Guardian Music — Known as 'the Father of Loud', Jim Marshall changed rock'n'roll with his brand of affordable guitar amplifiersThe man who gave rock one of its key visual and sonic props has died. Jim Marshall, known as "The Father of Loud" for inventing the Marshall... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The new Joe Bonamassa 2-DVD Beacon Theater Live In New is available for pre-order. The blues guitar maestro is joined on stage by Beth Hart, John Hiatt an Paul Rodgers. Disc 1 72nd St. Subway Blues Slow Train Cradle Rock When The Fire Hi... more info

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Christie Goodwin Hard hitting blues rockers Black Country Communion were on tour in Europe in the Summer of 2011. Three shows in Germany (Hamburg, Munich and Berlin) were filmed with 14 HD cameras. Live Over Europe sees them playing up a sto... more info

Altsounds — On Saturday October 15th, Joe Bonamassa came down with the flu and was forced to re-schedule his Blackpool Opera House concert Saturday October 15th to the new date of Thursday April 5th 2012. Joe's Nottingham Capital FM Arena concert on Sunday Octo... more info

The Music Fix — It'll take more than a sniffle to keep this blues man down.... more info

Altsounds — Since the release of Beth Hart's Don't Explain collaboration album with Joe Bonamassa, due to popular demand and also due to the fact that her London Dingwalls and Derby Flowerpot concerts for November 2011 have completely sold out, the artist has co... more info

Altsounds — Award-winning blues rock star, guitar hero and singer-songwriter *Joe Bonamassa* and his ace touring band will undertake a major UK arena tour in March 2012. *Tickets go on sale **Friday October 7th. **Planet Rock* will be running an*exclusive 48-h... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Rick Melick, JB, Carmine Rojas, and Tal Bergman - photo: Robert Knight Joe Bonamassa has announced a March 2012 UK arena tour. The blues guitar player is currently working on his tenth studio album. Joining him on stage are Rick Melick (keyboards), ... more info

USA Today Music — The L.A. songstress teams with blues-guitar ace Joe Bonamassa. Paul Kelly and Carolyn Wonderland are among this week's intriguing tracks. more info