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[Updated Dec 11] A pro shot of a complete Whitesnake show from June 2, 2022, in Hamar, Norway, was posted to them intertubes. It is described to be the video wall production with front-of-the-house soundboard sound. It is one of the last Whitesnake live performances (if not THE last one) that was professionally recorded.
Read more »A couple of letters addressed to our trainspotting department. White Stripes were inducted to the infamous Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame this year, and in his acceptance speech, Jack White mentioned Rainbow among their inspirations: Meg and I want to thank just a few of the bands and artists that inspired us and came before us, […]
Read more »Here is a complete recording of the Deep Purple show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 23, 2025. It is a decent quality audience recording, albeit with some audio distortion on the left channel.
Read more »Martin Popoff talks to the Now Spinning Magazine podcast host Phil Aston. The occasion is Martin’s new book Seven Decades of Deep Purple, but the conversation went way beyond that. Updated Dec 1 with a link to book review.
Read more »Classically trained pianist Alexandra Kuznetsova, known under nom de guerre Gamazda, performs piano covers of rock compositions to the effect that her YouTube channel has amassed almost a million subscribers. Check out her performance of Smoke in an Amsterdam church from earlier this month.
Read more »Here’s what happens when a jazz musician learns on the fly how to play Highway Star, from scratch. On Hammond. Jazz legend Larry Goldings takes on the challenge of learning Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” as fast as possible. Known for his soulful touch and deep harmonic vocabulary, Larry breaks down the driving rock energy of […]
Read more »Another online outfit Sleaze Roxx pays tribute to Come Taste the Band on the occasion of its roughly 50th anniversary. While featuring a loosely tight Deep Purple from start to finish, it could be said that Come Taste The Band is a tale of two album sides. Side A is a funk fortified groove fest […]
Read more »An outfit called DRUM.DOG has posted earlier this year a mini-documentary hailing Paicey as “the unsung architect of hard rock drumming”. Often overshadowed by his flashier peers, Deep Purple’s Ian Paice is one of the most influential and technically masterful rock drummers in music history. With a career spanning six decades, he helped shape the […]
Read more »Noise11 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Come Taste the Band, which was released on November 7, 1975. (Updated Nov 11)
Read more »Here’s an almost complete recording of the Deep Purple show in Saratoga Springs, NY, on September 4, 2024. It’s an audience recording of exceptional quality, the only drawback is the audio mix that is relatively low on Hammond. Enjoy!
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