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The Proto-Hard Rock, Heavy Metal 101 Syllabus
Hello everyone, are you ready to rock? Class is starting! To begin, I’ve been listening to some of your comments before class, and I gather many of you think heavy metal and hard rock began with...
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Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – `Dancer and the Moon’
On one of last season’s episodes of Eddie Trunk’s That Metal Show, Trunk complained about Ritchie Blackmore’s long-time foray into Renaissance music. He turned to one of his guests, whose name I’ve...
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DVD Review: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – `Black Masquerade’
When most of us think about Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, the names that first come to mind are guitarist Blackmore, drummer Cozy Powell, and powerhouse vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Rightly so. But the...
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Music Review: Boys Club –‘Live From California – The Complete Concert’
The story goes that the origins of The Boys Club goes back to April 6, 1974, when Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer headlined the Cal Jam rock festival at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Southern...
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Music Review: Deep Purple – `The Audio Fidelity Collection’ [Limited Edition...
Normally, when I learn about reissues of classic material and the only difference between the new versions and those that came before is the packaging, I don’t get too excited. However, when I saw the...
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Music Review: Deep Purple –‘Live in California 74′
Live in California 74 is but the latest incarnation of Deep Purple’s concert recorded and aired live by ABC-TV on April 6, 1974 at the Ontario Speedway near Los Angeles. In addition to its official...
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Music Review: Deep Purple –‘Graz 1975′
After performing in Graz, Austria on April 3, 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore would play just two more gigs with Deep Purple before founding Rainbow. The new Graz 1975 from Eagle Rock contains the...
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Music DVD Review: Deep Purple – ‘Live at the NEC’
Longtime rockers Deep Purple said goodbye to retiring founding keyboardist Jon Lord in 2002. A farewell concert at the NEC in Birmingham, England featured both Lord and his replacement Don Airey. (Lord...
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Blu-ray Review: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: In Concert
“Rock and roll is not an instrument. It’s not even a style of music. It’s a spirit. That’s what connects us all.” – Ice Cube at the induction ceremony for NWA (the 31st overall ceremony in 2016)....
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Music Reviews: An Anthology of Beatles Covers, Plus R.B. Morris, Rob Williams
Even if you listened eight days a week, it would take you almost forever to hear all the Beatles cover versions out there. A new anthology, however, narrows the field to ones that will fit on three...
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