Good news, everybody! It was rumoured that the band is working on a new album, and the rumours have now been confirmed by the Rolling Stone Brazil magazine (usual caveats about reverse translation apply). The publication is dated May 7, 2025. The two Ians — Gillan and Paice, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Don Airey, and […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-21
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A 1975 radio interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, about a band they’ve just formed.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-21
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Don Airey appeared in early April on the Hawaii Public Radio podcast Road Stories with Dave Lawrence to promote his latest solo album Pushed to the Edge, in the process delving into other corners of his illustrious career. The questions he was asked were rather interesting, so the conversation is not the same old, same […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-18
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Back in 2023 David Coverdale has appeared on the Rock Of Nations podcast, and the resulting conversation was published in two parts. We have reported the first part, but the second one fell through the cracks. Here it is.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-14
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The band has broken the lull in public appearances by speaking to Brazil’s 89FM A Radio Rock. Enjoy some out of the left field questions and equally quirky answers.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-09
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Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock interview with the members of Black Country Communion, conducted on the occasion of their second album release. The interview was originally published in the Classic Rock magazine issue #160, dated June 2011. What began as a brief side-project for Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-05-04
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Classic Rock online has a short, but informative interview with Simon McBride. From the first music he remembers, to the song he’d want to play at his funeral, it’s all there. The best record I’ve made The Deep Purple record [2024’s =1]. It’s not every day you get to be a part of history. For […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-05-01
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Vintage Guitar magazine publishes online a short interview with Simon McBride that originally appeared in the September 2024 print issue. Did you adapt your style to Deep Purple, or was it already a good fit? I think part of the beauty of Deep Purple over the years is they never really had a fixed “sign.” […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-30
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A radio interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio from November 1975, where they discuss the new band they are starting.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-30
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Classic Rock magazine has an interview with Don Airey in their latest issue (#340, with Fleetwood Mac on the cover). We don’t have many further details at the moment, apart from the blurb: Q&A: Don Airey The Deep Purple keyboard player, go-to session guy and solo artist on his new album, touring, Purple, Blackmore. If […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-27
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