Jimmy Page has done it all. From rising as London’s finest session guitarist when still just a teenager, to helping The Yardbirds push guitar rock into the future, to featuring of the indomitable ...

Leeds outfit Yard Act have announced a short run of UK headline shows set to take place this autumn. The band will return to the stage following a limited number of recent live appearances, including ...

Whitney Houston is undoubtedly one of pop’s definitive icons. Breaking out in 1985 at the peak of the MTV era with her eponymous debut album, she quickly rose to become one of the period’s most ...

It might seem strange that the three groups who are perceived to have started metal, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin, have all distanced themselves from the idea. Although this clearly ...

Every guitarist has their one: the figure who inspired them the most at the beginning, and continues to inform their work until the end. While all hold numerous players close to their heart, if you ...

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Alexis Taylor has certainly never lacked ideas. As the prime voice of Hot Chip and over a steady run of solo records, Taylor has won a reputation for being a thoughtful songwriter who darts across ...

The latter part of Morrissey’s career has been – for want of a better word – ‘noisy’, in ways that have very little to do with his actual music. Public feuds, political barbs, and endless disputes ...

Whether fans know the full extent of his story or not, Pink Floyd would not be such a legendary group without their original leader, Syd Barrett. He was a musical genius, whose psychedelic take on the ...

Editor’s note: whynow has chosen not to assign a star rating to HELP(2). As a charity project supporting War Child’s work with children affected by conflict, we feel that a conventional rating would ...

James Blake’s seventh album drops today with an unusually clear backstory. After years of working with the big labels, this is his first fully independent release, and it really does feel like the ...