Rob Hughes

Since their dramatic arrival in the UK via TV screens in the early 70s, Sparks have continued to make extraordinary music on their own terms. Now they’re enjoying a late-career renaissance

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

At a critical and commercial peak after Aqualung, Tull frontman Ian Anderson created an album that split one epic track over two sides - parodying prog and rock poetry

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway discusses his career to date in Prog Magazine's The Prog Interview...

From Kyuss to Queens Of The Stone Age via Eagles Of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures and various hook-ups, Josh Homme's path through rock'n'roll is flecked with gold

Founder of The Animals, party buddy of Hendrix and Morrison and hero to Springsteen, Eric Burdon is a bluesman, a rogue and a survivor, and this is his story

Paul Butterfield inspired Dylan to plug in, was a virtuoso singer and mouth harp player, and took black blues to white America. But beneath the surface, trouble was brewing

Seymour Stein's iconic Sire label championed punk and new wave in the 70s, but also gave a home to great musical misfits from any generation

Jaren Johnston grew up steeped in rock and country - and he knows a thing or two about both

"How fabulous, in a bathtub in Paris!" - Lou Reed, upon hearing of the death of Doors frontman Jim Morrison

Whether reshaping roots music or making emotive soundtracks, Ry Cooder’s albums have always reflected that X factor called class - and these are his beat

The producer with the Midas touch, Rick Rubin's CV – from Slayer to Johnny Cash, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Tom Petty – includes some golden moments in rock's history

Chris Spedding turned down the Rolling Stones, stood in for Jimmy Page, was the first man to record the Sex Pistols, and was the Womble with the Flying V. These are his stories

Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo play in a deserted pub, Sultans Of Swing sent Dire Straits on a journey to superstardom

On her journey from coffee-house folkie to genre-juggling experimentalist, Joni Mitchell recorded some of the finest albums of her era

There's a different Neil Young everywhere you look: melodic troubadour, electric warrior, garage rocker, grunge forefather, synth wrangler and more – and these are his best albums

Ten of the best from the late and legendary singer-songwriter David Crosby, the man with the honeyed voice

Releasing a sprawling album over four separate months was quite a bold move for the Tedeschi Trucks Band, but there may be bigger adventures ahead

Myrkur, aka Amalie Bruun, discusses Norse mythology and motherhood as the inspiration behind her third album, Folksange

For a time in the late 60s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the hottest band in America, if not the world. John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford recall their rocket ride from outcasts to “outselling The Beatles"

Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on his old band, working with Luke Haines, and not having record labels tell him what to do

The crowd at 1970’s Atomic Sunrise Festival in London wasn't much interested David Bowie’s new band Hype, with their lurex outfits and make-up, but one onlooker was: Marc Bolan

Taj Mahal headlined over Led Zeppelin and taught Keith Richards things he didn't know. The is his story: the story of a Rising Son

Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy talk about The Cult's new album Under The Midnight Sun, and their “simple vision to make guitar-oriented rock"