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Darker Than Blue reports that Ritchie Blackmore has been booked to appear on UK radio station Planet Rock on Sunday, October 11, 2026, between 5 and 6pm. The show is called The Longer Player with Mark Jeeves, and his appearance will be on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Rainbow Rising. One can listen to […]
Read more »This well bearded gentleman has recently started a podcast dedicated to the more obscure corners of the Purple family jungle. Ladies and gentlemen, we present you the Deeper Down the Deep Purple Rabbit Hole
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore’s official channel has recently posted a couple of videos of interest. Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night discussing their 2013 album Dancer and the Moon in what appears to be a contemporary electronic press kit for the release. Caveat: it is incomplete and ends rather abruptly. Same, being interviewed a very picturesque setting circa […]
Read more »Longtime Ian Gillan’s collaborator Michael Lee Jackson (Gillan’s Inn, Live in Anaheim, WhoCares) is being inducted into The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, class of 2026. The induction ceremony will be held tonight, October 7, with a gala concert to follow on October 8. There’s even deeper trainspotting going on here: Michael will share the […]
Read more »Steve Morse is featured on the self-titled debut album of a project that has been going back since the 1980s. The album and project in question is Biff Baby’s Allstars, and is a brainchild of Ernie Ball’s son Sterling ‘Biff’ Ball. There are moments in music when the stars align and something truly special happens. […]
Read more »Louder Sound publishes an opinion piece Nine Glenn Hughes albums you should listen to and one to avoid: Throughout his career Hughes has been equally blessed and cursed: respectively, with arguably the most distinctive voice in hard rock, and by drug addiction that saw him ricochet from one project to the next with no real […]
Read more »Steve Morse sat down to chat with Guitar World at the last NAMM, which was held in January 2026. They teased the interview in May, promising to publish it in full “in the near future”. After the appropriate period of gestation, the future is apparently now. Here Steve shows not only that he can play […]
Read more »Greek blog Rock Overdose publishes an interview with Joe Lynn Turner done on the occasion of him apparently playing some dates in the country (his own website is conspicuously mum about it). Rock Overdose: Speaking of Ritchie Blackmore, you know him better than most people. What do you think would have to happen for Ritchie […]
Read more »Dino Jelusick spoke to the Rolling Stone Brazil, and about half the conversation revolved around Whitesnake. He told how exactly their final tour has unravelled, spoke about the ill-fated one-off Whitesnake Experience show, and the prospects of resurrecting the band with him on the vocals. TL;DR: the serpens albus bits start at around 14’50” into […]
Read more »Steve Morse in conversation with Larry DiMarzio: What does it take to revolutionize guitar tone? In this unscripted conversation, legendary guitarist Steve Morse sits down with Larry DiMarzio to discuss the birth of aftermarket pickups and the evolution of the modern electric guitar. Larry shares the story behind inventing DiMarzio pickups, how his creative process […]
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