sexta-feira, janeiro 31, 2014

MEDIA RELEASE: A LONELY CROWD RELEASE STUNNING SECOND ALBUM TRANSIENTS THROUGH BIRD'S ROBE RECORD


Melbourne female fronted, progressive rock four-piece A Lonely Crowd are ecstatic, and very proud to announce the release of their highly anticipated second album Transients.  This highly eclectic and yet engaging work is set to be released on February 1st, 2014 through Sydney's Bird Robe Records (sleepmakeswaves, 65daysofstatic, The Nerve etc), and is a culmination of two years of intensive writing and recording, representing the band’s most cohesive and ambitious project yet.

Since cementing their current line-up in 2010, A Lonely Crowd have shared the stage with many luminaries of Australian music such as Cog, Closure in Moscow, Dead Letter Circus, sleepmakeswaves and many more.  They have played extensively in their hometown and interstate; their unique approach and ferocious live performances have seen them featured on festivals such as Rock the Bay and Progfest.

The band have released two singles and a debut film clip, and launched at a capacity show at The Evelyn Hotel, in the lead up to the release of the album.  The album itself is truly reflective of its title - a musical tour de force that juxtaposes genre and dynamic whilst still presenting a unified sonic vision.  The group launch the album on February 1st at Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel, and will play a national tour in support of the album during 2014.

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SupreMa announces new official video of "Fury and Rage"

SupreMa has been demonstrating to be one of the bands with the highest activity in Brazil and after the release of the new album "Traumatic Scenes" in Brazil, Europe, USA (via Power Prog) and receiving high scores in reviews around the world, the band announces officially the production of their new video.

The chosen song is "Fury and Rage" and the production, screenplay, shooting, edition and post production are being done by renowed film producing company Nevasca Filmes, who have worked and had some of their members involved with some of the biggest productions and artists in Brazil such as Naldo Benny ("Caipifruta" official video), João Neto & Frederico (DVD), Cine, girlband Girls (Fábrica de Estrelas, Rick Bonadio), Micael Borges, Manu Gavassi, The Vampire Diaries (RTA Global) and"Pânico na TV" TV show (RedeTV and Band).



Filming took place during the months of June and November 2013 in two emblematic Brazilian cities called Joanopolis and Paranapiacaba.

For the shooting producers used all the same technological devices used in cinema productions from crane to 5D lenses Carl Zeiss 28mm which made the new SupreMa's video clip turn into a real film production in the form of a short film.

"I'm still enjoying this new video from SupreMa. On "Nightmare" video we wanted closed frames and show the band most of the time to present our new sound and style, but on "Fury and Rage" the proposal is totally different. The lyrics are really strong and the screenplay written by Nevasca Filmes at first shocked me, the character in this video suffers a possession and there are some scenes really outstanding and intense. We did everything calmly from the selection of the actress, make up, scenario and every scene of this video, and the locations that are amazing cities with enigmatic landscapes. This was the biggest SupreMa's production ever done and the story is a short film inserted inside of a band video." says guitarist Douglas Jen.

On the screenplay, "Serena", performed by actress Mayra Moura, is a regular young woman that is tormented all the time by something that she doesn't know what it is. In the middle of the story after trying to escape, she falls down inside a surreal world and she is possessed by the being who plays with her body, feelings and torments her. Inside this fight "Serena" wants to end this insane game of fury between these two worlds.

The "Fury and Rage" video has no release date scheduled yet and is in the process of editing and post production.

SupreMa promises to post images of the making of and a teaser shortly. Stay tuned to the SupreMa website and their official Facebook's page where all the information will be posted.

www.suprema-online.com/en
www.facebook.com/supremabr

The tour in support of the new album has begun and the band has already visited important cities like São Paulo, Manaus and Maceio. As of right now they are booking dates for the second leg of the tour with the new scenario and structure that is travelling around Brazil! All contacts should be made via Furia Music Productions at contato@furiamusic.com.br . For interviews and reviews please contact imprensa@furiamusic.com.br

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Gazpacho Demon (Vinyl preorder)


Gazpacho's 2014 studio release Demons comprises 4 songs based on 'the mad ramblings left behind by an unknown tenant in an apartment in Prague'. Delving deep within the demon that possessed the inhabitant and exploring the evil he has caused and all that he is capable of, the album continues the rich vein of inventive storytelling and ambitious music that typified their celebrated March Of Ghosts release.

A 180g heavyweight vinyl edition

Orders placed through Burning Shed will come with an mp3 download card.

Pre-order for 17th March release.

Tracks

Side 1:

1. I've Been Walking (09:49)
2. The Wizard Of Altai Mountains (04:52)
3. I've Been Walking Part 2 (06:09)

Side 2:

1. I've Been Walking Part 2 continued (06:22)
2. Death Room (18:46)
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First Album Collaboration By Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas 'Other World' CD Available February 3, 2014


Esoteric Recordings are delighted to announce the release of the first album collaboration featuring Peter Hammill, (Van Der Graaf Generator) and Gary Lucas, (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley) . "OTHER WORLD" (EANTCD 1026) is released on 3rd February 2014. The fourteen track recording is a result of an invitation from Peter to Gary suggesting they might convene at the formers studio to see if some musical sparks might fly. Having first met in Aylesbury after a Hammill solo show in 1973, it was not until January 2012 that Gary arrived at the studio armed with instruments and some pieces which might be worth working on. As Peter explains in the notes below, sparks flew and against the odds, "OTHER WORLD" unfolded with seamless speed. The majority of the recordings are produced by Peter and Gary's guitars and Peter's vocal though they are aided by a couple of pieces of found sound and loops.

The duo are so pleased with the results of the recording that they intend to play live and dates are being booked for early 2014 and will be announced shortly.

PETER HAMMILL

When Gary arrived at my studio in January 2012 we didn’t exactly have a grand plan about what we were about to attempt. He’d told me that he had some pieces which might be worth working on and that he’d also look forward to creating some improved sonics to which I might add something. For my part I’d prepared some looped pieces, some experimental sound washes and I, too, had a couple of bare-bone song ideas. Fundamentally, though, we probably thought we’d have done well if we managed to get an EP of some sort out of the session.

From the first note it became clear that we were on exactly the same wavelength and the project unfolded with seamless speed. After a couple of days we knew that we had the makings of the album. Of course, I still had to spend some time discovering the vocal lines and lyrics which the backing tracks hid within themselves but that, too, came about with some speed.

We’ve ended up, I think, with something quite strange but strangely powerful. The music ranges from some kind of roots territory to the wildest of sound collages. All of it - bar a couple of pieces of found sound - is produced by our guitars and my voice. So far, so trad.

It has, then, I suppose, some of the characteristics of a warped folk music...from another world.

GARY LUCAS

I was a Teenage Anglophile, particularly partial to psychedelic and progressive sounds from the UK, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd, Family, Third Ear Band, The Nice, the Move, the Incredible String Band, Kevin Coyne, Dr. Strangely Strange. All were music to my ears then, coming of age as I did in the mid- 60's in the rather staid and moribund musical climate of Syracuse New York.

I was such a passionate fan that I subscribed airmail to Disc and Music Echo, ZigZag, and Melody Maker in order to keep abreast of a UK scene still awash in full flower power (or so I imagined)...

I sent away for the latest singles from a UK record shop, rare English vinyl that was destined never to show up on US shores.

As the music director of Yale's WYBC in the early 70's I dj'ed a show entitled "The Sounds from England (and other delicacies)” where I wore the grooves out of my rare English record collection.

(The non-English "other delicacies" I spun on my program incidentally were Can, Amon Duul and ironically enough, Captain Beefheart and Tim Buckley).

