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Shadowside signs management deal with American company The Artery Foundation

Photo taken during the video shoot in Orlando (USA)

Brazilian Metal band Shadowside has been working hard on the preparations preceding the release of their new studio album, recorded in June/July in Sweden under the production of Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, Hammerfall, Evergrey) and Henrik Udd (Architects, Arch Enemy).

To strengthen the release, Shadowside has signed a management deal with American company The Artery Foundation, which manages names such as Destruction, Anvil and Appice Brothers, and will take care of the further development of the band's international career after several tours in the United States and many European countries, some of them alongside legendary bands W.A.S.P., Helloween and Gamma Ray.

Shadowside recently has been in Orlando, USA, gathered with renowned director of photography Daniel Stilling, known for his works on "The Martian"film and "Criminal Minds" TV Series, producing with top of the line filming equipment their new music video, which is currently being edited.

The band has been posting videos and photos about the video shoot, showing a little bit of the cinematographic process that the video production encompassed, on their official social media at

www.facebook.com/shadowsideband

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segunda-feira, outubro 24, 2016

French Music Legends Magma To Perform With The Mëtalïk Orkestra At The Olympia In Paris - February 2 & 3, 2017!

Paris, France - Bands and trends might come and go, but some of it is meant to stay. Far beyond a mere jolt to the music world or a fad phenomenon, Magma imposed themselves as early as the 1970's thanks to their unconventional and cliché-free approach to music. An unparalleled music, which is as violent as it is clever. Founded by drummer and singer Christian Vander, the band quickly set itself apart from its contemporaries through heavy and ruthless polyrhythmic beats. With a wide range of contemporary musical greats at his side, Vander remains a fine mentor from the likes of Miles Davis.

Since its reunion in 1996, the band has gone on several tours, always followed by its ever-growing and loyal fan base, and attracting an increasingly young audience! The cult band celebrated its 40th anniversary with the release of two Classical influenced bright new albums in 2009 and 2012. For their 45th anniversary, Magma is back with two new opuses respectively titled "Riah Sahiltaahk" and "Slag Tanz", as well as a vinyl reissue of their whole discography. Since 2015, the band has been on a worldwide tour called "Le Tour Sans Fin". Magma's music is timeless.

At the Olympia, Magma will be supported by the Mëtalïk Orkestra, a new creation project. The ensemble will be performing selections from their extensive catalog including Emehntehtt-Ré and Slag Tanz. The orchestra is composed by 27 CMDL students (Didier Lockwood's music school) and from the PSPBB of Paris.

Magma in concert on February 2nd and 3rd at the Olympia in Paris.

Information and reservation: http://www.gdp.fr/fr/node/77079

Website: http://www.magmamusic.org/fr/accueil/ ;

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MAGMA-123777837633298/?fref=ts ;

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MagmaOfficiel

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sexta-feira, outubro 21, 2016

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COSARARA - "Cosarara"

CosaRara is a project born in 2005, that saw many bandmembers' changes during the years and today eventually manages to record and publish their first eponymous album.

The roots of the group are intimately bound (though not by birth, given the young age of the members) to the '70s prog music; the psychedelic and progressive vein of the band inevitably leads them to experiment with new musical languages, flowing at times into electronica, math and post-rock. The current lineup, made solid not only by time mostly by an intense passion for playing together, present their self-titled album as an arriving and simultaneously starting new point. Six long instrumental tracks - with the exception of the brief interlude "Serenloonies" - that can flow in a single homogeneous mix or be individually listened to, each as a planet in its own, threaded by the band's ability to overlap and merge various sound layers in an often surprising way. In a nutshell, "CosaRara" will undoubtedly awaken the attention of the most hardened 'proggers' too!

