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Sweet child on the Telegraph Road

And we’ll leave you today with this little gem by Dutch artist Laszlo Buring. His specialty seems to be reimagining classic tracks in the “what-if” style of another band. Here is an example: a cover of Child in Time as if it was written by Dire Straits

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Discipline, necessity, or instinct?

Steve Morse recently was a guest on the Pod and Mr. Music podcast. He talked about playing drums in the town square, coming of the angels, mechanics of playing Bach, being busy and busier, learning to drink tea, and walking into the room with suitcases, among other things. A good part of the conversation revolved […]

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New York isn’t America

Glenn Hughes appeared on the Jay Jay French Connection podcast. Jay Jay is, of course, of the Twisted Sister fame, is a fabulous storyteller himself, as well as able to elicit stories from his guests. Enjoy!

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The doorstop-of-a-book

Houston Press has a quite in-depth (for a mainstream publication) review of Martin Popoff’s book Seven Decades of Deep Purple: An Unofficial History. Like some of his previous books, Popoff waltzes chronologically through the band’s discography as the spine for telling the story. What makes Seven Decades of Deep Purple likely more aimed toward the […]

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No Netflix, no TV

Classic Rock has online a new interview with Ian Gillan. It was done on the occasion of his guest appearance on the new UROCK album, and there are some bits and pieces we have heard before. There are also some that we haven’t. Is the idea that rock’n’roll is a young man’s game a myth […]

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It’s never too late for a first

Extra! Extra! Ian Paice announces his first ever solo album, which should be out some time before the end of the next (2026) year, and promises this to be “not a drumming album”. Bonus: a drum cam(s) video of Lucifer from the Turning to Crime sessions.

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The more the merrier

We welcome a new Steve Morse fan site to the family. It is run by Katya Hast-Ekström of Katya Arts, Steve’s official jeweller, and Marije Essink, admin of the Steve Morse Fan Page group on Facebook. Katya got the original idea for this fan site and created the web design and technical stuff, Marije provided […]

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A delicate dance

Steve Morse was interviewed by the Guitar Interactive Magazine. Steve talks about the importance of jamming, influence of John McLaughlin, praises John Petrucci, reflects on his years in Deep Purple, and shares thoughts on why he prefers the album format for his music.

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Die with your boots on

Ritchie Blackmore reminisces about the dress code with the Nero and The Gladiators, and the perils he had to endure as a hired hand. [updated]

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One day in the year of the fox

Another box set is in the works — Rainbow The Temple of The King 1975 – 1976. It comprises the first two albums, remastered, the three German 1976 live shows: Köln, Düsseldorf, and Nurnberg (all three previously available both separately and as the Deutschland Tournee 1976 6CD box), and a disc of “rarities”.

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Before we forget

There’s a new book on Jon Lord being prepared for publication. It is called Before We Forget – A Work in Eight Movements, and promises to be a well researched tome. Before We Forget – A Work in Eight Movements is not just a book — it is set to become the reference work on […]

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Get yourself tangled up

Ian Gillan contributed vocals to a track on a new album from Italian band UROCK. The band is led by singer Umberto Urock, and the track in question is called The Line, which is the title track of the band’s second album. Umberto lives just down the road from me in Portugal. He did a […]

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Golden dust not included

An 8CD box set of Ian Gillan Band remasters and rarities is being prepared for release. It is titled Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story and includes the three studio albums, alternative mix of Clear Air Turbulence, backing tracks, demos, and 3 live shows. The promo blurb reads: 8-CD Box Set – […]

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You have to slow down

In this latest microdose of his video memoirs, Ritchie Blackmore talks about discovering for himself Eric Clapton, and playing fast vs playing slow.

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‘Ere’s a song fo’ya, one last time

[Updated Dec 11] A pro shot of a complete Whitesnake show from June 2, 2022, in Hamar, Norway, was posted to them intertubes. It is described to be the video wall production with front-of-the-house soundboard sound. It is one of the last Whitesnake live performances (if not THE last one) that was professionally recorded.

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Couldn’t get any weirder

A couple of letters addressed to our trainspotting department. White Stripes were inducted to the infamous Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame this year, and in his acceptance speech, Jack White mentioned Rainbow among their inspirations: Meg and I want to thank just a few of the bands and artists that inspired us and came before us, […]

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Aged by typhoons and sweat

Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse that appears to be a revised and expanded version of the one we reported a couple of weeks ago. Is there any style or technique that you find hardest to get under your fingertips? Anything that’s written on keyboards is gonna have some difficult stretches in them. […]

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A brilliant emulator

In these two episodes, the banjo player talks about banjo strings and the genius of Jon Lord.

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Fastest music you’ll ever hear

A new instalment of Ritchie Blackmore reminiscing abut his early days.

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Live in Kuala Lumpur

Here is a complete recording of the Deep Purple show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 23, 2025. It is a decent quality audience recording, albeit with some audio distortion on the left channel.

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