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10 of the best from The Band, the quintet who backed Bob Dylan on The Basement Tapes and went on to shape Americana
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The rise and acrimonious fall of Rory Gallagher's Taste...
Cork power trio Taste blazed onto the blues scene, propelled by Rory Gallagher’s incendiary guitar. Fours years later they blew up in a maelstrom of betrayal…
The Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 Challenge #2: Crowd & Venue Scenes
Join the second stage of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020
Bernie Marsden: What happened the day I left Whitesnake
Was he fired by David Coverdale or did he leave Whitesnake of his own accord? Bernie Marsden reveals all in his autobiography, Where's My Guitar?
Is Terry Reid really just “the man who turned down Led Zeppelin”?
Most most of his life, Terry Reid has been best known for "turning down Led Zeppelin”. The trouble is, he didn’t…
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!
Blues, drugs, fights, cops, jail, death: the incredible story of The Red Devils
The greatest American blues band of the early 90s, The Red Devils were as short-lived as their frontman, Lester Butler, was mortally fated
What happened the night Led Zeppelin played live one last time
In 2007 Led Zeppelin played their historic Celebration Day reunion show at London’s O2 Arena. We were there.
Why a live bootleg could be the greatest album Led Zeppelin ever made
Forget The Song Remains The Same – the 1970 bootleg Live On Blueberry Hill captures Zeppelin at the peak of their powers better than anything else
The 15 best ZZ Top songs, according to 15 of the world's greatest guitarists
To celebrate that little ol’ band from Texas ZZ Top’s 50 years in rock’n’roll, we asked some top guitarists to pick their favourite ZZ songs
Ginger Baker's half-dozen: six of the best from a legend
Six songs that broke the mould from the extraordinary career of Ginger Baker
The devastating, tragic story of The Allman Brothers Band
Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion
How to sound like Jimi Hendrix
The guitars, amp and fx you need for the best possible Experience...
How to sound like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page
The guitars, amp and pedal you need to mount the tonal stairway to the ultimate early Led Zeppelin sound
The 5 best new blues albums you need to hear right now
New releases from Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Kris Barras Band, P.P. Arnold, Sunjay and Katie Brooks
Ginger Baker meets Herman Rarebell: pain, playing and marijuana
One of them is a drumming great and a true legend, the other learned from him and became a great too. We put Cream legend Ginger Baker and former Scorpions man Herman Rarebell together
The Stray Cats: nine lives and still running wild
It’s four decades since the Stray Cats rebooted rockabilly with Runaway Boys. Now, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom talk old times and fresh beginnings
Jimmy Page: how I brought my Dragon Telecaster back to life
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page talks about his new guitar - a comprehensive recreation of his fabled 1959 ‘Dragon’ Telecaster - and the road that led him to it.
