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Muddy Waters posing for a photograph on a throne in 1978

How Muddy Waters made a stunning return to form in the twllight of his career - with help from Johnny Winter

By Charles Shaar Murray Published 14 March 26

Muddy Waters was 62 when he released 1977’s classic Hard Again

Albums

John Lodge’s Love Conquers All EP will pleasantly trigger Moody Blues fans

By Chris Roberts Published 14 February 25

Yes’ Jon Davison is among the guests as bassist/singer limbers up for a return to the road after suffering a stroke

Albums

How Johnny Depp ended up playing on an Oasis album

By Paul Brannigan Published 29 January 25

How Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp wound up featuring on Oasis' first blues song

Albums

Moody Blues singer Justin Hayward announces Forever Autumn tour for October

By Jerry Ewing Published 28 January 25

"British music fans have a special place in the world of music, and I’m privileged that my songs are a part of that," Haywards says as he announces October dates

Concerts & Shows

Dan Akyroyd posing for a photograph in sunglasses

We asked Blues Brothers star Dan Aykroyd to give us his 11 favourite blues records, and he delivered

By Ian Fortnam Published 25 January 25

John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells - Blues Brothers and former SNL icon Dan Aykroyd knows his blues

Albums

Revisiting the time that Willie Dixon sued Led Zep for plagiarism and won

By Niall Doherty Published 11 January 25

It’s 40 years ago this weekend that the veteran bluesman took action against the rock icons for borrowing his song...

Bands & Artists

Samantha Fish, Slash and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram (studio portrait)

How Slash re-electrified the blues for the hard times

By David Sinclair, Richard Bienstock Published 10 January 25

Slash released an album of blues and soul standards that no one was expecting, then took the show on the road to support community causes

Concerts & Shows

2013 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame blues jam supergroup

Watch Public Enemy's Chuck D and Run DMC's Daryl McDaniels front the ultimate rock supergroup featuring Rush, Heart, Dave Grohl and Chris Cornell

By Paul Brannigan Published 2 January 25

That time Public Enemy's Chuck D and Run DMC's Daryl McDaniels fronted the ultimate rock supergroup

Concerts & Shows

Composite image assembled from 80s blues album cover art

The decade the blues mutated: A beginners' guide to 80s blues in 10 essential albums

By Dominic Pedler Published 1 January 25

Buying guide The 80s also saw the blues transform like never before, with Stevie Ray Vaughan drawing in hard rockers and purists alike and Robert Cray taking it to the masses

Buying guide