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How the Moody Blues returned to superstardom with Long Distance Voyager
By Malcolm Dome published
With help from an ex Yes member and a new engineer, 1981 release marked a significant update without a loss of their musical values. But is it a concept album?

David Lee Roth continues to move in mysterious ways with new blues song Forgiveness
By Fraser Lewry published
An unexpected festive gift arrives as David Lee Roth releases a standalone version of a song he originally attached to some Taylor Swift audio

Mick Fleetwood and Jake Shimabukuro share a broad definition of the blues on collaborative album
By Hugh Fielder published
Ukulele blues from Fleetwood Mac founder and Hawaiin YouTube sensation

Von Hertzen Brothers spoof Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues in new Ascension Day video
By Jerry Ewing published
Von Hertzen Brothers will release their ninth studio album In Murmuration in October

One of the sounds that shaped rock'n'roll: A brief history of the Mississippi saxophone
By Paddy Wells published
…or the harmonica, as it’s better known

Blues Pills have finally made exactly the album they wanted
By Hannah May Kilroy published
Ten years, four albums and some huge changes on from their breakout debut, Blues Pills have ditched the self-imposed constraints

Meet Big Special, the Black Country duo blending the blues, hip-hop and rock with beautiful fury
By Dave Everley published
With Free "a huge influence" and pithy lyrics, Big Special might soon live up to their name

Deram (and Decca) celebrated in Psych! British Prog, Rock, Folk & Blues box set
By Joe Banks published
A sprawling 3CD / 2LP retrospective of Britain’s first “groovy” record label
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