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Faithfully
Steve Morse and Bob Daisley — among other luminaries — appear as guest musicians on Engelbert Humperdinck’s new album of mostly covers called Faithfully.
Read more »For the foreseeable future…
Glenn Hughes has announced his retirement from touring and live performances “for the foreseeable future”. This past year, I’ve had some health issues. The results from numerous MRIs, CT scans, and an echocardiogram have alerted my medical team, that I need another open-heart surgery. I really have no option and no choice as health is […]
Read more »Trapeze in blue
Aficionados of artificial scarcity and vintage formats, rejoice! The first Trapeze self-titled album is being reissued on vinyl apparently for the first time since 1970. Or so it is hyped. Discogs actually says that the album saw vinyl reissues in 1976 (Japan) and in 2019 (New Zealand, of all places). Anyhow, it’s on blue vinyl […]
Read more »All the world’s a Stage
The fifth (and final) album in the Bernie Marsden’s Inspirations series is due out on August 21, 2026, via Conquest Music. It is a live album, aptly titled Stage, and it includes recordings from 4 different dates. Disc 1: Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham UK — Nov 8th 2008 Til The Day I Die The Time Is […]
Read more »Purple Daisies strike again
The Dead Daisies have announced a second show featuring their reunion with Glenn Hughes. It is scheduled for October 2, 2026, in the Los Angeles area. What started as a one-night-only event at Chicago’s Arcada Theatre in May has become something much bigger! Following an incredible fan response and overwhelming demand, The Purple Daisies continue […]
Read more »Warning: this music contains AI
Steve Morse has appeared on the RealMusicAI podcast. In this special excerpt from a full conversation with Dr. Bill Evans, legendary guitarist Steve Morse joins the discussion to react to something unexpected. Using AI, Bill was able to recreate a missing portion of one of Steve’s live performances, filling in a section that was never […]
Read more »The grandest of intentions
Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock short feature on Paice/Ashton/Lord that originally appeared in issue 249 (May 2018) of the magazine. Paice Ashton Lord are the neglected branch on the Deep Purple family tree. Not surprising, given that their existence amounted to just one studio album and a handful of live gigs. But it […]
Read more »The Purple Daisies
The Dead Daisies have posted what they call “mini concert” — a 40-minute excerpt from their one-off reunion show with Glenn Hughes.
Read more »Nürnberg 1976 on vinyl
Rainbow Live in Nürnberg 1976, recorded at the Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle on September 28, 1976, will be released on vinyl on August 28, 2026. This is the first time this show will be available in analog format, and it completes the vinyl trifecta of Rainbow 1976 live releases: Köln/Cologne was released for the Record Store […]
Read more »Cortland, Sioux City, and Fife
On this slow news weekend, we offer you a few documentaries that might be worth watching. First, a couple of them generated by what is being called AI. One is on Tommy Bolin, and another one on Elf. They are not without inaccuracies, but for the most part manage to get the facts right. Another […]
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