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Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Akusmi, Mary in the Junkyard, Sienna Spiro, Alden Hellmuth
Sat 4 Jul 2026
Fiona Maddocks
I puritani – flashes of wit and vocal fireworks light up Bellini’s bel canto
Sat 4 Jul 2026
Kitty Empire
With Confessions II, Madonna dances in the middle of the road
Thu 2 Jul 2026
Evan Moffitt
Playlist of the week: Pride anthems
Thu 2 Jul 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Aldeburgh festival – there’s something in sea air
Sun 28 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: SML, Beth Orton, Alewya, Various Artists
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Jude Rogers
There is a light that never goes out
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Ethel Cain’s long, hot night of the soul
Thu 25 Jun 2026
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: heatwave scorchers
Thu 25 Jun 2026
Sarah Dear
Playlist of the week: long songs for long days
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Miranda Sawyer
‘If there was a cultural Olympics, the UK would be champions at festivals’
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Fiona Maddocks
L’Orfeo – far from a maddened crowd at Glyndebourne
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
The 13 best summer festivals to book now
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Olivia Rodrigo, Graham Coxon, Pond, Nduduzo Makhathini
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Harry Styles and the Jules Buckley Orchestra at Meltdown – many strings to his bow
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Lily Isaacs
When Harry met Harry: the rise of Styles’s top tribute act
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Basic, Kelsey Lu, La Sécurité, Gary Bartz and Your Brother’s Keeper
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Lola Young live – return of a raw talent
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Anna Leszkiewicz
Laura Marling: how motherhood changed my tune
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Fiona Maddocks
ROH’s The Marriage of Figaro is an irresistible invitation
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Jamie Healy
Playlist of the week: California dreaming at the 2026 World Cup
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Bohuslav Martinu’s Symphonies
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Vince Staples, Lizzo, Bedouine, Fatoumata Diawara
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Stephen Pritchard
Garsington’s La traviata – Parisians party like it’s 1939 in a first-class Verdi
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: pop stars on film
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Kitty Empire
Aldous Harding’s world of mystery
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Stephen Pritchard
Tosca at Glyndebourne - when thugs take over
Sat 30 May 2026
Kitty Empire
PinkPantheress: a bedroom fangirl comes of age
Fri 29 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Paul McCartney, Boards of Canada, Brian Jackson, Kurt Vile, Laura Misch
Fri 29 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Playlist of the week: the most enduring power ballads
Thu 28 May 2026
Georgia Evans
Albums of the week: Maisie Peters, Genesis Owusu, Ed O’Brien, Seu Jorge
Sun 24 May 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Mirage by Marc André
Sun 24 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
How Wigmore Hall became a classical music outlier
Sat 23 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Tinariwen’s sounds of the Sahara
Fri 22 May 2026
Caitlin Macdonald
Playlist of the week: what Eurovision stars did next
Thu 21 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Dua Saleh, Rostam, Kevin Morby, Jasmine Myra
Sat 16 May 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Samson et Dalila - a sizzling showcase for two star voices
Sat 16 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Playlist of the week: a soundtrack for Cannes
Thu 14 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Paul Simon’s poignant last hurrah
Thu 14 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Dame Felicity Lott reveals terminal cancer diagnosis ahead of dress auction for hospice
Sun 10 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Aigul Akhmetshina: ‘There’s truth in what Timothée Chalamet said’
Sat 9 May 2026
Xavier Greenwood
The Lord of the Rings trilogy in concert - anthems for a world in peril
Sat 9 May 2026
Kitty Empire
RosalÃa live – arena pop as a spiritual experience
Fri 8 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Playlist of the week: the defining election tracks
Thu 7 May 2026
Kitty Empire
Albums of the week: Tori Amos, Kneecap, Hiss Golden Messenger, Chiminyo
Sat 2 May 2026
Kitty Empire
How Big Thief broke the mould
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Lauren Elkin
Why I wanted to sing like Cyndi
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Stephen Pritchard
LSO/ Pappano: The Dream of Gerontius – electrifying Elgar
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Albums of the week: Foo Fighters, Julia Cumming, Noah Kahan, Gabrielle Cavassa
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Kadish Morris
Olivia Dean on tour – timeless, polished, but something’s missing
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Tim Adams
Prince’s Trump song was a caricature of an American capitalist that still rings true
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Stephen Pritchard
English Touring Opera’s tale of two Italies
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Albums of the week: Honey Dijon, Jessie Ware, Tomora, Adrian Younge
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Kitty Empire
The renaissance of Kim Gordon
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Stephen Pritchard
Roderick Williams’s songs of England
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Albums of the week: My New Band Believe, Holly Humberstone, Wesley Joseph, Lucas Santtana
Sat 11 Apr 2026
James Tapper
How space flight transformed music
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Kitty Empire
Shabaka’s jazz rave
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Semyon Bychkov’s complete Mahler cycle
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Albums of the week: Ambiguous Desire, SUNN O))), Thundercat and more
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Fiona Maddocks
The Turn of the Screw is a masterclass in menace
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Shaad D’Souza
Wolf Alice let loose at the Royal Albert Hall
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Kanye West’s Wireless appearance courts controversy, and for good reason
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Evan Moffitt
Dek bass: the music craze best enjoyed with earplugs
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Stuart Braithwaite
Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Over the years, I’ve pretty much mastered the day off’
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Albums of the week: Robyn, Raye, Flea, Irreversible Entanglements
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Fiona Maddocks
The sounds of the Sistine Chapel
Fri 27 Mar 2026
Kitty Empire
Geese are the hottest band in the world
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Albums of the week, including Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Royal Opera’s Siegfried for the ages
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Kitty Empire
David Byrne’s permanent pop revolution
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Hugh Cutting, the countertenor finding his voice
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Albums of the week: Ms Banks, James Blake, Kim Gordon, Tinariwen
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Phoebe Davis
Playlist of the week: return of the 00s
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Kitty Empire
How Dave conquered British hip-hop
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Albums of the week: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, War Child, Joshua Idehen, Shabaka
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Fiona Maddocks
VÃkingur Ólafsson's tribute to Kurtág
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Phoebe Davis
Playlist of the week: the breakaway band members who made it solo
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Kitty Empire
On his new album, Harry Styles is living his best life
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Kitty Empire
Lily Allen’s radically self-contained one-woman show
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Albums of the week: Gorillaz, Lala Lala, Buck Meek, Katherine Priddy
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Phoebe Davis
The high-flying Brit School graduates who hit the big time
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Olivia Dean: from north London to global stardom (via Croydon)
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Benjamin Britten’s pioneering pacifist opera
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: sopranos in the spotlight
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Kitty Empire
Mitski: the voice of an anxious generation
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Phoebe Davis
Playlist of the week: the best of the Brits
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Albums of the week: Bill Callahan, Peaches, Leigh-Anne, the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is as subtle as a headbutt
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Kitty Empire
Raye’s irresistible charm
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: songs inspired by literature
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Albums of the week: Cardinals, Jill Scott, Ella Mai, Shake Stew
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Così fan tutte on Coney Island is a carnival of mischief and mania
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Kitty Empire
Sessa’s bringing bossa nova back
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Tom Gatti
Playlist of the week: the best songs for Valentine’s Day
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Albums of the week: Mandy, Indiana, Daphni, Howling Bells, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, plus Fakemink
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Ralph Fiennes takes on Tchaikovsky in his deft opera debut
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: the best of Bad Bunny
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Jude Rogers
Suede’s renaissance years
Fri 6 Feb 2026
