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A quiet family dinner next to a charity event at a Portuguese resort Santa Barbara De Nexe turned into an impromptu performance for Gillan. The Portugal News Online reports (complete with mistakes and misspelling): As diners dug deep in their pockets for an Albufeira based children’s charity, former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillham, who had […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night enjoys coverage not only in fanzines: Castles and Dreams DVD sold enough copies in Germany to achieve gold status. An award to that effect was presented to the band on September 3rd at the Aegi Theater in Hannover. Secret Voyage stayed atop of the Billboard New Age charts in the US for 8 […]
Read more »Second issue of Cartouche — an online Blackmore fanzine — is out, and it’s a big one. 112 pages, no less, with everything from Blackmore’s Night cover bands to the latest Deep Purple DVD. In this issue: “The paranormal interview” with the man himself News, reviews, setlists and photos Secret Voyage album and tour Under […]
Read more »A very amusing and offbeat interview with Roger taken probably in the summer of 2007 when the band was touring North America and stopped in Chicago. Roger handles the reporter (who had one too many) with his usual class and eloquence. Their website also has transcripts of two lengthy and rather interesting interviews with Roger […]
Read more »Fin Costello did a lot of photograpy for the Purple family back in the 70s. He is now taking his work on the road for exhibition around Norway. Roy Hilmar Svendsen from NRK spoke to him and published an interesting interview. ‘Cos Fin has a heck of war stories to tell: At the time I […]
Read more »There’s a full-page interview with Don Airey in the September issue of BBC Sky at Night magazine. In the interview, Don talks about his passion for astronomy and how it inspired his solo album Light in the Sky. Interestingly, he also mentions how he takes inspiration from Rob Hodgkinson, Deep Purple’s sound engineer. Rob recently […]
Read more »Steve Morse will hold a guitar clinic in Bocholt on November 13 before the Purple show in Oberhausen later that day. He will present his Music Man signature guitar. The clinic will be at the Alte Molkerei and will start at 16:00 (doors open at 15:00). Entrance is free, but interested parties are advised to […]
Read more »Bernie Marsden’s Party in the Paddock is back for a third time! After a two year rest the event is back with a bang and a great lineup featuring: Roger Daltrey (The Who) Zak Starkey (The Who) Don Airey (Deep Purple) Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) plus members of Marillion, The Earth Band and a host […]
Read more »Jon Lord has published a new piece of music on his website. Titled Air on the Blue String, the piece – which is a work in progress – was partly inspired by classical musicians’ ability to improvise and blends blue(s) notes with a classical theme. Air on the Blue String was first performed and filmed […]
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