Eric Clapton
‘British blues will survive the apocalypse!’: how the underground scene kept its groove
Seventy years ago, the blues arrived on these shores and transformed the musical landscape. Today, it lives in the shadow of the genres it inspired – but the scene is still thriving
Garth Cartwright
10, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
Eric Clapton releases song seen as criticising official response to Covid
This Has Gotta Stop lines include ‘I can’t take this BS any longer’ and follows negative comments about restrictions
Kevin Rawlinson
29, Aug, 2021 @4:18 PM
Eric Clapton refuses to play venues that require proof of vaccination
Clapton says he won’t perform for a ‘discriminated audience’ after vaccination passports made mandatory for clubs and venues this autumn
Laura Snapes
22, Jul, 2021 @10:05 AM
Rockin' in the free world? Inside the rightwing takeover of protest music
It’s easy to laugh at hardcore patriots misunderstanding Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA, but such appropriation is increasingly widespread – and dangerously twisting the truth
Luke Ottenhof
13, Apr, 2021 @2:00 PM
Queen and David Bowie recorded Cream covers in Under Pressure sessions
A new interview with Roger Taylor and Brian May reveals the existence of recordings born from a boozy Swiss jam session
Laura Snapes
11, Mar, 2021 @11:00 AM
Christopher Eccleshall obituary
Other lives: Guitar-maker to the stars in the 1970s, including David Bowie and Rory Gallagher
Morwenna Del Mar
09, Oct, 2020 @10:13 AM
We miss you, Jimi Hendrix. You were greater than 'God'
Fifty years after the guitarist’s death, his discordant, soulful music remains extraordinary
Kenan Malik
20, Sep, 2020 @5:45 AM
Rise of illicit activity in our back gardens | Brief letters
Brief letters: The Tories | Johnson’s Scotland visit | Lawbreaking saxophonists | God | Plebs
Letters
24, Jul, 2020 @3:09 PM
A higher power than Bach and Brahms | Brief letters
Brief letters: Jeff Bezos | 1970s food | Musicians and God | Newspaper paywalls
Letters
23, Jul, 2020 @4:44 PM
Ginger Baker, wild and brilliant Cream drummer, dies aged 80
Drummer who straddled jazz, blues and rock ‘passed away peacefully’
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
06, Oct, 2019 @7:09 PM
Ginger Baker obituary
Trailblazing drummer who performed alongside Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce in the 1960s rock supergroup Cream
Adam Sweeting
06, Oct, 2019 @1:55 PM
Eric Clapton: Happy Xmas review – the ghost of Christmas songs past
This effects-heavy standards album is baffling: it never heats up, festively speaking
Laura Snapes
14, Dec, 2018 @2:00 PM
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