Guardian Music — Tom Service charts his melodic milestonesIt's not much to look at, the stretch of road between the Helensburgh roundabout and Luss, on the west side of Loch Lomond. But that small section of the A82 resounds with music for me – to be precise, ... more info

Guardian Music — Nikolaus Harnoncourt is finally to fulfil a 75-year ambition to conduct Porgy and Bess'It was like a worm in my liver. I had the feeling I must perform it." Nikolaus Harnoncourt is talking about one of his favourite pieces of music, one he spent much... more info

Guardian Music — Cadogan Hall, LondonContrary to recent press reports, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has not retired, and has no immediate intention of doing so. She last sang opera in 2004, but recently announced that she would appear in Der Rosenkavalier next April in Cologn... more info

AllHipHop — Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur released a statement to AllHipHop.com today (December 8th), regarding her son's inclusion on a Vatican play list of influential songs.   Last week the Vatican released its Top 12 influential songs on it's Myspace ... more info

Guardian Music — St George's, BristolThis recital, balancing Mozart's two final sonatas with earlier works, completed Christian Blackshaw's cycle of the composer's piano sonatas at St George's. Ordering the sonatas into a satisfying cycle is in itself quite tricky,... more info

Guardian Music — Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is number two in the karaoke charts. But how did a song so complex and operatic ever become so popular? By Tom ServiceThe popularity of Bohemian Rhapsody as a karaoke classic astonishes me. Yet there it is, at number two in ... more info

Perez Hilton — Our Pope enjoys gangster rap! Years of thanking God for Grammy's and BET Awards has finally paid off! The Vatican has just recently released an official music playlist selected by the Pope himself. Among the selections were music by Mozart, Muse, and... more info

Guardian Music — Stars such as Lady Ga Ga, Katie Price and, er, the Vatican, compile lists for relaunch of music-based social networking siteFor the launch of MySpace Music today, the site asked a selection of artists to create a playlist to share with their fans ââ... more info

Guardian Music — Users offered unlimited free streaming as well as the chance to create and share musicIt was the social networking site that brought thousands of bands to music-hungry fans, credited with launching the careers of artists such as Lily Allen and Arctic... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonGeorge Enescu, who died in 1955, has long been recognised as the greatest Romanian composer, though a wider reputation as a significant European figure is still regularly withheld. In his performance of the Third Violin So... more info