As The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows' fades out over the PA, the feedback groan of Barrie Cadogan's Gibson splits the air, a white umbilical guitar lead coiling obscenely into the amp. Five minutes into the gig and the band has put a grip on a crowd who twist with delight in the dark womb of the club.

Friday marks the 19th anniversary of the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994, leaving behind daughter...

Musicians who made it through the 1960s are now dying in their 60s. Within the next 20 years, the generation that sang My Generation will be gone. (John Entwhistle died in 2002 aged 57.) These players belong to my parents' generation, and this is what makes their passing so bitter: You know Mum and Dad are next.

Nothing makes a music fan groan like a bad cover version, but these reinterpretations of classic albums by Christophe Gowans are sure to make anyone s...

Had he lived, today would have been Kurt Cobain’s 46th birthday. It’s hard to imagine the Nirvana frontman as a middle-aged man, but there’s...

A snowy Saturday night in New Cross found Jason Holmes enjoying a post-gig chat with Simon Bartholomew of the Brand New Heavies

Today marks the 42nd year since the death of Jimi Hendrix. Aged 27 when he died, Hendrix hence became a member of the infamous "Forever 27 Club" -...

Eric Clapton is renowned for his great guitaring skills, with a catalogue of era-defining songs to his strings, including Layla and You Look Wonderful...

The first pictures of Outkast star Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix have been leaked from the set of rock biopic All Is By My Side. The John Ridley film...

Oukast's André 3000 has been confirmed to portray rock legend Jimi Hendrix in John Ridley's upcoming biopic All Is By My Side. ...

It's 18 years since his death, but Kurt Cobain continues to live on in the hearts and ears of millions. The Nirvana frontman, who took his own lif...

Whenever a famous singer or musician dies it's only a matter of time - occasionally even before the price of the artist's back catalogue has been jacked up on iTunes - until someone is marvelling at the thought of the dead star rocking out as part of some celestial supergroup in the afterlife.

I have no idea what the longest ever Hendrix, or recorded rock band record is. All I can say is: the longest playing record I know is the one I am playing for you now - which has been me talking about music since 1963.

As far as the blues were concerned Jimmy Page had technique and angst but lacked heartfelt sadness. Eric Clapton too - despite his lengthy period on heroin, trying, he said, to find the true pain at the heart of the blues - never quite got there.

Over 40 years after Jimi Hendrix's tragic death in 1970, twins and regular Hendrix collaborators Tunde Ra and TaharQa Aleem (AKA the Ghetto Fighters) are promoting a new musical project that promises to bring all new tracks featuring the legendary guitar player to light after decades locked away in a vault.

Who needs awards and record sales? Rock and pop stars including Rihanna and Madonna have received a much tastier musical accolade, after having their ...