Tracklist: 1.Havismat, 2.Serenloonies, 3.Miraggio, 4.iO, 5.Totentanz and 6.Innisfree

https://www.facebook.com/cosararaofficial/

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JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - "Pathfinder"

Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side is a Progressive rock project from Stockholm, Sweden founded in 2012 by bassplayer, songwriter and producer Jonas Lindberg. It all started back in 2008 when the EP "IN SECRET PACE" was recorded by Jonas as an exam-project at the college of Music in Piteå, Sweden. The first recordings featured a large lineup of musicians and was originally intended to work as a demo for an upcoming band. But as term ended Jonas moved to Stockholm to pursue a career as a freelance musician and the idea got put on hold. In 2012 "IN SECRET PACE" was finally released on digital platforms as Jonas started to work on new material. This time the lineup featured a 5 piece band and the second EP "THE OTHER SIDE" was finished and released in 2013. The project was named "JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE" from the title track of the album after its release. Playing on the album is Jonas LINDBERG on bass, backing vocals, keyboards and guitars together with Jonas SUNDQVIST (lead vocals), Jonathan LUNDBERG (drums), Calle STÅLENBRING (guitars) and Michael OTTOSSON (keyboards). Two more musicians, Nicklas THELIN (guitar) and Jenny SANDGREN (vocal) later joined for the live shows.

http://www.lindbergmusic.com/

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NOSOUND - "Scintilla"

Nosound's fifth album and includes guest appearances from Anathema's Vincent Cavanagh and acclaimed Italian singer Andrea Chimenti. After a decade of crafting a very particular type of widescreen melancholia and wistful imagery, Nosound's fifth studio album Scintilla introduces a wholly new musical and visual approach for Giancarlo Erra's ever-evolving band. Inspired by personal upheaval and a desire for change, Scintilla is an emotionally complex and musically direct work presenting a stripped-down set of compositions that mark a major departure from Nosound's trademark symphonic lushness and production precision. Taking in influences from Post Rock, Shoegaze and Alt-Singer-Songwriters, the album imaginatively utilises a mostly organic and acoustic sound palette. Musically looser and more sonically intimate than the band's previous releases, Scintilla's emphasis is placed firmly on feeling rather than technique.

http://www.nosound.net

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3rd EAR EXPERIENCES - "Stones Of A Feather"

On their new album STONES OF A FEATHER 3rd Ear Experience have taken full advantage of the musical possibilities unique to space rock. It is clear that their environment, the Mojave desert, with its wide open spaces, big skies and rugged landscapes, have helped them to blossom a modern desert music, rich in the complex overtones of 60's psychedelic rock. STONES OF A FEATHER, 3rd Ear Experiences 4th album, is a curious mixture of the old and the new; reaching back into the reckless abandonment of Cream live circa: 1967 to Ornette Coleman's free jazz, diving down into the deep well of Krautrock to soaring on fuzzy Sabbath like riffs of contemporary stoner rock. Yet no generalization is ultimately true of 3rd Ear Experience. The music was derived from spontaneous ideas that came up during live jams on their 2015 tour of Europe and from free form jamming at the FurstWurld Gallery of Music and Performing Arts where the band records. The album guests 18 local desert musicians considered by many to be the cream of the desert crop! Dug Pinnick of Kings X fame, returns once again to add his heavy bottom growl to the brew. Please browse the blog for interesting stories on each of these musicians and how they came to be part of this album.

http://artistecard.com/3rdearexperience

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LEON ALVARADO - "The Future Left Behind"

According to Leon, "The idea of creating a concept album out of instrumental progressive rock music had appealed to me ever since I first heard Rick Wakeman's 'Journey To The Centre of The Earth'. What I found difficult was to create all the individual pieces that would unify the set of ideas into a single concept. It meant for me to come up with a story, some music and a set of visuals that together would form an inclusive experience. I started by working on music that had more of a cinematic feel than my usual, meaning that when played, it evokes certain imagery in the listener's mind." Says Leon, "My goal was to create something that would combine the artwork and the music into one cohesive vision. I thought that basing my project on a sci-fi story would be very fitting and would give me the necessary creative space to make music that entices the imagination, like what Vangelis', Rick Wakeman's and YES' music do for me."