One of my favorite albums in this period I bought solely on the cover art alone in 1969 was Van Der Graaf Generator's"The Aerosol Grey Machine ,“ a highly atmospheric and mysterious album which I fell in love and played to death for my listeners and friends. In 1973, I took my first trip overseas performing lead electric guitar in the European premiere of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in Vienna with the Yale Symphony Orchestra.

On the way back home I stopped in London for the very first time, partially because I had to finally experience it live for myself--and also to hopefully get some interviews with leading musicians for "Zoo World" magazine, a hip music newspaper out of Florida attempting to take on "Rolling Stone".

Wandering into an HMV store on Oxford Street one day after arriving, about to penetrate the wilds of darkest Soho, I met a fellow enthusiast and rabid Peter Hammill fan, so much so that he had cut out a chameleon from styrofoam and installed it in the shop window to promote Peter's new solo album "Chameleon in the Shadow of Night". He was a huge fan.

He told me excitedly that Peter was performing a rare solo concert up at the Friar's in Aylesbury later that week. Ringing my pal ZigZag editor Pete Frame, whom I'd bonded with in NYC a few months before at a Genesis show, I arranged to come up to Aylesbury to stay with him for a few days in order to catch this concert.

On the night, Peter came on solo after a one-off instrumental set by Zox and the Radar Boys, featuring Phil Collins and Peter Banks and proceeded to blow everyone's mind with a hypnotic, stark, doom-laden suite of songs featuring his piano, acoustic guitar and that incredible other-worldly voice.

After his set I went backstage to interview him, and found him exceedingly nice and friendly.

Flash forward to London May 2005. I am seated at Royal Festival Hall with my friends, UK journalist Mike Barnes and former Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brucken, awaiting Van Der Graaf Generator's historic UK reunion concert.

In a season of standout reunion shows I either attended or performed at, including Cream at Royal Albert Hall, Brian Wilson's "Smile" at Carnegie Hall, and the reunited Magic Band (of which I was a member) at Hammersmith Odeon, this particular concert was my absolute favorite.

Peter was as compelling as ever, his powers undiminished.

Flash forward another couple years, and through the miracle of the internet we re-connect and Peter was as keen as I was to collaborate, inviting me up to Bath, where we spent a couple days recording in his home studio/laboratory.
It was a total dream for me.

Having worked closely with many great artists and vocalists, including Don Van Vliet and Jeff Buckley. Peter is right up there as a great creative partner and collaborator.
I brought several instrumental pieces to the session, as did he.

We'd never exchanged any tapes of our new music previously.

The result to my ears is just...well, listen for yourself!!

"OTHER WORLD" tracks

1. Spinning Coins
2. Some Kind of Fracas
3. Of Kith & Kin
4. Cash
5. Built from Scratch
6. Attar of Roses
7. This is Showbiz
8. Reboot
9. Black Ice
10. The Kid
11. Glass
12. 2 Views
13. Means to an End
14. Slippery Slope

To purchase Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas 'Other Worlds' CD: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=4501

Check out Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas 'Other Worlds' promotional video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu2I2pT7CpI
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TRICK OR TREAT, NEW MUSIC VIDEO OF "RABBITS' HILL" TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM RABBITS' HILL PT.1

Valery Records and V-Promotion are proud to present the new official video of Trick Or Treat: RABBITS 'HILL, taken from the album Rabbits' Hill pt.1



The video is available on YouTube


Rabbits’ Hill Pt.1 has been released on November 26th 2012 with Valery Records and distributed in Italy by Frontiers/Audioglobe, in Spain by Avispa and in the rest of Europe by Metalville / Rough Trade. Licensed in Japan by King Records and released on October 24th 2012 , the album is available also in digital version on iTunes worldwide


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MOSTLY AUTUMN

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Progressive-rock super-group Transatlantic, featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, have just released their brand new fourth studio album 'Kaleidoscope'.


'Kaleidoscope' is available on four different formats, including a limited edition Deluxe Artbook with 2CDs, DVD and Bonus 5.1 Mix DVD-Video in an LP-sized book with loads of pictures, liner notes and a lenticular card cover. There will also be 2CD & DVD Mediabook, Standard 2CD Jewelcase and a 3LP & 2CD in slipcase. The full tracklisting for both discs can be found below:

CD1:
1. Into The Blue (25:13)
2. Shine (7:28)
3. Black As the Sky (6:45)
4. Beyond The Sun (4:31)
5. Kaleidoscope (31:53)

CD2 (Bonus CD):
1. And You And I (Yes cover) (10:45)
2. Can't Get It Out Of My Head (ELO cover) (4:46)
3. Conquistador (Procol Harum cover) (4:13)
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) (3:20)
5. Tin Soldier (Small Faces cover) (3:22)
6. Sylvia (Focus cover) (3:49)
7. Indiscipline (King Crimson cover) (4:45)
8. Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues cover) (6:13)

The band will embark on a 6-week World Tour that will see them joined once again by Pain of Salvation's Daniel Gildenlöw as a 5th touring member. As part of the extensive tour, the band will also headline the Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 Cruise from the 18th till the 22nd February alongside 22 other leading Prog acts including Adrian Belew Power Trio, Devin Townsend Project, King's X, Anathema, Spock's Beard and many more. This unique performance will see the band performing a very special encore of classic Yes material with the legendary Jon Anderson on vocals. You can find more details on PN14 here:www.progressivenationatsea.com

An Evening With Transatlantic 2014 World Tour:
Jan 31st - Los Angeles, CA - El Segundo Performing Arts Center
Feb 1st - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
Feb 2nd - Everett, WA - Everett Music Hall
Feb 4th - Chicago, IL - The Arcada Theater
Feb 5th - Quebec City, Canada - Theatre Du Capitole
Feb 6th - Montreal, Canada - L'Olympia
Feb 8th - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theater
Feb 9th - New York City, NY - Highline Ballroom
Feb 11th - Mexico City, Mexico - Teatro Metropolitan
Feb 13th - São Paulo, Brazil - Carioca Club
Feb 14th - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Vorterix
Feb 15th - Santiago, Chile - Caupolican
Feb 18th to 22nd - Progressive Nation At Sea
Feb 27th - Madrid, Spain - La Rivera
Feb 28th - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
March 2nd - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
March 3rd - Rome, Italy - Orion
March 5th - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
March 6th - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
March 7th - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
March 8th - Berlin, Germany - Astra
March 9th - Cologne, Germany - E Werk
March 11th - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
March 12th - London, England - The Forum
March 13th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
March 14th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
March 15th - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
June 4th-7th - Sweden Rock Festival
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Supernal Endgame album "Touch the Sky, Vol. II."

Here is the first finished track from the upcoming Supernal Endgame album "Touch the Sky, Vol. II." The song is called "White Flag," and we are streaming it for this weekend only, so please listen, leave us your thoughts, and (especially) share it like crazy!

At this point it looks like the album will likely be an independent release, at least early on. We anticipate that it will be available in March or April; we will set a firm release date when we have the master in hand (which should happen within the next couple of weeks).

Crank it with some good speakers or headphones and thanks for listening!

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ADAMANTRA RELEASES SECOND ALBUM IN MAY 2014

Finnish Metallers Adamantra, with a twist of progressive and power metal elements, have been preparing their second album in a calm manner. Yet to be named album following the 2009 debut ”Revival” will be released in May, and the details of worldwide distribution are forged with vigor. The original vocalist Tuomas Nieminen has reclaimed the position, returning to the band from three years absence in 2011-2013. Alleviating the pains of anticipation, a teaser of the album can be viewed at Youtube.

