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Archive for May, 2013



Ian & Ian in Moscow

Gillan and Paice continue their promotional tour. On Friday, May 3, they were in Moscow, where they have appeared on the radio. Here is TV coverage of the visit from news channel Moskva 24: Interview to TV channel Rossija 24 (unfortunately, also with Russian voiceover), in which Gillan reveals that Vincent Price was also the […]

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Ischgl TV report

Coverage of the “top of the mountain” gig in Ischgl on April 30 from Austrian TV channel ORF. Watch it on their website. More video coverage from MomentumSki: Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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Little funny ones

Metak Shrine has a rather interesting interview with Joe Lynn Turner: Looking back on your career, do you feel there´s one album or a specific song where you feel you really nailed it? JLT: According to most people… for a singer or songwriter to say “This is the one.”… it´s like my children. They´re all […]

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Down the rabbit holes never visited

It’s not that often that you read a reveiew of an album (any album) that is so eloquent that it makes you wipe that grin off your face, put everything aside and listen to the said album again. Cory Frye’s review of Now what?! in Albany Democrat-Herald is just like that: Which brings us to […]

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A genius at keyboard

Don Airey was interviewed by Classic Rock Revisited. he talked about Now What?!, Bob Ezrin, the spirit of Jon Lord, Wurlitzers, and the great guitar players he worked with. Don Airey had the seemingly impossible task of replacing the amazing Jon Lord when he joined Deep Purple eleven years ago. To say he’s done okay […]

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Gillan to open the Armenian music school

The Armenian music school saga nears its successful completion. After WhoCares project had donated money for the school reconstruction, the donation was tripled by another charity and Armenian government, with Millbank Music from Canada donating on top of that more than $20,000 worth of music instruments to the school in memory of Jon Lord. The […]

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Glover in Vintage Rock

Roger Glover chats with Vintage Rock about Now what?! from his home in Switzerland (this was done probably before the album was released): This is your fifth record with Steve Morse and your third with Don Airey and I have to say, these two guys really come to the fore. With Don Airey, it’s like […]

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“Larger than life”

Steve Morse remembers Jon Lord:

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