Jeff Beck: Virtuoso who took the guitar in new directions

Pioneering musician and reluctant star was a central figure in several key developments in rock

Rod Stewart: ‘I’m not in the pipe and slipper club yet. I can still go mad’

The 73-year-old rock musician on ice baths, the Easter Rising and his decades of wild days and success

Van Morrison review: Not a knockout but still fighting fit

Jeff Beck - Loud Hailer album review: still got something to prove

Green Fields of France ‘written to tackle anti-Irish prejudice’

Author Eric Bogle says the song was ‘subtle reminder’ of Irish war dead

Stringing together a hit guitar

Irish designer Rob O’Reilly aims to do for electric guitars what Steve Jobs did for the mobile phone

Bright Strypes

Could the thrilling vintage rock of four teenagers from Cavan be the future of Irish music?

The real Rod Stewart stands up

Gone are the leopard-skin leggings and the tartan scarves as the real Rod finally reemerges