"The band is excited to get the work of many years out to the public and to the world. The uncompromising way of doing things shows on the album; nowhere in the production has there been any skimping going on and the production has been carried out in the top places of the industry. We hope, that the fans will find what we have found again together!”, says the returned band member Nieminen.

The album can be supported by ordering the album in advance through Indiegogo. Besides the new Besides the new album, also other product packages are available, such as packages including the new album and the debut album (previously unreleased outside Finland), T-shirt, VIP-packages for tours, and a possibility for the All-Time Metal Party, including sauna, food, drinks, karaoke and snowdrift wrestling.

THE BAND
Tuomas Nieminen – vocals
Panu Kiskola - guitars
Jukka Hoffrén - bass
Mikko Sepponen - drums
Chrism – keyboards

DISCOGRAPHY
For Ever EP (Tunerail Records 2007)
In Triumph CDS (Sound Of Finland 2009)
Revival (Sound Of Finland 2009)

Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Adamantra
Official Band website: http://www.adamantra.com/
Preorder campaign at Indiegogo: http://www.igg.me/at/adamantra
Album teaser in Youtube: http://youtu.be/-WI1mmzMysw
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Patrick Hemer "The End" (single)

Two years after his stunning first solo album (<< More Than Meets The
Eye >> - Nightmare Records), the Prog Metal shredmeister is back with a
new single proving once again that he's not only a guitar virtuoso but
also a songwriter, a producer,...and a singer!

"It's a very special song" Patrick says,"really different from the
super heavy, riff-oriented material I'm currently writing for my
upcoming full-length album. "The End" is more about mood and harmonies
than just sheer heaviness, and its power lies more in the intensity of
the feel than in the usual Metal music riff-and-drums barrage. So I
thought I might as well release it as a single to stick to its unique
character."

This is also a good way to give the fans something to sink their teeth
into before Patrick's new album tentatively scheduled for the fall of
2014 and that he promises will be "100% Progressive Power Shred
Metal!".

"The End" (music & lyrics: Patrick Hemer)

Produced, mixed and mastered by Patrick Hemer at Twin Figures Studio

Patrick Hemer : guitars, vocals & keyboards
Vinnie Angelo : piano & keyboards
Bruno J.Frank : bass
Herve Chiquet : drums

Free download:
http://powerprog.net/singles/POWER_PROG_-_2014_-_Patrick_Hemer_-_The_End_(Single).zip

Soundcloud:
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Seconds Before Landing on Friday Night Progressive

Click the link below and listen the new track from new album
 "The Great Deception".
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GALAHAD NEWS

2014 EP Releases
All the material for our three 2014 EP releases has now been mixed by Karl Groom at Thin Ice who, as usual, has done a wonderful job. We are very proud of how all the tracks have turned out and have a few surprises in store later in the year!

The first ‘Seize the Day’ EP, will officially be released on Monday 24th February and pre-orders can be made as of now from our website (www.galahadonline.com), these will be sent out during the week commencing 17th February....providing all goes to plan! ;-)

Those of you who wish to receive promo copies for radio play, review etc. please email us with requests and details of your show/magazine/website etc.

Live shows
As some of you may have noticed Galahad have been asked play a show for GARF (Gothenburg Artrock Society) on Saturday 1 March at the Musikens Hus, Djurgardsatan 13, Gothenburg. This will be their first ever Swedish show and, as you can imagine, the band are looking forward to visiting Sweden. Other bands involved will be A.C.T who will be playing live their first live show in four years and Wonderland plus a local support. It should be a great evening of prog/rock. ;-)

Galahad will also be opening the Celebr8.3 Festival at the Islington Assembly Halls on Sunday 1 June. More details to follow.

The band will also be playing at the Christchurch Music Festival on Saturday 5th July. Galahad are very proud to be associated with this event as all monies raised will go to benefit various local charities. More information to follow regarding stage times etc.

Empires Never Last
We will also shortly be spending even more time at Thin Ice Studios with Karl to begin the process of re-mixing and mastering Empires Never Last. We have actually completely run out of stock physical copies of the original album and have decided that instead of merely going for a standard re-pressing, we intend spruce up the album, add a few exclusive extra tracks and re-issue the album in a digipack format later in 2014. In addition, various demos of songs which didn’t make the final cut of ‘Empires’ will be made available to download from our website at the same time.

So there we have it, it looks as if 2014 will be another busy and exciting year for the band, plenty to look forward plus, new material is also in the process of being written for the next Galahad album.
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quinta-feira, janeiro 30, 2014

Audio Fidelity To Release Classic Alice Cooper Album 'Billion Dollar Babies' On Hybrid SACD On February 4, 2014!

“...one of the best rock 'n' roll records of all time!”



Camarillo, CA - Alice Cooper fans worldwide rejoice! Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity is releasing Alice Cooper's classic album 'Billion Dollar Babies' on Hybrid SACD on February 4, 2014! As a bonus, along with the meticulously reproduced artwork, enclosed in every CD is the very collectible replicated 'Billion Dollar Bill'.

With 'Billion Dollar Babies', Alice Cooper refined the raw grit of their earlier work in favor of a slightly more polished sound resulting in a mega-hit album that reached the top of the US and UK album charts. It’s impossible to overstate how popular the band had become by the time their sixth album was released. The album, is brilliant, decadent and encapsulated all the celebrity trashiness of the 70's only three years into the decade.

Song for song, 'Billion Dollar Babies' is probably the original Alice Cooper group's finest and strongest. The album's singles “Elected”, “Hello Hooray”, “Billion Dollar Babies”,and “No More Mr. Nice Guy” all became hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Also included are a pair of perennial concert standards - the disturbing necrophilia ditty “I Love the Dead” and the chilling macabre of “Sick Things”.

After the album was released, the band embarked on a tour which broke the US box office records previously held by the Rolling Stones. The show climaxed with a guillotine execution of Alice. The album and the tour made the band into the world's preeminent pied pipers of teenage trash culture and the most successful rock band ever to be loathed by American parents.

“Other than the original 'Alice Cooper Band' being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011, our second biggest achievement was when our album 'Billion Dollar Babies' went toNumber #1 in all three music trade magazines at the same time in April of 1973. Number #1 in Billboard, Number #1 in Record World and Number #1 in Cash Box. We had hoped it would sell Gold or Platinum as a follow up to the success of our album 'School’s Out', but a Number #1 album was something that was totally unexpected. Over the years the title track “Billion Dollar Babies” has become my signature song because of the recognizable drum intro.” - Neal Smith, Alice Cooper drummer and founding member

“I remember we were out on the road when the album finally came out in February 1973. I listened to it in my hotel room and just got this really big smile. I was thinking, 'It's amazing, we're really pulling this off'. The album was very, very unique and very, very different. I was really proud of the songs, especially 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'Generation Landslide'.” - Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper guitarist/keyboardist and founding member

TRACKS:
1. Hello Hooray   
2. Raped and Freezin'
3. Elected
4. Billion Dollar Babies
5. Unfinished Sweet
6. No More Mr. Nice Guy
7. Generation Landslide
8. Sick Things
9. Mary-Ann
10. I Love the Dead

Produced by Bob Ezrin
Mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering

“...it remains one of rock's quintessential classic albums!”

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quarta-feira, janeiro 29, 2014

REWIND: The World's Biggest 80s Festival announces 3 UK festival line-ups

REWIND The 80s Festival - the world’s biggest 80s music festival, is back with three UK festivals during summer 2014.

Tickets for all three festivals will go on sale at 9am on Friday January 31st at the official websiterewindfestival.com.

REWIND NORTH - for the very first time, REWIND comes to the North of England at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire on Saturday August 30th and Sunday August 31st.  Headline performances will include Billy Ocean and Holly Johnson, plus appearances from Rick Astley, Jimmy Somerville, Tony Hadley, T’Pau, Level 42, Mike + The Mechanics, Toyah, Marc Almond and many more.

