Blues Features

Inspired by Welsh countryside, suffused with folk, acoustic and pastoral music, it was the Zeppelin album that confounded critics but truly brokered their legend

Janis Joplin was the extraordinary singer who brought the Blues into the Summer Of Love, whose star shone brightly but briefly

A bluesy cover that's good enough to make Slash jealous and raise the ghost of Gary Moore

TRIPPY! Bored? Let this slice of smooth-country-jazz-reggae and a promo filled with dolphins, buffalo and acid-fried wonder lift your spirits

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

John Kay tells the story of Steppenwolf: "We’re a hard rock band and we don’t take shit from anybody"

Check out the best Prime Day 2019 deals on headphones, speakers, turntables, vinyl and more. Did you miss out?

Joe Bonamassa was discovered as a kid, mentored by the greats – and screwed by the music biz. Then he got his revenge…

A great shot of a young band can help launch their career. In the final round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your local band portraits

From pill-popping, 60s mod figureheads to Woodstock-generation rockers and way beyond: frontman Roger Daltrey talks about drugs, fights, lunacy, deaths... and music that defined a generation

From Big Boss Man to Smokestack Lightnin’, these are the stories of the landmark records that electrified the blues and put Chicago on the map.

John Bonham’s marathon solo Moby Dick was one of the high spots of every Led Zeppelin show in the 1970s and inspired countless aspiring drummers

A ribald number that Willie Dixon wrote for Howlin’ Wolf, covered by The Doors at their most seamy and sinful. But which version’s better?

Massively talented? Yes. Solid-gold songs? Yes. Unique Anglo-American sound? Yes. On paper they had it all, so how did Spooky Tooth manage to fall through the cracks?

Black and white photography can lend drama and timelessness to your music photography. In the fifth round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your B&W shots…

Keeping track of livestreams, empty hall gigs, good deeds and innovation as musicians come to terms with a new landscape

Jeff Healey arguably never sounded more alive than on his lost album, Heal My Soul

The story of The Guess Who's anti-Vietnam classic American Woman, told via the medium of animated cartoon

Classic Rock talks to Jimi Hendrix's friends, admirers and other musicians about his life and importance

Stevie Ray Vaughan's bandmates and other insiders tell the story behind the making of modern blues classic Texas Flood