Rick Jones
Journalist, BBC Music Magazine
Rick Jones is a freelance journalist and Blue Badge London tour guide. He studied singing and lute playing as a postgraduate at the Royal College of Music, before becoming a music critic and journalist. He was the chief music critic for the Evening Standard from 1992 to 2002 and now writes for titles including BBC Music Magazine, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Independent, Daily Mail and Time Out.
Recent articles by Rick Jones
15 composers who travelled to remote locations – and risked life and limb in the name of art
Fifteen great composers inspired by wanderlust – from gaping desert canyons to uninhabited icy landscapes
Tonic sol-fa: what it is, how the scale works and how it was made famous as Do-Re-Mi?
The Tonic sol-fa music system, as known to millions from The Sound of Music, dates right back to the medieval age. Rick Jones traces its fascinating history
Why the frieze The Triumph of Art and Letters is the Royal Albert Hall's crowning glory
From trains and cherubs to students and spaniels, the Albert Hall’s ‘Triumph of Art and Letters’ is a riot of Victorian Utopia, explains Rick Jones
The history of the Royal Albert Hall
He may not be a common name in books of musical history, but Henry Darracott Scott created the Royal Albert Hall's iconic dome. Here, we present a decade-by-decade guide to some of the major musical events to have filled his magnificent masterpiece…
The story of Elgar's In the South (Alassio)
We share the story behind the opening work, Elgar's 'In the South' (Alassio)