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Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks pick the blues albums that are good for your health
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
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
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
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
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
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
Slash's touring blues festival will hit 27 cities across North America this summer
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Tuk Smith, Pain and more
Eight magnificent monsters of rock to be excited about
“He told me I was like a shaman onstage. I reminded him of Jim Morrison”: Carlos Santana once wanted to start a delta blues band… with Gavin Rossdale from Bush
The story of Mud, the Carlos Santana/Gavin Rossdale supergroup that never was
“As boldly baroque as anything The Moody Blues or The Nice had at that point constructed… but perhaps it hasn’t aged gracefully”: Procul Harum’s vinyl reissue of Shine On Brightly is still fascinating
Robin Trower’s dazzling contributions feel like they’re coming from another room on their second album, as they try to work out who they are
