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While in Nashville working on the new Purple album, Ian Gillan spoke to Guitar International. The interview mostly evolved around the WhoCares project, with briefly touching Jon Lord’s memory at the end: Robert: With so many years of working with tremendous bands and creating great material was it difficult to pick the songs that would […]
Read more »Apparently Glenn Hughes may be now banned from visiting the entire country of Azerbaijan. Glenn was in the neighbouring Armenia with Derek Sherinian earlier this month to perform with a local band called The Dorians. After the concert in Yerevan, they went to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is disputed between the two countries, […]
Read more »Rumours of a new supergroup comprising Joe Lynn Turner, Michael Anthony, and Carmine Appice started flying over ’em old interwebs a couple of days ago. JLT has issued a press release denying this: Both Appice and Turner have officially dismissed this news as a rumor. The musicians said that there was never any press release […]
Read more »David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich continue to interview each other. They play and sing some blues too.
Read more »There seems to be a lot going on in the BCC camp these days, with PR campaign for the new album kicking into high gear and what not. So, instead of putting up a bunch of separate short news items we decided to consolidate them here. You can absolutely legally download for free (in exchange […]
Read more »Paul Mann, who was instrumental in reviving of the Concerto for Group and Orchestra and is conducting the studio recording (to be released at the end of the month), has written a detailed essay on his engagement with its inspirational composer. The essay has been published in the Arts Journal. The 28-year-old Jon Lord, with […]
Read more »On September 7 Ian Paice hosted a tribute to his brother in law and in arms, the late great Jon Lord. The concert took place in Palermo, Italy, where he performed with the student orchestra of Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini conducted by Alberto Maniaci. This could very well be the first time he have performed Jon’s […]
Read more »A very interesting interview with Nick Simper from Canadian blog Music Legends published back in August, which unfortunately have received very little attention. Nick talks about the current live music scene in Britain, the story of Hush and why it turned out so different from the Billy Joe Royal’s version, the importance of Vanilla Fudge […]
Read more »Ian Paice and Joe Lynn Turner have contributed to Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who due out on October 2 via Cleopatra Records.
Read more »Glenn Hughes will appear on the BBC Breakfast show in the morning of Wednesday, September 19. He will be talking about his appearance at the Marshall Amplification 50 Years Of Loud LIVE event, Black Country Communion, and more. The show runs between 6am and 9am on BBC One and from within the UK can also […]
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