REWIND SCOTLAND will return for its fourth year at Scone Palace, Perth on Saturday July 19th andSunday July 20th with headline performances from Billy Ocean and Daryl Hall & John Oates (their only Scottish festival appearance), plus performances from The Boomtown Rats, Heaven 17, The SugarhillGang, Jimmy Somerville, 10cc, ABC, Blancmange, plus many more 80s artists.

REWIND SOUTH at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames will return for its sixth year onSaturday August 16th and Sunday August 17th with headline performances from Holly Johnson andThompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, plus 80s stars Bonnie Tyler, Jason Donovan, Wang Chung, UB40,Howard Jones, A Flock of  Seagulls, Roland Gift, Sister Sledge, Level 42, The Boomtown Rats, Mike + The Mechanics, and many more.

For the full details of all three REWIND Festival line-ups, click HERE.

Rewind Festival Official Website

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Remastered and Expanded Edition Of Bill Nelson's Highly Collectible 1986 Album 'Getting The Holy Ghost Across' Now Available!

ESOTERIC RECORDINGS imprint Cocteau Discs, the home of BILL NELSON’s catalogue between 1971 and 2001, continues their series of ongoing releases with the newly remastered and expanded release of his 1986 album “GETTING THE HOLY GHOST ACROSS”. Released in 1986, the record was Bill’s sole album for the Portrait label, and was a superbly realized work. Previously released on CD as strictly limited edition of 500 copies on Bill’s Sonolux label, the album is hugely sought after on CD by collectors.

This Cocteau Discs edition is expanded over two CDs to include all the material from the “LIVING FOR THE SPANGLED MOMENT” and the “WILDEST DREAMS” 12-INCH EPs, (featuring three tracks previously unreleased on CD). The reissue fully restores the original album artwork and features a new note by Bill Nelson.



CD 1:
1. Suvasini
2. Contemplation
3. Theology
4. Wildest Dreams
5. Lost in Your Mystery
6. Rise Like a Fountain
7. Age of Reason
8. The Hidden Flame
9. Because of You
10. Pansophia

CD2 (Bonus CD)
1. Wildest Dreams (Wild Mix)

Taken from the “Wildest Dreams” 12-inch EP

2. Heart and Soul
3. Living for the Spangled Moment
4. Feast of Lanterns
5. Illusions of You
6. Word for Word
7. Finks and Stooges of the Spirit
8. Nightbirds

Taken from the “Living for the Spangled Moment” 12-inch EP

9. Self Impersonation
10. Wildest Dreams (single version)
11. The Yo-Yo Dyne

Taken from the “Wildest Dreams” 12-inch EP

To purchase: Bill Nelson – 'Getting The Holy Ghost Across' remastered & expanded edition DBL-CD:
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=4405

Bill Nelson official website: http://www.billnelson.com/
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RPWL - "Wanted"
Germany's outstanding art rock act was recently confronted with a rather difficult question: how do you follow up a both epic as well as celebrated album as was the Nietzsche-themed Beyond Man and Time? Here's the answer: you tackle the really, really huge topic on your new record Wanted - the ultimate liberation of the spirit. But… How does an idea like that spring to the minds of an art rock band in the first place? RPWL tell of the hero of two worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi who, being a tremendous admirer of the Greek antiquity became aware of a scroll of Plato's in which he analyzes the work of Hippocrates. It can be read in Garibaldi's diaries that Hippocrates had in fact found the formula for a medicine that leads the spirit into a real and absolute world, free of all illusion and invisible ghost worlds. The question, however, that inevitable arises at that point is the following: is the human race ready for what Plato called the "gift of absolute freedom?"
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quinta-feira, janeiro 16, 2014

Original Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Jeremy Spencer Announces 2014 US Tour & New Release 'Coventry Blue'


Jeremy Spencer's fans in the US have long been waiting for his return. In fact, except for a few brief US appearances (in 2006 and 2010), 43 years have passed since Jeremy last toured the US (with Fleetwood Mac in 1971). Jeremy announced today that he is scheduled to tour the US in February and March of 2014, initially booking venues in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York.  

Jeremy has launched a Kickstarter Campaign offering advance premiums that will extend his tour to other cities in the US and fund the new CD.  Kickstarter supporters will be eligible to receive pre-release downloads of "Coventry Blue", autographed CDs or LPs, original artwork or private concerts. There will also be an exclusive 2014 Tour Club that will provide exclusive video and audio live updates from the tour.

Kickstarter URL:  
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeremyspencer/jeremy-spencer-2014-tour-and-new-album-coventry-bl

Jeremy Spencer is renowned as a consummate slide guitar player with the years only enhancing his subtlety and taste. He still is the foremost Elmore James stylist alive - bar none. Jeremy can and does tear it up, retaining his verve, passion and devotion to the blues, but now he brings a cultivated maturity, assured conviction and compositional purpose that are truly sublime. His songs come via his intimate journey from the spiritual core of his heart and connect profoundly with listeners. The original Fleetwood Mac were Britain's most authentic blues band during the sixties boom before morphing into mega-million selling pop celebrity. Their beloved alliance remains an historic testament to the era's meeting of generations, melding of continents and shared musical devotion.  
 
This tour will afford Jeremy the opportunity to display his many facets with a wider evolved guitar pallet as displayed on Bend.  At last he will deliver live on the record with its haunting melodies and exquisite guitar harmonies as well as select mighty Mac blues and rock n' roll in his inimitable style. Expect his alternatively dirty and precise Elmore James slide stings; he'll delve deep into blues nuggets that he discerningly curates and revitalize the primordial rock that he spot on mimicked famously and comically on stage with the Mac. Further treat is his expansive range of influences from Django Reinhardt to Marty Robbins to Mark Knopfler, fingering them effortlessly and seamlessly incorporating them into his own compositions as natural an easy fit as that of his beloved ceramic slides. Jeremy's tour return to these shores at a creative pinnacle makes this a rare opportunity for fans.
 
"Bend in the Road" has garnered rave reviews:

"Making a full-blown return now, the veteran released his fifth solo album, "Bend in the Road", that shows the master hasn't lost a bit of his youthfulness. Spencer is in his element on this collection of newer cuts and classics such as Otis Rush's punchy, mesmeric "Homework" and Homesick James' "Homesick". They all feature that mythical slide, but Jeremy also plays a fine piano that breaks the album in the middle from classy to exceptional. But the genuine magic settles in after an ivories-lighted, deep "Merciful Sea", marries widescreen anger to a pacifying sway in an alchemic manner which can move mountains and souls. And then there's peaceful title song to elegantly sign it all off - and leave Jeremy's fans wanting more. The road goes on, so may Spencer's time be long." - Dmitry M. Epstein, "Let it Rock"

"Jeremy Spencer, the Fleetwood Mac alum, has found inspiration in working with new voices, old masters and his own muse — creating an album of intimate, handmade joys that moves confidently from blues to Americana to rootsy pop. Bend in the Road, recalls in many ways the Elmore James-focused contributions he made to Fleetwood Mac's first pair of Peter Green-led recordings in the late 1960s.  But there's much more than that going on here. Spencer, the roving gypsy heart of this project, finds inspiration everywhere — switching to keyboards on tracks like the majestically restrained "Merciful Sea" and James' sizzling "Cry for Me Baby," while uncovering inspirational wellsprings that reside far beyond the iconic Delta cottonfields and shotgun shacks of traditional acoustic blues. In the end, this gives Bend in the River the feel of a career valedictory. It's gloriously hard to pin down — something personified in standout tracks like "Homework," which finds Spencer howling like old rock and stinging like Otis Rush, all over a loose groove that would have been right at home on an Eric Clapton solo recording from the early 1970s. It's that kind of record. The very good kind." – Nick DeRiso, "Something Else Reviews"

