![[hand]](/hs-pics/portraits/hands/morse4.jpg)
![[face]](/hs-pics/portraits/faces/mcbride5.jpg)
We’ve reported last month that Glenn Hughes contributed vocals for the new track I Wanna Play My Guitar by the new band started by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, appropriately called the SatchVai Band. Well, it has occurred to someone that both Black Country Communion and the SatchVai Band are booked to play at the […]
Read more »The members of the latter days Whitesnake Joel Hoekstra, Marco Mendoza, Tommy Aldridge, Michele Luppi, and Dino Jelusić will perform under the Whitesnake Experience moniker at the 58th Zaječar Guitar Festival in Serbia. The festival runs August 28-30, 2025, and the band will be performing on the 29th. And yes, they apparently have Coverdale’s blessing […]
Read more »Don Airey was interviewed by the Classic Rock magazine about his latest solo album Pushed to the Edge. Where did you record it? There’s a studio outside Cambridge in a place called Harston. It’s run by the son of a very old friend of mine. It’s got a big old analogue desk and he’s a […]
Read more »John McCoy was interviewed by the Rock Daydream Nation podcast. It is supposed to be a long form chat, of which an excerpt has been posted. Here John speaks about the demise of Gillan band and the bitterness that it left behind.
Read more »BraveWords has done an exclusive interview with Glenn Hughes, taken during his recent visit to Brazil. The interview will be published in parts over the coming days. In the first part, Glenn talks about his stint with Tony Iommi back in the 1980s: BraveWords: After Sabbath parted ways with Dio, things became a blur when […]
Read more »Don Airey has appeared on the Music Buzzz podcast talking about his latest solo album Pushed to the Edge and many other things — from Duke Ellington to John Sykes. How did the Deep Purple job came about for you? DA: Jon fell ill. And they had some sessions, they had some festivals [lined up] […]
Read more »Candice Night was interviewed by The Rock ‘n’ Blues Experience about her latest solo album, her husband, their kids, her plans to sleep for three years straight, pennysaver piano ghosts, and life in general.
Read more »Good news, everybody! It was rumoured that the band is working on a new album, and the rumours have now been confirmed by the Rolling Stone Brazil magazine (usual caveats about reverse translation apply). The publication is dated May 7, 2025. The two Ians — Gillan and Paice, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Don Airey, and […]
Read more »Louder Sound has a feature on Gary Moore. Of interest in our quarters are several episodes when his path crossed with members of the Purple family, particularly his collaborations with Glenn Hughes. It was also in 1979 that Moore met former Deep Purple singer/bassist Glenn Hughes. Lizzy were in Los Angeles, where Hughes now lived, […]
Read more »A 1975 radio interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, about a band they’ve just formed.
Read more »
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing