This anecdote about Led Zeppelin involves both Yankovic and R. Kelly. Yankovic released a parody of Kelly’s epic song cycle “Trapped in the Closet” called “Trapped in the Drive-Thru.” While “Trapped ...

Fifty-five years ago, the legendary '70s heavy rock band Led Zeppelin released "Black Dog," a song that became a breakthrough ...

When Led Zeppelin arrived on the scene in 1968, England was brimming with talented “white blues” acts. Eric Clapton, who’d made his name playing blues in The Yardbirds and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, ...

Hello everyone. Over the next several months I plan on sharing with you some of my approaches to playing, writing, and arranging music. I'll be discussing some of the concepts that I've gleaned over ...

“It was tricky to play,” Jimmy Page once said of “Black Dog,” foreshadowing the frustration of so many classic-rock bar bands. Robert Plant still had to carve out his own path into the maze. And one ...

No matter how hard we may try to play it as accurately as possible, sometimes a classic guitar riff never ends up sounding quite like the official version, and Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” riff is ...

Released on November 8. 1971, the album, which also contains the classic “Stairway to Heaven” was executive produced by the band’s guitarist Jimmy Page. To write the album, the foursome returned to ...

It’s another visit to the Sunday Lunch archives this week as Toyah and hubbie Robert Fripp of King Crimson go way back to January 21 with their take on this Led Zeppelin IV classic “Black Dog.” Toyah ...

Beth Hart released her cover of the Led Zeppelin classic “Black Dog,” which appears on her upcoming album A Tribute to Led Zeppelin. It follows the release of her take on “Good Times Bad Times” in ...

On Thursday, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss announced details of their long-rumored reunion album Raise the Roof. It’s a 12-track collection that features their original tune “High and Lonesome,” as ...