Led Zeppelin

‘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

Robert Plant’s teenage obsessions: ‘Stourbridge was our Beverly Hills’

The Led Zeppelin frontman turned podcaster reflects on jazz beatniks reading Camus, the primeval power of Ike & Tina Turner, and taking Muddy Waters’s spot on Alexis Korner’s couch

As told to Dave Simpson

20, May, 2021 @11:39 AM

The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'

It’s hosted opera greats, suffragette rallies, Hitchcock films, sports events, sci-fi conventions – and, of course, the Proms and countless rock gigs. Artists from Led Zeppelin to Abba recall their moments on the hallowed stage

Interviews by Michael Segalov

29, Mar, 2021 @5:00 AM

Plagiarism case over Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven finally ends

US supreme court rejects appeal relating to Spirit and their song Taurus, after verdict in favour of Led Zeppelin was upheld earlier this year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

06, Oct, 2020 @9:13 AM

Lost Rolling Stones song with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page to be released

Scarlet is joined by two other unreleased songs, Criss Cross and All the Rage, on a deluxe version of Goat’s Head Soup

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

09, Jul, 2020 @2:09 PM

A hit, a writ: why music is the food of plagiarism lawsuits

With Katy Perry and Led Zeppelin’s recent judgments reversing previous rulings, musicians don’t know which way to tread

Michael Hann

26, Mar, 2020 @7:00 AM

How inventors build on pre-existing ideas | Letter

Letter: From Led Zeppelin to Thomas Edison, creators and inventors use and combine what already exists to produce something new, writes Dennis Sherwood

Letters

12, Mar, 2020 @5:57 PM

Heavy by Dan Franklin review – metal gets serious

More than just guitar power chords ... a weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes

Keith Kahn-Harris

11, Mar, 2020 @11:58 AM

The Guardian view on the Led Zeppelin verdict: a victory for creativity | Editorial

Editorial: The famous guitar sequence at the start of Stairway to Heaven was not a case of musical plagiarism

Editorial

10, Mar, 2020 @6:27 PM

Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven not partly stolen, court affirms

San Francisco appeals panel reinstates 2016 judgment that found no proof 1971 song breached copyright of Taurus by Randy Wolfe

Guardian staff and agencies

09, Mar, 2020 @11:11 PM

Hossam Ramzy obituary

One of Egypt’s leading percussionists who was an arranger, composer and entrepreneur

Robin Denselow

23, Sep, 2019 @2:07 PM

Let’s not keep new music in seclusion | Letter

Letter: Presenting music recently created alongside that of the last 100 years would certainly enable listeners to assess composers’ achievements more accurately, says Meirion Bowen