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The 2006 Deep Purple appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released on DVD as We All Came Down to Montreux, has entered rotation on the Direct TV channel 101 Network. It will be on the air tonight, May 23 at 9:00 p.m. EDT and at midnight May 24 EDT. Direct TV repeats their programming frequently, […]
Read more »Steve Morse plays guitar on the opening track “Lost For Words” on prog legend John Wetton‘s (King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, UK, Asia) new solo album “Raised in Captivity”. A short MP3 clip of the song is available here and a full stream of the song can be found on the Frontiers Records web […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes is currently on tour in the UK and a couple more of his interviews have appeared in the press. Northhampton Chronicle & Echo has a Q&A style piece covering topics as diverse as Stevie Wonder and Glenn’s cooking habits: Does it surprise you what a strong following Deep Purple still has, decades after […]
Read more »Jon Lord is working on the definitive studio recording of Concerto for Group and Orchestra, originally composed and first performed in 1969. Jon wants to record the Concerto in a studio environment to capture what he believes is the definitive edition of the piece after he’s been honing the score through more than 30 performances […]
Read more »A new interview with Glenn Hughes has been published on Backstage Axxess. Here Glenn talks mostly about Black Country Communion: Thom: The first thing I would like to talk about is the upcoming Black Country Communion album. In a day an age where it is unusual for bands to come out with an album a […]
Read more »A couple of new interviews with Blackmore’s Night. Greg Prato (of the Tommy Bolin biography fame) has conducted a short but rather interesting interview with Ritchie and Candice: UGO: Ritchie, what is your favorite Deep Purple album and Rainbow album, and why? RITCHIE BLACKMORE: I don’t know, it was too long ago and I don’t […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night are about to embark on a brief tour of selected inn and taverns in the United States. Ritchie and Candice will appear on May 13 around noon on the 91.5 WMFO in Massachusetts. The interview will be streaming online at wmfo.org. Thanks to Blackmore Productions for the info.
Read more »Glenn Hughes recently spoke to Face Culture about his upcoming autobiography Deep Purple & Beyond: Scenes from the Life of a Rock Star.
Read more »Roger Glover had to miss the last couple of shows to attend urgent family matters. Sunflower Jam regular Nick Fyffe stood in on the bass. Rest assured, Roger is alive and well and will return as soon as the circumstances permit him. There is no need to worry.
Read more »While Glenn is in the UK for his book launch and just prior to his UK solo tour, he will be a featured guest on BBC Radio 2 broadcast with Steve Wright In The Afternoon, between 2pm – 5pm (GMT) on Thursday, May 12th. BBC makes its programs available online for 7 days after the […]
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