After Robert Plant sang “Stairway to Heaven” at a charity event in England last October — the first time he’d done so since 2007 — the rock god said it may have been the last time he’ll ever perform ...
Compiling such a finite list presents tough choices for anyone, as the band’s recorded output of great music during its heyday was impressively prolific by any standard and includes well over 50 gems.
The first Led Zeppelin album, featuring its Hindenburg explosion artwork, is iconic. The band truly exploded onto the scene with the album, and were one of the heaviest groups making music. At the ...
Members of Led Zeppelin helped create Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man” in the studio. The tune paved the way for a lot of the band’s later work. Donovan himself argued that Jimmy Page’s contributions to ...
If you close your eyes and think of your favorite Led Zeppelin song, chances are some big, rocking, powerful chords are involved. You might even have a memory when, upon playing the band’s music, you ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Led Zeppelin lands two spots on U.K. rock charts as Four Symbols ...
They marked the moment when vast numbers of people, for the very first time, experienced rock ‘n’ roll as a reckless orgy of the self. This weekend, “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the first official ...
Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page worked as a session musician before his career really took off. He played on one of the biggest pop songs to come out of the British Invasion. During that session, a pop star ...
Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...
Hear tracks by Soccer Mommy, Tems, Floating Points and others. By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen ...