Latest articles by Paul Rees
The greatest American blues band of the early 90s, The Red Devils were as short-lived as their frontman, Lester Butler, was mortally fated
With a combined age of 361 and a ‘f***-off’ attitude to chasing trends, Deep Purple went all-in on Splat!, their 24th studio album
How a concept album about an alien race arriving upon Earth in the Middle Ages and baffled the band that made it
Nils Lofgren is more than just a sideman to the stars – he’s made some killer albums of his own
How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s
Written to get their label off their back, Toto's Africa – written by a man who'd never been there – has become inescapable
The Rick Rubin-produced album featuring Mick Jagger and The Red Devils has sat on the shelf for 34 years
With seemingly constant personnel issues, the band leader wound up recording in a heavy coat with the hood pulled up, and his keyboards facing the wall
Jess Roden is one of British rock’s best kept secrets
Drugs, darkness, death – the inside story of The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there
Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny had fans in Led Zeppelin and The Who – but her life was cut short at just 31
Urge Overkill were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 1990s
Meat Loaf’s Dead Ringer is no Bat Out Of Hell – but it’s still a great album
There was much more to late Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty than Baker Street
The last year has seen the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the expanded Nebraska ’82 and the completion of the Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour... and there's plenty more to come
Rickey Medlocke has been involved in not one but two iconic Southern Rock bands
The life and death of lost musical alchemist Chris Wood
He was signed to the same label as Dylan and Springsteen and brought the blues into the 1990s, but success eluded him
Last year, they cancelled a tour, their album flopped and they fired their managers. Can the Black Keys come back?.
Everything changed for Dire Straits when they made Brothers In Arms: Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher look back
Buying guide More than Brothers In Arms: The Dire Straits albums you need to know
The Boss owned the 1980s thanks to landmark albums The River, Nebraska and Born In The USA
Colin Meloy’s band were raised on Roxy Music, British folk and concept albums. He isn’t big on Jethro Tull, but he’s in awe of Rick Wakeman’s King Arthur ice show
