The Cream News

Ginger Baker, up there in the pantheon of percussionists, is a tempestuous talent and genuine hell raiser who has always resisted sucking up to the Establishment, or rock royalty for that matter.

ROCK'n'roll has hardly been short of wild men, but Ginger Baker, drummer with Cream, makes most of the others look positively amateurish in their excess.

Finding a guitar amp that delivers big full sound with a rich, dynamic distortion is a common challenge for today's electric guitarist.

There are not a lot of new releases on the home market this week, and there are very few that are prime releases.

Jack Bruce, who turns 70 years old today, remains one of the great unclassifiable figures of rock music.

The hit sitcom "Seinfeld" aired its final episode after nine years on NBC. Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce is 70.

Fenech-Soler, Public Service Broadcasting, Hernan Cattaneo - and a rake of Highland acts are among those added to the line-up for RockNess, counting down to June 7, 8 and 9. Aberdeen's SNAFU - as well as providing their residents - present Fenech-Soler "the lovechild of Delphic and Daft Punk", who are about to release their second album.

RHYTHMTREE Festival organisers are celebrating a major coup - signing rock legend Ginger Baker to join July's main stage line-up. Baker, founder member of supergroup Cream has moved-on musically since then and will perform with his newly-formed quartet, the Jazz Confusion.

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.

Just seconds into Beware of Mr Baker, the title subject, drummer Ginger Baker, cracks the film's director, Jay Bulger, in the face with his cane.

This album, from 1980 is certainly considered to be one of the more classic of Hawkwind`s albums, and is a strong example of what space rock is about.

The Tame Impala frontman on how grunge gave him a sense of identity, Cream turned him on to fuzz guitar, and Air opened his eyes to the art of production Kevin Parker: 'Listening to my dad playing guitar along to Sleepwalk by the Shadows was probably the first time I discovered emotion in music.' Photograph: Dorothy Hong for the Guardian Kevin ... (more)

It hurts everytime I see you with him. Why don't you just come out and say its him that you want and not me.

Growing up in Los Angeles, in a family primarily involved in law and politics , Karl Evangelista went another way.

A documentary about Cream 's Ginger Baker is to be released on DVD on May 17. You can see an exclusive poster for 'Beware Of Mr Baker' by scrolling down now.

Taj Mahal calls from a tour stop in Phoenix, it's been just a few days since he played Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York.