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The teacher didn’t look like Buddy Holly
In this undated interview, Ritchie Blackmore tells that the original motivation to play guitar was basically his desire to impress his school teacher.
Read more »Blackmore’s Night gigs postponed
Two Blackmore’s Night shows — Newton, NJ, on November 15, and Wilmington, DE on November 20 — have been postponed for “medical reasons”. The announcement on the Newton venue website reads: SHOW UPDATE: Due to a medical emergency, tonight’s show with Blackmore’s Night has been postponed. Please keep your tickets, a new date will be […]
Read more »Importance of hydration
BraveWords reports, citing Brazilian journalist Igor Miranda, that Glenn Hughes’ show in Belo Horizonte on November 13 was cut short after Glenn falling ill onstage. Hughes reportedly began feeling unwell due to dehydration. Fans in attendance reported that Hughes left the stage during the fifth song of the night, “Can’t Stop The Flood”. After a […]
Read more »Triangulating without Petrucci
Steve Morse Band (or, rather, their label) has posted another video to promote the new album Triangulation. It is for the title track, featuring John Petrucci (who is not in the video).
Read more »Jack the riffer
Candice Night was a guest on the Rock of Nations podcast. It was announced some time ago as a Ritchie Blackmore interview. In reality, it was Candice who sat down first, talking about many things, their children among them — they are very musical, with Autumn singing opera and playing some guitar, and Rory playing […]
Read more »Fare Thee Well
David Coverdale embraces his natural hair colour and announces his retirement. No more, no less.
Read more »Rather get screwed by you
Wendy Dio was a guest on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast (and Billy is a huge fan of Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Dio himself). Here is their long and interesting conversation. In this powerful and emotional conversation, Wendy Dio joins Billy Corgan to share the brilliance of her late husband, Ronnie James Dio […]
Read more »By popular demand
Blackmore’s Night show in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 9, 2025, morphed into an impromptu “request hour” shortly after it started.
Read more »Ride off into the sunset
An online magazine called eonmusic has an interview with Steve Morse. It was done, like many others these days, on the occasion of Steve’s new solo album Triangulation, but unlike those, it does not shy away from his 28 years with Deep Purple. I wanted to touch on a little bit of your Deep Purple […]
Read more »Very, very brief time
Peter Goalby tells the story of how he was the singer in Rainbow. For all of about five minutes.
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