Leon Alvarado: Keyboards, sequencing, drums, percussion, launch control voices, Billy Sherwood: Lead and rhythm guitars on all except for "To Be Loved", Rick Wakeman: Moog solo on "Launch Overture" and extra keyboards, Johnny Bruhns: Acoustic guitar on "To Be Loved", Steve Thamer: Narration. Produced and mixed by: Leon Alvarado

Guitar tracks produced by: Billy Sherwood, Mastered by: Andy Jackson, All songs by Leon Alvarado except "To Be Loved" by Johnny Bruhns and Leon Alvarado.

https://octopieband.bandcamp.com/album/fresh-from-the-oven

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KARFAGEN - "Spektra"

The name Karfagen was first heard in 1997 when Antony Kalugin formed the band at school. While he was studying at the architectural university (1998) he began to record the first KARFAGEN album. And then they were two. Antony Kalugin and his close friend Sergei Kovalev (accordion and harmonica). In 2002 Antony completed his first solo album "the Water" Then there was another period of silence where Antony worked on commercial new age - relax projects. From 2003 - 2005 Antony composed and performed on more than 40 albums, that were released in Russia and Ukraine. With those projects, Antony gathered the necessary funds to record the first KARFAGEN Album and in 2005 the band reformed and went into the studio to record CONTINIUM, the first KARFAGEN album which led the band to sign with UNICORN DIGITAL .

http://antonykalugin.net/index.html

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APERCO - "The Battle"

Aperco is an Israeli rock band influenced by the classic rock bands of the 70's combined with elements of progressive rock. The Melodies and symphonic sounds are those that characterize the music of Aperco. The band was officially formed in 2013 and began works on their album. Two years ago, Aperco began recording together with their producer Gideon Ricardo and with their previous keyboard player Tal Maizel, their first album " The Battle " - A concept album full of motives depicting a person's life cycle while each track in the album describes a different emotional stage. The album "The Battle" was officially released independently on 02/04/16 The album can be purchased from our official website:

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HALF PAST FOUR - "Land of the Blind"

Half Past Four is one of the best progressive rock bands to have emerged from Canada. Over nearly two decades, they have developed a unique sound, employing traditional prog-rock music laiden with folk, country, jazz, heavy metal and classical genres, among others. It is this shifting flow of sound and feeling that distinguishes Half Past Four. They are an aural tapestry, weaving 50+ years of musical influences into mellifluous melodies and rhythmic resonances that take their listeners on a journey to states that are both fresh and familiar.

http://halfpastfour.com/

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KARMAMOI - "Silence Between Sounds"

The Karmamoi band was born in 2008 as the result of five musicians' desire to create a musical project able to reflect their personality and idea of music. A kind of music in which musical research, melody, electronic music, rock distortions coexist as well as strike a balance, giving expression to a passion- driven, imposing, immediately recognisable sound. "Silence Between Sounds" is the third album from the Italian progressive rock band Karmamoi. Due to changes with band line-up, "Silence Between Sounds" took over two years to realise. Karmamoi used this opportunity creating music in a different way than they have done previously, walking on a new musical path with their personal idea of progressive rock. This process allowed them to progress beyond all previous recorded material. They decided to keep the band without an official vocalist, and for this reason their new album "Silence Between Sounds" features singers. Whilst maintaining the essence of Karmamoi's music, each singer brings their unique vocal characteristics to the music.

http://www.karmamoi.it/

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GRIOT - "Gerald"

Griot is a multinational rock band formed by musicians João Pascoal and Sérgio Ferreira in 2014. Griot's sound evokes a style of progressive rock that explores and creates different textures and soundscapes. The bands song-writing style revolves around self-published literature included in each album's concept.

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The Rock Pack Feat. Fee Waybill, Gregg Rolie, Lou Gramm, Robin Zander, Steve Augeri & John Payne

Rock legends unite!!! Some of the most iconic performers of our time have come together to form The Rock Pack!

