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With his extraordinary and extraordinarily affecting cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley polished something lustrous to an even greater sheen

Tennessee’s next great blues band are Naked Gypsy Queens, who follow some good advice from from Alice Cooper

Massive Wagons frontman Baz Mills picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that he wore a Shakin' Stevens outfit as a boy

Slash’s fourth album with Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators was shaping up to be the smoothest sailing of his chaotic career. Then covid blew in and rocked the boat

Let Slash and Myles Kennedy be your expert guides to the fourth Conspirators album

In 1986, Letchen Grey were the Sunset Strip’s hottest tip – until their rise was halted by cancer and cruel fate

How Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones wrote a transatlantic hit that he believed came from "a higher force"

Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?

As the theme song from the blockbuster Spielberg movie Back To The Future, The Power Of Love made Huey Lewis an overnight superstar – but not rich

In 2011, the yin-yang pairing of Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa proved a revelation. Now, as Mascot/Provogue reissues their three classic soul-blues albums on 180-gram vinyl, we look back at a partnership for the ages

Dream Theater guitar wizard John Petrucci on new album A View From The Top Of The World, egos, worrying about the draft, and own-brand bourbon

Updated Joe Bonamassa has done more than most to reignite the blues in the 21st century, and these are his best albums

The Underworld is rocking all through February 2022, welcoming big names and hot tips to London’s most atmospheric live music venue. Here are six dates to be down the front.

Nikki Sixx: the problem child who became the ringmaster of LA’s Sunset Strip, wrote the anthems that built hair metal and set the gold standard for excess

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy talks autographing babies, evil Japanese creatures, and why Dave Mustaine is unlike anyone else on the planet

David Bowie’s back catalogue is one of the boldest in rock'n'roll, fizzing with reinvention and renewal - and these are his best albums

Rick Wakeman's the keyboard wizard who played on everything from Bowie's Hunky Dory to Bolan's Get It On. And he's got some amazing stories to tell

The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums

Taking the pulse of a world turned to ashes, Marching In Time, Mark Tremonti’s fifth album with his own band, was born from self-doubt, fears for his unborn child – and a local karaoke bar

Slide guitarist Troy Redfern, who released five albums last year, on following Robert Plant and playing with Bumblefoot

"If someone couldn’t see the greatness of Tom Petty as a songwriter, I’d just think they were not playing with a full deck" - Juliette Lewis

Kansas City gunslinger Samantha Fish on smashing up guitars, shooting down sexists and shaking off the covid blues

Recorded in an ancient castle while a pandemic raged outside, Press To MECO’s third album, Transmute, is the DIY classic that finds Britain’s sparkiest alt-rockers coming off the ropes swinging

Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid explains his partiality to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, an album he compares to Jackson Pollock