Latest articles by Claudia Elliott
“He confounded fans and label. Most of his band jumped ship”: When Arthur Lee steered Love into uncharted waters
The imaginative intensity of the band’s second album broke free from established boundaries – and inspired countless other musicians
The deluxe edition of Thin Lizzy’s debut album will delight the dedicated
Ireland’s hard-rocking crew Thin Lizzy set out the swag on debut album
The 50 best rock albums of 2026 (so far)
Six months of classic rock, prog rock, stoner rock, southern rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, power pop, heavy metal, punk and all forms of rock'n'roll
Review: Peter Frampton's long adventure continues on Carry The Light
Peter Frampton picks up the torch again
The Zombies’ final album Odessey And Oracle is a proto-prog classic
Nothing is as it seems in Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone’s melodic and Mellotronic 1968 concoction, which ends with the song that split them up
Hawkwind's DoReMi FasOl LaTiDo, now more earthshattering than ever before
Hawkwind's space rock classic remixed and expanded, leaves no star unturned
T.Rex's back catalogue mined again on Bolan Boogie - The Best Of T.Rex
Is there room for another small piece of Marc Bolan?
Jack Bruce's debut solo long-player Songs For A Tailor, revisited
Beyond the White Room: Jack Bruce's 1969 album Songs For A Tailor, now with DVD extras
Graham Gouldman's I Have Notes: the 10cc songwriter-in-chief gets his pals in
I Have Notes is the sixth solo album from one of the UK's foremost composers of seven-inchers
Imagine Dragons resolutely fail to rock on Loom
On which US stadium monsters Imagine Dragons ditch alt.rock for reggaetron and formulaic pummelling
"There's a whiff of 'things were better in the 90s' along with the incense, but infectious tunes save the day": Kula Shaker's Natural Magick
Once again into the mystic, my friends, with the seventh album from psychedelic Britrockers Kula Shaker
Andy Fairweather Low continues as the master of nonsense titles on Flang Dang
High-pitched hitmaker and guitar sideman Andy Fairweather Low releases first solo studio album in a decade
Marianne Faithfull: salvaging treasure from life’s shipwreck
Songs Of Innocence And Experience is a rhapsody for Bohemian queen Marianne Faithfull
From hellish childhoods to hometown salvation: Walter Trout still has a lot to say
Blues survivor Walter Trout reflects on struggles past and present on new album Ride
Keef Hartley Band: versatility and virtuosity in full swing
Funky drummer Keef Hartley whoops it up on album-compiling seven disc anthology
Songbird is not the Christine McVie collection she deserves
The solo side of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie celebrated with a solid but flawed collection
The Sheepdogs' mid-70s jams are purpose-built to banish woe
Canadian pedigree chums The Sheepdogs pedal-steel back into view with seventh album Outta Sight
Quintessence - Move Into The Light: The Complete Island Recordings album review
Not yet ratedCosmic spirits in blissful company once more
Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children - For The Ages To Come album review
Not yet ratedFormer Soundtrack Of Our Lives man passes on his legacy
The British Blues Explosion – The Start Of The '60s Mod Scene
From the cool-cat gigs of The High Numbers to the chart success of The Small Faces, R&B put the vroom in London’s 1960s music scene.
Judy Dyble - An Accidental Musician: The Autobiography Of Judy Dyble book review
Quietly quirky.
Yardbirds: Yardbirds (Repertoire Records)
The record that took them from Crawdaddies to brand new heavies.
Donovan at the London Palladium live review
Not yet rated70th birthday bash for the Glaswegian troubadour
