Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Last year acclaimed British guitarist Jeff Beck opened - and basically ran circles around - fellow axe man Eric Clapton at Toronto's Air Canada Centre, one of a handful of dates pairing the two former Yardbirds. more info

ContactMusic — Guitar great Jeff Beck is set to be honoured as a living legend by editors at Classic Rock magazine The music icon a former member of British supergroup the Yardbirds will follow in the footsteps of previous winners Iggy Pop and Rush when the Classic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * The Yardbirds @ BB King's * John Doe @ Soundfix Records * TVOTR movie @ Nitehawk Cinema * Aloe Blacc @ Highline Ballroom * Umphrey's McGee @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Big Terrific @ Cameo... more info

Guardian Music — Musicians choose which sounds they've been listening to this summer Listen to a selection of these tracks on our Summer Music Spotify playlist, guardian.co.uk/spotify-playlistsFaris Badwan, the HorrorsOld Man Willow Elephant's MemoryI first heard Ele... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, LondonNo one illustrates the way social threats transmute into beloved treasures better than Alice Cooper. Forty years ago, when he began singing of death and obsession, and recreating executions on stage, he was the embodiment of post-hipp... more info

Altsounds — *THE LOUD* met through a shared love of modern & 60s psych & garage sounds...think T.Rex scrubbed up via a post-punk facelift, mixed with The Yardbirds, The Monks, The Spencer Davis Group, 13th Floor Elevators & The Beatles, through to BJTM, Smith We... more info

Guardian Music — April 1965: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicNothing is more central to rock mythology than the cult of the lead guitarist. And no one did more to create that cult than Eric Clapton. He had already been a member... more info

Guardian Music — September 1968: Number 13 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicBack in 1968, Jimmy Page was a hard-nosed rhythm'n'blues session musician. When his then band the Yardbirds split, with a swathe of tour dates yet to play, Page ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — BBC Series exploring the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. In the 60s young people in the UK were tired of pop and started listening to American blues. The British blues boom threw up two of the biggest bands of the late 60s an... more info

Guardian Music — There's the young girlfriend, the Hoxton flat, the new veneers, the radio show... At 63, Ronnie Wood is starting againIf there's one thing more surprising than Rolling Stone Keith Richards surviving into his 60s, it's that his bandmate Ronnie Wood ha... more info