James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey album review By Hugh Fielder published 20 May 22 James LaBrie delves into the complexities of human relationships on fifth solo album Beautiful Shade Of Grey
Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus album review By Hugh Fielder published 6 May 22 No longer obscured by clouds, Pure Reason Revolution pull their music into sharp focus on Above Cirrus
Bill Bruford's stellar career celebrated on dizzying Making A Song & Dance box By Hugh Fielder published 29 April 22 A 40 year journey through prog, jazz and improv starring former Yes, King Crimson and Genesis drummer Bill Bruford
How love, chaos, ego and drug abuse fuelled an Eric Clapton classic By Hugh Fielder published 28 April 22 Was Duane Allman the catalyst for Derek and the Dominos' Layla, or did his “out of tune” playing spoil it? And was the piano outro nicked from another song?
Edgar Winter gets the greats in and pays impressive tribute to brother Johnny By Hugh Fielder published 15 April 22 Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Derek Truck and more line up to pay tribute to Johnny Winter
The stars shine as respect is paid to a late great on Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West By Hugh Fielder published 25 March 22 Stars including Robby Krieger, Steve Morse, Yngwie Malmsteen and Slash make the album the late Leslie West wanted to make
Kris Barras broadens his horizons on Death Valley Paradise, but not by much By Hugh Fielder published 4 March 22 Anthems? Big riffs? Belligerence and fist pumping? It's all here on the Kris Barras Band's Death Valley Paradise
Cream albums: the essential guide By Hugh Fielder published 3 March 22 Cream's albums showcased three mercurial talents who blew the stuffy, traditional British blues scene apart and exported the results back to America
The Zealot Gene is light, bright, tight and recognisably Jethro Tull By Hugh Fielder published 28 January 22 Donald Trump. 9/11. The Bible. These are just some of the ingredients that make up The Zealot Gene, Jethro Tull's first album of new material since 2003
The story behind Dead End Street by The Kinks By Hugh Fielder published 27 January 22 A then-unusual gritty piece of social commentary, The Kinks' Dead End Street was a Top 10 hit despite the ‘offensive’ promo video being banned by the BBC
10 albums on the legendary Harvest label you should definitely own By Hugh Fielder published 19 January 22 Starting out as a haven for the bands EMI didn’t know what to do with, Harvest Records soon proved that there was life beyond prog. These are the label's best albums
The 40 best albums of 1969, the year rock got real By Max Bell, Ian Fortnam, Hugh Fielder, Sid Smith, Tommy Udo, Scott Rowley published 2 December 21 1969 heralded the end of the 60s and the birth of real rock. Here we look at some of the gilt-edged albums from a pivotal year in rock history
Eric Clapton's Lockdown Sessions make Unplugged sound like an orgy of feedback By Hugh Fielder published 12 November 21 Eric Clapton swaps the Royal Albert Hall for an audience of one on Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions
Jethro Tull wish a happy 50th birthday to Benefit with another makeover By Hugh Fielder published 5 November 21 Jethro Tull’s third album Benefit was the bridge between their R&B beginnings and the style that would define them
Time Clocks hastens Joe Bonamassa's journey into his own blues future By Hugh Fielder published 29 October 21 Joe Bonamassa ponders the passing of time but doesn’t let getting older slow him down for a second
Emerson, Lake & Palmer celebrate the bombast with Out Of This World Live 1970-1997 By Hugh Fielder published 29 October 21 Emerson, Lake & Palmer wave their prog willies with completist-friendly box set Out Of This World Live 1970-1997
Roger Waters: his best albums By Hugh Fielder published 21 October 21 A guide to former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' best albums – picked from the Floyd recordings he dominated and his solo career
The six Cat Stevens albums you need to know about By Hugh Fielder published 14 October 21 Despite a string of hits including Matthew & Son and Wild World, Cat Stevens was always a reluctant star. These are his best albums
Acid daze and revolution: Jefferson Airplane's long summer of love By Hugh Fielder published 29 September 21 They wowed Woodstock, got attacked at Altamont and blew minds at Monterey. The rest of the time they made era-defining records, fried their brains on acid, and shagged each other
Inglorious brighten the summer of freedom by covering music's great female singers By Hugh Fielder published 10 September 21 Heroine finds Inglorious paying tribute to Heart, Halestorm, Houston and more
What happened at Led Zeppelin's final UK shows at Knebworth By Hugh Fielder published 11 August 21 On August 5 and 11, 1979, Led Zeppelin played their final British shows at Knebworth. Classic Rock's Hugh Fielder was there
10 Folk Rock albums you should definitely own By Hugh Fielder published 25 July 21 There's much more to folk rock than its hey nonny nonny roots, as Jimmy Page will attest. These ten essential albums prove it
The kaleidoscopic story of Acid, the drug that inspired music's wildest experiments By Hugh Fielder published 22 July 21 The creators and advocates of LSD were an integral influence on the genre of psychedelia, but its history is bound up in espionage and government spooks as much as fun-lovin’ hippies
Joe Bonamassa plays Royal Tea Live and the cardboard cut-outs go wild By Hugh Fielder published 18 June 21 Out now: Joe Bonamassa's Royal Tea: Live From The Ryman proves Royal Tea was a good album, even without a real-life audience
Mammoth WVH's debut album is high-tech, energetic, relentless and thrilling By Hugh Fielder published 14 June 21 Out now: Wolfgang Van Halen strides out as a one-man band on first album Mammoth WVH
