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BBC Radio is conducting an online poll of greatest guitar riffs. Smoke on the Water and Long Live Rock’n’Roll are in the running. The latter is quite a bit of a strange choice, but that’s a matter of taste. Putting aside for the moment the meaningfulness of all such polls, online or offline, this one […]
Read more »BBC’s Radio 6 Musical Time Machine has a 1993 vintage interview with Big Ian. And whatever you may say about Big Ian (he might be fast and loose with the facts sometimes), but he is the ultimate pub story teller — witty and entertaining. Even if you’ve heard those stories before. The episode is 30 […]
Read more »On the first anniversary of Jon Lord’s passing BBC has aired a documentary Jon Lord: It’s All Music narrated by Rick Wakeman. Those in the UK can watch it on BBC iPlayer. For the rest of us, the usual suspects to the rescue: Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov for the link.
Read more »David Coverdale has appeared on BBC Breakfast show yesterday, May 15, to promote Whitesnake’s UK tour (which starts in Belfast today): Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info and to Ania Rock for uploading the video.
Read more »The 1970 BBC radio session of Deep Purple performing Grabsplatter and Black Night has been rebroadcasted on BBC Radio 6 Music Live Hour in the wee hours of Sunday, May 12. The show will available for listening online for a week now. Should you be inclined to skip PJ Harvey and T.Rex directly to Purple, […]
Read more »Ian Gillan and Ian Paice are scheduled to be the studio interview guests on Later… With Jools Holland next week. The show goes out live on Tuesday, May 14th on BBC2, is repeated in a slightly longer version the Friday after, and also available to view online on the BBC iPlayer. Thanks to BraveWords for […]
Read more »Both Ians will be on the BBC Radio 2 show Simon Mayo’s Drivetime on Tuesday, April 23. The show is on the air between 17:00 and 19:00. As a matter of rule, BBC programming is available online from their site for a week after the air date. Thanks to Peter Cross for the info.
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 […]
Read more »BBC Radio 4 has aired a programme on fusion of rock and classical music titled Rock ‘n’ Roll in Four Movements. It prominently features Concerto for Group and Orchestra, with all the Big Three keyboard players of the classic rock — Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson — being interviewed. Jon’s contribution is from […]
Read more »BBC’s Last Word: Listen to Ritchie, Rick Wakeman and Geoff Barton speak about Jon Lord — and Jon speaking about how he would like to be remembered (from an interview given the week before he died).
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