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Joe Lynn Turner has recorded an original tune called Tied Down with Norwegian outfit Come Taste the Band. It has been featured in Classic Rock AOR magazine. Geoff barton writes: …Now, we don’t really include the Purps within the hallowed pages of AOR, but when ace Norwegian guitarist Jo Henning Kåsin contacted me with the […]
Read more »Roger Glover’s message to the fans, the band, the crew, the management, the record company, and generally to the world: 2013 is almost over. And what a banner year it has been – Now What?! has made its mark and stormed up many a chart around the world giving the band a positive springboard for […]
Read more »Roger’s very own Love is All is one the latest projects of the Playing for Change charity, which self describes as “a movement created to inspire and connect world through music”. Recorded by children all over the world. (watch inside)
Read more »A message from Don Airey: It was a great boost to the band to tour behind a hit album and very gratifying to hear audiences singing along to Vincent Price, All The Time in The World and the rest as enthusiastically as they did to Smoke or Black Night. It has also been a tremendous […]
Read more »Without much fanfare, on November 15 Blackmore’s Night released an updated version of their Cristmas album Winter Carols. The 2013 edition comes on 2 CDs, with the first appear to be identical with the original album that came out in 2006, and second one containing bonus tracks: Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come […]
Read more »Geddy Lee of Rush was interviewed by radio.com and, among other things, they’ve asked him how he’s going to vote for the next year’s Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame induction candidates (everybody who is already inducted are voting members themselves): Well, certainly Deep Purple, certainly Yes. I have to give it a more complete thought but […]
Read more »British based Team Rock Radio is giving away a free copy of Now what?! deluxe box set, and from the looks of it it’s open worldwide. Enter your details here.
Read more »An interview with Nick Simper was posted a couple of weeks ago (although it is not clear when it was recorded). Nick talks about his work with The Good Old Boys, Nasty Habits, the days long gone with Jonny Kidd & the Pirates, and of course Deep Purple. Listen to the interview on Mixcloud (warning: […]
Read more »Berlin’s Rock City Radio Show will be airing an interview with Don Airey on Sunday, Nov 10. The interview is from October 26 when Don played with Deep Purple in Berlin. The part with Don & Purple is about 30 minutes long (including music). The show also features an interview with Nick Fyffe & Phil […]
Read more »Gibson.com has an interview with Bernie Marsden, in which he reveals that he’s finishing a solo album and how quite a star studded it is turning to be: Who else is on the album? David Coverdale has graciously sung a song for me, which is, of course, fantastic. We’ve re-recorded “Trouble” from our Whitesnake days […]
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