Can you find it in your heart?

Music cannot work a magic spell. It can, however, do wonderful things. In recent issues of BBC Music Magazine, we have explored the benefits to mental health of listening and playing music, not least

At a time when many aspects of Tom Petty ’s world were falling apart, he took refuge in the studio. The deeply personal Wildflowers album was the result, and despite all the chaos and confusion that fed into it, it’s the one he regarded as his best.

hen Soft Cell were art students at Leeds Polytechnic, Marc Almond wrote a song in the vein of Ziggy Stardust about a fictional band breaking up. Four years later, when Soft Cell had been informed by t

It’s the only question about music that really matters, even if it draws wildly different answers: can music change our lives? Yes, it can! It brings everything from social cohesion to harmony between

The cerebral musical futurist traces his path from pioneering synth-rock to solo piano meditations

STARS/WRITERS TOM BASDEN AND TIM KEY ON EXPANDING THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND