Music

CHARLIE CONNELLY on arguably the most enigmatic figure to orbit the strange world of The Beatles

SOPHIA DEBOICK on the traditional songs of celebration continuing to be sung across Europe

Intelligent, genuine and in control, Brussels has sprouted the future of European pop as we approach 2022.

Choral music can bring communities together and lift the soul - if religion is involved then that's fine too. But with Church attendance numbers dropping every year, is it time for some different hymns?

Still, after 8000 years, Maltese music is centred around cultural eclecticism and originality.

The late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was known for Hollywood adaptations of his work. But European movies were closer to his heart.

Volbeat's Lasses Birgitta tells the story of a woman, who became one of many, executed for witchcraft in the Swedish island of Öland, over 450 years ago.

Britney may finally be free – even to marry Sam Asghari – sadly, the same can't be said of the UK.

Ultravox sung about Vienna, Freddie Mercury duetted with Montserrat Caballe on Barcelona and The Stranglers told us all roads lead to Rome but Suede's Europe is Our Playground couldn't be more wrong today

Composer and academic Mary Ann Tedstone Glover has brought the music of the Roman empire back to life.

Russian rap no longer acts purely as social commentary, but reflects a money-obsessed society in turmoil.

Chedid, known by his rocker alter ego -M- is part of a French musical dynasty that shows no signs of stopping.

The nation's musical genius and talent's extends beyond ABBA, as one rock band proves.

With cases like Emily Ratajkowski's, two lines of enquiry are usually made. Both of which miss the point.

Music reflects society. For Italy, this has meant the birth of a genre that's rife with scandal.

The union of British stars from ballet, art and music to rework Dante is paradise.

From the Olympic field to Parisian concert calls, Micheline Ostermeyer never failed to provide that special something

Four years on from the hashtag that started a revolution, SOPHIA DEBOICK on the female performers who chronicled their experiences of harassment and hope for change in song

BONNIE GREER looks back at the life of Kurt Cobain and recalls the significance of 'The 27 Club' in music.

Public Service Broadcasting captures Berlin's musical history with a magical new album - Bright Magic

Three decades ago, dulcet tones from Estonia signalled the country's newfound freedom, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

WILL SELF on the reggae culture and music from his youth, and finding it in Cornwall.

When the music arrived, it addressed a world, not only a country, in turmoil, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK.

The Isle of Wight Festival is the foundation of British festival music. But in 1970, infamous events took place on 'Devastation Hill'

Not if the reformed, revived, stripped-down The Specials have anything to say about it.

The composer prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the "universal Greek" died last week. Few have had the relationship with revolution that Theodorakis did, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

This summer, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was reimagined on the Olympic field for Russian athletes, writes Sophia Deboick

As John Lydon comes to terms with a failed legal battle against other former Sex Pistols, ADAM BEHR considers the sociology of bands. What brings them together and what tears them apart?

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus joins the ranks of dictators who have been musically mocked, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

Mathieu Boogaerts has set himself an ambitious task: teaching the English about French chanson

Esther Loewy lied when she told an orchestra conductor she could play the accordion, and it was a lie that saved her life, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

Can the Eurovision winners continue their artistic progression as they climb the UK charts?