Charlie Wilkins uncovers how early British blues shaped today’s scene, and hears from some of the guitarists carrying the torch forward

60 years ago history was made and the rulebook rewritten when Clapton, Bruce and Baker united to form one of the most influential supergroups in British music

The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

ROD DAVIS owns one of the most important records in history: John Lennon’s copy of “Rock Island Line” by Lonnie Donegan. “I bought it from John for half a crown,” Rod says. “Since then, it’s been sign

As a new decade got into its stride, the early 1970s music scene suddenly seemed to offer something that would appeal to all tastes. Within a couple of years, you might prefer to choose glam rock, pro

FEW GUITARISTS HAVE shaped progressive and avant-garde music as profoundly as Robert Fripp. With King Crimson, Brian Eno, David Bowie and others, Fripp perpetually reinvented the six-stringed wheel wi