What was the difference between Led Zeppelin and The Beatles? For one thing, Zep’s studio approach was far less tedious. You aren’t going to hear about Zep running through 100 takes of a song, as the ...

Song for song, there isn't an album out there that celebrates the power of the riff like Led Zeppelin II. Almost every single track on the record – including the one that's a drum solo – packs a riff ...

Whatever the virtues of the grandiose, bellicose, hedgerow-bustling blues-metal-loving Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, Led Zeppelin struggled to come up with titles. Album ...

When the album came out 40 years ago, Rolling Stone critic John Mendelsohn wasn’t exactly glowing in his 1969 review of the album, writing tongue-in-cheekily, “I’ll concede that until you’ve listened ...

As Train’s debut at this year’s Mountain Jam in June draws closer, singer Pat Monahan is looking forward to finally sharing a bit of time with Warren Haynes, one of the founding organizers of the ...

On a pleasantly warm, rain-free Tuesday of May 13, 1969, British rock band Led Zeppelin made non-contiguous U.S. history as one of the first bands of its kind to perform in Hawaii. It was the band’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The release of the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary pushes several ...

Accessible-pop stalwarts Train, in support of a “Led Zeppelin II” remake nobody asked for, have taken their tribute act on the road. Granted, it wasn’t terrible, despite all the hand-wringing on ...

“On the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together,” Jimmy Page recalled years after its release. While Zeppelin recorded their first album in three weeks after a single, ...