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Jon Lord & The Hoochie Coochie Men have a new website, launched in time for release of their new album, ‘Danger, White Men Dancing‘. Find info about the band, video clips and – most importantly – sound clips from the forthcoming album with guest appearances by Ian Gillan, Jimmy Barnes and Jeff Duff. Check out […]
Read more »Three Deep Purple live albums — Scandinavian Nights, Live in Paris 1975 and This Time Around — have been released in Latin America by a Brazilian label Biplane Records. The CDs are limited and numbered edition of 1,500 copies each, contain a 12-page booklet and are produced by Sony DADC Brasil. Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for […]
Read more »The Highway Star Shop hasn’t been updated for a while. But now we have done a massive shop update. A lot of new releases from Deep Purple and related. Check this out. Deep Purple Deep Purple – In Rock [February 12, 2007] DVD Deep Purple – Videobiography [February 26, 2007] DVD Deep Purple & Friends […]
Read more »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. […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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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