Jimmy Page receiving his  honorary doctorate at the Berklee College of Music in Boston:  
The Commencement Speech:
Oh wow! Well, good morning! I had to check my watch there to make sure it was the morning. It’s so, ah, this is absolutely so amazing. It’s such a privilege to be part of this. All the energy from the graduates. You know, congratulations to all of you. And to the families as well. It really is something being up here and feeling all this.
I’ve got to say, the concert last night, you can see …

 
TBL 37 coming your way soon:
TBL 37 is in the house….copies arrived today and it’s looking good. The task ahead is to begin stuffing said magazine into envelopes for the TBL 37 distribution. This is already underway here and will be ongoing into next week. I am hoping to have all UK copies out by the middle of the week to arrive hopefully by next weekend. Europe, America, Canada, Australia, Japan and all other overseas destinations will also be despatched over the next week – the objective being to get …

Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters at the New Orleans Jazz Festival: Photos by Suzanne McElyea…
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters made their 2014 debut last weekend at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The high profile festival runs for seven days spread over two weekends and this year featured Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Santana, Arcade Fire etc.
Six months since his last show at the Royal Albert Hall and six weeks ahead of his forthcoming European tour, Robert and the band took to the stage with guitarist Skin picking …

Set List:
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Spoonful, Black Dog, Tin Pan Valley, Going To California, In The Mood, , Little Maggie, The Enchanter, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, What Is And What Should Never Be, Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ To Die),Whole Lotta Love/Who Do You Love, Rock And Roll
Black Dog

Led Zeppelin  Reissues – The Global Phenomenon:
Once again the longevity of the Led Zeppelin legacy has been well and truly demonstrated with the phenomenal reaction to the BBC’s exclusive interviews with Jimmy and Robert and airing of extracts from Keys To the Highway /Trouble In Mind and the Whole Lotta Love rough mix.
The clips and sequences were aired throughout the day on Wednesday across the whole BBC network…and let us consider this then: Led Zeppelin performed their last gig together with John Bonham nearly 34 years ago. All these years on …

Deborah Bonham TBL Interview:
On Tuesday I met up with Deborah Bonham before her gig at the Stables in Milton Keynes to conduct an interview for TBL – Deb was on great form and we discussed her new album and tour and her thoughts on the forthcoming Led Zeppelin reissues and her brother John’s legacy – here’s a preview
DL: How has the tour and new album been received?
DB: it’s been absolutely fantastic and it’s been great doing the new tracks. The audiences are increasing and some are absolutely sold out so …

 
GET READY FOR THE SUMMER OF LED ZEPPELIN 2014 – LED ZEPPELIN 1 DELUXE EDITION TRAILER:
Here we go…the first trailer from the forthcoming Led Zeppelin Reissues… a tantalising and brilliantly cut promo for the Led Zeppelin I Deluxe Edition box set release: a mouthwatering snippet of Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown from the companion audio disc recorded live at the Olympia Paris on October 10th 1969- interspersed with photos and memorabilia images that will be in the deluxe book. My… are we in for some treats….and this is just the beginning…
Led Zeppelin “LED ZEPPELIN (DELUXE …

Glenn Hughes TBL Interview Preview: 
In an interview for the forthcoming TBL magazine in London on Wednesday, Glenn Hughes talked lucidly to me on a number of subjects. Revealing details of the upcoming California Breed album (due out May 19th), he was quick to acknowledge Jason Bonham’s performance:
”Jason Bonham can now really put his hat next to his father’s – this is the greatest drumming he’s ever done on record by far.”
Other comments:
On his work with members of the Stone Temple Pilots:
”I did start an album with the guys from Stone Temple Pilots a …

Houses Of The Holy – it was 41 years ago today…
41 years ago today Led Zeppelin released their long awaited fifth album, Houses Of The Holy. Here’s some reflections from on another milestone release from the TBL/DL archive:
Like countless fans across the globe on that spring Wednesday back in March 1973 ,as a 16 year old Zep obsessive, I eagerly snapped up the album . I had been touring the record shops of Bedford daily for the arrival of this opus. This was in the years before I began working …

Led Zeppelin Reissue Round -up:
Well once again the staying power of Led Zeppelin has been well and truly demonstrated with the incredible reaction to the news of the release of the first three reissues. The column inches racked up, both across the net and in hard print has been pretty phenomenal. Headlines such as the Independent’s ”Led Zeppelin are back with a whole lotta rock’’ emphasising that fact that this band is always in the present tense. All three of the super deluxe box sets entered the top ten Amazon …