For a long time I didn't understand why some people were drawn to sad songs. Mystified by an advert for the 'Greatest Tearjerkers'...

No, it's not André Rieu. Wolfgang Amadeus earns another spot in the Hall of Fame with his Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter', one place higher...

This eyebrow-raising and possibly clickbait title is an English translation Cosí Fan Tutte, the Mozart opera which ranks at 96th place in...

Continuing the countdown of the top 100 popular classics according to Classic FM... #99 - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet - Craig...

This is the first in a series I'll be posting as I listen and blog my way through Classic FM's Hall of Fame top 100. My ambition to...

I was introduced to Tom Jones when he covered Talking Heads' Burning Down the House with The Cardigans. That's a weird starting point,...

Earlier this year I blogged about the local music scene. Signs of life are starting to spring up after the heavy blow brought by Covid....

What's your favourite moment from Hamilton? I could name so many. One Last Time could be my top pick actually - one that didn't hit hard...

I credit the Playstation game Music 2000 as being the ignition for my music production fascination. The power to sequence loops and...

I haven't been this excited about a piece of music since I discovered James Taylor (which happened, embarassingly, at the beginning of...

Has it become a cliché to talk about pre-lockdown art as being prescient? It's a word I keep reading at the moment. As if, like animals...

Public Service Broadcasting isn't a band name that evokes scenes of sweaty, emotional fans chanting euphorically, but that's exactly what...

Who has been the biggest influence on your taste in music? Possibly your parents, probably your friends. We've all been led to praise or...

I'm really missing the local music scene at the moment. Shropshire isn't exactly a cultural hotspot but there's a lot of under-the-radar...

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds to use its full title. A long name for a long album (95 minutes, 2 discs in the CD...