If you listen to one new blues act this week, make it Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse…
Fed up with bland blues that doesn't really say anything? Don't Let The Bastards Drag You Down is an anthem for our times...
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Black Stone Cherry's Family Tree: Chris Robertson's track-by-track guide
Black Stone Cherry frontman Chris Robertson's guide to the band's sixth studio album, Family Tree
If you listen to one new blues artist this week, it should be Fantastic Negrito
He almost died. He was a gang-banger. His real name has too many consonants. But this is the best new blues song of the week.
4 reasons to get excited as the Rockin' The Blues tour reaches London
This week the Rockin' The Blues tour comes to The Garage in London... and with it come four guitarists of the kind you don't usually don't get to see under one roof
Tax The Heat's track-by-track guide to Change Your Position
Tax The Heat reveal how second album Change Your Position came into being, track-by-track
The 10 Best ZZ Top Songs, by Billy Gibbons' protege Lance Lopez
Texan bluesman Lance Lopez met Billy Gibbons when he was 16, when they bonded over a love of Jimi Hendrix. Here, Lance tells the whole story, and picks his 10 favourite ZZ Top songs
We took some of rock’s loudest women to a pub and this is what happened
To celebrate She Rocks month, we brought together nine industry figures to discuss the challenges still facing women in music, and what we can all do to tackle them
No girls allowed: One singer’s struggle with sexism in the music industry
Greta Valenti, frontwoman of Californian alt.rockers Well Hung Heart, opens up on the time her band were denied a gig on account of her gender – and how that’s just the start...
Stevie Nicks: if this band hadn't made it big, we’d still be playing the clubs
Interview: Fleetwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks on stepping away from the spotlight, juggling careers, and being born to entertain
Imelda May on rebellion, growing up, and drinking with Jeff Beck
She sang with Ronnie Wood when she was 16. Now Imelda May is a star in her own right, and happy to explain why genitals aren't important when carving out a career in rock
The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, founding mother of rock'n'roll
Step back Chuck Berry, Elvis and the rest... and meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the founding mothers of rock'n'roll
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The Story Behind The Song: Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limits
Suffering at the hands of an abusive husband, Tina Turner looked back to her childhood days for the lyrics to the song that was her declaration of artistic independence
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...
Gerry Rafferty: The Man Who Hated the Music Business
Gerry Rafferty’s former manager Jon Brewer recalls what it was like managing the Baker Street star in the wheeling-dealing 70s – the age of chart-fixing, payola and big money.
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Mick Taylor: The Exiled Stone
The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period, in 2010 Mick Taylor looked back on his time with the band...
