Bo Diddley
The 120 Best Blues Albums: Classic Records You Need To Hear
From Muddy Waters to B.B. King and Koko Taylor to Shemekia Copeland, discover the records that made it onto our list of the best blues albums ever.
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Features2 weeks ago10 Homemade Musical Instruments That Rocked The World
From custom guitars to truly bizarre contraptions, these homemade musical instruments have unique DIY sounds that you’ll never hear anywhere else.
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News4 weeks ago
Soundtrack Album For Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Doc Set For Release
Featuring both well-known and rare Velvets tracks, the album will be out on October 15.
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Features1 month ago
The Best Guitar Solos: 100 Hair-Raising Moments
The best guitar solos – from driving riffs to technical displays of mastery – make a song complete and more often than not, transcend the track entirely.
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Features2 months ago
Best Chess Blues Records: An Essential Top 10
Chess Records laid the foundation for rock’n’roll, and its influence can still be felt today, as this guide to the 10 best Chess blues records shows.
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Features2 months ago
The Most Surprising Musical Friendships
From fleeting, backstage hangs to longtime creative partnerships, the best musical friendships come in all forms.
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Features2 months ago‘Out Of Our Heads’: The Rolling Stones On The Brink Of Insanity
With their ‘Out Of Our Heads’ album, The Rolling Stones penned their first truly classic song and found themselves thrust into the mania of global stardom.
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Features2 months ago
Psychedelic Blues: When The Blues Turned On And Tuned In
When African-American innovators of the 50s met Black Power and Flower Power head on, the psychedelic blues was born.
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Features2 months ago
‘Cosmo’s Factory’: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Hit-Making Machine
A heady mix of R&B, soul and Motown, country music, psychedelia, rockabilly and classic rock’n’roll that comes together to create the soundtrack to swamp rock.
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Features2 months ago
‘Diddley Daddy’: Bo Diddley Enlists Chess-Mates Little Walter, Moonglows
After his self-titled breakthrough, the trailblazer from McComb, Mississippi was a hot property on the US R&B singles chart.
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Features3 months ago
Don’t Talk Back: The Last Word In Answer Records
You’ll find answer records in all walks of music. Some are aggressive, some motivated by a sense of injustice, and others show contempt through wit.
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Features4 months ago
The 25 Best Chess Albums To Own On Vinyl
Start your journey into one of the most influential labels in music with our list of the best Chess albums to own on vinyl.
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Features4 months ago
When The Rolling Stones Got ‘Totally Stripped’ At The Paradiso
The Rolling Stones played the first of two nights at The Paradiso on May 26, 1995.
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Features5 months ago
Top 10 Chicago Blues Artists
Just a few of the greats, whose influence spans continents, genres, and generations.
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Features5 months ago
How The Rolling Stones’ Debut Album Paid Homage To The Blues
Recorded in four days, The Rolling Stones’ debut album honoured the blues and introduced the band to America as 'England’s newest hit makers.'
