Led Zeppelin transformed the 1929 blues song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie into the powerful rock anthem When the ...

John Paul Jones appears in a new Playing for Change music video, performing Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" alongside 17 musicians from around the world. Each artist recorded their parts ...

Led Zeppelin recorded the classic track and released it in 1971. The video was produced by Sebastian Robertson (who also plays guitar on the track) and Mark Johnson for the Playing for Change’s Song ...

Playing for Change just dropped its latest global musical effort, a fresh new take on “When The Levee Breaks” anchored by Led Zeppelin bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones. The song ― originally ...

They'd tracked a version in a studio in London while working on what became their fourth album, before moving on to Headley Grange about 50 miles outside the city. “I think most bands would have gone, ...

On the 1971 album Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin covered the blues standard “When The Levee Breaks,” and the result is probably the heaviest thing that band ever recorded. John Bonham’s bruising drum ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has joined 17 musicians from around the globe to record a new version of the blues classic “When The Levee Breaks,” Rolling Stone magazine ...

NPR turns 50 this year, and we're marking it by looking back on some other things that happened in 1971. On this day fifty years ago, rock and roll fans lost their minds: It marks the release of Led ...

One of Page’s unique recording techniques was to mic Bonham’s drums from above. That allowed the sound to expand before hitting the tape, which gave Bonzo’s powerful playing even more weight. Legend ...

Throughout NPR's 50th anniversary, we're looking back at moments from that year that have (also) stood the test of time. Today, one of the most... Under the thunder that opens Led Zeppelin's 'When the ...