The Cream News

File Larry Coryell's CDs under "Jazz" if you must-but for the past five decades the man many consider to be the Godfather of fusion guitar has been creating artistically unfettered and genredefying music that transcends easy classification.

Forty-two years ago today, on Friday the 13th, the gates of hell opened up and belched forth Black Sabbath .

A COLLEGE lecturer has swapped the classroom for the music studio to help celebrate the life of his famous uncle.

ROCK star Jack Bruce has revealed how doctors almost let him die as he lay in a coma until he flickered an eyelid.

Documentaries about Cream drummer Ginger Baker and reggae pioneer Bob Marley are among the many movies scheduled to be screened next month at the 2012 South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.

This black & white footage of the first rock supergroup features vintage clips of Cream's performances, complete with guitar god Eric Clapton's puffed up hairdo and other tidbits.

Following hot on the heels of last year's A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years 1973-1976 , comes the companion collection, Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983 . A Featuring a further six whole albums, this second volume collects together the remaining releases Robin recorded for the label, including two LP made with Cream's ... (more)

Today, Eric Clapton is 58 years old and he has finally released the recording he has been refining for his entire career.

HE's survived heroin addiction, cancer and a liver transplant but Scots rock legend Jack Bruce has admitted he didn't want to live beyond 30.

Celtic Connections, long a catalyst for unlikely collaborations, surpassed itself with this union of Cream demi-god Jack Bruce and virtuoso folk trio Lau .

Well, we kind of snoozed on this one for a couple of days. But thanks to a reminder from occasional Cream contributor Leslie Keffer , we are now prepared to share this tantalizing sliver of goss with you.

Eric Clapton and Miles Davis have in common their involvement with several "super groups." The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, and, finally, Derek and the Dominoes were all historic assemblies in which Eric Clapton took part.

What should have been an electrifying night of the blues fell short of the mark.

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