Latest articles by Bill DeMain
Edgar Winter and the album that transformed his suffering into joy
The late Johnny Winter’s brother Edgar reveals the story of the star-studded album dedicated to the blues great
What happened when Ann Wilson met Lzzy Hale
Heart's Ann Wilson and Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on sibling bands, connecting with an audience, and staying grounded when success throws you sideways
"It really upset me, and it really affected me": the story of Johnny Cash's haunting Hurt
Johnny Cash's iconic version of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt was nothing if not unlikely, but the Man In Black was no stranger to unlikely cover versions
The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, founding mother of rock'n'roll
Step back Chuck Berry, Elvis and the rest... and meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the founding mothers of rock'n'roll
David Bowie's Earthling: Where Led Zeppelin meets Won't Get Fooled Again
David Bowie's Earthling album was hybrid before hybrid was cool. Its featured guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, a member of Tin Machine and current axeman for The Cure
Spoon interview: toast, marmalade, and Lucifer On The Sofa
Almost 20 years into their career, Spoon are back with album number 10 and a playlist that helped inspire it
Eric Gales: the 10 records that changed my life
Stevie Ray Vaughan, every John Lee Hooker album, the entire genre of gospel, and much more: these are the albums that changed Eric Gales' life
Lindsey Buckingham's new album is a doozy but he's still thinking about Fleetwood Mac
Ousted from Fleetwood Mac, guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham bounced back with one of our albums of 2021, but he’s still hopeful that he can make one more record with the Mac
Barenaked Ladies on longevity, Geddy Lee, and why Canadians are funny
The Barenaked Ladies are back with a new album – and the frontman’s secret project with Geddy Lee “that I can’t talk about”
Six things you need to know about Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Country-rockers Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real on close encounters with marine life, backing Neil Young and continuing a family tradition
Eric Church interview: alpha males and soccer moms, NASCAR and AC/DC
Eric Church, country-rock superstar, returns with a triple album, optimism for future gigs, and thoughts on *that* controversial interview
Nancy Wilson interview: the Heart vortex and the lost Eddie Van Halen song
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson talks guitars, the new solo album You And Me, and her surprise choice for the most underrated guitarist of all time
11 facts you might not know about the Sgt. Pepper cover artwork
Putting Sgt. Pepper's iconic album's iconic artwork under the microscope to discover the weird, the wonderful, and what Sonny Liston thought of Ringo's drumming
How Alan Parsons took the Three Laws of Robotics and made a sci-fi masterpiece
In the year of Star Wars, Pink Floyd’s former engineer Alan Parsons was creating his own barmy sci-fi masterpiece, I Robot
David Bowie: how Hunky Dory was made
David Bowie had everything to prove, but backed by his greatest band and produced by the engineer for The Beatles, he made his first classic album, Hunky Dory
How David Bowie returned to orbit and made Scary Monsters
After the minimalism of his ‘Berlin trilogy’, David Bowie went all out for a kitchen-sink art-rock album on Scary Monsters
How Joni Mitchell made Ladies Of The Canyon and galvanised the singer-songwriter movement
Released 50 years ago, Ladies Of The Canyon marked the moment when Joni Mitchell went from folk princess to pop star
His name was Prince, and he was funky
A tribute to Prince: multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, eccentric, sex symbol, rocker, badass funk pioneer
The Rise Of Lenny Kravitz
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.
Paying tribute to the founding mothers of rock'n'roll
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
The Black Crowes and the making of The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Brother In Arms: the inside story of one of the greatest southern rock records ever made, The Black Crowes Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Chuck Berry: October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017
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: Meet Nashville's coolest new songbird
Nikki Lane is channelling Nashville, and mixing hillbilly glamour with high-octane twang