The incredible lineup features:

Fee Waybill lead singer of THE TUBES

Gregg Rollie original lead singer of SANTANA

Lou Gramm the original voice of FOREIGNER

Robin Zander lead singer of CHEAP TRICK

Steve Augeri former lead vocalist of JOURNEY

John Payne former lead vocalist of ASIA

"I decided to create a unique concert concept that was start to finish full of monster hits by iconic vocalists," explains John Payne, The Rock Pack creator.

Huge screens adorn the stage and the set contains an area where each singer briefly talks about their career before launching into some of their most revered songs. Classics such as I Wanna Know What Love Is (with a gospel choir), I Want You to Want Me, Don't Stop Believing, Heat of the Moment, She's A Beauty, Black Magic Woman and many more will be performed.

Payne continues, "I wanted the Classic Rock fans of Phoenix to enjoy the hit songs of some of our most iconic bands and if you like Foreigner, Journey, Cheap Trick, Asia, Santana and The Tubes then COMERICA THEATRE on Friday 16th of December is the place to be."

The Rock Pack Concert

at Comerica Theatre Phoenix

Friday the 16th of December 2016

On Friday December 16th The Rock Pack hits town. Prepare for an extraordinary unprecedented concert at Phoenix's beautiful Comerica Theatre. Iconic Singers will perform Iconic Songs in a two hour hit laden Classic Rock extravaganza.

All ages show starts at 8pm with doors at 7pm

Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and Comerica Theatre Box Office 1-800-745-3000

Direct link at http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&user_input=the+rock+pack&q=the+rock+pack

The Rock Pack: www.therockpack.com

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quarta-feira, outubro 19, 2016

Bob Oliver Lee "Flying Music" (Progressive Rock)

Bob Saliba is an eclectic French musician, also member of Galderia, Stonecast, Debackliner and Ninmah.

Bob has been the leading voice for a project on Ark most famous songs with John Macaluso on drums. In his solo project he is engaged in a progressive rock featuring folk and hard 'n heavy shades.

"Flying Music" is a masterpiece for fans of Yes, Jethro Tull and Ayreon.

Born in 1979 in Bordeaux, France, Bob is a french guitarist, bass player, singer and composer. His first releases are his 1st solo album under the name Bob Oliver Lee (Between Time & Space), Raff – Fissure both in 2009 and Abnormality – Ablaze in 2010.

But as a real polyhedric artist, in 2008 he starts also playing for the power pop band Alix, a mediatic combo that had a lot of success especially in Paris area. After the split of these early projects, Bob gets new metal bands: in Stonecast as lead guitarist (2010); in Ninmah as singer (2013); in Debackliner as singer (2014); in Galderia as bass player, acoustic guitar and singer. As singer and guitarist he also appears on the album of Quiet Human: LTTSS. During the live shows he has been an opener for bands such as Tim Ripper, Circle II Circle, Blaze Bayley, Freedom Call, Secret Sphere or at Sonisphere.

In 2016 he started a collaboration with John Macaluso (Ark, Symphony X, Y Malmsteen…) to perform Ark songs with a new French band full of energy. This same year he will release his 1st album with Debackliner and his 2nd solo album Bob Oliver Lee – Flying Music on Underground Symphony Records.

TRACKLIST

01. Everything's gone

02. Dead Heart

03. Flying Music (Instrumental)

04. These Wings

05. Thoughts & Regrets

06. River of the Temple (Instrumental)

07. Rising

08. Forbidden Ways

09. Sailors from the Crying Planet

10. From the Pyramid Rises the Flying Spirit of the Pharaoh (Instrumental)

Bob Oliver Lee LINE-UP

Bob Saliba: Lead, Acoustic Guitars & Vocals

Pascal Garell: Bass

Olivier Tijoux: Drums

Franck Capera: Keyboards

François Albaranes: Piano

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Glenn Hughes streams 'Let It Shine' and announces Stone Broken on UK tour

GLENN HUGHES PREMIERES NEW SONG 'LET IT SHINE'

TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM 'RESONATE'

RELEASED 4th NOVEMBER

'STONE BROKEN' REPLACE 'LIVING COLOUR'
ON HUGHES' NOVEMBER UK TOUR

Today, Glenn Hughes premiers the audio stream of 'Let It Shine' on YouTube. The song is taken from Hughes' forthcoming album 'Resonate', which is released on Friday 4th November by Frontiers Music Srl.

