Steve Morse appears on the latest episode of the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking with Phil Aston mostly about his latest album Triangulation. In this episode of the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, I sit down with legendary guitarist Steve Morse to dive deep into his new instrumental album Triangulation. Steve talks about the freedom of […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-30
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Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse. It is apparently published on the occasion of the recent album, but deals with his Purple years. Steve particularly fondly talks about Jon Lord: During one writing session for 1996’s Purpendicular, Morse’s debut on a Deep Purple record, a tea break was called, and Morse played on […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-27
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Steve Morse is the cover story of the Finnish magazine Riffi, issue 4/2025. The magazine is about all things for practicing musicians: advice, gear, and associated stuff. Inside is a three-page special on Steve, his band (and, we presume, probably their latest album). And it is all in Finnish, of course.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-27
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According to the local promoters, three shows on Glenn Hughes’ South American tour will be rescheduled for March 2026, with new dates TBA. These are: 2025-11-23 Córdoba, Argentina 2025-11-25 Salta, Argentina 2025-11-25 Quilmes, Argentina 2025-11-27 Santiago, Chile As Glenn explains himself, he has caught laryngitis and is unable to sing. The show in Córdoba on […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-26
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The following message from Ritchie Blackmore was posted today. November 23, 2025, on his Facebook page: Ritchie would like to explain his reason for having to postpone the recent shows. “Very quick history, for those who have nothing better to do: I have a long history of lumbar and neck herniated discs. Consequently, I would […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-24
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Martin Popoff talks to the Now Spinning Magazine podcast host Phil Aston. The occasion is Martin’s new book Seven Decades of Deep Purple, but the conversation went way beyond that. Updated Dec 1 with a link to book review.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-11-23
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Here’s the latest triplet of snippets from that Ritchie Blackmore interview, talking about days long passed, Don Arden, Jerry Lee lewis, the other Man in Black, earning hemorrhoids with Screaming Lord Sutch, and taking the blame for Gene Vincent.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-22
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Ian Gillan was interviewed by Dubai 92. The hosts have obviously skimmed the relevant Wikipedia article(s), but managed to get it “nearly right”. Nothing groundbreaking was revealed, but probably with regard to another of his recent interviews, from which too many people seem to have read way too much, Big Ian reiterated that the band […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-21
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The second instalment of Ritchie Blackmore interview snippets talking about the olden days, going back to Charles Dickens.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-20
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Classically trained pianist Alexandra Kuznetsova, known under nom de guerre Gamazda, performs piano covers of rock compositions to the effect that her YouTube channel has amassed almost a million subscribers. Check out her performance of Smoke in an Amsterdam church from earlier this month.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-11-20
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