Martin Barre on revisiting Jethro Tull, Leslie West – and the bootleg Les Paul that bent like a banana
We might still have some trouble thinking of Barre as the "former Jethro Tull guitarist" but, here, as he anticipates his solo acoustic tour and looks back on the band's epic legacy, he is okay with i ...
People are only just realising the meaning behind iconic 70s rock band Joy Division’s name
In July 1980, manager Rob Gretton suggested an array of names that included The Sunshine Valley Dance Band, The Witch Doctors ...
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Nirvana’s Legacy: Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Guitar Arrives in London
Kurt Cobain's legendary MTV Unplugged guitar will be displayed in Europe for the first time at the Royal College of Music in ...
Billy Rankin on lessons learned from the legendary Zal Cleminson
In and out of Nazareth twice, and always loyal to his Gibson ES-335, Rankin had a lifetime's worth of rock stories by his mid-20s ...
This week in Philly music, with Lionel Richie, Mary J. Blige, Peter Wolf, Thurston Moore, and Chubby Checker
Also on Thursday, Daniel Higgs, the longtime singer of the Baltimore punk band Lungfish, plays a solo show at the quite cozy ...