The genre-defying, gospel-tinged piano accompaniment lent sincerity and a strikingly emotional tone to the baroque piece. It ...

Last week Iceland became the fifth nation to boycott Eurovision 2026 due to Israel’s participation.

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

Yet when it comes to that perennial Christmas favourite, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, the words ‘pot and kettle’ spring to mind. A ...

Fake artists are landing on Billboard charts and racking up millions of streams. But we don’t even know if streams are real ...

There’s something uniquely tragic about artists who never live to see how profoundly their work would change music. They ...

It’s hard to imagine creating something beautiful and never knowing how deeply it touched people. Yet throughout musical ...

Forget Christmas and New Year’s Eve - the real highlight of the season is the arrival of End-of-Year Lists. Laura Dean takes a look back at her favourite songs of the year.

The lighting of Advent wreath candles is a cherished Christian tradition. Each candle represents a different value with the ...

Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.

Over the weekend, more than 2,000 people went to see Canterbury Voices and joined in the singing of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." Canterbury Voices said this was part of their "Messiah" presentation, ...

The Beatles famously embraced a deeper sense of spiritualism towards the end of their career, thanks to experimenting with ...