Willie Dixon: the life and legacy of the blues' greatest songwriter
Chess Records songwriter Willie Dixon was the man behind some of the most beloved and influential songs in history, inspiring a whole generation of musicians
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Dr John: a guide to his best albums
Gris-gris or gumbo? Voodoo priest or piano-tickling new orleans R&B guru? Where to start with the music of Dr John…
The Who: Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
While not exactly the most prolific of bands, The Who have released some of the most enduring and genuinely influential albums in the history of rock
Is rock‘n’roll ruining your hearing?
With Brian Johnson forced to take a step back from AC/DC or face total hearing loss, we ask the experts about the risks for rock fans. Listen up – while you still can…
The Who’s Live At Leeds – the story behind the "definitive hard-rock holocaust"
By the beginning of 1970, The Who were road-hardened and sick of playing Tommy. So they took it back to basics with an album that set the bar for live albums in the 70s
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…
Watch: My rollercoaster relationship with Joe Walsh – the book that explores the Eagles guitarist’s “darkest years”
Video Exclusive: Addict-turned-author Kristin Casey remembers the “tragic fairytale” of her romance with the US rock icon, and her own hard road to redemption
The Story Behind The Song: Slow Ride by Foghat
Foghat are in that select group of Brit bands with US hits who never had any success at home. Their defining moment came with this mid-70s single about rock'n'roll mainstay S-E-X.
Led Zeppelin: the controversial creation of their debut album
As the 60s ended, session supremo Jimmy Page put together a band and a plan that would change rock forever - even if it did owe a whole lot to music's past
A conversation with Leslie West
From the archive: Leslie West talks about dropping acid at the Fillmore, kicking methadone with Johnny Winter and missing Jack Bruce
The American Eccentric: Acid Days and Ragtime Jazz with Dan Hicks
Max Bell pays tribute to psychedelic pioneer and folk swing vaudevillian Dan Hicks
Why they tried to censor the blues
With its earthy language and frank lyrical approach to sex and violence, not to mention the racist society it was born into, the blues has been censored and vilified since day one
Beth Hart: 10 records that changed my life
Beth Hart divulges just 10 of the hundreds of records that helped her along the path to stardom
The Story Behind The Song: Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones
Written by Keef as he brooded over Anita's dalliance with Mick, The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter represented something darker and more universal: rape, murder and the death of the 1960s spirit
Robert Plant interview: my life after Led Zeppelin
It's been a long time since Robert Plant fronted the biggest band in the world, and now he’s enjoying the fourth decade of a successful solo career
Tommy Bolin: the story of a doomed genius
Tommy Bolin had the looks and the talent, but he also had a deadly drug addiction. We look at the tragic career of a doomed guitar great, through band mates, friends, and family
Watch: Sun King Rising and the rock‘n'soul album that sets the controls for Muscle Shoals circa ’72
Video Exclusive: Acclaimed Texan bandleader John Blangero on his mission to raise our spirits with this year’s roots masterpiece, Delta Tales
John Mayall: the eight songs that changed my life
Most recently seen onstage at the Peter Green tribute show earlier this year, here are the eight songs that got British blues legend John Mayall started
Duane Allman: The life and legacy of a southern man
Duane Allman is justly lauded for his work with his Brothers, but there’s more to the legacy of the doomed guitarist than At Fillmore East
