days

Despite the preconception that maths and science are cold and logical while music is all emotion, there’s clearly much interplay between music and the STEM curriculum

The frontman of the Armenian-American metal band had a sour reaction to the Eurovision results, calling for Armenia to leave the song contest behind in the future

The metal band's frontman talks chartism, race and the curse of Goldie Lookin Chain

The frontman of one of Norway's most notorious death metal bands has now turned his hand to Riesling

She may have been at least as gifted, if not more so than her illustrious brother but Fanny was a woman, making any kind of career in music off limits

Dutch-Turkish rapper Murda is not the first artist from Turkey’s contemporary rap scene to face the censure of the authorities

A supposedly tongue-in-cheek advert for a luxury SUV caused a backlash among classical music lovers

Last year, Sir Elton John warned of a “looming catastrophe” for touring British musicians after we left the EU. His prediction came true for one London band

This year's Tallinn Music Week has been a showcase for some of the besieged country's most defiant music acts

If the kings of the Neue Deutsche Härte are calling it a day Germany will lose one of its most paradoxically valuable assets

Two young musicians are demonstrating that classical music is perfectly able to have contemporary appeal among the young

New album Hair of the Dog captures something of our primitive selves who looked for expression of our hopes, desires and search for new beginnings through the sound of a beat

Deprived of the opportunity of having collaborators in the studio, the Danish experimental electronic chamber pop band have self-produced their new album

A new museum dedicated to the Swedish dance star has more in common with its earnest predecessors than at first seems the case

The Johnny Hallyday who took the Albert Hall stage one night 10 years ago was the culmination of 50 years of myth-making

With more than 100m albums sold, the Anglo-Italian could afford to be sanguine about critical coolness towards his work

Ukraine’s artists boost morale at home and awareness globally via impromptu concerts and viral videos. But others are heading directly into battle

The Norwegian singer's new album is an undeniably dreamlike, immersive experience

Largely forgotten in his own country, Murray Head remains an adoptive hero in France

If we cut off Russian musicians indiscriminately, are we cutting off their right to the free speech over which this battle is essentially being fought?

Designed to produce ephemeral pop stars, Pop Idol produced some acts who have kicked against expectations

The Feeder frontman on reflecting the pandemic, the decline of guitar bands and avoiding TikTok

A chart star alongside the likes of Iggy Azalea and Justin Bieber, Karen Marie Ørsted, aka MØ, is now striking out on her own

The Dutch alt-folk act is making music for the rootless

A duo from Sweden are providing an escapist look back to the past of European pop

Why Brexit travel restrictions threaten the very future of European tours for British musicians

An accidental boat trip to a remote island monastery saved the composer and gave birth to his First Symphony