Latest articles by Hugh Fielder
Billy Morrison bangs out the punk and electro rockers on The Morrison Project
Billy Morrison gets his mates in
Album Of The Week Club review: A Space In Time by Ten Years After
The first standalone album on the Chrysalis label, A Space In Time contained Ten Years After's only transatlantic hit, I’d Love To Change The World
The Jeff Beck albums you should definitely own
One of the greatest blues-rock/fusion guitarists ever, Jeff Beck's solo career spanned six decades. These are his best albums
Devon’s Kris Barras Band come flying out of the blocks on Halo Effect
Riff monster Kris Barras plays it heavy but clever on album number five, Halo Effect
"A beguiling mixture of 70s Genesis and English classical music": Big Big Train plot a familiar course on 16th album The Likes of Us
An Anglo-Italian job as English proggers Big Big Train release their first album with new frontman Alberto Bravin
“They said, ‘We did a little thing for you, but we don’t know if it will make the album. I said, ‘You’re crazy – this is the single!’” the epic life of ‘Funky’ Claude Nobs, the man who inspired Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water
Claude Nobs was the man who co-founded the Montreux Jazz Festival – and crossed paths with Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa and Deep Purple
“People think we’re a pop band. But we never have been. We just had some huge success that hurt us a little”: how Huey Lewis & The News became America’s favourite good time rock’n’roll band
Huey Lewis & The News were the ultimate bar-room rockers made good – all it took was a little nudge from Mutt Lange and Michael J Fox
"In our haste, the lump of hash got away and slipped down the sink drainpipe. Panic!": What happened when Jimi Hendrix created havoc and got banned by The BBC
The producers of BBC1's Happening For Lulu wanted Jimi Hendrix to play Hey Joe. Instead, viewers were treated to a tribute to Cream and controlled chaos
The Procol Harum albums you should definitely own
Procol Harum might still be best known for 60s mega-hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale, but there was much more to Gary Brooker and co. than that
“Grace was three sheets to the wind, so Marty sang to her while holding her in an arm-lock so she couldn’t get away”: the epic, drunken and very crazy story of Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship rose from the ashes of San Francisco’s late 60s hippie movement, but they swapped peace and love for booze, bickering and chaos
"I've always regarded myself as a rock drummer. I mean, John Bonham is my number one hero": What happened when Roxy Music drummer Paul Thompson auditioned for AC/DC
AC/DC's Journey through the 1980s could have been very different if Brian Johnson had had his way
The long wait is over: Jethro Tull's Warchild II is finally available on vinyl
Ian Anderson had an album’s worth of material left over from War Child and he splattered them across various compilations. Now they're collected on vinyl for the first time
"There's no denying the impact when Shepherd does let the blues off the leash": Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 1
Kenny Wayne Shepherd keeps the blues under control on 11th album Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1
King Crimson: Music Is Our Friend album review
King Crimson's final US show, now available as a triple vinyl set
"It was a critical mistake, and ultimately it broke up the band": How Creedence Clearwater Revival fell to pieces
A slew of acclaimed albums and hit singles, non-stop tours, a ruinous record deal and a singer who couldn't let go. What the hell happened to Creedence Clearwater Revival?
"The psychedelic scene was largely over by the summer of 1968, but that spirit of musical adventure was still running rampant": A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock
Where on earth did progressive rock come from?
“The others realised they couldn’t stop me because it was too close to the show… I got away with it, although it was a close-run thing”: How Peter Gabriel developed his Genesis frontman act
It may have caused conflict, but his insistence on sticking with his artistic vision paid off in countless ways
The Sanctuary Years: a somewhat arbitrary snapshot of Gary Moore’s career
All kinds of blues rise to the surface on a collection of turn-of-the-century Gary Moore recordings
Gov't Mule's Peace... Like A River: no room for noodling, but the pleasures run deep
Warren Haynes & Co and their various friends continue to kick out the jams on 13th album Peace... Like a River
Yes: a strong start and a lacklustre finish on 23rd studio album Mirror To The Sky
Mirror To The Sky is a new set of Yes songs to expand a discography that may go on forever
RökFlöte finds Jethro Tull tackling Norse Gods and somehow reborn as a viable contemporary outfit
Jethro Tull forsake the Bible of last year's The Zealot Gene in favour of the paganism of Norse mythology on RökFlöte
Rick Wakeman: A Gallery Of The Imagination album review
Rick Wakeman's latest concept album presents the songs as if they were pictures in a gallery
Transatlantic's unwavering consistency will delight fans: others may find it wearisome
Mike Portnoy & Co's live version of Absolute Universe is another album to add to your Absolute Universe collection
