Is Eric Clapton’s solo in Cream’s version of Crossroads the greatest live blues-rock solo ever recorded? Here, we pose the question - and bust a few myths in the process. Robert Johnson’s Delta blues ...

Eric Clapton hasn’t been called a god for no reason. His inimitable playing has been the lifeblood of many a band and many a hit. That being said, he has almost too many stellar guitar lines to choose ...

Clapton may have turned 80 in March, but his age didn’t show as he ripped off one blazing guitar solo after another throughout the evening. His voice also sounded strong, although most of the songs’ ...

Eric Clapton’s fifth solo album Slowhand debuts on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart at No. 2, nearly netting the guitarist another No. 1. British guitarist Eric Clapton performing on stage at the ...

Wisconsin author Michael Schumacher, who produced an array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died ...

Lex Williams is a music writer and film critic, who shares her time between North Carolina and New York City. From a young age, Lex has always had a passion for arts in all its forms, having worked in ...

An extremely rare prototype Martin guitar made for Eric Clapton has been put up for auction. A 1995 prototype of Martin's 000-28EC signature acoustic guitar, it is only one of four ever made, as the ...

Legendary rock guitarist Eric Clapton is bringing his "Slowhand" to Philadelphia at least one more time later this year. It was announced on March 3, 2025, that the soon-to-be 80-year-old is embarking ...

The Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall, whose band John Mayall's Bluesbreakers served as a training ground for some of British rock's greatest guitarists, died Monday at age 90. Eric Clapton, ...

"When I think of my dad, I think of him engaged in conversation, coffee in his hand and his notebook," his daughter Emily Joy ...

One of Eric Clapton’s guitars sold for $1.27 million this week at an auction in Nashville, Tennessee, making it the most expensive Clapton guitar ever sold at auction. Julien’s Auctions is currently ...