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Daniel Arizona considers the life and music of a southern bard who never quite achieved the fame he deserved ...  read more »

David Hepworth, founder of several music magazines including the Word, on the tunes he has loved this year ...  read more »

The Beatles are back, on Rock Band and remastered CDs. Laura Barton picks their best album tracks to download to your iPod ...  read more »

He’s the Britpop boy who grew up to be a rock renaissance man. Laura Barton charts his leaps and bounds ...  read more »

Satanic climaxes, perilous fireworks, duelling fencers: there's nothing quite so seductive to piano students as a nearly unplayable piece of music. Irving Wardle finds some models on iTunes ...  read more »

More than a thousand musicians and singers performed Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at its debut. Almost 90 years later, James C. Taylor wonders what he was trying to say ...  read more »

An unusual annual music festival takes place on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Paul Sullivan heads to Isafjordur to check out this big chill, full of gyrating sailors, cheap beer and techno-pop gurus ...  read more »

Fifty years ago, Chris Blackwell started a record company that had rhythm and style. Tim de Lisle picks eight of its best tracks for your iPod ...  read more »

Fifty years ago a small plane crashed in Iowa, killing three young musicians at the height of their careers. Daniel Arizona remembers Buddy Holly, who was pure rock 'n' roll behind a veneer of golly-gee ...  read more »

The record company that defined black music in the 1960s and 1970s is celebrating its golden jubilee. Tim de Lisle picks eight classics for your iPod ...  read more »