Rich Davenport
Rich Davenport is a music journalist, stand-up comedian and musician, and has been a regular contributor to Classic Rock since 2016
Latest articles by Rich Davenport

By Rich Davenport Published
British blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor is still climbing

By Fraser Lewry Published
Six months of classic rock, prog rock, stoner rock, southern rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, power pop, heavy metal, punk and all forms of rock'n'roll

By Rich Davenport Published
Brian Robertson lived it live and dangerous in Thin Lizzy, lived it loud in Motörhead, rode his own band Wild Horses, and has an impressive list of credits as both session musician and producer

By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Buying guide Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music

By Rich Davenport Published
Stockholm Syndrome, Fishbone’s first full-length album in more than twenty years, is available now

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Former White Lion frontman Mike Tramp digs deep on second retro set

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The Police's best-selling Synchronicity improves with added archive gold

By Rich Davenport Published
Rediscovered songs from the late Man In Black, polished up by his son and old band

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Soulful blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor matures without mellowing on ninth studio set

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Black Sabbath’s lost Tony Martin-era albums, resurrected

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Nearly 40 years after their infamous Donington set, 25% of fictional rockers Bad News returned last year as Almost Bad News

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Metallica's damaged Justice revisited, over the course of 11 CDs, four vinyl LPs, DVDs and more...

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Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears gets an expanded makeover for its 30th Anniversary

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A live and beastly show from Iron Maiden on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City

By Rich Davenport last updated
Buying guide Magnum vocalist Bob Catley examines half a century of band back catalogue and talks about some of his favourites

By Rich Davenport Published
Bassist Tim Atkinson: "We were such close friends. I miss him every day"

By Rich Davenport Published
Blues survivor Eric Gales takes a title shot with masterful Joe Bonamassa-produced album Crown

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Good To Be by veteran bluesman Keb' Mo' is a carefully blended brew

By Rich Davenport Published
Thorns is a sharp comeback from former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin

By Rich Davenport Published
No, not that one. Warlock's rock, funk and jazz intertwine a decade before Doro Pesch's band

By Rich Davenport Published
The vast catalogue of punk stalwarts UK Subs has been carefully mined for gold on A Punk Rock Anthology 1978-2017

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Judas Priest celebrate their half-century with 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music: a career-spanning metal blow-out

By Rich Davenport Published
Vega’s lucky seventh album Anarchy And Unity might be the band's best collection yet
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