Rory Gallagher
‘Top Priority’: Why You Need To Hear This Rory Gallagher Album
More than living up to its title, ‘Top Priority’ found Rory Gallagher stripping his sound back to basics. It remains a vital album by the Irish guitar hero.
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Features1 week agoThe 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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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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Features1 month ago
The Best Guitarists Ever: 75 Legendary Musicians You Need To Know
From hard rockers to virtuoso jazzers, the best guitarists of all time represent a variety of sounds.
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Features2 months ago
The Long Forgotten 8th National Jazz, Pop, Ballads And Blues Festival
Held on the second weekend of August 1968, this is one of the least remembered of all the late 1960s outdoor events. It shouldn't be.
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Features2 months ago‘I Take What I Want’: James & Bobby Purify Call On Sam & Dave
One soul duo covered another in 1967, when James and Bobby remade the Sam & Dave song of two years earlier.
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News2 months ago
Rory Gallagher’s Eponymous Solo Debut Celebrates 50 Years With New Box Set
The new 5-disc edition includes a new mix of the original album, plus rarities including thirty previously unreleased outtakes and alternate takes.
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News6 months ago
Amy Winehouse, Queen, And Elton John Among Record Store Day 2021 Exclusives
This year, RSD exclusives will be available from selected stores on both June 12 and July 17 respectively.
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Features6 months ago
Best Irish Musicians: Icons From The Emerald Isle
From Rory Gallagher to U2, Thin Lizzy to The Cranberries, the best Irish musicians have made a unique mark on music history. uDiscover Music raises a toast.
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Features7 months ago
Fresh Evidence: Revisiting Rory Gallagher’s Sublime 80s Albums
Inspired by punk and committed to capturing the true essence of rock’n’roll, Rory Gallagher shot through the 80s with an ever-astonishing arsenal of tricks.
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Features7 months ago
Calling Cards: How Rory Gallagher’s 70s Albums Built The Legend
Following the dissolution of Taste in 1970, Rory Gallagher kicked the new decade’s door in with a solo career that proved as inventive as it was riveting.
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Features7 months ago
Why Guitar God Rory Gallagher Was Ireland’s Hendrix And Clapton Rolled Into One
An influence on everyone from Brian May to Slash and Johnny Marr, Rory Gallagher was Ireland’s first rock god – the country’s Hendrix and Clapton in one.
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Features7 months ago
The Blues-Rock Guitar Sorcery Of The Great Rory Gallagher
An admiring glance back at the life and times of the irreplaceable Irish blues-rock guitar virtuoso.
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Features10 months ago
So This Is Goodbye: When Cream Said Farewell At The Royal Albert Hall
On November 26, 1968, Cream played their farewell concert at London's Royal Albert Hall with Yes and Taste as the opening acts.
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Features11 months ago
‘Quadrophenia’: Four-Way Brilliance From The Who
Pete Townshend told the NME on the double LP's release that he felt that The Who ought to make a last album.
