Cover Story: Reckless

The sound of County Clare with Martin Hayes; and Piotr Anderszewski connects Bach, Beethoven and Brahms

Cover Story: Time After Time

Come to the cabaret with Le Gateau Chocolat, and music from the borderlands of Iran and Afghanistan

Cover Story: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Sorrow and songwriting: Irish musician Inni-K, and Joe Camilleri's The Black Sorrows

Cover Story: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

From Mao's Last Dancer to Master and Commander: Christopher Gordon on his film music and beyond, and The Apartments' Peter Milton Walsh

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Inside a showtunes sing-along bar, and composer Fritz Hart's unsung career

Shellie Morris sings for our little ones and Tim Brady composes for 100 electric guitars

Meow Meow's The Red Shoes and saxophonist Tessie Overmyer's Tidelands

Red Headed Stranger: how Willie Nelson's obsession spawned a classic country album

Stormy skies, Bulgarian voices, and Mervyn Peake with Neko Case and remembering legendary bassist Danny Thompson

Modern monodramas: deconstructing Pierrot Lunaire and unravelling The Big Idea

Recovering and uncovering: early Black music from America and the Persian music of Afghanistan

Bleak Squad: a supergroup with DNA from Magic Dirt, the Bad Seeds and Dirty Three; and a striking conversation with percussionist Steven Schick

Irish trad-punk for the 21st century with the Mary Wallopers, and music for dark times with Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon

Bold performances in music new and old: Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Havlat

Music teachers on screen, and how to score a film