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HARDLINE - Life Live
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Hardline’s performance at Frontiers Rock Festival 2019 was, any hyperbole aside, one of a kind. The band not only performed a superb show, but also saw none other than original drummer Deen Castronovo jump behind the kit to play on selected tracks from the band’s debut album. Hardline has been consistently touring in Europe the […]
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SHAKRA - 25 YEARS!
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For a quarter of a century SHAKRA has been part of the music circus. Only someone who’s been in a band before, knows how fragile und exhausting this kind of social fabric is. 25 years is a very long time and only a few acts can make this distance. SHAKRA made it and it doesn’t […]
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JORN - Heavy Rock Radio II
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Simply one of the greatest rock singers of our time, Jorn Lande returns with a the second instalment of covers of classics from artists and bands that have meant something special to him, and helped forge this talented man’s own unique style. Through Jorn’s extensive career, which includes more than 40 albums of mostly original […]
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DECARLO “Lightning Strikes Twice”
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Fronted by Tommy DeCarlo (who has been performing with the legendary classic rock band Boston since 2007) and co-founder Tommy DeCarlo Jr. DECARLO is more than just an amazing live band. The band has finally completed their debut album offering a very fine slice of Melodic Rock deeply rooted in the sound of Rock masters […]
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REVOLUTION SAINTS “Rise”
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Revolution Saints is the ultimate Melodic Rock dream project! With none other than Deen Castronovo (ex-Journey, The Dead Daisies), Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake, The Dead Daisies) and Jack Blades (ex- Damn Yankees. Night Ranger) on the helm, Revolution Saints have now completed their storming third album “Rise” and are ready to bring back the classic melodic […]
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Passion - Passion
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Passion is a new band created by former Night By Night vocalist, Daniel Rossall a/k/a Lion Ravarez. Inspired by the hard rock giants of the 80’s and 90’s, the idea of forming a new band sparked in Rossall’s mind when he collaborated on a song in 2017 with other former members of Night By Night. […]
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A Life Divided - Echoes
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Modern rock with an 80s touch! Imagine you could send your latest favorite rock record on a journey through time and into the past – what would it sound like? That’s exactly what A Life Divided had in mind when creating their new album “Echoes”. “It was during the 80s when we first came into […]
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Career-Spanning Retrospective, The Allman Brothers Band's 50th Anniversary Celebrated With Massive
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When Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Jaimoe, and Gregg Allman finally coalesced in 1969 as The Allman Brothers Band, after stints in other bands and musical endeavors – some alone, some with each other – the group’s very first informal jam together was the stomping Muddy Waters song, “Trouble No More.” Almost immediately the six musicians knew they were on to something […]
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ABBA to Re-release Landmark Concert
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By the time ABBA played London’s Wembley Arena in November 1979, they had spent five years in the public spotlight – although it seems a short time now, they had lived several lives in that period. Comprising of writers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, and the incomparable vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, ABBA shot to international fame by winning […]
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Ella Fitzgerald's Captivating, Intimate Duets with Pianists
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Ella Fitzgerald was masterful in any musical format, but there was something especially luminous about her singing alone with a piano. This was clear when pianist Ellis Larkins was first asked to work with her for her 1950 album, Ella Sings Gershwin. “Larkins said he strongly believed that piano accompaniment alone would best serve the singer’s extraordinary talents,” NPR wrote in […]