THE PLAYLIST: SUMMER FESTIVALS

Which songs will ring out most memorably at this summer’s festivals? Hazel Sheffield takes an educated guess ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |RECYCLE ROCK

Now that the lustre is gone from playing "Rock Band" or "Guitar Hero", what do you do with all those plastic guitars? Brett McCallon reviews "Fret Nice", a game that tries to put those instruments to use ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |REMEMBERING VIC CHESNUTT

Daniel Arizona considers the life and music of a southern bard who never quite achieved the fame he deserved ... read more »
COMMENTS: 2 |THE PLAYLIST: BUILT TO LAST

David Hepworth, founder of several music magazines including the Word, on the tunes he has loved this year ... read more »
COMMENTS: 2 |THE PLAYLIST: REVISITING THE BEATLES

The Beatles are back, on Rock Band and remastered CDs. Laura Barton picks their best album tracks to download to your iPod ... read more »
COMMENTS: 4 |THE CV: DAMON ALBARN

He’s the Britpop boy who grew up to be a rock renaissance man. Laura Barton charts his leaps and bounds ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE PLAYLIST: MASOCHISTIC PIANISTS

Satanic climaxes, perilous fireworks, duelling fencers: there's nothing quite so seductive to piano students as a nearly unplayable piece of music. Irving Wardle finds some models on iTunes ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |WHAT WAS MAHLER THINKING?

More than a thousand musicians and singers performed Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at its debut. Almost 90 years later, James C. Taylor wonders what he was trying to say ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |ROCKIN' OUT IN THE WESTFJORDS
An unusual annual music festival takes place on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Paul Sullivan heads to Isafjordur to check out this big chill, full of gyrating sailors, cheap beer and techno-pop gurus ... read more »
COMMENTS: 1 |THE PLAYLIST: ISLAND RECORDS

Fifty years ago, Chris Blackwell started a record company that had rhythm and style. Tim de Lisle picks eight of its best tracks for your iPod ... read more »
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