Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Of course you’ve missed some great stuff since 1985! A lot of you weren’t even born then! Not only has the advent of digital ...

Julian Lloyd Webber is, he tells me, aching all over. Playing the cello, he explains, “is a very physical thing” and our most ...

The cello’s top and back are made from flat, concave carbon-fiber panels. Its ribs and neck are produced through 3D printing. Meanwhile, traditional parts such as the sound post, fingerboard, and ...

Last Wednesday evening, a rare concert was given by the Muscat Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera Choir Group at the Oman ...

Scottish pop culture from Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris, Young Fathers and Franz Ferdinand to good old Deacon Blue, Idlewild, Mogwai and Garbage. But will they over the next four days feature in this ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Far beyond novelty or experiment, 2025 was the year that crossover projects rejected genre labels for endless sonic possibilities, writes Stewart Smith in The Wire 503/504 ...

Off Stillness As you would expect from an ensemble led by a drummer, there is rhythm in the music of Thomas Strønen’s new ...

This year's best albums include Bad Bunny's "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," Lily Allen's "West End Girl," and Addison Rae's ...

Maria Fabiola Lopes e Fernandes conducted a special Christmas musical concert titled ‘Jesus, the Healer’, bringing together music, faith, and community in a celebration of hope and joy at the Rosary ...