"Bend in the Road" admirably demonstrates why Spencer's in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Impeccably picked notes are still the trademark of Spencer's guitar-picking, and it begins with the first cut, "Homesick," a loping blues. Spencer's slidework on "Whispering Fields," an instrumental, sounds like silk sliding on satin. No string screech, no missteps, just pure, clean  slidework, a maestro at his best.  Spencer's long absence from the public eye is our loss. Let's hope he's back to stay.  There's a certain serenity that pervades this album that goes beyond the eye of the beholder, and the twelfth cut, another instrumental, "Merciful Sea," exemplifies it." -  Lou Novacheck, "Elmore Magazine"

"Bend in the Road" finds Jeremy Spencer doing what he does best, delivering quality blues. It's a great album filled with many exceptional cuts, once again assuring that Spencer will forever be remembered as one of the greats. And what's best? He is far from done. Be ready for some more music to surface in time to come." - Mark Kadzielawa, "69 Faces of Rock"

"In following up "Precious Little," his notable 2006 comeback, Jeremy Spencer has crafted his fifth and finest solo release. Maybe "Precious Little" was Spencer's way of getting his studio legs back after a nearly three-decade absence from recording. Or perhaps choosing to make "Bend in the Road" a collaboration gave it that extra oomph. Then again, it could simply be — as he told The Oakland (Mich.) Press in January 2010 — that "I've got so much material 'cause I've just been, like, dormant. I just turned 61, so you do kind of want to get it out while you can and show people what you've got." Whatever the reason, "Bend" is a startling achievement for the founding Fleetwood Mac slide guitarist." – Peter Hund, "Good New Music"

Jeremy Spencer tour dates:

Feb 12: Fingerprints Long Beach, CA - In Store
Feb 13: Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, CA
Feb 14: LeStats, San Diego, CA
Feb 15: Westwood Music Workshop
Feb 16: Soho, Santa Barbara, CA
Feb 17: The Chapel, SF, CA
Feb 19: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 20: Minor's Foundry, Nevada City, CA
Feb 21: Palm's Playhouse, Winters, CA
Feb 22: Freight & Salvage Workshop, SF
Feb 28: Winchester Hall, Cleveland, OH
Mar 1: Callahan's, Detroit. MI
Mar 2: The Ark, Ann Arbor. MI
Mar 6: Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Mar 7: Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL
Mar 8: Rosas Lounge, Chicago, IL
Mar 9: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Mar 12: Love & War, Plano TX
Mar 13: Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX
Mar 20: Regatta Bar, Cambridge MA
Mar 21: Black Eyed Sallys, Hartford, CT
Mar 22: Passim Workshop
Mar 22: Bearsville Theater, Woodstock NY
Mar 23: Turning Point, Piermont NY
Mar 24: BB Kings Blues Bar, NY
Mar 25: Blues Alley, Washington, DC
Mar 27: Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA
Mar 28: Splatter Concerts, NJ
Mar 30: Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, NY
Mar 31: Iridium with Les Paul Trio, NYC

www.JeremySpencer.com
www.JeremySpencerTour.com
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terça-feira, janeiro 14, 2014

KOTEBEL Performs at ProgDay 2014!

KOTEBEL was started in Madrid in 1999 by Venezuelan pianist and composer CARLOS PLAZA. Unlike most symphonic bands that begin with rock music and add classical elements, Carlos began with classical music to which he added a wide variety of influences.  The result was a sound that continues to evolve, and has been compared to music as varied as GENESIS, DEBUSSY, YES, RAVEL, ELP, MESSIAEN, THE ENID, STEVE HACKETT, GENTLE GIANT, KING CRIMSON and CHOPIN.

KOTEBEL has released six highly-acclaimed albums since 2000.  It's most recent, Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble, took both the Jury and Pop Vox awards in Instrumental Music at the 12th edition of the Independent Music Awards.

ProgDay is very pleased to be presenting KOTEBEL on it's first performance trip to the United States.

ProgDay 2014 is the 20th Anniversary of the longest running progressive rock festival in the world.  ProgDay 2014 will take place on Saturday, August 30th, and Sunday, August 31st, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  For more information, and to hear music from this year's bands, please visit us at www.progday.net. Find more updates and friends in our facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProgDay/
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Diamante signed for Atomic Stuff Records

Diamante reached an agreement with Atomic Stuff Records for the
publishing of their third album named "Ad Vitam Reditus", whose final
recordings are now being made at Atomic Stuff in Isorella (BS), lead
by Oscar Burato.

Biography:
Diamante are a band from Brescia that started its career in 1994 from
the union of two already existing bands. The main influences of their
style come from rock/hard rock bands like Gentle Giant, Deep Purple
and Uriah Heep, or prog bands like Area, Bliglietto Per L'Inferno, Il
Rovescio Della Medaglia and Locanda Delle Fate. Their first plan was
to write their own songs! After various changes, in 1998 with the new
member Nico as vocalist and bass player the line-up becomes more
stable and they record the first full-length album "Riflesso". Even if
this is a good studio experience, they aren't fully satisfied of the
work done because the melodies aren't sufficient to create the result
that they wanted to reach. From this negative point they want to
improve their quality and after some years of study and practice, in
2007 the second album is recorded. This work, titled "Diamante", shows
the real nature of the quartet, characterized by 1970s sounds, a light
progressive shade and a strong hard rock matrix! Unfortunately in 2011
the band loses Nicola, the keyboard player, for good. Thanks to all
their friends, supporters and Nicola's family, the hard choice is to
go on with the band! Alan joins the band and they restart to record
their new album. Their third work is due to be released at the
beginning of 2014; the album will include a pair of songs written by
Nicola while the other six were composed by the new lineup and a cover
of " Ballo in Fa# Minore", a song by Angelo Branduardi.

Line-up:
Nico Sala: vocals, bass
Claudio "Caio" Alloisio: drums, backing vocals
Michele "Volpe" Spinoni: guitar, backing vocals
Alan Garda: hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals

Web:
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http://www.atomicstuff.com
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Audio Fidelity To Release Critically Acclaimed 1976 Debut Solo Album By YES Legend Jon Anderson 'Olias Of Sunhillow' On Hybrid SACD January 21, 2014

"This album is not just good Progressive music, it's in a class by itself...a Prog masterpiece!"

Much to the excitement of Jon Anderson and YES fans worldwide, Audio Fidelty is releasing Jon's critically acclaimed 1976 debut solo album 'Olias Of Sunhillow' on a limited numbered edition Hybrid SACD on January 21, 2014! Jon Anderson's 'Olias Of Sunhillow' was released in the summer of 1976 and is one of his most acclaimed solo works. It's one of five solo albums released by members of YES around that time and one of the most successful of those solo efforts, reaching No. 8 in the UK charts and breaking into the US Top 50.

"If you go to do a solo album you should be by yourself. That's what I was thinking. I had all the instruments I was going to use like sitar and drums and things. It came out the other end four months later and for the first time I put 'musician' on my passport knowing that I was a musician," Jon recently told Ultimate Classic Rock

The music is written and performed almost entirely by Anderson using synthesizers, tape loops, ethnic instruments, sound effects and different voices. Some of the synthesizer sounds ring of those found on contemporary Vangelis pieces with whom Jon had just recorded the year before. He emphasizes his interest in Celtic and Central Asian musical ideas much more here than before and creates a rich, evocative world.

