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Last autumn, I sat down to listen to the new Rolling Stones album, Hackney Diamonds. It had launched around the corner from my house, at the Hackney Empire. Pensioners could be heard on Mare Street that day, grumbling about the camera crews interrupting pavement access to the local Iceland. The…

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A homage to Long John Baldry, a man whose influence on the bands and musicians of the British blues boom made him a pivotal figure in UK music

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Instead of embracing the antiquated practice of ranking very different albums against one another, we’re celebrating the best next to the best.

More than 250,000 vinyl records were sold last week, the most since the turn of the century

Jimmy Page on the "mutual respect" he shared with Keith Richards

"I would never take Mick's recollection of anything seriously" - Keith Richards

We tip our hats to the players that made 2023 such a defining year in guitar history – and whose achievements we'll be talking about in years to come

Best of 2023: “It’s the greatest honour as a kid with a guitar who grew up idolising every single thing Keith Richards ever did,” he admits

Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more