20 mostly brilliant but also ridiculous progressive rock albums By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing, Paul Henderson 30 September 2021 Made-up languages? The apocalypse? The guilt of lighthouse keepers? Newcastle-upon-Tyne? They're all present in our round-up of progressive rock's most ludicrous album concepts
The Last Domino? finds Genesis turning the favourites on again. Again By Paul Henderson 18 September 2021 Genesis's The Last Domino? is another excuse for completists to scoop up everything they already own
Mick Fleetwood & Friends triumphantly fail to descend into chaos and catastrophe By Paul Henderson 30 April 2021 The big guns come out to play on Mick Fleetwood & Friends: Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green And The Early Years Of Fleetwood Mac
Robin Trower: the guitarist who should be king By Paul Henderson 31 March 2021 Robin Trower played guitar for Procol Harum, supported The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, then sold stadiums out as a solo artist in the 70s. So why did he never became a household name?
John Mayall's 35 disc box set: gem-studded, but who is it for? By Paul Henderson 05 February 2021 The golden years of John Mayall, Godfather of British Blues, celebrated on The First Generation 1965-1974
The story of Caravan's In The Land Of Grey And Pink By Paul Henderson 28 August 2020 How Caravan created the legendary Canterbury masterpiece In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Stone Temple Pilots' Perdida: melancholy at its most musical By Paul Henderson 07 February 2020 Stone Temple Pilots cut the engines and glide on eighth studio album Perdida
50 years, 50 tracks: the Ultimate Heavy Metal Playlist By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome, Lee Dorrian, Ian Fortnam, Paul Henderson, Dave Ling, Sian Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Jonathan Selzer, Henry Yates, Fraser Lewry 19 November 2019 As humanity celebrates 50 years of heavy metal, here’s half a century’s worth of pioneering heavy music, from the classics to the contemporary hard-hitters
The 30 best British Blues Rock albums ever By Sian Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Geoff Barton, Hugh Fielder, Paul Henderson 19 February 2019 The best British Blues Rock albums: Direct from the Delta to Dartford and beyond, the Blues turned British rock on its head
Blind Faith: Blind Faith album review By Paul Henderson 16 August 2018 In August 1969, Blind Faith released their only studio album. It remains something of an overlooked masterpiece
Buyer's Guide: How to buy the best of the Canterbury scene By Paul Henderson 15 August 2017 From the sublime to the ridiculous, from jaunty tunes to head-spinning jazz rock, the Canterbury scene is a prog-head’s Utopia
You can now own a pinball machine inspired by your favourite band By Paul Henderson 10 August 2017 Forget computer games – get some proper bells, whistles, flippers and balls in your living room
King’s X at Assembly Hall Islington, London - live review By Paul Henderson 16 July 2017 Not yet rated Texan trio still have the X factor
We try out the Moon 888 hi-fi amplifier from Simaudio By Paul Henderson 19 June 2017 The Moon 888 from Simaudio might just have grasped the holy grail for hi-fi amplifiers
What happened when Steve Vai and Brian May reigned in Spain By Paul Henderson 06 June 2017 In 1992, Steve Vai went to Spain to play tracks from Passion And Warfare for the very fist time. Waiting for him at the airport was Classic Rock's Paul Henderson
The ultimate Peter Grant interview: Life with Led Zeppelin and the death of John Bonham By Paul Henderson 05 April 2017 In 1990, Peter Grant sat down to look back on his career with Led Zeppelin. This is what he had to say
John Mayall on groupies, riders and gold records By Paul Henderson 29 November 2016 Why British blues survivor John Mayall is still searching for that elusive hit record...
Want a new bluetooth speaker for Christmas? Check this out... By Paul Henderson 24 November 2016 Monitor Audio’s S150 Bluetooth speaker sounds as good as it looks
Steve Hillage - Searching For The Spark album review By Paul Henderson 31 October 2016 Not yet rated Steve Hillage’s full Omty, from Fish Rising to System 7 with bells, whistles, books – and a badge too
Ginger Baker rides again: 7 things we learned at the Jack Bruce tribute show By Paul Henderson 26 October 2016 Last night in London, stars, friends and family celebrated the music of the late rock great, Cream bass player Jack Bruce. We were there to suck it all in...
Mark Blake - Freddie Mercury: An Illustrated Life book review By Paul Henderson 25 October 2016 Photo-packed account of the late Queen frontman
The Olympus LS-P2: a hi-res recorder that proves size isn’t everything By Paul Henderson 29 September 2016 Need a new recorder that'll fit in your pocket? Try the Olympus LS-P2...
Looking for a quality portable Bluetooth speaker? Try this for size... By Paul Henderson 13 May 2016 KEF Muo Bluetooth Speaker – £300, uk.kef.com
Raw Power: The Moon Headphone Amp – Lunar Tunes, Stellar Sound By Paul Henderson 15 April 2016 Treat your ears to this quality headphone amp.
Santana: Santana IV By Paul Henderson 18 March 2016 Not yet rated Carlos and the reunited early line-up pick up where they left off 40 years ago.
