Too often we reflexively think that music is born when it is recorded, that it simply comes into existence fully formed. But every riff, every melody, every harmony has its own rich history. When it...

Oh progressive R&B, how I enjoy your sound.   That trend in music – a movement that includes Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Miguel and Dawn Richard – will continue to blow up in...

Middle age and sobriety caused Aaron Freeman to split this year from Ween, the deliriously genre-defying cult duo he co-founded 25 years ago. To find his footing as a solo artist, the former Gene...

While everyone was buzzing about big releases from Frank Ocean, Fiona Apple, Mumford & Sons and Taylor Swift, you might have missed some must-listens. Here’s what you should know about, and...

When passion for Gospel music is further motivated by performing for a good cause, a great experience is bound to result. This is what the Animae Gospel Choir performers together with those who...

When the world didn’t end in some kind of Mayan apocalypse in December, Adam Ant took the occasion to debut the music video for ‘Cool Zombie’, the lead single and opening track...

Wayne Flask pays a tiny outsider’s tribute to the great musician Steve Caruana Smith, a former member of Winter Moods.   I could be sitting here telling you the obvious. You’d be...

An unstoppable new force with the intriguing title of Baron Bubblebeef has been unleashed on an unsuspecting Maltese music scene.   Say the words ‘a month ago’ loud enough and...

Giacomo Puccini's much loved opera, La Boheme, will be screening at Eden Cinemas on 15 January, in an exclusive, one-night-only event, starting at 8.30pm. The opera, which unfolds in four breathtaking...

Pop star Rihanna has given $1.75 million to a hospital in her Caribbean homeland of Barbados in memory of her late grandmother.    Rihanna says the donation to buy three pieces of medical...