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Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun: the inside story of a stoner metal landmark
By Dom Lawson published
How cult stoner rock visionaries Kyuss made 1992’s classic Blues For The Red Sun

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks pick the blues albums that are good for your health
By Henry Yates published
Everybody’s favourite husband-and-wife team flip through their record collection and dig out the platters that truly matter

"It's the Devil's Music - Hide your kids' stuff!" How Slash made the blues sound like a party again – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Eagles, Pink Floyd, Kerry King, Sebastian Bach, Lenny Kravitz, Steve Harley, The Black Keys, Walter Trout, Nazareth, Troy Redfern and more

Moody Blues founding member Mike Pinder dead at 82
By Jerry Ewing published
Keyboard player Mike Pinder had been the last surviving founding member of the band

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Bill Fisher, Demon and more
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs to soundtrack this week's rock revolution

"At the end, Jimmy says to me: 'I want you in my band'. I say: 'But I've got a maths exam in the morning!'": Rick Wakeman, and the blues records that changed his life
By Jo Kendall published
It all started with a love of trad jazz and Etta James – plus a baptism of fire in an after-school session with R&B star Jimmy Thomas

"This man said, ‘I’ve brought my wife for a night out and you’re the worst band I’ve seen in my life. You’re crap.’” How the Moody Blues finally came good with Days Of Future Passed
By Jo Kendall published
In 1967, a new line-up of The Moody Blues embraced their symphonic influences to create a groundbreaking album that not only pushed them in a new musical direction but also brought about the birth of progressive rock.

Slash announces all-star S.E.R.P.E.N.T. touring blues festival with Warren Haynes, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Larkin Poe and more
By Fraser Lewry published
Slash's touring blues festival will hit 27 cities across North America this summer
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