Anderson has stated the album's concept was inspired by Roger Dean's 1972 YES, 'Fragile' cover art as well as works by J.R.R. Tolkien. It's all as detailed and rich as any fantasy novel. It is a progressive rock concept album which tells the story of an alien race and their journey to a new world, an interstellar exodus from Sunhillow on a spaceship designed by the architect, Olias.

Olias glides along seamlessly from one piece to another, showcasing Anderson's uncommon gifts for melody and harmony as well as for songwriting. Together with arrangements that veer from the rustic to sci-fi, the music appears to travel through Earth and Space, incarnating the elements of the material and ethereal worlds. The scope of the music is cinematic, freely pursuing concepts to every corner of its vision and fashioning an experience that is as breathtaking for its range as it is for its depth.

The packaging features a series of artworks by the artist David Fairbrother Roe.



TRACKS

Ocean Song
2. Meeting (Garden Of Geda)
   Sound Out The Galleon
3. Dance Of Ranyart
   Olias (To Build The Moorglade)
4. Qoquaq En Transic
   Naon
   Transic Tö
5. Flight Of The Moorglade
6. Solid Space
7. Moon Ra
   Chords
   Song Of Search
8. To The Runner

Producer Jon Anderson
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

To purchase Jon Anderson 'Olias Of Sunhillow' Hybrid SACD:
http://www.audiofidelity.net/content/jon-anderson-olias-sunhillow

Visit Jon Anderson's official website: www.jonanderson.com
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JENNIE LAWS "LOVE EASILY" SINGLE

After several years of hibernating in the studio and working behind
the scenes with some of the industry's heaviest songwriters and
producers, Canadian singer/songwriter Jennie Laws re-emerges with her
first release since her remix EP in 2010. The song is called "Love
Easily" and it's a feel-good Motown-tinged jam co-written and produced
with THX from the Bay area's Drop City Yacht Club and features The
Regiment Horns of The Tennessee Kids (Justin Timberlake).

Also on her upcoming album will be a feature from Detroit Soul star
Dwele, a song co-written with legendary songwriter Leon Ware, tracks
produced by Jahi Sundance, Mateo Laboriel, Pascal Guyon, JL Brown, and
Sebastian Rogers, more co-writes with songwriters Dayyon Alexander and
Dylan Lloyd as well as a few performances by child prodigy drummer
Tony Royster Jr. It promises to be entertaining, eclectic, musical,
heartfelt and soulful from top to bottom just like her debut EP
"Introducing Jennie Laws," except now Jennie has blossomed on a whole
new level as a vocalist, songwriter, producer and arranger.

Jennie has played many roles as a musician; string arranger for the
likes of Ryan Beatty, Anjulie, Jenna Andrews and Saidah Baba-Talibah,
background singer for Michael Buble, INXS and Omar Lyefook, or
featured vocalist and writer on rapper Promise, producer Luca Dayz and
DJ KickRaux' new projects, but never does she shine so brightly as
when she's doing her own music. This one-of-a-kind blue-eyed soul
sensation hailing from Toronto is about to take the world by storm,
starting with the release of her new single; "Love Easily."

MEDIA
iTunes link:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/love-easily-single/id789803044
Link to lyrics video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mFHezZqp9E
Link to song snippet:
https://soundcloud.com/jennielaws/love-easily-snippet
Link to Facebook fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennie-Laws/113312995138

UPCOMING SHOW
Saturday, January 18th, 2014
LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE EXHIBITION
with special guest judge from Island/Def Jam Records
at BARDOT HEIGHTS
[ 432 A 6th Ave. Manhattan, NY, 10011 ]
4pm - 9pm
21+
Purchase online tickets here: http://www.wantickets.com/JennieLawsNYC

"Toronto singer/songwriter Jennie Laws has a versatile sound that
incorporates r 'n b, jazz, folk and pop elements. Her convincingly
soulful vocals have elicited praise from such greats as Narada Michael
Walden and Leon Ware, and her talent shines on smooth new single "Love
Easily". It has a full production sound, via THX of Drop City Yacht
Club, including horns from the noted The Regiment Horns of The
Tennessee Kids and backing vocals. This is an artist and single it's
easy to love (and a striking blonde beauty isn't exactly a career
negative!)." - Kerry Doole, New Canadian Music online magazine

"It was 2008 when I first talked with Canadian-born, LA-based
multi-instrumentalist Jennie Laws. Her seven-song EP, Introducing
Jennie Laws, was a soulful and blissful affair. Since then she's been
working in the studio and writing with a variety of artists. Her new
single, "Love Easily", will be released on January 7th on iTunes." -
JW Richard, Groove Loves Melody online music magazine

"Jennie has grown so much, stating that the people who have watched
her since the beginning describe as having come into her own. She's
looking forward to live performances and the release of what she
believes will be her breakout singles in the coming months…She has
invested everything in her music and it's paying off." - Stacey
Newman, Inside Milton Magazine

"We at hearty love women that can do it all, Jennie Laws is no
exception to the rule-Singer, songwriter, composer, teleporter…okay
maybe not but we wouldn't be surprised if she had some tricks up her
sleeve that would allow her to bring us back to the good old days, her
sound does just that! Jennie Laws is one of the freshest yet mature
sounds we've heard in a while, mixing a pinch of classical flavor with
a jar-full of soul. When the namedrops begin, remember "we told you
so." - Kenza Chaouai , Hearty Magazine

"Her singing is truly soulful and heart felt...She playfully reminds
me of Alicia Keys Baby sister...Why? 'Cause she's got a gift straight
from God that the world will know in time as Genius. She is fearless
in her piano prowess as well. Her arranging skills are something to
make Arif Mardin proud. Her songwriting would touch the heart of the
most high Genius Laura Nyro. And dare I say, even the hardened hearts
of most music executives, would bow." - Narada Michael Walden,
legendary producer and songwriter

"In a word,..Brilliance..Timeless, warm, soul stirring. How music was
always intended to be." - Glenn Lewis, Grammy-winning R&B artist

"I hear a delicate sensuality with every heartfelt melodic choice
Jennie Laws makes in her vocal performances. I love this girl's voice.
The songwriting/production is honest and unpretentious. A homage to
the glory days of soul music. I look forward to watching the world
embrace this amazing artist! " - Eric Benet, Grammy-nominated R&B artist

"Jennie is fresh, talented, and beautiful from the inside out. Her
musicality is undeniable and I look forward to creating some musical
memories with her." - Leon Ware, legendary songwriter
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The Clive Nolan 'Alchemy in Concert'

1. Holland February 8th 2014

A year after its European premiere and following the successful
theatre shows in Cheltenham, UK, 'Alchemy' will return to the stage at
the famous Boerderij in Zoetermeer Holland on February 8th, 2014.

The full concert version of the show will feature many of the original
stellar cast including Clive Nolan (Arena, Pendragon), Andy Sears
(ex-Twelfth Night), Paul Manzi (Arena), Agnieszka Swita ('She'), David
Clifford (Red Jasper), Chris Lewis (ex-Enid), Victoria Bolley and
Christopher Longman, as well as Verity Smith, Ross Andrews and Kate
Aston-Williams from the theatre Cheltenham cast.

The band will feature Mark Westwood (Shadowland, White Trash) on
guitars, Scott Higham (Pendragon) on drums, Mike Varty (Landmarq,
Shadowland) on keyboards and Kylan Amos on bass.

The event not to be missed!

For tickets go to:

http://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/117385?brand=nl_boerderij&camefrom=boerderij

2. Classic Rock Awards Night, Rotherham, UK February 22, 2014

The full concert version of 'Alchemy', featuring eleven singers and
the band, will be performed on February 22, 2014 during the annual
Awards Ceremony in Wath, Rotherham, UK.

