Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eric Clapton’s latest album Meanwhile debuts on a pair of sales ...

On March 13, 1993, Eric Clapton took over the music charts with the live album Unplugged. The 1992 album, recorded in front ...

There are only a few songs out there that capture the sting of heartbreak quite like "Layla." ...

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 ...

In July 1974, Eric Clapton released his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard. The album marked Clapton’s return to recording after a three-year period during which he struggled with drug addiction.

He produced albums — by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, and the early Fleetwood Mac — that defined 1960s ...

“I’m the most balanced guy in rock and roll,” Joe Bonamassa jokes over the phone. “I’ve got chips on both shoulders, OK?” Bonamassa, age 46, has been on the cover of every guitar magazine you can ...

Although Eric Clapton had his first love in the guitar, all it took was the right voice to touch his soul deeper than ...

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 ...

The nine years since he’d released his previous album of original material, 1989’s superb Journeyman, had been fraught with trauma for Eric Clapton. Having overcome his 80s alcoholism, Ol' Slow Hand ...