Here are the 15 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
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Here are the 15 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
Watch Robert Plant tell AC/DC's Brian Johnson about the rise of Led Zeppelin
Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road features the AC/DC singer talking Led Zeppelin with Robert Plant
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to pay tribute to Chuck Berry with new live release
Ronnie Wood will release the album Mad Lad featuring a selection of Chuck Berry classics later this year
Listen to Greta Van Fleet's surprise new single Always There
Always There by Greta Van Fleet comes from the soundtrack to the movie A Million Little Pieces
Watch Beth Hart in video for new single Bad Woman Blues
Beth Hart launches promo for her new single Bad Woman Blues - the latest track from her upcoming album War In My Mind
Joe Bonamassa returns with new album Live At The Sydney Opera House
Blues guitar ace Joe Bonamassa will release the new record in October - watch his live performance of This Train
Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarist Neal Casal dead at 50
Musician who also played with Blackfoot and Ryan Adams & The Cardinals and recorded with dozens of other artists has died at the age of 50
Black Stone Cherry announce new blues EP with a Robert Johnson classic
Black Stone Cherry’s new EP Back To Blues Vol. 2 will be released later this year - check out video for Me And The Devil Blues
Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor dead at 77
Musician who played with artists including Canned Heat, The Monkees, John Mayall and Tom Waits has died after cancer battle
Duane Allman’s 'Layla' guitar goes under the hammer for $1 million
The 1957 Goldtop Gibson Les Paul that Allman played on the 1971 Derek And The Dominos track and the Allman Brothers debut album sells at auction
Blues legend Walter Trout announces UK tour
Walter Trout's nine-date UK tour will kick off in Exeter in October
Netflix documentary makes new claims about the "murder" of Brian Jones
Another twist in the story of the death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones
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The 5 best new blues albums you need to hear right now
New releases from Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Kris Barras Band, P.P. Arnold, Sunjay and Katie Brooks
Collapsing stages, Hell’s Angels, and a band called Led Zeppelin
1969’s Bath festival was the first of its kind. In 1970 it all went a bit wrong. Promoters Freddy and Wendy Bannister tell the tale.
Ginger Baker meets Herman Rarebell: pain, playing and marijuana
One of them is a drumming great and a true legend, the other learned from him and became a great too. We put Cream legend Ginger Baker and former Scorpions man Herman Rarebell together
The Stray Cats: nine lives and still running wild
It’s four decades since the Stray Cats rebooted rockabilly with Runaway Boys. Now, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom talk old times and fresh beginnings
Whitesnake's Lovehunter: the album that inflamed the music press
To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter
The 10 best Jimi Hendrix songs, by Bones UK guitarist Carmen Vandenberg
Bones UK guitarist Carmen Vandenberg picks 10 songs by Jimi Hendrix: "He's truly timeless and listening to his work makes me speechless"
Little Girl Lost: How Janis Joplin got dem ol' kozmic blues again
Janis Joplin’s transition from band member to solo diva (including her only solo album released in her lifetime) was fraught with power plays, ego trips and excessive drug use
The best album box set deals you can buy right now
UPDATED! The latest multi-CD and and vinyl boxset deals and offers online
Prime Day deal: save £38 on this Led Zeppelin boxset!
Coda's Super Deluxe Edition with vinyl, CDs, 15 unreleased tracks and book is 35% off today only
Amazon Prime Day: The best whisky deals
The six best drops to snap up this prime day, hand-picked by whisky blogger The Kilted Moose
Amazon Prime Day 2019: these were the best deals for music fans
Check out the best Prime Day 2019 deals on headphones, speakers, turntables, vinyl and more. Did you miss out?
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Creedence's Woodstock set: 50 years on, still bristling with energy
After half a century on the cutting room floor, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Woodstock set is officially out at last
The Rolling Stones: Honk album review
Three-CD set combines post-’71 studio cuts, live recordings and recent tour guest slots from The Rolling Stones
The Quireboys: Amazing Disgrace album review
Thirty-five years down the road and The Quireboys still sound fresh on 12th album Amazing Disgrace
Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary) album review
Rolling Stone Keith Richards' 1988 solo debut gets major expansion job – in real Fender wood!
Mountain: Nantucket Sleighride - Album Of The Week Club review
UK rockers of a certain age were introduced to Nantucket Sleighride by political broadcasting on the TV, but there was also an album attached to the song
Francis Rossi & Hannah Rickard: We Talk Too Much album review
After Rick Parfitt, what next for the Status Quo man?
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything album review
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Signs album review
Susan Tedeschi. Derek Trucks. And their Band. Album number four is Signs
Free: Tons Of Sobs - Album Of The Week Club review
A debut album from the youthful Free, a band with a couldn’t-care-less attitude honed on the rough-and-ready UK circuit of blues clubs and ballrooms
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Framed - Album Of The Week Club review
SAHB crept up on an unsuspecting nation, grabbed it by the balls and won hearts and minds in unison
Rival Sons: Feral Roots album review
Long Beach rockers’ Rival Sons' sixth album twists and turns and ultimately triumphs
