When originally released in 1983, the seven-song EP Life’s A Riot With Spy vs Spy earned Billy Bragg a reputation as a historical curios...

“But if you think all I do is press words other people use into my service Comrades, come here, let me give you my pen and you can yoursel...

There will be absolutely no argument about this, people – Nils Lofgren ’s “Across the Tracks” should have been a mondo-huge radio hit. Per...

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As recounted in our reverent review of his seminal BBC Sessions set, Rory Gallagher was a hell of a guitarist, a gifted artist with one ...

He never played with one of John Mayall’s legendary bands, nor did he go through the revolving door that was the Yardbirds’ lead guitar sl...

Artists who are tagged with the deadly “critical favorites” label tend to have a very brief commercial existence, if, indeed, they create ...