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Bernie Marsden’s Icons

A posthumous Bernie Marsden album was released on May 9, 2025. It is called Icons and continues the Inspiration series of cover albums he started several years ago to pay tribute to the artists that were influential on his music. The album includes two Bernie’s originals — Kestrel and Barford Blues, the rest are covers. […]

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Confidant and wardrobe consultant

Candice Night was interviewed by eonmusic, and in between some things that have been discussed previously, the last Rainbow incarnation came up. Finally, I wanted to touch on Rainbow’s shows in 2016, and onward; that must have been special for you, to help make that all happen. One hundred percent. I absolutely loved doing that […]

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Forgot to supply the sandwiches

On April 2 this year, Don Airey appeared on the Mick Wall’s LIVE POD podcast to talk about his newly released solo album Pushed To The Edge, among other things. The other things included a compendium of amusing stories regarding the who-is-who of rock luminaries Don has worked with: queueing at the US embassy, reading […]

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$500 an hour is a lot indeed

In this interview with the Classic Album Review podcast, Candice Night tells a story, among others, how Rainbow album Stranger in Us All US release was sabotaged by sheer miscommunication.

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Vibrato of a Hammond is what powers this man

MetalTalk has a positively glowing review of Don Airey’s new album Pushed To The Edge: For a bloke who is one of the most revered and reliable musicians in the business, Don Airey appears to take it all in his stride. Playing with global heavyweights like Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow and Whitesnake and breathing life into […]

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Travelling on hold

Another interview with Candice Night, in which she reveals that Ritchie Blackmore’s touring career is, ahem, on hold. He was told by the doctors not to fly (at least for now), so any shows now can only be within the driving distance from their home in Long Island.

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That Addams family at the end of the road

Candice Night was interviewed for the Folk N Rock podcast. She explains the title of her upcoming solo album, how exactly her hubby became involved in it, what it’s like to live in the house with a thousand guitars, and you get a peek at the medieval interior decor of the humble abode.

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It’s a rocky old road sometimes

On February 17, 2025, Don Airey has appeared on Mick Wall’s podcast Season 4, Episode 9, promoting his new album Pushed to the Edge. The conversation veered wide of the release, however, and ventured into Don’s years with Gary Moore, Colosseum II, Rainbow, Ozzy, Whitesnake, etc, etc.

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Godz of War

Don Airey’s new album Pushed to the Edge is now out for streaming and download, and here is another single from it — Godz of War

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Come up with something good

Yahoo carries a short interview with Don Airey, attributed to DPA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur). Like many other of his publicity appearances these days, it was done on the occasion of his upcoming solo album Pushed To The Edge.

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