The Latest Breaking News from Lonnie Donegan

Brian Smith obituary

Other lives: Blues fan and photographer who captured images of many US artists on tour in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Digging up ideas for Jeremy Corbyn’s new party

Brief letters: Diggers | No-diggers | Allotment solidarity | Lonnie Donegan | Movable feasts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Jonathan Sale obituary

Other lives: Journalist known for covering quirky and retrospective topics

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025

“I went to his house one day, and he said, ‘What’s in my attic? Climb up there and have a look.’ He gave me the 12-string I used on Nights in White Satin”: How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it back

Decades later, the guitar would once again end up in Hayward's hands, this time for good

Guitar World · Oct 2, 2024

“There was a boy playing some Lonnie Donegan songs on acoustic guitar. He said, ‘If you bring your guitar to school, I’ll show you some chords’”: Jimmy Page reflects on his guitar journey as the British Embassy celebrates his achievements

The Led Zeppelin icon was honored in Washington D.C. for “his and the band's more than five decades making brilliant British music – and his life of philanthropy”

Guitar World · Sep 26, 2024

“Rory was in a state of shock and couldn’t bring himself to step on stage. Afterwards he said, ‘It was lovely, but never do this to me again’”: That time Rory Gallagher got crippling stage fright because he was performing in front of his guitar hero

Gallagher's brother secretly invited one of Rory's biggest heroes to attend a show at the Royal Albert Hall – and even had him introduce the blues rock legend to the stage

Guitar World · Aug 16, 2024

Tributes paid to musician who recorded with Dougie MacLean and Lonnie Donegan

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to much-loved Greenock music man who has passed away at the age of 65.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 1, 2024

"At the end, Jimmy says to me: 'I want you in my band'. I say: 'But I've got a maths exam in the morning!'": Rick Wakeman, and the blues records that changed his life

It all started with a love of trad jazz and Etta James – plus a baptism of fire in an after-school session with R&B star Jimmy Thomas

Louder · Apr 11, 2024

Keith Richards and Eric Clapton worshipped her solos, and Elvis idolized her sound: how Sister Rosetta Tharpe became an electric guitar trailblazer

The story of the Gibson-toting guitarist who lit the fire on a six-string revolution that paved the way for rock ’n’ roll

Guitar World · Jun 29, 2023

Van Morrison announces extra date for intimate Belfast shows

Tickets on sale Friday

Belfast Live · Jan 5, 2023