Swiss watch

A brilliant new documentary reflects on the world’s biggest music concert 40 years on…

‘I’ve never been a particularly esoteric person,’ Nicola Benedetti tells me as we sit down to talk following the press launch of her third Edinburgh Festival. And yet, as she explains the theme of thi

Frank Zappa’s Cheaper Than Cheep ZAPPA.COM

Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe takes time out to give us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear, delivers the lowdown on some of his more storied guitars, and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to run at breaking point in order to make the earth move and those riffs resonate…

A new docuseries charts the legacy of a landmark gig

Close harmonies, smooth grooves, infighting and ‘the bag’: making an album on stage