Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) ...

When Jimi Hendrix died on 18 September 1970 he had released three studio albums, one live album and a hits collection. Since then there have been literally hundreds of Hendrix albums issued, to the ...

Jimi Hendrix became a rock legend in the 1960s thanks to his undeniable guitar skills. Despite his lasting impact on music over half a century after his death, Hendrix’s own career in the spotlight ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

From Are You Experienced to Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland, every Jimi Hendrix album, ranked.

If you had to guess what was in Jimi Hendrix's record collection, what might you imagine? Buddy Guy? Muddy Waters? Bob Dylan? You'd be correct with each of those responses. As Guitar Player learned ...

Jimi Hendrix released Electric Ladyland 58 years ago today, October 16, 1968, delivering a double album that would become his only No. 1 record in America. Decades later, Rolling Stone ranked it No.

It’s Christmas in March for Jimi Hendrix fans, as the latest collection of previously unreleased songs from the Seattle guitar legend comes out Tuesday. And judging from the reaction of fans old and ...

Jimi Hendrix’s archival live album Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At Berkeley (First Show) is released on 16 October 2026. Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings are issuing the ...

Jimi Hendrix was one of those figures who created a fork in the road. There was rock music before him and rock after. You either got with the program he started or fell behind. When we look at the ...

Carlos Santana broke into the music industry in the late 1960s, which means he was there to witness the hotbed of creative exploration and discovery that defined the latter half of the decade. He ...