'Let It Shine' features Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass), Soren Andersen (guitar), Pontus Enborg (drums) and Lachy Doley (keyboards). Click here to read the official UK press release :

http://bit.ly/2cnUhCp.

'Living Colour', who were originally Hughes' special guests on his November UK tour, have pulled out, and have been replaced by Midlands rock band 'Stone Broken'. Says a spokesperson from Glenn's management, "Unfortunately, Living Colour have decided to pull off the tour with Glenn Hughes. UK and up and comers Stone Broken have been added to the bill. Glenn promises a magical night of rock with tracks spanning his entire career alongside some brand new tracks from his album Resonate out 4th November."

Glenn Hughes November 2016 UK Tour with special guests 'Stone Broken'

Tickets: www.glennhughes.com

Leamington Spa Assembly - Tuesday 8 November

Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall - Wednesday 9 November

Newcastle Riverside - Friday 11 November

Hard Rock Hell - Saturday 12 November

Nottingham Rescue Rooms - Monday 14 November

Glasgow O2 ABC - Tuesday 15 November

Manchester O2 Ritz - Thursday 17 November

Cambridge Junction - Saturday 19 November

London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - Sunday 20 November

Listen to 'Let It Shine' via YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMGTlbSVfUc.

'Resonate' is available for pre-order from: http://radi.al/Resonate, Amazon: http://radi.al/ResonateAmazon, iTunes: http://radi.al/ResonateiTunes, Google Play: http://radi.al/ResonateGooglePlay, Spotify: http://radi.al/ResonateSpotify.

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terça-feira, outubro 18, 2016

John Wesley releases his new album today!

Renowned singer / songwriter & guitarist John Wesley proudly presents his 8th studio album 'a way you'll never be' OUT NOW on InsideOut Music.

John had this say: "I am proud to finally announce the physical and digital release of "a way you'll never be", my eight studio album. The album features tracks that are steeped in guitar and complex arrangements with lyrical themes that thread the seams between an emerging "lost generation" and the "lost generation" portrayed in the early stories of Ernest Hemingway. Take the ride, sit down with the headphones on, open the gatefold album cover, put it on and turn it up!"

'a way you'll never be'is available as Special Edition CD Digipak, 180 gram double vinyl + CD including an etching on Side D, vinyl mastering plus a different song order as the CD. The album is also available digitally.

Grab your format of choice here:

InsideOutShop: http://smarturl.it/JW_Way_IOSHOP

Amazon: http://smarturl.it/JW_Way_Amazon

Burning Shed: https://www.burningshed.com/store/insideoutmusic/

Digital Album:

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/JW_Way_iTUNES

AmazonMP3: http://smarturl.it/JW_Way_AmazonMP3

Watch the previously launched lyric videos here:

'by the light of a sun': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLiKRNPl-pc

'to outrun the light': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDtk2Dc_Isg

Press feedback on "a way you'll never be" has been extremely positive:

"The man's on fire." - Prog

"Anyone who's so far not managed to appreciate John Wesley's solo work, hold your hands up, step back and take notice." - 9/10 Powerplay

"An outstanding piece of work from one of rock's underestimated players." - Fireworks

"This album should go down really well with Rush fans as it employs comparable stylistics as classics such as "Moving Pictures" or "Hold Your Fire" while offering a glorious 70's feeling with orgiastic leads and extensive instrumental passages. A true musical delight!" - 6 / 7 Metal Hammer (D)

