READ OVER 40,000 CLASSIC ARTICLES on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top
by the finest music writers of the last 60 years. Enter library HERE...
Free on RBP
WOMEN ENOUGH — Gene Guerrero meets country queen Loretta Lynn in 1971… and Loretta looks back with David Burke 45 years later. Plus Mark Cooper meets Gillian Welch on the release of 1997's Revival and Gillian discusses "old-time" Americana and O Brother Where Are Thou? with Graham Reid in 2004…
Almost Famous
GOING UP THE COUNTRY — Tony Russell (right, in Mississippi in 1975, with fiddler Hoyt Ming) looks back at old-time pioneers Charlie Poole and Uncle Dave Macon. Plus the editor and co-writer of the definitive Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings asks if crossover success will spoil B.B. King (Cream, 1972)...
Don't Fear the Reaper
THEY STAND PREDOMINATE — Sounds' Vivien Goldman meets Rasta legend Bunny Wailer (1947-2021), left, in 1976, and Vibe's Larry Jaffee hears from Bunny and others about the financial chaos of the Wailers' post-Marley catalogue in 1995. Plus Melody Maker's Max Jones meets Chris Barber (1930-2021) in 1965, and John Pidgeon reappraises "the father of British R&B" for RBP in 2009…
New for Subscribers this week
“I’ve played biker rallies where people who hate each other are leaving their guns at the door… and maybe realising they have things in common.”
— Hayseed Dixie's Barley (2005)
PLUS pieces on...
• Sonny & Cher (1965)
• Walker Bros' Portrait (1966)
• The Stones' bust (1967)
• Canned Heat (1968)
• Jethro Tull @ Fillmore (1969)
• Joplin/Hendrix R.I.P. (1970)
• Wings' Wild Life (1971)
• Staple Singers (1972)
• Rock & Roll Nine fest (1973)
• Chick Corea (1974)
• Bad Company's Shooter (1975)
• Bob Seger (1976)
• Kenny Rogers live (1977)
• KIϟϟ (1978)
• Blondie's Lines (1979)
• Motörhead (1980)
• Pylon/Soft Boys live (1981)
• Pop videos (1982)
• Al's Jarreau (1983)
• The Time (1984)
• Bobby Womack live (1985)
• Falco (1986)
• That Petrol Emotion (1987)
• Men They Couldn't Hang (1988)
• Guns' N' Stones in L.A. (1989)
• Travis Tritt (1990)
• Tippa Irie (1991)
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1992)
• L.L. Cool J et al. live (1993)
• Kate Bush (1994)
• Therapy? (1995)
• Boy bands (1996)
• Soul Coughing in Bristol (1997)
• Hal Blaine/Earl Palmer (1998)
• Jay-Z's Hard-Knock 2 (1999)
• Eliza Carthy live (2000)
• Irwin Chusid (2001)
• Beck's Sea Change (2002)
• Norah Jones (2003)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra (2004)
• Sway's Demo (2006)
• Tawn Mastrey R.I.P. (2007)
• Adele's 19 (2008)
• Jonathan Wilson (2009)
• Kings Of Leon (2010)
• Danger Mouse's Rome (2011)
• Angel Haze live (2012)
• Lady Leshurr (2013)
• Chrome's Half Machine (2014)
• Dave Edmunds (2015)
• Mick Harvey's Delirium (2016)
• Valerie June (2017)
• Van Morrison's Prophet (2018)
• Jerry Lee Lewis on screen (2019)
• Erick Morillo R.I.P. (2020)
• Gary Numan (2020)
• Subscribe and become an RBP member
• click here for University and other group subscriptions
Magazine Archive
The Rock's Backpages Magazine Archive contains thousands of original copies of music magazines from the 1960s to the present day.
New Audio
TALK RIGHT BACK — Phil Everly tells John Tobler about healing the rift with brother Don, his eponymous solo album for Capitol... and the mouth-watering prospect of an Everlys reunion (1983).
Jimi Hendrix to Kate Bush: the complete RBP Audio library
The RBP Podcast
Latest episode: Caroline Boucher on Zappa + Beefheart + Alice Cooper... and her years on Disc
Subjects & Genres
Americana, Alt.Country
AOR
Art Rock and avant-garde
Australasian Music
Backstage: groupies, riders etc.
Blues and Rhythm & Blues
Britpop
Chart Pop
Country, Country Rock and Bluegrass
Cultural studies and theory
Dance (Disco, House, Techno, EDM)
Doo Wop and Vocal Groups
Drugs and alcohol
Electronica and Synthpop
Fashion, art, and design
Festivals and events
Films, docs, video, TV and theatre
Folk and Folk-Rock
Garage Bands
Girl Groups
Glam, Glitter
Gospel
Goth
Grunge
Hip Hop, Rap, Garage and Grime
Instruments
Jazz
Journalists, authors and publications
Krautrock
Latin, Salsa, Soca, Tropicalia etc.
LGBTQ+
Metal
MOR and Easy Listening
Music and the Internet
No Wave
Photography
Politics, Race, Religion and Society
Postpunk
Power Pop
Prog Rock
Psychedelia
Punk and Hardcore
Radio, DJs, payola etc.
Record companies, labels etc.
Recording, production and technology
Reggae, Ragga and Dancehall
Rockabilly, Rock'n'Roll
Scenes
Songwriters and Singer-Songwriters
Soul, Funk and R&B
Southern Rock
Surf
Swamp Rock
Women in Music, Feminism
World/Global music
Quick Search by Subject on Library page