The cast: Clive Nolan (Professor King), Andy Sears (Lord Jagman),
Agnieszka Swita (Amelia Darvas), Victoria Bolley (Eva Bonaduce), David
Clifford (William Gerdelle), Chris Lewis (Thomas Anzeray), Paul Manzi
(Milosh), Christopher Longman (Ben Greaves), Verity Smith (Mrs.
Muncey), Ross Andrews (Captain Gardelle), Kate Aston-Williams
(Jessamine).

The band: Mark Westwood (guitars), Scott Higham (drums), Mike Varty
(keyboards), Kylan Amos (bass)

For tickets go to:

http://www.classicrocksociety.co.uk/shop/classic-rock-society-awards-2014-clive-nolans-alchemy-in-concert/

Alchemy goes off-West End!

A theatre version of 'Alchemy' will be performed in one of the
off-West End theatres in London in August 2014. The deal will be
concluded within the next few weeks and tickets will be on sale soon!
Check the 'Alchemy' website for details!

'Alchemy in Concert' DVD

The live version of 'Alchemy' recorded in Poland in February 2013 is
available on DVD and as a special edition box including live DVD, two
CDs with an audio version of the show, a bonus DVD with a number of
features providing deeper insight into what the project is all about,
and also a bonus CD featuring exclusive demos, alternative versions of
the songs and more! It is a treat for Nolan enthusiasts and a delight
to watch and listen to! Still available via our online
shop:http://shop.alchemythemusical.com/

Check what's on the DVD and in the Box Set:
http://www.clivenolan.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=179

Alchemy Fundraising Shows

There are a lot of these little shows scheduled for 2014. This year's
shows will feature members of the Caamora Theatre Company and guests
performing a versatile repertoire – a mix of Clive's music and more!
There's a different line-up for various shows, so check the details
and book tickets on our website ('Fundraising Concerts' section):

http://www.alchemythemusical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=22&Itemid=125

Confirmed events:
Etampes, France (March 29th, 2014)
Ghent, Belgium (April 27th, 2014)
Villamblain, France (May 3rd, 2014)
Devizes, UK (May 10th, 2014)
More dates will be announced soon!

The funds raised during the shows will go to support the forthcoming
'Alchemy' productions. Please, help us to make it happen! :-)

The Lost Tribe Emporium (our official online shop)

In the Emporium you will find many of Clive's releases and merchandise
connected with his numerous projects. Among others, you can find
limited edition 'Alchemy' T-Shirts, the Cheltenham Programmes (a great
souvenir from the shows!), CDs, DVDs and many more! Visit the Emporium
and be tempted! :-) All the funds raised via the shop will go to
support the next productions of 'Alchemy'!

Visit: http://shop.alchemythemusical.com/

Arena
New Album

The band is about to sit down to work on the new album, which
hopefully will be ready by the end of 2014! No details are being
revealed yet, so watch the Arena website carefully!

'Contagion Max'

The production of the special Contagion 'Max' 10th anniversary edition
has started!

The release will consist of the two disc version of Contagion, with
the EP-tracks inserted in the correct places in the concept, in a
special digipack with full artwork and 28 page booklet including all
the lyrics. The price for this special package is £20 plus postage.

To pre-order go to: http://www.verglas.com/index.php

Gigs in 2014

Arena will be playing at the Echoes Progressive Rock Festival in
Lisbon (Aula Magna), Portugal, the 12th of April 2014. Get your
tickets at: http://ticketline.sapo.pt/evento/7556

More gigs will be announced soon!

Pendragon
New album and gigs

The new album is almost ready! While we are waiting, we can delight in
the news that a tour is being planned for autumn 2014. Details will be
announced soon. For now we are giving you one date: on October 11,
2014 the band will play at the Boerderij, Zoetermeer, NL. For tickets
go to:

http://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/124469?brand=nl_boerderij&camefrom=boerderij

The Masquerade Overture on vinyl

'The Masquerade Overture' is now available on vinyl. Seventeen years
after its initial release on CD, 'The Masquerade Overture' album is
now available as a double album in 180gm heavy weight vinyl. It's a
treat for any Pendragon fan :-)

Order at: http://www.pendragon.mu/the-masquerade-overture-now-on-vinyl/

Clive related websites:

Clive Nolan Official: http://www.clivenolan.net/

Alchemy: http://www.alchemythemusical.com/

Alchemy FB: https://www.facebook.com/alchemybyclivenolan

The Caamora Theatre Company group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/189645847750859/

Arena: http://www.arenaband.co.uk/

Pendragon: http://www.pendragon.mu/

The Lost Tribe Emporium (online shop): http://shop.alchemythemusical.com/

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sexta-feira, janeiro 10, 2014

JAMES LABRIE - To release "I Will Not Break" Digital-EP in January; Launch title-track!


Following up on the success of his latest studio album, "Impermanent Resonance", Dream Theater's James LaBrie is set to release a new Digital EP entitled "I Will Not Break" on January 14th, 2014 in North America via InsideOutMusic.

The "I Will Not Break" EP will include 9 (!) tracks and a total playing time of 38 minutes for a special low-price with the following tracklisting:

JAMES LABRIE - "I Will Not Break" Digital EP (38:03)
1. I Will Not Break (3:52)
2. Unraveling (3:31)
3. Why (3:45)
4. Coming Home (Alternate Mix) (4:23)
5. Jekyll Or Hyde (Demo) (3:48)
6. Just Watch Me (Demo) (4:17)
7. I Tried (Jason Miller Re-mix) (5:13)
8. Over The Edge (Mutrix Re-mix) (4:33)
9. Euphoric (NeonGenesis Re-mix) (4:41)

While the opening title track is the album version taken from the "Impermanent Resonance" release, the songs 2 and 3 were previously only released physically as Digipak bonus tracks. Song 4 is an alternate mix version and songs 5 as well as 6 are special demo versions, all previously only released physically as bonustracks on the Digipak and the Japanese edition for the "Static Impulse" album in 2010. Songs 7, 8 and 9 are special dub step / electronica re-mixes of "Static Impulse" songs, previously unreleased (Song 7 was only available physically in Japan before). The re-mixes were done by US-based DJ's Jason Miller, Mutrix and NeonGenesis. The cover artwork for the EP was once again designed by Gustavo Sazes / abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Kamelot, etc.).
 
You can pre-order the "I Will Not Break" Digital EP here:
http://smarturl.it/jlb_iwillbreak

Check out the EP's title-track "I Will Not Break" in a static video via the IOM YouTube channel here: http://youtu.be/Nj8aAo3O06E

James LaBrie checked in to comment about the upcoming EP release as follows:

"Hey Everyone! Matt, Marco, Peter, Ray and yours truly are very pleased to release this digital EP. It will show some of the songs with alternate mixes as well as letting you hear Matt's exceptional voice with some of the songs in their demo versions. We also had 3 of the songs mixed in dub step stylings to give them a somewhat interesting flavour and twist. Hope you all enjoy this release, I personally think it is very cool. All the best in the New Year and see you out there...."

Most recently, the James LaBrie track "Lost In The Fire" was used by the Swedish sound library company Toontrack Music to promote the launch of one of their new products. Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPlAcqmqY3Y

James LaBrie's latest studio album "Impermanent Resonance" was, just like the previous "Static Impulse" album from 2010, mixed and mastered at Sweden's Fascination Street recording studios (Kreator, Opeth, Paradise Lost, etc.) with Jens Bogren and this time also Tony Lindgren. Upon release, "Impermanent Resonance" managed to enter the the Billboard Heatseeker Charts at #5 and #156 on the Billboard 200 Charts!  In Europe the album saw succes on the sales charts in Germany at position # 48 and The Netherlands at position # 67 as well as UK's Rock Album Chart at position # 22.

