Latest articles by Henry Yates
Buying guide Eric Clapton's best albums, the cream of his decades-stradling crop
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
Xavier Dphrepaulezz on Sion Of A Broken Man, the concept album inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his late father
The second volume of US bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Dirt On My Diamonds series is out now
Put together as a labour of love by Queen’s surviving members, Made In Heaven was followed by multi-platinum sales and five Top 20 UK singles
Embracing their roots on record for the first time, The Cold Stares' seventh album The Southern shares a vision of the South you won't see from other musicians or the media
In 2005, Nickelback were already one of the biggest rock bands in the world – and All The Right Reasons was about to make them even bigger
Joanne Shaw Taylor picks her records, artists and gigs of last significance, and reveals why her nephew is practising for a Viking funeral
We've sifted through the hundreds of legally dubious and musically bankrupt albums released under Jimi Hendrix's name since his death in 1970, and come up with six of the best
Producer and engineer Eddie Kramer looks back on his association with the great Jimi Hendrix
Buying guide There are infinitely more highlights in the Canadian singer-songwriter’s bulging catalogue than just 'that song'
On July 2, 1991, the infamous 'Rocket Queen riot' kicked off during a Guns N' Roses show at the Riverport Amphitheater in St. Louis. This is what happened
The story of prog icon Rick Wakeman‘s epic 1970s shows for Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and King Arthur On Ice
In four short years Jimi Hendrix created a rock'n'roll revolution, changing the way guitarists played their instruments and redefining what was possible in music itself
As pack leaders of the post-millennial alt.blues scene – until fame turned their hair grey – The Black Keys have rediscovered their mojo on twelfth album Ohio Players
Bono predicts a big future for U2 on Under A Blood Red Sky
Everybody’s favourite husband-and-wife team flip through their record collection and dig out the platters that truly matter
Funeral For Justice is the sixth studio album from Nigerien desert rockers Mdou Moctar
Honeymoon Suite frontman Johnnie Dee on politics, car accidents, and that time he flew to Canada and missed out on meeting Ian Anderson
Exclusive: Vince Neil tells us all about Mötley Crüe’s first single since 2015
Sunset Strip veterans Mötley Crüe join Scott Borchetta’s Nashville label, with new single Dogs Of War due later this week. Crüe vocalist Vince Neil gives us the dirt
Returning with new solo album Higher Power, Creed frontman Scott Stapp reflects on why music keeps pulling him through
In 2006, Audioslave’s Tom Morello and Chris Cornell sat down with Classic Rock to reveal all about their third album, Revelations
When The Whites Stripes' Jack White was 18, he heard Delta bluesman Son House for the first time. It was a song that spoke to him "in a thousand different ways"
Philip Sayce: sometimes he wants his guitar to sound like a huge, angry lion, or sometimes a spaceship lifting off
