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Tina Turner defined the role of the female rock star and took it to stratospheric heights. Blessed with a strong, soulful singing voice and phenomenal reserves of energy, she was [...]

London Wembley Arena With Dusty Hill's successor on bass, old dogs deploy new tricks. * Five years and one day since they last played this venue, ZZ Top are back [...]

50 CATS IN SPACE Kick star t The Sun HARMONY FACTORY Not an album so much as an explosion in a melodic rock factory, Kickstart The Sun finds these Cats [...]

He was the greatest guitarist ever to pick up the instrument, but what is sometimes overlooked is his talent as a songwriter, a singer and also how he often made [...]

Released in the summer of 1974, Diamond Dogs found David Bowie navigating the dog days of the glam-rock era--a hot and sultry period before the cultural weather broke. Having surfed [...]

'[After Dusty Hill died] we felt it would be more suitable to try to carry on, rather than just throw in the towel.' Billy Gibbons The revival--and indeed the very [...]

Auniquely soulful guitarist, singer and songwriter, Peter Green was one of the architects of British blues rock. In 1966, at the age of 19, he replaced Eric Clapton in John [...]

Known primarily as a blues-rock shredder, Walter Trout is also a prolific songwriter, with an eye for lyrical detail, and his Broken album embraces an impressive sprawl of Americana and [...]

Are You Experienced is one of the great albums of all time. Over the course of the original UK version's 11 songs, as well as the three singles and B [...]

'E ric Clapt o n, please, on voc als.' So ends th e definiti ve live recording of Crossroads, signed off with a terse acknowledgement by Jack Bruce, bass player [...]

Walter Trout London Islington Assembly Hall Riding all over the blues, it's a tough and tender Trout tonight. Walter Trout ends his UK tour with a show of unexpected extremes. [...]

A Tribute To Jeff Beck London Royal Albert Hall Stars gather to celebrate the legacy of the greatest electric guitarist of them all. There is a mixture of sadness, gaiety [...]

Kris Barras Band London The Garage Uncaged and emotional, the UK blues hard rock bunch are on fighting form. * It's the last night of their UK tour and the [...]

The Bridge Of Sighs is one of the most popular tourist locations in Venice. It was built in 1600, and linked a courthouse to an adjoining prison. Its name refers [...]

Kris Barras is ticking items off his bucket list so fast there won't be any left by the time he hits middle age. He recently played the Royal Albert Hall [...]

Guitar legend Robin Trower--once deemed, in certain circles, the true heir of Hendrix--talks to David Sinclair about his near-60-year career, from The Paramounts to Procol Harum to solo cult stardom, [...]

Celtic music from Ireland has become so fashionable they're making jokes about it: Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it wanted to play with the Chieftains! But dig […]

Billboard contributor David Sinclair picks the up-and-coming U.K. acts likely to make International waves in 1997. Sinclair's choices in previous years have included the Bluetones, Cast, Ash and Reef. AUDIOWEB […]

'History Repeating,' a No. 19 hit in the U.K. in December 1997, refuses to fade away. Boasting a bravura performance by Welsh cabaret diva Shirley Bassey, this enthralling song is [...]

David Sinclair, popular-music critic of The Times in the U.K., picks the up-and-coming British acts most likely to make a mark in 1998. His choices last year included Beth Orton, [...]

It didn't take long for 'Can't Stop The Dance' (on the One World label) to infiltrate the national psyche. As one fan put it, 'It's like a new anthem!' A […]

JAPAN: One of the more interesting characters in the world of Japanese music is John Kaizan Neptune, an expatriate American who plays the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and lives in a […]

Presents news relative to the music industry in various countries. The chart performance of the album `Flamenco Falsettas,' by Australian music performers Dickson Martinez; The release of an unplugged album `Odbrana I Zastita,' by Serbian Vlada Divljan; The release of Bulgarian Vassil Petrov's `Something Different,' on Pulse Records; Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon's third album `Each Little Thing.'

Presents music news from around the world for the week of November 16, 1996. The United Kingdom's Baby Fox and their album `A Normal Family'; The album `Mar' by Los Sabandenos from the Canary Islands; Trine Rein from Norway/Denmark and her album `Beneath My Skin.'

Reports on the latest music news from Poland, Israel, France, Japan and Estonia.

Reports on the popularity of Latin American music in Poland. Annual festival on the genre; Music played by the band Varsovia Manta; Meeting with Bolivian musician Ernesto Cortez Espinoza.

Reports on British urban consumers' preference for American records over British songs. Popularity of rap and swing; Record company Streetsounds' release of the compilation `Urban Blak.'

Profiles Kamahuk, a small independent record company based in Warsaw, Poland that has contributed to the increased popularity of world music in the country. Label's mission; Release of `African Snow,' featuring songs of African musicians living in Poland; Other albums released.

Presents news items on the international music business. Theme of Fong Nam Siamese Ensemble's `Bangkok-Bangcock' album; Airtime granted by the Australian Broadcasting Commission to a youth culture program called GTK; Recording companies which signed up French singers Thomas Ferson and Mano Solo; Artists featured in the Skopje Urban Rock Festival in Macedonia.

Reports on the popularity of pub music in Bulgaria. Origins of the music genre; Musical instruments used; Emergence of home-grown pub music stars.

Focuses on Jungle music, a summer sound in Great Britain that is a mix of hardcore house, hip-hop beats, soul and ragga chat. Jungle hits `Incredible,' by M-Beat,' featuring General Levy; `Drum & Bass Selection,' from Breakdown Records.

Reports on the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest's boost to the Irish song `Riverdance,' written by Bill Whelan and sung by Anuna with the RTE Concert Orchestra. Ireland's third consecutive win in Eurovision with Brendan Graham's `Rock'n'Roll Kids'; Dance accompaniment by Irish-American dancers Michael Flatley and Jean Butler.

Cites Turkey's winning the 12th place in the 1994 European Video Grand Prix for the song `Ya Sen, Ya Hic,' performed by Deniz Celik. Event as MTV network's alternative to Eurovision Song Contest; Turkey's record of Eurovision failures; Boost to confidence in local music.

Presents international news items in the music industry. Publication of the book `Highway to Hell--the Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott,' by Clinton Walker; Release of the album `Fresh Poison' by Herman Brood; Renaming of the album `Les Petites Notes' to `Sweet Mystery' by Liane Foly; Album recorded by Cyprus-born singer Alexia; Award presented by the Romanian Composers and Musicologists Union.

Focuses on the popularity of pantsula music beat in South Africa. Music recording `Mpantsula Jive,' on Flame Tree label and released in Great Britain; Popularity of the beat at the township market; Pantsula artists.

Presents brief music industry news items from around the world for the week ending January 10, 1998. Berlin, Germany's band Bell Book & Candle and their success; Poland's boy band Just 5; Success of Ireland's CD release called `Gaelic Roots'; Others.