​From classical and Clapton to the shredders who followed in his wake, the Van Halen guitarist was a turning point for the instrument. We trace his legacy by surveying the sounds that inspired him and the mark he left on those who took his influence to heart.

​The most noteworthy classical releases from the past month include Lang Lang’s reading of the Goldberg Variations, Seiji Ozawa conducting a Beethoven symphony, and a new staging of Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes.

​Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford goes deeper on some of the stories featured in his new memoir, Confess, including his spontaneous coming-out, the overtures he made to rejoin his band, and which Priest album is the band’s Sgt. Pepper.

​33 years after releasing her version of the track (and two years before Rod Stewart’s hit cover), Smyth discusses why she revisited the song, shares some fond train memories, and how the music business has changed the way it treats women.

​There’s no shortage of music documentaries that have made their way to streaming services as of late, so we sifted through the debris to figure out which are worthwhile and which are a tired rehash.