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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums, has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including folk music. After changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. Although the group was initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with albums such as Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), and Physical Graffiti (1975)

Article: Groove Orbit

801 Live at 50: A Short-Term Experiment with a Long-Lasting Legacy

by Kyle Simpler
October 31, 2026

By the mid-seventies, live albums were a mainstay of the record industry, and 1976 seemed a particularly active year for live recordings. Several major releases such as Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive! (A&M), Paul McCartney and Wings' Wings Over America (Capitol) and Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same (Swan Song) generated massive sales, not to mention ...

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The Led Zeppelin Papers: Presence, Deluxe Edition

by C. Michael Bailey
August 15, 2026

By 1976, the monolithic machinery of Led Zeppelin was running entirely on fumes, adrenaline, and fractured bones. Recorded in a frantic eighteen-day blitz while Robert Plant was confined to a wheelchair, Presence is often chronicled as Jimmy Page's last stand of pure guitar orchestration. Yet, when considering the wider oeuvre of Led Zeppelin, two ...

Article: Book Review

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story by Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill

by Doug Collette
July 16, 2026

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill 400 pages ISBN: #978-0306836589 Da Capo 2026 Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill do not just tell The Jeff Beck Story in their biography of the maverick guitar genius. Very early in its four-hundred pages, Blow By Blow ...

Article: Interview

Tigran Hamasyan’s Manifeste Destiny

by John Chacona
May 11, 2026

Tigran Hamasyan does not shy away from the big gesture. His fearsome keyboard technique, compositional ambition and improvisational daring have defined his international career, which ignited at age 18 with the release of his first album, World Passion (Plus Loin Music, 2006). Two decades later, these qualities have been refined and expanded with the results on ...

Article: Album Review

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol: The Electric Oud Man Speaks And You Listen…

Read "The Electric Oud Man Speaks And You Listen…" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
April 17, 2026

Jazz has long operated with something like an open-door policy, absorbing influences from classical, folk, rock, and beyond. Turkish-American composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol extends that tradition in a particularly personal way on The Electric Oud Man Speaks...And You Listen, a five-track project that brings Turkish makam, jazz improvisation, and rock energy into a shared musical language.

Article: In Pictures

Reflections on the Newport Jazz Festival

by Mark Robbins
August 15, 2025

It's not just about the music. It's about the morning 15 minute water taxi ride and asking the passengers who they're excited to see and hear. It's seeing Fort Adams, knowing the history that has been made there and more than likely the history that will be made there. It's seeing old friends, photographers I've been ...

Article: Album Review

Jack West/Walter Strauss: Guitars on Life

Read "Guitars on Life" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
February 9, 2026

Emerging from the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s, acoustic guitarist Jack West forged a new style on 6-and 8-string instruments that integrates percussive use of the strings and guitar body with melody and harmony. Spicing his tunes with repeated harmonics and slide flourishes and incorporating influences from jazz, folk, rock and Americana music, West ...

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Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions Of The Universe

by Lawrence Peryer
January 17, 2026

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on vibraphonist and composer Patricia Brennan.Patricia Brennan grew up in Veracruz, Mexico, playing salsa with her dad while listening to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin with her mom. She studied classical percussion at the Curtis Institute, performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra, then found her voice ...

Article: Live Review

Robert Plant at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House

by Geoff Anderson
November 29, 2025

Robert Plant and Saving Grace Ellie Caulkins Opera House Denver, Colorado November 15, 2025 Robert Plant enjoys digging up obscure songs to present to his fans. Maybe it is a response to the hyper-popularity of songs from his Led Zeppelin legacy. Or perhaps it is simply an enjoyable musical hobby. In ...