Latest articles by Henry Yates
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
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
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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
After quitting The Temperance Movement under a cloud, their former vocalist Phil Campbell says his new band The Byson Family is his rebirth
Joanne Shaw Taylor's The Blues Album is much more than a mid-career shrug of the shoulders
Jimi Hendrix released just three studio albums and one live album in his lifetime. These are the 10 best songs from his posthumous albums
After the album session from hell, Brighton alt.rockers Tigercub have earned their stripes on stunning new album As Blue As Indigo
Despite its title, Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop was a huge album for Stone Temple Pilots. A quarter-century on, we spoke to Dean DeLeo and Eric Kretz about the triumphs and agonies behind their third album
Jakob Dylan on the return of The Wallflowers, “noisy guitars”, transitioning from Trump, and why songwriting brings out his Mr Hyde
Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz on mental illness, dairy produce, romance, the band’s new EP Butter Miracle, Suite One, and shaving off his dreads
From the Sisters Of Mercy to Ugly Kid Joe – via a superb new solo album – Chris Catalyst’s résumé is nothing if not long
Michigan rockers Pop Evil on new album Versatile, circle pits, breakfast cereals, having a Brit drummer, and recording at Foo Fighters HQ
Buying guide Joe Bonamassa, one of blues music's current stars, chooses the 10 best by BB King, the late king of the blues
Jimi Hendrix’s 1966 touchdown in London started a four-year revolution that tore up the rules of electric guitar playing and terrified the old guard. Over half-a-century after his sonic boom, those ripples can still be felt
Guns N' Roses' keyboard player Dizzy Reed reflects on 10 records that charted his path through rock'n'roll
In a world over-sweetened with pop syrup, Dirty Honey tell stories from the darker side of Los Angeles
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The release of Joe Bonamassa’s Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman is your chance to own the livestreamed concert that saved us from the Covid blues
Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz picks out ten of his favourite tracks from a lifetime of crate-digging
From using a guitar to simulate motorbikes on Bat Out Of Hell, and the sound of strangled chickens on A Wizard, A True Star, we revisit the case for Todd Rundgren’s guitar genius
