Bill DeMain

A tribute to Prince: multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, eccentric, sex symbol, rocker, badass funk pioneer

Janis Joplin’s transition from band member to solo diva (including her only solo album released in her lifetime) was fraught with power plays, ego trips and excessive drug use

The record industry claimed he "wasn't black enough or white enough" to become famous - this is how the funk-rock superstar proved them wrong.

Half a dozen classics from the catalogue of Lenny Kravitz

Step back Chuck Berry, Elvis and the rest, these mothers of invention were first, mixing blues, gospel, R&B and ferocious attitude to create rock’n’roll as we know it

Brother In Arms: the inside story of one of the greatest southern rock records ever made, The Black Crowes Southern Harmony And Musical Companion

There will never be another like the man who was an artist, a showman, a businessman and the creator of rock’n’roll

Nikki Lane is channelling Nashville, and mixing hillbilly glamour with high-octane twang

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

The psychedelic-blues quartet give us the inside scoop

The $75 record store challenge - this month, Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke

In 1972, Terry Dolan made an album with members of the Stones, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Steve Miller Band and Santana. For some reason, it's remained unreleased until now...

1969-70 were magic years for Creedence Clearwater Revival – hit singles and albums, critical acclaim, screaming fans, Woodstock. And then it all went wrong…

Already blazing a trail on Nashville’s fertile country rock scene, ZZ Top-approved power trio The Cadillac Three are back with singles-rich second album Bury Me In My Boots

They may say their success is “like a Cinderella story”, but just how did Black Stone Cherry go from a tiny farming town in southern Kentucky to Wembley headliners in just seven years?

Ex-Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson is back with a new band and album - he tells us why he’s ditched the music industry in favour of creative freedom and 10-minute cosmic jam sessions

Fifty years ago, the world changed for ever – and music was at the heart of it. Out went the squeaky-clean heroes, and in came grubbier anti-heroes. It was goodbye rock’n’roll, hello rock.

How a chance encounter with a fantasy novel inspired Stevie Nicks' witchy hit and resurrected Fleetwood Mac

The singer-songwriter reveals all about getting divorced, getting older and finally getting the blues.

Happy to be a no-hit wonder.

From soul to funk to rock to blues, Prince could make his guitar sing, wail and talk, here are five of his greatest hits...