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The Broken Heart Invitation contest has concluded and the winner was announced earlier this week: Of the several million entrants to the competition (surely that’s wrong – Ed), the exhausted judges have spent many a long winter’s black night pouring over the images drifting past their bloodshot eyes like endless rain into a paper cup […]
Read more »Roger Glover takes his time reflecting on the meaning of music and how it’s shaping our lives: I was recently reading the blogger Bob Lefsetz’s eloquent words extolling his love of music, particularly songs he heard when he was younger. The songs that hit you the first time you heard them have become ingrained, standard, […]
Read more »Roger Glover became a grandfather again today, December 8, when his daughter Gillian gave birth to a baby girl Aranea. Our warmest congratulations to Roger, Gillian, Aranea, Trevis and Xavier. Thanks to RogerGlover.com for the info.
Read more »Roger Glover posts a message on his web site that, amongst other things, confirms that he flies easyJet like us, mere mortals. On the topic that always creates a stir on ’em internets: IG and I shared the journey to Frankfurt via Caracas and we had time to chat about the next album. It was […]
Read more »Planet Rock Radio’s Darren Reddick has just interviewed Ian Gillan and Roger Glover in the UK. During the show it was mentioned that tonight Deep Purple are to receive the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Innovators Award (whatever that is…) You can listen to the show, and the interview here using their listen again feature. […]
Read more »Ultimate Guitar has a new interview with Roger Glover. He talks about If Life Was Easy, the state of music, his influences, his producer work, Purple history and present day, and many other things. Episode Six came out of the English music scene in the late 1960s when everyone from Led Zeppelin to the Jeff […]
Read more »Roger Glover did an interview with the Swedish based Metal Shrine blog. He spoke about If Life Was Easy, divorce, fatherhood, Barbie Benton, Phil Collins, and touring with orchestras, among other things. During all these years, were any of these songs stuff that you brought to Deep Purple or were they just made for a […]
Read more »Another interview with Roger Glover — this time with HeadBanger.ru. Turns out a lot can be covered in 15 minutes — broken hearts, butterfly balls, parenting, singing talents, and meetings with presidents. Cue eloquent and insightful. By the way, have you played this album to your Deep Purple bandmates? No. Why not? When I get […]
Read more »Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles has a new interview with Roger Glover conducted by Martin Popoff. It covers a lot of ground, digging deep into the roots, surfacing for some Purple air, and soaring up to his new solo album. Two words come to mind when reading Roger’s interviews: eloquent and insightful. Wishing to steer […]
Read more »Roger Glover explains on his website the convoluted origins of If Life Was Easy artwork. He concludes with an invitation to all fans to take part in a contest: If […] you would like to win a specially signed copy of If Life Was Easy (don’t faint), here is a little competition… Visualize text fragments […]
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