When Jimmy Page was first considering how best to sequence Led Zeppelin's fifth album, he was hoping to feature a beginning segment of some kind. "My original idea for the opening tracks for Houses of ...

Jimmy Page is sharing with Led Zeppelin fans a previously unreleased demo titled "The Seasons" to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the band's Houses of the Holy album. The song should sound quite ...

Perhaps no track in the band’s catalog demonstrates this better than “The Rain Song,” the second cut on Zeppelin’s fifth album, 1973’s Houses of the Holy. Combining guitar work inspired by folk, blues ...

For Led Zeppelin, the music tended to be more important than the lyrics. Need proof? Only one album came with a lyric sheet. At the same time, Zep’s tunes would have been supremely boring without ...

This iconic song from 1969 is one of Led Zeppelin’s most loved songs, and it initially took over a year to finish. Jimmy Page came up with the “original” riff sometime in 1968 while living in a ...

Page’s solos often seemed so effortless and passionate that they appeared to be spontaneous compositions. That was hardly the case. Sure, he laid down the breathtaking solo for “Since I’ve Been Loving ...

Led Zeppelin has a former member of The Beatles (and Jimmy Page's competitive nature) to thank for one of its most unusual ...

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 ...