Blues Features

Aerosmith have kicked off their Las Vegas residency, and it comes with a revolutionary sound system. Here's our frontline report

Mock muggings, sexual advances and sweat stains were all part of the Vinegar Joe story – along with some blistering British blues-rock. But one member was plotting to leave...

The hirsute Texan rockers have an extensive track record – here we pick out the ZZ Top records essential for any collection

From hillbilly music and R&B’s first scuffles down a dusty dirt track, country rock had a long, meandering and colourful trip from birth into adulthood

One night round a camp-fire on a boating weekend in 1967, the Small Faces came up with an idea for the whimsical concept album that became a psychedelic classic

You could be watching The Record Company play at an exclusive, acoustic, invite-only London show

From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and beyond, Jack White is Detroit's favourite son...

Steve Marriott was one of the great British singers and frontmen, and his catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered with with classics

From The Yardbirds to The Bluesbreakers, from Cream to The Dominoes, Eric Clapton carved out a legacy like few others

Direct from the Delta to Dartford and beyond, the Blues turned British rock on its head

Greta Van Fleet might take inspiration from the past, but they’re poised to take the baton from the old guard of rock greats and carry it into the future

Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton and Nancy Wilson head-up a generation spanning gig that shows that rock music is in good health too

Leaving a Redcar boutique to replace Ian Gillan in Deep Purple, David Coverdale has since done it all: blues, soul, and multi-million-selling hard rock

The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period, in 2010 Mick Taylor looked back on his time with the band...

Throughout his career with Rainbow and beyond, Ritchie Blackmore helped define what it was to be a guitarist

Want to know the best AC/DC albums? And the worst? Here is the ultimate guide…

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.

Bo Diddley was the gunslingin’, cigar-box guitar-totin’ cool cat who wrote the book of rocking R&B...

There's three copies of the double-vinyl edition of the Stones-curated collection Confessin' The Blues up for grabs