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One day in the year of the fox

Another box set is in the works — Rainbow The Temple of The King 1975 – 1976. It comprises the first two albums, remastered, the three German 1976 live shows: Köln, Düsseldorf, and Nurnberg (all three previously available both separately and as the Deutschland Tournee 1976 6CD box), and a disc of “rarities”.

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Get yourself tangled up

Ian Gillan contributed vocals to a track on a new album from Italian band UROCK. The band is led by singer Umberto Urock, and the track in question is called The Line, which is the title track of the band’s second album. Umberto lives just down the road from me in Portugal. He did a […]

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Golden dust not included

An 8CD box set of Ian Gillan Band remasters and rarities is being prepared for release. It is titled Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story and includes the three studio albums, alternative mix of Clear Air Turbulence, backing tracks, demos, and 3 live shows. The promo blurb reads: 8-CD Box Set – […]

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Lost in Hollywood Again

Graham Bonnet has appeared on the Different Stages Radio podcast. The occasion was an impending release of his new live album Lost in Hollywood Again, recorded in 2024 at the storied Los Angeles club Whisky A Go Go. The album is due out on December 12, 2025 via Frontiers, and Graham mentions a studio album […]

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Complex, but not mathematically so

Steve Morse appears on the latest episode of the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking with Phil Aston mostly about his latest album Triangulation. In this episode of the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, I sit down with legendary guitarist Steve Morse to dive deep into his new instrumental album Triangulation. Steve talks about the freedom of […]

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Looking back across the years

Whitesnake have released what is claimed to be the last ever music video — 2025 remixed title track from the Forevermore album. This is the “unzipped” version, featuring the Hook City Strings ensemble and a gracefully aging DC.

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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).

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All that glitters

A boutique Dutch label Music On Vinyl has announced a 4LP Deep Purple Greatest Hits compilation with a rather curious track list that is light on the hits and heavy on deeper cuts. Side A 1. Highway Star (Live at Schleyer-Halle) 2. The Cut Runs Deep 3. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 4. Ramshackle Man 5. […]

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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 […]

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Romero’s Backbone

Ronnie Romero was a guest on The Rock ‘n’ Blues Experience podcast on the occasion of his second solo album Backbone.

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