Rory Gallagher
The Best Guitar Solos: 108 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 agoSo 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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Features2 months agoBest Gifts for Rock Music Fans This Christmas
Need a Christmas gift for a passionate fan of all things rock? Check out our favorite albums, merch, and more from artists in the genre.
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Features4 months ago‘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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Features4 months 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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Features6 months agoBest Guitarists Of All Time: 75 Legendary Musicians
From hard rockers to virtuoso jazzers, the best guitarists of all time represent a variety of sounds.
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Features6 months agoThe 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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Features6 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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News6 months agoRory 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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News10 months agoAmy 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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Features10 months agoBest 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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Features11 months agoFresh 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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Features11 months agoCalling 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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Features11 months agoWhy 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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Features11 months agoThe 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.
