Guardian Music — Three leading directors on a decade of changeJohn Berry, artistic director, English National OperaOf all Britain's major opera houses, ENO has had perhaps the most bruising decade, featuring one resigning and one deposed general director; a chairman ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Brian Eno shares an essay, "The Death of Uncool" at Prospect Magazine. Tablet reviews Robert Service's new biography of Leon Trotsky. Arts Desk lists 5 genre-identifying band names. Switched lists the best songs about technology. The New York Times i... more info

Guardian Music — Composer who found fame in Roxy Music to show 77 Million Paintings installation at 2010 creative arts festivalComposer and artist Brian Eno – who became famous in the 1970s as the keyboard player in Roxy Music, before working with musicians su... more info

Guardian Music — The former Genesis frontman on fan funding, reliable filters, and why he would commission an alternative to The X FactorWhen I blogged about the lack of women in the music industry, one manager claimed that this is because girls are less interested i... more info

Guardian Music — The most sumptuous symphonic sounds this Christmas, chosen by our classical criticMessiahENO promises a "powerful new relevance" will be brought to Handel's ageless oratorio. The soloists are John-Mark Ainsley, Brindley Sherratt, Sophie Bevan and Cat... more info

Guardian Music — The professor of pop and the technology writer talk about innovation, Twitter and the EnlightenmentWhere do big ideas come from? One way to find out is to ask someone who's had a few, which must be why London's ICA is packed out on a mucky November e... more info

Guardian Music — Coliseum, LondonIn Daniel Kramer's staging, Bartók's only opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, makes the queasiest possible first half to ENO's double bill. After it, Fabulous Beast's transformation of The Rite of Spring into an Irish fertility ritual ... more info

Altsounds — Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Eric Harvey and Rob Pope - collectively known as Spoon - have confirmed the release date of their first album in over two years and seventh overall: Transference will be released in Europe on ANTI Records on the 25th of January... more info

Guardian Music — Last week you sent us your favourite lunar tunes. Now we want songs with pep in their step ...What to do about classical music? That's the question that's been rattling around my noggin'. I don't mean "do about" in the sense of "take care". I have no... more info

Guardian Music — We must deduce that either the moon has a great PR agent, or it exerts a form of control from which we are unable to extract ourselvesI've always had a problem with dancing in the moonlight. Why is it considered more romantic than dancing in the sun... more info