All available European physical formats of "Impermanent Resonance" can be purchased here:
http://www.insideoutshop.de/Search?q=impermanent

James LaBrie - "Impermanent Resonance" online action:
"Agony" static video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqOHNPdh1Pw
"Agony" free download: http://www.insideoutmusic.com/specials/agony
"Back On The Ground" lyric-video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ralb05GOLjA
"I Got You" static video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwl8nmPeHI
"Agony" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HglHt_IWO2o
"Letting Go" guitar play-through by Marco Sfogli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnA02SSLS30
"Agony" drum recordings by Peter Wildoer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILGw46EYzA
Diverse album songs by drummer Peter Wildoer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4lb_MPNRA

"Impermanent Resonance" Line-Up:
James LaBrie - Lead Vocals
Matt Guillory - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Marco Sfogli - Guitars
Ray Riendeau - Bass
Peter Wildoer - Drums, Screams

Selected James LaBrie Solo Discography:
Keep It To Yourself (MullMuzzler) - 1999
MullMuzzler 2 (MullMuzzler) - 2001
Elements Of Persuasion - 2005
Static Impulse - 2010
Impermanent Resonance - 2013

James LaBrie online:
www.jameslabrie.com
www.facebook.com/officialjameslabrie
www.myspace.com/officialjameslabrie
 
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Mistheria Vivaldi Metal Project - official press release

Mistheria and Alberto Rigoni announce "Vivaldi ALL-STARS Metal Project"

Keyboardist Mistheria (solo artist, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock, Roy Z, etc.) and bassist Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, TwinSpirits) are proud to announce that a new project is coming to light: VIVALDI METAL PROJECT, an ALL-METAL-STARS amazing project that will blow you away!

The classic legendary masterpiece "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi will be rearranged in a Metal version and will be performed by top class musicians from all the world. Just to name a few... Mark Boals(Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), John Macaluso (Ark, TNT, James LaBrie), Mike Lepond (Symphony X). More to be announced soon!

Recordings will happen in 2014 and more news will be revealed soon! Info and updates on www.vivaldimetalproject.com

Concept, arrangements, production by Mistheria (www.mistheria.com). Co-produced by Alberto Rigoni (www.albertorigoni.net).

Artwork by Henry Ringbert. Communications representativeGuglielmo Malusardi.

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Steve Overland is back! a legend in his own lifetime.


Steve Overland is back! a legend in his own lifetime. Is there anyone out there who is not familiar with his name? He has a history that goes way back into the late seventies, his first major recording was with the band "Wildlife" in 1980. After the demise of "Wildlife" Steve went on to form the cult British melodic rock band "FM", a band that released many great albums throughout the eighties and nineties and more recently in 2013. Their popularity has always been at the forefront of British Hard Rock.

Steve originally teamed up with Escape Music to provide lead vocals for the Boston Tribute album (ESM 081), singing 'Amanda', one of the album highlights. Steve also teamed up with Steve Morris of "Heartland" fame to record the much acclaimed "Shadowman" albums "Land of the Living" (ESM 099) "Different Angles" (ESM127) "Ghost in the Mirror" (ESM179) Watching Over you (ESM224).

Steve has also fronted two releases by "The Ladder", which is a dream come true for all fans of FM as the band is an extension of the great FM themselves. "Future Miracles" (ESM109) was welcome by fans old and new and it was hailed by many as the best album of 2004. More recently "Sacred" (ESM149) is an album that hones the identity of "The Ladder".… For more information please login:

To download the full promotional package with your personal login details follow this link:
http://www.connecting-music.eu/escape-music/epic

More releases from the label:
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RPWL "Wanted": New Album and Tour 2014

As you might know, we are going to start this year with the new RPWL abum called "Wanted". Release is 14th of March 2014, US-release 18th of March 2014 (via E1).

'Germany's outstanding art rock act was recently confronted with a rather difficult question: how do you follow up a both epic as well as celebrated album as was the Nietzsche-themed Beyond Man and Time? Here's the answer: you tackle the really, really huge topic on your new record Wanted – the ultimate liberation of the spirit.'

For April is the first part of the European-tour confirmed. UK, Spain, etc. is scheduled for autumn 2014:

04.04.2014 NL - Zoetermeer (Boerderij)
05.04.2014 D - Oberhausen (Zentrum Altenberg)
06.04.2014 B - Verviers (Spirit of 66)
07.04.2014 D - Bremen (Meisenfrei)
09.04.2014 D - Hamburg (Logo)
10.04.2014 D - Berlin (Maschinenhaus)
11.04.2014 D - Soest (Schlachthof)
12.04.2014 D - Hannover-Isernhagen (Blues-Garage)
13.04.2014 NL - Leeuwarden (Romein)
15.04.2014 D - Stuttgart (Kellerclub)
16.04.2014 A - Landeck (Altes Kino)
17.04.2014 CH - Pratteln (Z7)
18.04.2014 F - Nancy (Chez Paulette)
19.04.2014 D - Aschaffenburg (Colos-Saal)
20.04.2014 D - Reichenbach (Bergkeller)
21.04.2014 D - Freising (Lindenkeller)
23.04.2014 A-Wien (tba.)
24.04.2014 PL -Piekary Salskie (Andaluzja)
25.04.2014 PL - Warsaw (Progresja)
26.04.2014 PL - Poznan (tba)
27.04.2014 PL - Bydgoszcz (Klub Kuznia)

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Chemia - another track available to stream // download link for radio DJs

Chemia, one of the most interesting rock bands from Poland reveal another song from their successful new album "The One Inside". Track "Stalker" is available on the band's official YouTube channel at THIS location.
 
Album „The One Inside" released internationally in October 2013 gets enthusiastic reviews around the world:
 
Austria – Darkscene.at (album of the week)
 
Belgium - musicinbelgium.net (4/5)
 
Germany - time-for-metal.eu (8,5/10)
 
Holland – Aardschok Magazine (80/100)
 
Hungary - femforgacs.hu (8/10)
 
UK - getreadytorock.me.uk (5/5)
"For a long time a bastion of emerging prog, Poland now offers up one of the most engaging and energising rock albums of 2013."
 
USA – 69facesofrock.com
"With each listen, this album gets more and more melodic. There is definitely more than meets the eye once you start investigating. There is definitely a lot of hope attached to what Chemia is trying to accomplish. Will they be Poland's first mainstream export? Time will only tell. Meanwhile, enjoy 'The One Inside'. It's a solid effort from a very ambitious band."
 
 
They are the Polish band that stole the heart of Ralph James, one of the bosses of The Agency Group, the biggest concert agency in the world. They are the band best known to the German fans of the football club Borussia Dortmund. They are the favorite band of the very popular Canadian side-man, Marc LaFrance (Alice Cooper, The Cult, David Lee Roth and many others). And finally, they are the band that was invited twice to the famous Warehouse Studio where such bands as Metallica, Nirvana, AC/DC, R.E.M and Biffy Clyro recorded their albums. The band was formed by the guitarist Wojtek Balczun in 2010 in Warsaw and their current line-up also includes: Maciej Mąka (guitar), Krzysztof Jaworski (bass guitar), Adam Kram (drums), Rafał Stępień (keyboards) and Łukasz Drapała (vocals). The band performed together with such big artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N' Roses! In Autumn 2012, Chemia left for the Canadian Warehouse Studio to record their third studio album "The One Inside". During the whole recording process they were supported by Marc LaFrance and the album was mixed by Eric Mosher (Chickenfoot, Joe Satriani). 

"The One Inside" features 13 rock tracks inspired by classic rock ranging from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin and by the best post grunge tunes!
 
 
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