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The story behind this year's all-star tribute to Gary Moore album
How Bob Daisley gathered rock's great and good together to record Moore Blues For Gary
Led Zeppelin: everything you need to know about Going To California
A heavyweight new book examines every Led Zeppelin song in detail. Here's what it has to say about Going To California
The 10 Best Jimi Hendrix Covers
What binds Toto, Slash, Fiona Apple and Living Colour together? Two words: Jimi Hendrix. Decades after his death and all are still helping to make his music sing
Didn't get a Cyber Monday deal? Some of our favourites are still live
UPDATED Cyber Monday is one of biggest shopping days of the year. Here are the greatest music bargains you might have missed!
The best deals on band merch
The best deals on official band t-shirts, hoodies and other merch
Cyber Monday: The best deals on musical instruments
UPDATED Guitars, amps, drums, strings: Cyber Monday is the ideal time to pick up some bargains for musicians
Aerosmith: a guide to their best albums
From Stones copyists to rap-rock progenitors, Aerosmith never missed a thing. Here's a trip through their back catalogue
Stevie Ray Vaughan: a guide to his best albums
The Texas cat with the hat and the Strat who hot-wired the 80s blues revival and launched a new generation of players
The Jeff Beck Group: The Story Of Truth
In the late 60s, Yardbirds alumnus Jeff Beck formed The Jeff Beck Group. Here's the remarkable story of the making Of Truth, their debut album
The 10 best unsung guitar heroes, by Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa's definitive guide to the guitar heroes who don't get the credit they deserve…
How I learned to love Queen, by Soundgarden's Kim Thayil
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil reflects on Freddie Mercury & Co, from the new book Long Live Queen
The story of Humble Pie, the anti-supergroup
In 1971 Steve Marriott’s mad mod-rock brew blew up big style, taking the rest of Humble Pie with him – for better and for worse.
Canned Heat: the badass blues band that death couldn’t kill
Booze, barbiturates, suicide and overdoses – the insane story of America's first great boogie-rock band
The Best Music Books Ever
updated From The Dirt to Get In The Van, Lester Bangs to Stanley Booth: our guide to some of the best books ever written about music…
Trump, ageing and the power of rock'n'roll: An interview with Jon Spencer
Ladies and gentlemen: the fabulous Jon Spencer on his new solo album, his most groovy past and the 'orange piece of shit' and 'stupid men that run the United States of America'