In support of the album, John will head out as support to Marillion & Steven Wilson in the US & Canada and you can find the full list of dates below:

With Marillion

Friday 21 October 2016 - The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA, USA

Saturday 22 October 2016 - Saban Theater Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, CA, USA

Tuesday 25 October 2016 - Paramount Theatre Denver, CO, USA

Thursday 27 October 2016 - Vic Theatre Chicago, IL, USA

Friday 28 October 2016 - Vic Theatre Chicago, IL, USA

Saturday 29 October 2016 - Hard Rock Live Northfield, OH, USA

Monday 31 October 2016 - Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON, Canada

Tuesday 1 November 2016 - Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre Montreal, QC, Canada

Wednesday 2 November 2016 - L'Impérial Bell Québec, QC, Canada

Friday 4 November 2016 - Royale Boston Boston, MA, USA

Saturday 5 November 2016 - 9:30 Club Washington, DC, USA

Sunday 6 November 2016 - Keswick Theatre Philadelphia, PA, USA

Tuesday 8 November 2016 - Playstation Theater New York, NY, USA

With Steven Wilson

Thursday 17 November 2016 - Center Stage Atlanta, GA, USA

Friday 18 November 2016 - The Plaza Live Orlando, FL, USA

Saturday 19 November - State Theatre Tampa, FL, USA

Sunday 20 November - Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Look out for more information on the album in the coming weeks.

Discography:

1994 - Under the Red and White Sky

1995 - The Closing of the Pale Blue Eyes

1998 - The Emperor Falls

2002 - Chasing Monsters

2005 - Shiver

2011 - The Lilypad Suite

2014 - Disconnect

2016 - a way you'll never be

JOHN WESLEY online:

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www.twitter.com/johnwesleymusic

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segunda-feira, outubro 17, 2016

Supertramp Founding Member & King Crimson Songwriter Richard Palmer-James Releases Debut Solo Album “Takeaway”

London, UK - Supertramp founding member & King Crimson songwriter Richard Palmer-James has released his debut solo album "Takeaway"! An English songwriter & guitarist, Richard is best known for having written lyrics to several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s.

Says Richard, "Having spent the last few decades writing words for other people to sing, and thus being obliged to comply with the ambitions and sensibilities of others, I wanted to present a collection of songs that are uncompromisingly my own.

"I've been trying them out in club and pub appearances as a singer/songwriter, and they seem to work, but I'm very curious to see what sort of reaction this album production, which was realised with the indispensable help of a few talented colleagues from the Munich music scene, might elicit.

"The recordings differ stylistically from most of the stuff I worked on as a hired hand - probably because I enjoy playing acoustic instruments and writing pieces which involve storytelling."

Richard Palmer-James got his start in the music business playing in various Bournemouth bands: The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man, all of which also included John Wetton on bass and vocals. He was a founding member of Supertramp; he played guitar, sang vocals and wrote the lyrics for their self-titled debut album under the name Richard Palmer and co-wrote the lyrics of the song "Goldrush", a song written during his days in the band and finally recorded on their 2002 album "Slow Motion".

Richard wrote lyrics for three of King Crimson's albums: "Larks' Tongues in Aspic", "Starless and Bible Black", and "Red". He did not participate in any of King Crimson's recordings, but worked with John Wetton and David Cross after Robert Fripp disbanded the group in 1974.

Richard has lived in Munich since the early 1970s. He worked in Munich on the composition and production of music for films and TV until his activities as a lyricist – for such diverse acts as King Crimson, La Bionda, Mireille Mathieu and Haddaway, among others – took priority, resulting in over 400 published titles. In the 90's, however, he returned to playing guitar regularly, and with the help of the resonator guitar and mandolin began to rediscover in blues and folk music the sources of his

musical inspiration.

