When Rock Meets an Orchestra: 10 Essential Live Albums
Phil Aston6th September 2026The recent BBC Proms concert Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, was...
Phil Aston6th September 2026
Exumer – Death Mask Messiah : Review
Wayne McAloon1st September 2026Teutonic Thrash Metal veterans, Exumer, return with their latest album Death Mask Messiah, and after more than four decades...
Tony Iommi New Solo Album Update & World Alone 7-Inch Single
Phil Aston1st September 2026Tony Iommi is preparing to release his first solo album in more than 20 years—and if the opening single...
Rainbow Live in Nurnberg 1976 3LP Review
Phil Aston28th August 2026Blackmore at His Peak Recorded at the Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle on 28 September 1976, this concert captures one of...
Remembering Dolly Parton: Kindness Was Her Superpower
Phil Aston26th August 2026Dolly Parton possessed one of the most recognisable voices in popular music, wrote songs that travelled across genres and...
In Search of Nick Drake and Pink Moon
Phil Aston24th August 2026Nick Drake Pink Moon – The Final Photo Session – Hamstead Heath London Video Transcript Below On this video...
Ian Gillan at 81: Ten Tracks for an Imaginary Vinyl Album
Phil Aston24th August 2026Ian Gillan is 81 years old and still out there singing with Deep Purple. I remember seeing Deep Purple...
Ritchie Blackmore Why that moment with Deep Purple Meant so much.
Phil Aston16th August 2026I’ve just read this new interview with Ritchie Blackmore in Guitar Player and, for me, it confirms exactly why...
Ritchie Blackmore Rejoins Deep Purple: Six Minutes That Meant Everything
Phil Aston13th August 2026Ritchie Blackmore walked onto a stage in New York last night and played “Smoke on the Water” with Deep...
Status Quo Live! in 1977 – New Mixes on Vinyl
Phil Aston9th August 2026There is a line at the end of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch: “It ain’t like it used to be,...
