
David Sinclair
Musician since the 1970s and music writer since the 1980s. Pop and rock correspondent of The Times of London (1985-2015) and columnist in Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines. Contributor to Q magazine, Kerrang!, Mojo, The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, et al. Formerly drummer in TV Smith’s Explorers, London Zoo, Laughing Sam’s Dice and others. Currently singer, songwriter and guitarist with the David Sinclair Four (DS4). His sixth album as bandleader, Apropos Blues, is released 2 September 2022 on Critical Discs/Proper.
Latest articles by David Sinclair

How Cream and Eric Clapton delivered four minutes of magic and the Holy Grail of guitar solos
By David Sinclair published
On March 10, 1968 at Winterland in San Francisco, Cream covered a Robert Johnson song. Today it is seen as one of the most significant four minutes of live rock ever recorded

How Beth Hart made the Led Zeppelin album she didn't want to make
By David Sinclair published
Heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriter Beth Hart on her new album of Led Zeppelin covers, and how lockdown helped her mental health

Warren Haynes: Gov't Mule's Heavy Load Blues is a cleansing and healing process
By David Sinclair published
Twenty-seven years after Allman Brother Warren Haynes started his side project Gov't Mule, it’s now his main band

George Thorogood: the soundtrack of my life
By David Sinclair published
Singer/guitarist George Thorogood picks his records, artists and gigs of significance, and reveals why Elvis Presley was a freak of nature

Layla and The Man Who Sold The World: the classic albums no one saw coming
By David Sinclair published
It was the dawn of the 70s, a period that delivered some now iconic albums – although some could easily have gone straight to the bargain bins. So why were they dismissed at the time?

Robin Trower interview: "There's magic in those early records"
By David Sinclair published
In the 70s guitarist Robin Trower made his classic album Bridge Of Sighs. Today he heads up a similar power trio and shows no sign of slowing down

Cream drummer Ginger Baker dead at 80
By Scott Munro, David Sinclair published
UPDATE Statement confirms that Ginger Baker died peacefully earlier this morning after being admitted to hospital late last month

Leon Russell – April 2, 1942 - November 13, 2016
By David Sinclair published
Classic Rock pays tribute to the late Leon Russell

BluesFest 2016 live review
By David Sinclair published
Not yet ratedBlues explosion: a three-day celebration of soul, blues, jazz and roots

Gov't Mule
By David Sinclair published
Not yet ratedAn epic set that’s as deep as it is long.

Henry McCullough: Wings’ forgotten guitar hero
By David Sinclair published
With Wings and Joe Cocker, the late Henry McCullough was one of the great sideman of the 1970s. We pay tribute to an under-appreciated guitarist

Top 10 Exhibits At The Rolling Stones Exhibition
By David Sinclair published
The Rolling Stones launch their Exhibitionism show at London's Saatchi Gallery today. We got a sneak preview...

“We were out of it, all the time”: Inside David Bowie’s Station To Station
By David Sinclair published
David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick reveals the secrets of the Thin White Duke’s quasi-mystical opus Station To Station – No. 5 in our rundown of the Greatest Albums Of The 70s
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