Latest articles by Rob Hughes
How the passing of former guitarist Brent Hinds and drummer Brann Dailor's mother Michele compounded the direction of Mastodon's Marrow Deep
Despite the trauma she never stopped loving the band’s music, she confirms, as latest solo album Sightings sees her continuing to explore without expectations
Amid contract changes and line-up switches, the American group delivered a complex and adventurous work that’s outsold everything else they’ve done
Buying guide Led Zeppelin wrote a song about him, Pink Floyd invited him to sing on another, but this is the very best of Roy Harper's own recorded work
Radio boffins and their audio gadgets were the influence behind his experimental debut concept album, which changed the musical landscape in 1976
As Screamadelica turns 35, we look back at how Primal Scream made one of the truly essential albums of the '90s
Alyssa Bonagura has been covered by Steven Tyler, spent years in Liverpool playing with Pete Wylie, and duetted with Kenny Rogers when she was 10
From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall
Dolly Parton, the late Queen Of Country, on the road to her rock album, transcending Nashville, and what Stairway To Heaven and Free Bird mean to her
The 80s prog-pop duo’s main songwriter had a lot to say via their first album in 17 years
He recalls not going to his own band’s gigs, his first acid experience, losing confidence in his playing, annoying druids at Stonehenge, who hit Ginger Baker with a pool cue, and the former member he wished would die (and did)
By 1973 The Who were bored and angry – and Pete Townshend knew he had one last chance to hold the band together and unify them in the eyes of their fans
Buying guide Arguably the most influential female singer-songwriter of our time, Joni Mitchell has recorded some of the finest albums of her era
Galen Ayers discusses her late dad Kevin, babysitters Robert Fripp and Daevid Allen, and collaborator Paul Simonon of The Clash
Buying guide With or without The Dukes, Steve Earle is a true rock’n’roll maverick, and these are his best albums
His four-track concept rock masterpiece is a primer for revolutionary thinking that’s as relevant now as it was in 1971
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more
Behind the playfulness of Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon’s The Great Parrot-Ox And The Golden Egg Of Empathy lie serious questions about abuse of power, social collapse and the value of compassion
Despite musical excellence and fans in high places, Little Feat were a classic case of commercial underachievers
Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas smash after a fan campaign against TV talent shows
Buffalo, buzzards and Tush? ZZ Top’s Fandango album saw the Little Ol’ Band From Texas go nationwide
She busts myths about where she came from, how she joined and how she felt about Lemmy – but won’t discuss her departure from the space rock icons
Buying guide One of the great British singers and frontmen, Steve Marriott's catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered with classics
