Latest articles by Hugh Fielder
How Led Zeppelin rewrote rock’s rulebook and changed the music business
Led Zeppelin did business like no one before, especially when it came to dealing with their record company. Former Atlantic Records Vice-President Phil Carson explains all
Talking about a revolution: the story of Cream and two years that changed rock
A look back at the short but stellar career of rock's first supergroup, Cream
Jimi Hendrix wakes up late amongst the stoners on the long-lost Live In Maui
Thanks to the latest digital audio technology, Jimi Hendrix's Live In Maui finally surfaces in full
The 10 best Folk Rock albums
Rock pillaged folk right through the 60s. But when that decade ended, the folkies grabbed it right back. Here are the 10 best folk rock albums
Orianthi's O fails to build on early promise
You can't fault Orianthi's style on fourth solo album O, but the songs fall short
Joe Bonamassa channels Beck and Page on Royal Tea, and finds himself back on track
Joe Bonamassa's Royal Tea is meaty, beaty, big and bouncy
Robert Plant's Digging Deep: Subterranea is a celebrity-free solo celebration
Digging Deep: Subterranea is a journey through Robert Plant's solo recordings, from Pictures at Eleven in onwards
Walter Trout's Ordinary Madness - a deeply personal state of the nation address
Walter Trout ponders the state of the world on his Ordinary Madness album
Allman Betts Band's Bless Your Heart - further proof that you can never have enough guitarists
The sons of Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley jam on Allman Betts Band's second album Bless Your Heart
Rick Wakemans The Red Planet - a return to a prog god's halcyon days
Ground control to Major Rick, as Rick Wakeman launches himself towards The Red Planet
Asylums' Genetic Cabaret: forceful without getting furious
Asylums build up a head of steam for third album Genetic Cabaret with producer Steve Albini
That day that rocked the world: the chaotic story of Status Quo's Live Aid
Live Aid in 1985 was perhaps the greatest rock festival of all, and Status Quo were there to open it
Meet the folkers: the improbable story of folk rock
Folk’s music’s not all “hey nonny nonny” y’know. In the 70s, it sneaked its way into the heaviest of rock's repertoire. We look at the groups that spearheaded the genre
Nick D’Virgilio's Invisible lets you know he's much more than just a drummer
The meaning of prog, from Big Big Train drummer Nick D’Virgilio
Frank Zappa: The Mothers 1970 - tentative in the studio, revelatory on the road
Frank Zappa’s celebrated 1970 Mothers lineup commemorated with unreleased 70-song collection of studio and live recordings
Asking Alexandria's Like A House On Fire is the sound of a band stepping up and shaping up
Owning up and owning it on Asking Alexandria's sixth album Like A House On Fire
Vanilla Fudge: the remarkable history of rock's greatest covers band
Bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, one of rock’s mightiest rhythm sections, talk about their days in Vanilla Fudge
Cream's Goodbye Tour Live 1968 - a rollercoaster ride from start to finish
Four Cream concerts brought back to life, warts ‘n’ all, from 1968's Goodbye Tour
Glenn Hughes' Justified Man collection: a legacy of consistent inconsistency
Half a dozen albums that find Glenn Hughes between a rock and a soulful place
Acid Rock: the candy-coloured story of music designed to blow minds
LSD. Freak-outs. Vibes. Visions. Visible sounds. Audible colours. Confusing concept albums. Sleeves you couldn’t read. More LSD. And a truly great playlist
The troubled tale of Ten Years After: from Woodstock to the world
Woodstock made Ten Years After into world stars, but instead of capitalising on their new-found fame they lost the plot
Labels of love: the story of the pioneering record labels that saved 70s rock
As the 70s rock scene exploded, an increasingly out of touch music business lost its stranglehold on the music scene – here, we tell the story of how it happened
The devastating, tragic story of The Allman Brothers Band
Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion
