New Echo & The Bunnymen Set, The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon, In 2018
In the ’80s, Echo & The Bunnymen provided their music in what I often call the richest vein in Rock history (1976-1985). Formed in 1978, with a first label issue…
New Simple Minds Album, Walk Between Worlds, In 2018
In 2014, Simple Minds revitalized interest in the band by releasing a new set of recordings that provided acoustic versions of their classic songs. It also helped that their 2014…
Fleetwood Mac 1975 “White Album” To Be Expanded and Remastered
With the reissues of several Nicks/Buckingham-era classic albums, it was only a matter of time to get to the album that started that lineup. Their eponymous 1975 multi-platinum set that…
30CD Wishbone Ash Box, The Vintage Years 1970-1991 Planned For 2018
Earlier this year, it was announced that Wishbone Ash has a massive Box set arriving “at some distant point”. Well, although that point is still not precisely known, we have…
Sia To Issue A New Album Of Holiday Originals, Everyday Is Christmas
Well, the holidays are running toward us…or we to them (which all depends on your personal viewpoints, I guess). But holidays are certainly not as much fun without holiday music…
Midge Ure Reimagines Ultravox, Solo Songs In Orchestrated
The late ’70s and early ‘8os were a rich fertile ground for Rock and Roll when its greatest level of evolution occurred. Sounds were simplified, music was crafted in different…
Gary Moore – Blues And Beyond On The Calendar For December
Gary Moore is one of few appreciated guitarists that have gone away from their original bands to make a name for themselves. For bands. Gary Moore was a part of…
Glen Hansard To Release Third Album, Between Two Shores
Glen Hansard has a rich history of music that not everyone is aware of. A shame since his style is easy to listen to, catering to a wide body of…
New Neil Young Album, The Visitor, For December
Neil Young has wasted little time in bringing his next album to the strong collection of fans he has amassed over the decades since his arrival in the ’60s. Earlier,…
New U2 Album, Songs Of Experience
For quite some time, the public has waited to see what U2 can come up with musically. After the release of Songs of Innocence, which hasn’t exactly become he band’s…
Celebratory The Purple Tour by Whitesnake To Be Released
Before David Coverdale achieved world wide fame as a major component of Whitesnake, he was a wunderkind in Deep Purple. Asked to join the band in 1973 at the age…
New Tom Chaplin (Keane) Album, Twelve Tale of Christmas
With Christmas in the air (it seems), the Holiday-themed music rapidly materializes faster than store displays do. One of the things I miss from my 30 years in California are…