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The Perfect Strangers of Finland will hold it’s 4th Purple Night on January 14, 2012. The party is dubbed All Night Long and will be dedicated this time to Rainbow. Rainbow music from 1975 to 1995 will be performed by a house band and guest musicians. The house band consists of musicians who have played […]
Read more »The Chopin’s Story DVD is finally out. It is a documentary about life of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin narrated and presented by Ian Gillan. We wrote about it before. The DVD will feature a brand new, exclusive interview with Ian done on the set of the film. Copies can be ordered by sending you full […]
Read more »Date: 03.12.2011 : Gerry Weber Arena : Halle : Germany This was the second time I saw DP with the orchestra this year, first concert was in Gelsenkirchen this summer. I was really impressed about the gig in Gelsenkirchen, but this one last saturday was much more better – unbelievable good. The orchester was perfectly […]
Read more »40 years ago, on December 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention played a gig at the Casino de Montreux. You know the rest. In case you don’t, read on at the Darker Than Blue blog. MontreuxMusic.com has videos, pictures, and press clippings from the event that changed music history. Check them out. […]
Read more »A well written review, in which the author goes to see the Purple show a tad sceptical, but comes out totally enthusiastic. If anyone tells you that Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) wasn’t a masterpiece then they’re an idiot. In fact, it was, more or less, the only successful use of an […]
Read more »The highly anticipated DVD of Jon Lord’s Bucharest 2009 concert is finally out. Check out the taster clip below. The DVD was filmed in Bucharest, Romania on November 5, 2009 and features the full second half of Jon’s concert that night. It includes tracks from Sarabande, Pictured Within, Beyond The Notes – as well as […]
Read more »Date: 2011-11-30 : o2 : London : United Kingdom Having watched the band perform since Mk III in 74 through Knebworth and many times since (see reviews of Paris, London & Cardiff) I really had a lot of expectation of the fusion once again of Rock Band and Orchestra celebrating their greatest songs at the […]
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