Latest articles by Bill DeMain
The Alan Parsons Projects’ I Robot is a 70s prog classic
Buying guide Original Man In Black and iconic singer-songwriter Johnny Cash recorded almost 100 albums over the course of his career - and these are the ones you need
Recorded and mixed in just three hours, one of grunge's biggest songs was hated by the man who wrote it
The story of the song about America that's been a global hit for two different musicians
In 1966, a strung-out Janis Joplin returned to her home town in Texas, intent on leading a normal life
Buying guide An album-by-album guide to Beatle George’s greatest songs, solos, milestones and innovations
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram grew up with the blues, but on fourth album Hard Road he's branching out
After almost two decades, The Lemonheads have returned with a new album, Love Chant
Fifty years ago, Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson gatecrashed the male-dominated, payola-fuelled rock scene
Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers’ drummer is back behind the kit for an album from his new Americana collective, The Speaker Wars
With Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham on board, Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album was the first record by what became the band’s most beloved and successful line-up
David Bowie explains his creative process and reveals why time and place matter
Buying guide Soul-stirring singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt has carved her niche covering celebrated songwriters in blues, folk, R&B and rock
Aerosmith were always destined for stardom – and Toys In The Attic was the album that finally got them there
New Wave megahit My Sharona was The Knack’s sole claim to fame – but what a claim to fame
Buying guide Celebrating the musical telepathy of the Allman Brothers Band
In 1980 Stevie Nicks stepped out of Fleetwood Mac with a hit-laden debut solo album that showed she could fly just as high on her own
Buying guide From surf guitars to psychedelia, peace to paranoia, the 60s sound of Los Angeles and San Francisco was bright and multicoloured
The story of Axis: Bold Of Love, Hendrix’s “science fiction rock’n’roll” masterpiece
Originally formed in the early 90s, Texan alt.rock band Fastball are back with album number nine
“When I toured with Jeff Beck I never missed a single soundcheck. I'd sit on the side of the stage, just soaking it in" - Tyler Bryant
Canned Heat drummer Fito de la Parra has survived changing trends, the deaths of all his original bandmates, and more than 40 personnel changes
Visionary, guitar wizard and inspiration, Les Paul invented the electric guitar and drew the blueprint for contemporary music as we know it
