The new video by Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse is a trippy vision of lockdown bliss
TRIPPY! Bored? Let this slice of smooth-country-jazz-reggae and a promo filled with dolphins, buffalo and acid-fried wonder lift your spirits
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We took some of rock’s loudest women to a pub and this is what happened
To celebrate She Rocks month, we brought together nine industry figures to discuss the challenges still facing women in music, and what we can all do to tackle them
Born To Be Wild: The epic story of Steppenwolf
John Kay tells the story of Steppenwolf: "We’re a hard rock band and we don’t take shit from anybody"
Amazon Prime Day 2019: these were the best deals for music fans
Check out the best Prime Day 2019 deals on headphones, speakers, turntables, vinyl and more. Did you miss out?
The Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 Challenge #6: Local Band Portraits
A great shot of a young band can help launch their career. In the final round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your local band portraits
The Who's Roger Daltrey on Keith Moon, fistfights, and The Kids Are Alright
From pill-popping, 60s mod figureheads to Woodstock-generation rockers and way beyond: frontman Roger Daltrey talks about drugs, fights, lunacy, deaths... and music that defined a generation
The 20 Greatest Chicago Blues Records
From Big Boss Man to Smokestack Lightnin’, these are the stories of the landmark records that electrified the blues and put Chicago on the map.
Old school jazz and lacerated hands: the secrets of Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick
John Bonham’s marathon solo Moby Dick was one of the high spots of every Led Zeppelin show in the 1970s and inspired countless aspiring drummers
Howlin' Wolf Vs The Doors - who sang Back Door Man best?
A ribald number that Willie Dixon wrote for Howlin’ Wolf, covered by The Doors at their most seamy and sinful. But which version’s better?
Spooky Tooth: So Much Talent, So Little To Show For It
Massively talented? Yes. Solid-gold songs? Yes. Unique Anglo-American sound? Yes. On paper they had it all, so how did Spooky Tooth manage to fall through the cracks?
The Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 Challenge #5: Black and white photography
Black and white photography can lend drama and timelessness to your music photography. In the fifth round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your B&W shots…
The latest livestreams, online gigs and innovations from the music world
Keeping track of livestreams, empty hall gigs, good deeds and innovation as musicians come to terms with a new landscape
The story of the great 'lost' Jeff Healey album, Heal My Soul
Jeff Healey arguably never sounded more alive than on his lost album, Heal My Soul
How The Guess Who's American Woman was written by accident
The story of The Guess Who's anti-Vietnam classic American Woman, told via the medium of animated cartoon
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Making Of Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan's bandmates and other insiders tell the story behind the making of modern blues classic Texas Flood
The story behind Stone Cold Fever by Humble Pie
With its monolithic riff and yelping lead vocal, the live version of Stone Cold Fever typifies Humble Pie, one of the best live blues-rock bands of their era
Lee Brilleaux: Rock ’N’ Roll Gentleman
Zoë Howe returns to the mid-70s and finds the frontman of Canvey Island’s pub-rock icons with the world at his feet and a trail of chaos unfurling on the road ahead
A history of The Black Crowes in 20 songs
20 Black Crowes songs that tell the story of the band the Robinson Brothers built
How Presence pulled Led Zeppelin back from the brink of crisis
In August 1975, Led Zep were about to begin another huge US tour – then disaster struck. But out of the wreckage climbed Presence, and an album Jimmy Page rates as one of their best
