Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – Autumn Sky
Blackmore’s Night is now 11-plus years into their career. It began with a chance meeting between guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candace Night during 1989. Their paths crossed again in 1995...
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Alpha Tiger, Voodoo Circle, Rival Sons, In Legend, & Suidakra
This week we have several releases that sound like other bands we know and love. The bands pull it off with mixed results. CD reviews Alpha Tiger: Men Or Machine The song title is misspelled on the...
View ArticleMusic Review: Rainbow – Live in Germany, 1976
When I first heard the original Rainbow albums back in the ‘70s, I thought Richie Blackmore’s new group was doing a better job of carrying on the classic Deep Purple sound than what Purple itself was...
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Counting Crows, Rainbow, David Coverdale, Wolfpakk,...
Hope everyone on the East Coast of the US is safe after Irene. Rest assured I was listening to music while the winds howled outside. First off I want to recommend the next creepy installment of music...
View ArticleOver the Rainbow: Are You Willing as a Writer to Reach Out?
When we hear the phrase “over the rainbow” it automatically summons the thought of somewhere unreachable, perhaps even untouchable, yet we all hope it exists, some even believe that it does. What if...
View ArticleMusic Review: Deep Purple – Slaves And Masters
Some people just can’t get along and so it was, is, and probably always shall be for Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple fame. The fou-year reunion of the classic Mark II line-up of Deep...
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Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – A Knight in York
Ritchie Blackmore is celebrating his 15th year as a part of Blackmore’s Night, which is longer than he fronted Rainbow and approaching the length of time he spent as the lead guitarist of Deep Purple....
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Deep Purple, Fair Warning, Heaven’s Basement, Ian Danter,...
It’s straight-up hard rock in this week’s column. And I say that with enthusiasm! Deep Purple are back with a cracking new album called Now What?!. I’m not sure what the title is meant to mean but what...
View ArticleMusic DVD Review: Rainbow: Live In Munich 1977 [Reissue]
It’s hard to imagine a Rainbow fan who wouldn’t want a copy of Rainbow: Live In Munich 1977. Odds are, most already do. Filmed in Munich on October 20, 1977 for the German Rockpalast TV show, bootleg...
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Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – `Dancer and the Moon’
On one of last season’s episodes of Eddie Trunk’s That Metal Show, Trunk complained about Ritchie Blackmore’s long-time foray into Renaissance music. He turned to one of his guests, whose name I’ve...
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DVD Review: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – `Black Masquerade’
When most of us think about Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, the names that first come to mind are guitarist Blackmore, drummer Cozy Powell, and powerhouse vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Rightly so. But the...
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Music Reviews: Michael Des Barres, Hartmann, Niva, Rainbow
It is a bunch of AOR and some classic rock on offer this week. Michael Des Barres is back with another re-release Somebody Up There Likes Me. This album consists of songs that are a bit like old Rod...
View ArticleMusic Review: Rainbow – Live in Germany, 1976
When I first heard the original Rainbow albums back in the ‘70s, I thought Richie Blackmore’s new group was doing a better job of carrying on the classic Deep Purple sound than what Purple itself was...
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Counting Crows, Rainbow, David Coverdale, Wolfpakk,...
Hope everyone on the East Coast of the US is safe after Irene. Rest assured I was listening to music while the winds howled outside. First off I want to recommend the next creepy installment of music...
View ArticleOver the Rainbow: Are You Willing as a Writer to Reach Out?
When we hear the phrase “over the rainbow” it automatically summons the thought of somewhere unreachable, perhaps even untouchable, yet we all hope it exists, some even believe that it does. What if...
View ArticleMusic Review: Deep Purple – Slaves And Masters
Some people just can’t get along and so it was, is, and probably always shall be for Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple fame. The fou-year reunion of the classic Mark II line-up of Deep...
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Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – A Knight in York
Ritchie Blackmore is celebrating his 15th year as a part of Blackmore’s Night, which is longer than he fronted Rainbow and approaching the length of time he spent as the lead guitarist of Deep Purple....
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Deep Purple, Fair Warning, Heaven’s Basement, Ian Danter,...
It’s straight-up hard rock in this week’s column. And I say that with enthusiasm! Deep Purple are back with a cracking new album called Now What?!. I’m not sure what the title is meant to mean but what...
View ArticleMusic DVD Review: Rainbow: Live In Munich 1977 [Reissue]
It’s hard to imagine a Rainbow fan who wouldn’t want a copy of Rainbow: Live In Munich 1977. Odds are, most already do. Filmed in Munich on October 20, 1977 for the German Rockpalast TV show, bootleg...
View ArticleMusic Review: Rainbow – Live in Germany, 1976
When I first heard the original Rainbow albums back in the ‘70s, I thought Richie Blackmore’s new group was doing a better job of carrying on the classic Deep Purple sound than what Purple itself was...
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