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Life before Google

Steve Morse recently sat down to chat with American Musical Supply about all things music, from guitar tone versatility to J.S. Bach. This is a long conversation, at an hour plus, but if you watch it directly on YouTube, there is a convenient table of contents with direct links to individual chapters. Or just sit […]

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New country with Vivaldi

Steve Morse collaborated on a new track with guitar player Angel Vivaldi. They have recorded a cover of New Country by Jean-Luc Ponty.

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They were going nowhere

Ritchie Blackmore recounts George Harrison joining Deep Purple on stage on the Perfect Strangers tour in Australia

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Real joy flowing through it

An online publication called Cult Following somewhat belatedly, but eloquently reviews =1: New hard rock from the Smoke on the Water gang. Some things never change. With Deep Purple, a lacklustre album image and the promise of unwavering rock fundamentals are a guarantee. No problem for those stuck with this sound for decades but some […]

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Minor nines and major sevens

Another Glenn Hughes Australian interview, this time with the Spotlight Report. SR. Now that you are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Burn, how does it feel to look back on such a landmark album? GH. Look, it was a moment for all of us where we were at a castle writing that album, having fun, […]

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Doing nostalgia for Australians

In anticipation of his Australian tour, Glenn Hughes recently spoke to The Rockpit: Andrew : How did you find working with Blackmore? At that stage he was moving more towards a classical style that has distinctively become his over the years. Glenn : Ok Andrew, let’s talk Turkey here. The Holy Trinity, in my opinion […]

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Tonight on the BBC

BBC Four TV channel will be showing a Radio 2 in Concert Deep Purple appearance from November 16, 2017, playing in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. It will air on October 4, 2024, at 22:05 local time, and will be available on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days after that. […]

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And that’s how you lose the Concerto

Nathan and John at the Deep Purple Podcast are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Concerto for Group and Orchestra resurrection with a couple of episodes. The cherry on top is a bonus podcast with almost an-hour-and-a-half chat with Paul Mann. We highly recommend picking up a time to listen through it.

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The low-end expertise

The Bass Player magazine reprints online a 2010 vintage interview with Glenn Hughes conducted in the wake of the first Black Country Communion album. How did Black Country Communion come together? Joe was a fan of my work with Trapeze. We’d been hanging out, secretively making music, knowing that one day we’d do something. Then […]

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At the most blissful

Here’s quite an off the wall conversation between Glenn Hughes and an Indian guru Atma Nambi, that happened on August 18, 2024. Among other things, Glenn confirmed that he has finished recording a new solo album, which should be out some time next year. Namaste!

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The pent-up feeling

Ian Gillan spoke to France’s Riff X, and the interview appears in their METALXS series. The conversation revolves around the latest album =1, some anecdotes from the bygone days, and his, ahem, unique sense of fashion. Ian’s words are in original English, with subtitles en française.

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In pursuit of renaissance revelry

Goldmine magazine reviews the “25th anniversary” reissue of Blackmore’s Night Fires at Midnight: Mostly though, the original album stands on its own, a sweeping survey of sounds seemingly drawn from a traditional tapestry. A sprightly take on “The Times They Are A-Changin’” fits comfortably alongside the folk-like frolic of “Village on the Sand” and “Home […]

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Vinyl and more vinyl

Rhino Entertainment in the US will be re-releasing a number of their back catalogue items on vinyl as part of their Rocktober event. The following items could be of particular interest for our pages. Available October 4 Deep Purple — Machine Head 1-LP on Black vinyl IOMMI — The 1996 Dep Sessions 1-LP on Translucent […]

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Gotta keep it simple

Ritchie Blackmore tells the story of writing and recording of Smoke on the Water.

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Only quill pens and horseback messengers

This is straight from the desk of bizarre appearances in our trainspotting department. Some time over the past year, crooks posing as Ritchie Blackmore scammed an old lady in the UK out of £115,000. See the maestro himself appearing at around 12:40 expressing sympathy for the victim and vehemently denying his involvement because he doesn’t […]

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Joie de vivre all around

Some great pictures by our readers from the recently concluded North American tour.

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Purple Orange amp giveaway

Orange Amplifiers in cooperation with Premier Guitar will be giving away the Glenn Hughes Signature Crush Bass 50 amp(s). You can enter the giveaway until November 18, 2024 via this link.

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Showzão!

A pretty decent audience recording of the complete Deep Purple show on September 13 in São Paulo.

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A new life for the New Life

The Moonstone Project album New Life will see a re-release later this year via Escape Music. The Moonstone Project is the brainchild of Italian guitarist Matteo Filippini, with participation of guest musicians. New Life, originally released in 2005, features Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes, and Graham Bonnet, among many other rock luminaries and session musicians. The […]

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Peer review

Louder Sound prints some quotes from a 1975 vintage Blackmore interview that originally appeared in the inaugural issue of the International Musician and Recording World magazine: Assessing some of his peers, Blackmore confessed that he “wasn’t struck” on Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, and admitted “I never saw what was in Clapton at all.” In a […]

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