Alice Clark

Jeff Beck wrote the blueprint, from psych-rock rave-ups with The Yardbirds to pioneering heavy rock and masterful jazz fusion - and these are his best albums

From Ike and Tina Turner's explosive, raw beginnings to their final R&B hurrah, they crossed many musical genres - and these are their best albums

The best albums from Bo Diddley, the gunslingin’, cigar-box guitar-totin’ cool cat who wrote the book on rockin' R&B and gave a rhythm his name

From The Yardbirds to The Bluesbreakers, from Cream to The Dominoes, Eric Clapton carved out a legacy like few others

One of the brightest stars at Stax, Redding’s life was cut tragically short, but the work he left behind lives on...

The Chicago soul and gospel icon explains how Martin Luther King led her to make some of the defining songs of the civil rights era

Blues from The Big Easy has a different flavour to that made anywhere else. Tuck in to the finest cuts the city has to offer.

No Sinner frontwoman Colleen Rennison had a youthful brush with Hollywood stardom, but the allure of the blues proved too tempting…

Jerry Lee Lewis's little sister on hanging out with Elvis Presley and John Lennon, and being a rock’n’roll stalwart with an R&B soul.

The Kentucky Headhunters overcome their phobias and pack their bags to head to Ramblin’ Man Fair.

Fresh from a tour with Stevie Nimmo, the British blues guitarist discusses keeping it live and hanging with his heroes.

The original JB funky diva talks new album, James Brown and the Rumble In The Jungle.

A bus driver by day and a soulful bluesman by night, all hail the new Chicago king Toronzo Cannon.

A turbulent childhood and life on the streets were tough, but inspired by James Brown, Charles Bradley made it to the Harlem Apollo and beyond. This is his inspirational story…

New Yorker Robin McKelle comes full circle on an album that sees her up close and personal.

The man with the eye-popping live show influenced everyone from BB King to Jimi Hendrix. Here’s the music you need…

The Heat’s former rockabilly blues guitar man on Pretty Things, Motown and punk-rock memories.

The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis followed in the footsteps of his old man Johnny Otis and did it his way. “There were depressing times,” he says. “But there were good tim

Essex singer-songwriter James Hunter was working on the railways when he found a path to blues glory under the stewardship of Van Morrison, Georgie Fame and Allen Toussaint. Now he’s one of Da

Malian desert bluesman inspired by John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix and his dad Ali Farka Touré.

Blues just wouldn’t be the same without the wailing of the harp. Here we celebrate the people who blow the hardest…

The Wyoming-born sage behind Country Got Soul and the Country Soul Revue.

A chip off the old block, Steve Marriott’s scion launches solo career.

Tom Jones tells us about his rise to fame, his Vegas hang-times with Elvis, and how Solomon Burke crowned him The Prince Of Wales...

The one-time Ikette on breaking through in Britain, her relationship with Mick Jagger and why she’s still not speaking to Rod Stewart...