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Archive for October, 2012



A Proggy Christmas

Another all-star album with Steve Morse participation — this one is called A Proggy Christmas. Brainchild of Neil Morse, it features some of the finest names in, naturally, prog rock — Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), Roine Stolt (ex-Sane Person), our own Steve, and Pete Trewavas (Transatlantic, Marillion). Track list: Joy To The […]

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The Velvet Box

Blackmore’s Night is releasing a box set titled The Beginning containing their first two albums and two live DVDs — Live In Germany 1997-1998 and Under A Violet Moon — Castle Tour 2000, packaged in a velvet box. Both videos were previously out on VHS and now will be available on the DVD for the […]

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Hughes on Hard Force TV

Yet another Glenn Hughes interview from France. (watch inside)

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“Concerto” talk with Paul Mann

On October 1st, 2012 The Highway Star had the opportunity to do an interview with Paul Mann. Being the conductor of the 1999 “Concerto For Group And Orchestra” performance and the subsequent DEEP PURPLE world tour, Paul became a close friend to Jon Lord. Being also heavily involved in the making of the brand new […]

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The Fusion Syndicate

Steve Morse has contributed to the new all-star jazz-rock/fusion album The Fusion Syndicate, available October 16, 2012 on Purple Pyramid Records. Other contributors to the album from the extended Purple family include Billy Cobham, Derek Sherinian, and Jerry Goodman. Brought together by multi-instumentalist and producer Billy Sherwood (Yes, CIRCA:), who has also put together the […]

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“It’s the same old crap”

Looks like Blackmore has recently granted one of his rare interviews to the Billboard, and bits and pieces of it continue to surface here and there. Here’s another quote, this time about the new Blackmore’s Night album: From my point of view, it’s the same old crap that we’ve been doing for a long time. […]

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Blackmore on Rock’N’Roll HoF

Billboard has a quote from Ritchie Blackmore regarding Deep Purple’s nomination into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame: Personally, I couldn’t care less. I would never go. I’m not really a fan of that stuff. Considering some of the people that are in the Hall of Fame, I’m not sure if it’s a good idea, so […]

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Hughes on Rock’N’Live

Another interview with Glenn Hughes, from another French outfit, this one for RockNLive.org.

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Clean canvas to paint

A very interesting interview with Jon Lord conducted back in 1999 comes from Australia. A lot of topics were touched that day, from the then new album Abandon, to the famous “Jon Lord sound”, to computers, and to the still budding Internet. C: If you were the same age you were when you started right […]

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Coverdale/Aldrich interview, part 3

Messrs Coverdale and Aldrich continue talking and singing some blues (if you like Starkers in Tokyo, you gonna love this). (watch inside)

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