A new book says the artform deserves to be rescued from metropolitan bias, and should be celebrated as one of the nation’s cultural glories Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...

"These findings illustrate just how deeply brass bands are embedded in British history and culture," said Dr. O'Keeffe, who is the National Army Museum Junior Research Fellow at Queens' College, ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...