Aretha Franklin dead at 76
18-time Grammy winner and 'Queen Of Soul' Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer
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Aretha Franklin dead at 76
18-time Grammy winner and 'Queen Of Soul' Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer
Focusrite to host masterclasses at the UK Guitar Show
Audio equipment manufacturer Focusrite will present their latest technology at this year’s UK Guitar Show and hold a range of masterclass sessions
Ticketmaster to shut down resale sites Get Me In and Seatwave
Ticketmaster announce plans to close its Get Me In and Seatwave sites - and reveal new fan-to-fan ticket exchange programme
The Cream Experience set for the UK Guitar Show 2018
The Cream Experience will perform on the main stage at this year’s UK Guitar Show - tickets on sale now
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons shares Missin' Yo' Kissin lyric video
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons shares lyric video for his new single Missin' Yo' Kissin' - lifted from his album The Big Bad Blues
Watch Joe Bonamassa swing into action in King Bee Shakedown video
Joe Bonamassa releases studio video for his new track King Bee Shakedown - taken from his upcoming album Redemption
Periphery’s Misha Mansoor set to shred at the UK Guitar Show
Periphery’s Misha Mansoor is set to take this year’s UK Guitar Show by storm - tickets on sale now
The Magpie Salute share stirring new single Sister Moon
The Magpie Salute release stream of their new single Sister Moon - taken from their debut album High Water I
Watch Greta Van Fleet light up The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Greta Van Fleet receive standing ovation following their performance of new single When The Curtain Falls live on US TV
Jon Spencer announces debut solo album
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion frontman will release his first solo album Spencer Sings The Hits in November - check out video for Do The Trash Can
YouTube sensation Justin Sandercoe to lead UK Guitar Show workshops
September’s UK Guitar Show announces acoustic workshops and tuition clinics with Justin Sandercoe, Bridget Mermikides, Jon Bishop and Steve Allsworth - tickets on sale now
Watch the Rolling Stones perform Honky Tonk Women live in San Jose
The Rolling Stones release live performance of Honky Tonk Women - taken from their new DVD No Security: San Jose ’99
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Muhammad Ali, Jimi Hendrix and Martin Luther King: the extraordinary tales of BB King
A rare archive interview from legendary bluesman BB King
The secrets of Led Zeppelin IV: from ecology to the occult
The sleeve artwork of Led Zeppelin's fourth album, dissected by Jimmy Page biographer Chris Salewicz
This song from Norway's Orions Belte that's kinda-sorta-not-really about boxer Joe Frazier is actually one of the best new blues tracks of the week...
Honest. And it has a trippy video too.
Janis Joplin: hedonism, heroin, and a life of no half measures
Janis Joplin was the extraordinary singer who brought the Blues into the Summer Of Love, whose star shone brightly but briefly. And this is her story...
Who did the best version of Baby Please Don't Go?
From Mississippi to Northern Ireland to Australia, this classic has inspired musicians from around the world. But can the original be beaten?
Bullets, bikers & burnout: Jimi Hendrix's last gig
Eyewitness accounts and unseen pictures of Jimi Hendrix's last gig – a festival marred by appalling weather, machine-gun fire and marauding Hell's Angels…
The Short Life And Tragic Death Of Paul Kossoff
He should have been one of rock and blues’ great guitar heroes. Instead, the light of Free and Back Street Crawler’s Paul Kossoff shone briefly – and burned out quickly…
Robin Trower: From Pale Rider To Blues Brother
In 2006, Classic Rock talked to Robin Trower about his lengthy career, from pop success with Procol Harum to Hendrix clone claims and solo success
Black Stone Cherry: the secret ingredients that spice up their southern-fried sounds
The Beatles to Bizkit, Parton to Presley, Sabbath to gospel: it's all added to the musical gumbo that makes up Black Stone Cherry
John Mayall & The Story of the Lost & Legendary Bluesbreakers Lineup
The mythologised Bluesbreakers line-up of John Mayall, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood never made a studio album and shattered after just three months.
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Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won review
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake as Zep's live album gets the remaster treatment…
Album Of The Week Club: Beggars Banquet – Rolling Stones
The album that reinvented the Stones and kicked off the purple patch that had them crowned as 'The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World'.
Album Of The Week Club: The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night
They Only Come Out At Night sold millions, birthed two hit singles and featured an all-star cast that included Ronnie Montrose, Rick Derringer and Dan Hartman. Does it still stand up?
Album Of The Week Club: Janis Joplin - Pearl
Released in January 1971, just three months after her death, Janis Joplin's Pearl was described by Rolling Stones as, "not a new Janis, but a redefined, more organised, old Janis"
Album Of The Week Club: A Nod’s As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse – Faces
Only one of the songs has a chorus, they were "pissed" most of the time they made it and it was their second album of 1971. So why is A Nod's As Good As A Wink… so loved?
Album Of The Week Club: Aerosmith - Rock In A Hard Place
How does the album Aerosmith released without Joe Perry stand up after all these years?
Live Review: The Record Company at the 100 Club, London
Not yet ratedFun and funky, yet hard-as-nails: How does The Record Company's blues rock cocktail taste in one of London's most iconic venues?
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado - Change My Game album review
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