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Steve Morse instructional video

Steve Morse has just made his “Power Lines” instructional video available on DVD via the Alfred Publishing company. The 60-minute disc’s description reads as follows: Learn Steve’s warm-up exercises, how to add chromatic ideas to your playing, 3-note-per-string scales, sequences and arpeggios. Steve also reveals his unique method for playing polyphonic scales and melody lines. […]

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Glenn Hughes: new album will be “the Funkiest, Rock N’ Soul”

Glenn Hughes in a message to the fans left on his Myspace page, mentions his new album: To all of you in Bulgaria, France, Spain, Norway, Italia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Greece, I look 4ward to Funkin’ it up with you as well. It’s been an amazin’ year, full of new adventures. It has given […]

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Coverdale on the Bruce Dickinson show

David Coverdale will be interviewed in the new episode of BBC Radio 2s Masters of Rock series devoted to classic, contemporary and obscure hard rock and metal. The show, which is hosted by Bruce Dickinson, will include a chat with Coverdale about his colourful career. The program is scheduled to air on August 23 at […]

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Steve Morse on T Lavitz album

Steve Morse will appear on an upcoming album by a fellow Dixie Dreg T Lavitz. The album is called ‘School of the Arts’ and will also feature Dave Weckl (drums), Frank Gambale (guitar), Jerry Goodman (also a Dixie Dregs member, violin) and John Patitucci (bass). It will be released on October 9th. Thanks to Alwin […]

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“Danger: White Men Dancing” release details

The new blues album by The Hoochie Coochie Men and Jon Lord titled “Danger: White Men Dancing” will be released on October 1, 2007 on Edel Records. A special limited edition version with a DVD will also be available. The album will be distributed in the UK through Pinnacle. Catalogue number: 0184622ERE Special Edition CD […]

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JLT update

Joe Lynn Turner will be featured in the Fall 2007 issue of 22nd Century Rock Magazine that is due on September 21. Inside there will be a feature on JLT with an interview done while Joe was on tour with Classic Rock Cares. You can also order the magazine online from their web site at […]

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Gillan in “Blue Dragon” videogame

Ian Gillan has contributed some lyrics and vocals to a Japanese videogame Blue Dragon developed by Mistwalker and distributed by Microsoft. The game was released in 2006 in Japan and will see an international release at the end of August 2007. The track in question is called Eternity and is co-written by Nobuo Uematsu, Hironobu […]

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Three DP albums re-released on Friday Music

   Three Deep Purple albums — Stormbringer, Come Taste The Band and Made In Europe — have been recently re-released in USA on the Friday Music label. They are being marketed as remasters, but reportedly have little (if any) difference in sound with the earlier CD releases. Both studio albums are being remastered and remixed […]

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Blues album featuring Jon Lord and Ian Gillan

Titled ‘ Danger White Men Dancing’, a 13-track studio album is the second collaboration between Jon Lord and Bob Daisley’s Australian combo The Hoochie Coochie Men. The album should be out within the next two months. Ian Gillan sings on two tracks. Track list: (click over for large version) 1 – The Blues Just Got […]

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Glenn Hughes Live In Australia DVD

A new Glenn Hughes DVD titled Live in Australia has a provisional release date of September 1 in most territories except Europe, where it is expected in early October. Included on the DVD are: live performances from last year acoustic gigs in both Sydney and Melbourne live footage featuring Chad Smith at the Rome show […]

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