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Five things we learned from E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt
Music

Five things we learned from E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt

Classical music – orchestrating creativity at the annual ABO conference
Music

Classical music – orchestrating creativity at the annual ABO conference

How to turn on, tune in and pig out
Life

How to turn on, tune in and pig out

Songs that saved my life – pianist James Rhodes on music's redeptive power
Music

Songs that saved my life – pianist James Rhodes on music's redeptive power

Music's good brain food agree Plato and Bono, so why's GCSE music in decline?
Music

Music's good brain food agree Plato and Bono, so why's GCSE music in decline?

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm's new albums will warm you through the winter
Music

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm's new albums will warm you through the winter

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"
Music

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike
Music

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas
Music

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas

From Bach to Bond and Beth Ditto – Robin Ince picks the best Christmas radio
Radio

From Bach to Bond and Beth Ditto – Robin Ince picks the best Christmas radio

Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips
Music

Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips

Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake
Johnny Marr Maxine Peake
Music

Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake

Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue
Tom Chaplin
Music

Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue

U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway
U2 Bono Edge Berlin
Music

U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems
Music

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems

More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas
Vinyl LPs in a record shop
Music

More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts
Carducci Quartet
Music

Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts

Win Now That’s What I Call Disney CD boxset
Now Thats What I Call Disney CD boxset
Competitions

Win Now That’s What I Call Disney CD boxset

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud
Music

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud

Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
Music

Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”

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