Roger Glover spoke to the Den of Geek, which resulted in a rather interesting album overview and interview about band democracy, extinctions, the evils of producing Barbie Benton, the virtues of singing in the rain, and many other things. Whoosh! is a timeless timepiece. It doesn’t carry the quantized perfection of 2020 music. The songs […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-09
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Here’s another of Roger Glover’s interviews with classic rock radio stations, and this time it’s actually quite interesting. Roger gives status update on his memoir, talks about jamming in the pandemic, his domestic habits, shoving something up somebody’s arse, icing on the cake, and of course, the new album.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-09
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Ian & Ian talk about why the new album wasn’t recorded in Timbuktu.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-08
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Alteria of Strange Kind of Women fame interviewed Ian Paice for Virgin Radio Italy. Among many other things, they talk about how the album, which was finished a full year ago, seems to be foreseeing the pandemic that hit us now, Paicey’s formative teenage years, touring prospects for the next year, how the technology is […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-08
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This article is being continuously updated with the new information. The first chart positions are in and the new Deep Purple album Whoosh! has entered the daily iTunes charts on the day if its release, August 7, in several countries: Germany, France, and Brazil at #1, Italy #2, UK #3, Spain #4, Australia #8, Canada […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-08
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A few select reviews of Whoosh from the press we haven’t covered before. And if the album seemingly has split the fanbase down the middle, critics’ reaction has been pretty much overwhelmingly positive. Associated Press (and being AP, it’s been reprinted all over the place; no score given): Any ensemble still willing and able to […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-08
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Don Airey is doing his part in promoting Whoosh. Here he is talking to the Italian Linea Rock (who have a history of producing interesting interviews). Enjoy!
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-06
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Another track from the upcoming Flying Colors live album Third Stage was posted today — Kayla.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-06
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Latest track from Australian bluesman Stefan Hauk features two guest musicians — our own Ian Paice on the drums and Lachy Doley on Hammond organ.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2020-08-06
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Here is the third and the final installment of the interviews from the Japanese Burrn! magazine Deep Purple special, courtesy of Akemi Ono who graciously supplied us with the reverse translations. Roger Glover’s interview from the series can be found here and Ian Gillan’s here. Burrn! August 2020 edition Ian Paice Interview Ian Paice is […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2020-08-05
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