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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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‘It kicks ass’: Rolling Stones launch new album at star-studded New York event

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood join Conan O’Brien to discuss forthcoming album Foreign Tongues

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"It was a very intense few weeks." The Rolling Stones announce new album Foreign Tongues, featuring Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more

Get ready for Stones' album number 25

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Dave Mason obituary

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of the British rock group Traffic who clashed with the frontman Steve Winwood

The Guardian - UK

Thursday news quiz: insurance scams, drinking games and errors of biblical proportions

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

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"His songwriting, musicianship and distinctive spirit helped create music that has lasted far beyond its era." Steve Winwood pays tribute to fellow Traffic founder Dave Mason

Dave Mason and Steve Winwood founded Traffic in 1967 alongside Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood

Louder

Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic known for 'We Just Disagree' and 'Feelin’ Alright,' dies at 79

Dave Mason, co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic and songwriter behind “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe,” died Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada

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Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

British singer and guitarist wrote and performed Traffic classics including Feelin’ Alright? before platinum-selling solo albums and work with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and more

The Guardian - UK

Traffic founder Dave Mason dead at 79

Dave Mason worked with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, Mama Cass, Fleetwood Mac and many more in a sixty-year career

Louder

"Am I guilty by association, or the innocent receiver of stolen goods?" The surprisingly contentious origins of one of the greatest singles of the 60s

Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group was written in minutes - but its roots are still debated

Louder

“There is absolutely nothing you can do with a broken soul. He sank into an abyss that he wasn’t able to dig his way out from”: He played with Traffic, Hendrix and Free. But this doomed musician has been all but forgotten today

The life and death of lost musical alchemist Chris Wood

Louder

“Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass

One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran

Guitar World

“The first thing I did in the morning was take a fix… I don’t know why I started. I suppose it was to overcome my insecurity”: He was a member of one of the most famous supergroups of the late 60s. But this forgotten great died in poverty aged just 43

The tragic story of one of rock’s lost greats

Louder

“There was no planning. I was as shocked as everyone else”: Eric Prydz reveals why he’s changed his mind about playing THE hit

Before March 2025, he hadn’t played Call On Me in 20 years

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"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim backstage at a music festival - and ended up collaborating a decade later

Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE

Louder

“Mitch Mitchell was a journeyman. He was hopeless. John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts… they’re a three or four out of 10”: An audience with Ginger Baker, rock’s most cantankerous drummer

From Cream to Blind Faith and beyond, this is how Ginger Baker revolutionised music

Louder

Tedeschi Trucks Band announce mammoth live schedule with Gov't Mule and Whiskey Myers

The tour will feature guest appearances from Steve Winwood, Buddy Guy, Little Feat, Duane Betts and more

Louder

"Not even Zeppelin or the Stones had ever done what we did": How Mick Jones invented Foreigner and paved the way for the multi-million-selling albums that dominated the next decade

Against all expectations, Foreigner's debut album sold millions. This is the real story behind one of the biggest debut albums ever

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Elton John on the keyboard geniuses who blew his mind: ‘With Zoot, you were in for a party’

Why do Britain’s guitar heroes become household names – yet its piano and organ players don’t? Let’s end this injustice, writes Elton John, as he pays tribute to all those thrilling showmen eternally confined to the wings

The Independent UK

Traffic founder Dave Mason cancels tour to seek ‘immediate’ medical attention

The singer-songwriter and guitarist has been diagnosed with a serious heart condition

The Guardian - UK

Will Jennings obituary

American lyricist who enjoyed huge success with Up Where We Belong and My Heart Will Go On

The Guardian - UK

Will Jennings, Oscar-winning lyricist of My Heart Will Go On, dies aged 80

Songwriter wrote No 1 hits for Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow, as well as iconic ballads such as Up Where We Belong and Tears in Heaven

Louder

"God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can": The tortured and tumultuous life of the late Ginger Baker

Driving across deserts, owning polo ponies, making and losingfortunes, influencing generations of musicians… Ginger Baker‘s story nothing was like no one else's

Guitar World

“Hendrix came in at two o’clock in the morning. I can still remember the audience – Rod Stewart, The Beatles, the Small Faces – all of them were silent when Jimi was done”: Junior Marvin on joining Bob Marley – and the night Hendrix shook his hand

Marvin had been offered a 10 year contract from Stevie Wonder on the day he joined Bob Marley and the Wailers. But he never looked back. Here he looks back on making musical history with reggae's global icon

Guitar World

The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time

As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…

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