Music

Why Yes are still the funniest rock band in the world (although Radiohead are catching up)

11 October 2014 9:00 am

My favourite comment about the Scottish referendum came from the eminent comedian and novelist David Baddiel. ‘What if Yes wins,…

Yes men

9 October 2014 2:00 pm

My favourite comment about the Scottish referendum came from the eminent comedian and novelist David Baddiel. ‘What if Yes wins,…

Yes men

9 October 2014 2:00 pm

My favourite comment about the Scottish referendum came from the eminent comedian and novelist David Baddiel. ‘What if Yes wins,…

Consummately psychotic: Mark E. Smith of The Fall

If the idea of disturbing kraut-punk sung by a troll appeals, you'll love The Fall

4 October 2014 9:00 am

I had a fair idea of what I was in for when I went to see The Fall at Brixton’s…

Christopher Hogwood: the absolutist of early music

4 October 2014 9:00 am

The death of Christopher Hogwood has deprived the world of the most successful exponent of early music there has ever…

Consummately psychotic: Mark E. Smith of The Fall

Psycho thriller

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

I had a fair idea of what I was in for when I went to see The Fall at Brixton’s…

Consummately psychotic: Mark E. Smith of The Fall

Psycho thriller

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

I had a fair idea of what I was in for when I went to see The Fall at Brixton’s…

Class of ’73

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

The death of Christopher Hogwood has deprived the world of the most successful exponent of early music there has ever…

Class of ’73

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

The death of Christopher Hogwood has deprived the world of the most successful exponent of early music there has ever…

Wedding music lives or dies at the hands of the organist

20 September 2014 9:00 am

A few weeks ago I was at the perfect wedding. My young friend Will Heaven, a comment editor at the…

Bach triumphant

18 September 2014 1:00 pm

A few weeks ago I was at the perfect wedding. My young friend Will Heaven, a comment editor at the…

Bach triumphant

18 September 2014 1:00 pm

A few weeks ago I was at the perfect wedding. My young friend Will Heaven, a comment editor at the…

The secret to a long and happy pop career? Don’t die

13 September 2014 9:00 am

As everybody in the world except me seems to have seen Kate Bush’s live shows — against all apparent arithmetical…

Power of one

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

As everybody in the world except me seems to have seen Kate Bush’s live shows — against all apparent arithmetical…

Power of one

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

As everybody in the world except me seems to have seen Kate Bush’s live shows — against all apparent arithmetical…

Enough ‘themes’ at festivals

6 September 2014 9:00 am

One might have expected the streets of Edinburgh, especially at festival time, to bear some evidence of the political struggle…

Buried treasure

4 September 2014 1:00 pm

One might have expected the streets of Edinburgh, especially at festival time, to bear some evidence of the political struggle…

Buried treasure

4 September 2014 1:00 pm

One might have expected the streets of Edinburgh, especially at festival time, to bear some evidence of the political struggle…

Kate Bush Hammersmith Apollo review: Still crazy after all these years

30 August 2014 9:00 am

It says something about Kate Bush’s standing in the music world that, perhaps uniquely in the history of long-awaited live…

Still crazy after all these years

28 August 2014 1:00 pm

It says something about Kate Bush’s standing in the music world that, perhaps uniquely in the history of long-awaited live…

Still crazy after all these years

28 August 2014 1:00 pm

It says something about Kate Bush’s standing in the music world that, perhaps uniquely in the history of long-awaited live…

‘Ashtray’ Annie Fischer was a piano giant. Why didn’t more people realise this?

23 August 2014 9:00 am

This year marks the centenary of a pianist whom London orchestral players nicknamed ‘Ashtray Annie’. Only at the keyboard did…

‘Ashtray Annie’

21 August 2014 1:00 pm

This year marks the centenary of a pianist whom London orchestral players nicknamed ‘Ashtray Annie’. Only at the keyboard did…

‘Ashtray Annie’

21 August 2014 1:00 pm

This year marks the centenary of a pianist whom London orchestral players nicknamed ‘Ashtray Annie’. Only at the keyboard did…

My daughter wants to know why you haven't heard of the Jayhawks

9 August 2014 9:00 am

One of the many delightful aspects of having children is that you can get them to do things you are…