In 1978 Richard was visited by John Wetton and W.J. Hutcheson, who were his bandmates in Tetrad, and they recorded as "Jack-Knife" an album with the German drummer Curt Cress in 10 days called "I Wish You Would". He also wrote the English lyrics for the Italo Disco inventors La Bionda.

In 1997 he released a CD with former bandmate John Wetton under the title "Monkey Business", a compilation of unreleased material including some songs that were recorded for the first time in studio, like a King Crimson tune called "Doctor Diamond". In 2015 "I Wish You Would" and "Monkey Business" were released together as a twofer and that continues to be available via this link: http://geni.us/OVtK2P

Today Richard makes his living mainly as a lyricist and performing on guitar live. In support of his new album, Richard Palmer-James will be playing showcase concerts in the UK and Germany.

To purchase Richard Palmer-James "Takeaway":

Amazon CD: http://geni.us/ZR3zt3

iTunes: http://geni.us/w3t8

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Austrian Prog Rockers BLANK MANUSKRIPT touring UK this Halloween Weekend

Austrian Progressive, Psychedelic, Art Rock band, Blank Manuskript, have announced a short UK tour taking place later this month. The group from Salzburg promotes their latest release, 2015's The Waiting Soldier, which was originally released only as a vinyl. The album is scheduled as a digipak CD release next week.

The band's first UK tour takes place over the Halloween weekend with shows in Brighton, Manchester, Leicester and London.

Bassist Alfons Wohlmuth says, "Having concerts in the motherland of Prog is definitely something that we wanted to do for a long time and now, it appears, that we are ready. It will be a whole different thing with different audiences than we are used to. We are prepared to play energetic shows with a very high musicality. We certainly consider our concerts to be a new gateway to storytelling. Just lean back and enjoy the tales."

Blank Manuskript 2016 UK Tour Dates:

Oct 28 - Brighton @ The Green Door Store with The Far Meadow and Porshyne

Oct 29 - Manchester @ Factory 251 with We Are Kin, Mothertongue and Of Stone and Fire

Oct 30 - Leicester @ The Musician, support: TBA

Oct 31 - London @ Boston Music Room with The Far Meadow and Habu

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domingo, outubro 16, 2016

Jazz Guitar Icon Larry Coryell To Release New Studio Album “Barefoot Man: Sanpaku”

Los Angeles - Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, Jazz guitar icon Larry Coryell, one of the most respected and celebrated guitarists of his generation, offers a brand new album of seven original compositions titled "Barefoot Man: Sanpaku"!

Says Larry, "I was inspired by John Lappen's suggestion that I do a recording similar to one that I did in the 70's that had a lot of energy. Using that as a template I carved out several compositions that I felt would be appropriate. The result was better than I expected; I had a great rhythm section in John Lee and Lee Pierson, and the soloists from Florida, Lynne Arriale and Dan Jordan, played on a world class level. Michael Franklin's production was hands off except for a few relevant suggestions that really helped round out the project."

In addition to Coryell's signature guitar playing, this album features the talents of award-winning pianist Lynne Arriale, longtime Coryell collaborator John Lee on bass, Dan Jordan on saxophone and flute, and drummer Lee Pierson!

Track List:

1. Sanpaku

2. Back To Russia

3. If Miles Were Here

4. Improv On 97

5. Penultimate

6. Manteca

7. Blue Your Mind

Release date October 14, 2016 – Purple Pyramid Records

Buy the CD: http://flyt.it/ LarryCoryellBarefootManCD

Buy the digital version: http://flyt.it/ LarryCoryellBarefootManDig

Catch Larry Coryell LIVE

Delray Beach, FL - Oct 14

Middletown, NY - Oct 22

Birdland Jazz Club (Germany) - Oct 28

Cork Jazz Festival (Ireland) - Oct 30

Deidesheim (Germany) - Oct 31

Ra Ra Room (London) - Nov 1

JJ Smyth's (Ireland) - Nov 3

Jazz Showcase (Chicago) - Nov 17-20

The Birdcage (Australia) - Dec 13

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Los Angeles CA 90025

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