Archive for the ‘Around The World’ Category

Roger Hodgson’s Live Album

After his extremely successful Australian tour earlier this year former Supertramp singer and major songwriter Roger Hodgson is going to release a new album showcasing his performances of the great hits he’s been playing on tour. Classics Live is a spectacular collection of live performances from around the world this year with band, orchestra and solo. It’s something Roger’s been wanting to... Read the full story

Heart Returns With New Album

Before Heart turned kinda cheesy in the 80’s they were a truly great rock n’ roll band. Albums like Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Dog and Butterfly, Private Audition and Bebe le Strange were full of great hard rock songs, stunning ballads and Ann Wilson surely was one of the best female rock singers to ever grace the stage and to be committed to vinyl. A series of big hits with formulaic ballads... Read the full story

Ray Davies New Album Sound Very Cool

Ray Davies is rightly revered as one of the great songwriters in rock n’ roll history as well as being one of its more interesting characters. Thus it comes as no surprise when it came to recording his new album a fascinating cast of guests have been happy to appear. Various confirmed and unconfirmed stories seem to suggest that some of these suggestions are close to the truth. In 2009 Davies recorded... Read the full story

Nick Lowe on Vinyl

Nick Lowe’s triumphant return to the indie world back in 1994 was marked by the release of the critically-acclaimed Impossible Bird.  With the overall excitement that followed the release, it was evident  that Lowe’s music had taken a slightly different twist on the road in  the way of a more mature tone and stripped down musical arrangement. And  although it was unknown at the time,... Read the full story

Echo Beach 30th Anniversary

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Echo Beach being an international hit single, Martha and the Muffins have recorded a new version of the iconic song, along with a brand new song entitled ‘Big Day’. Both songs are now available from iTunes and other leading digital download stores. Although founding Muffins member, Mark Gane was not aware of a real Echo Beach when he originally wrote the song... Read the full story

R.E.M. Latest

In R.E.M. news the band has just completed recording their next record in Berlin and according to manager Bertis Downs, “To my ears it all sounds like quite a wonderful set of songs.” R.E.M. spent most of June at Hansa Studio in Berlin with Jacknife Lee putting the finishing touches on songs that evolved over the course of two previous recording sessions, the first in Portland in 2009 and... Read the full story

Jason & The Scorchers New Album

80’s country-punk legends Jason and the Scorchers have released a new album, their first in 14 years earlier this year in America and are currently on tour  around Europe. They were always are brilliant live band and by all reports nothing has changed. Hopefully there will be a promoter with a long enough memory wiling to bring the band back to Australia, but in the meantime you can get a hold of... Read the full story

Stan Ridgway to Release Neon Mirage

August 24 sees the American release of Stan Ridgway’s new album Neon Mirage. We can only hope someone chooses to release it here but if not there is always Amazon right? The great man has been discussing the new album on-line and here’s what he had to say. “You never really have a choice about the tone and subject matter of the records you make. At least I don’t. They’re obsessions, really.... Read the full story

Cowboy Junkies To Release Four New Albums !

Cowboy Junkies plan to release four new albums over the next 18 months, under the title The Nomad Series. All albums will be released through their own label Latent Recordings. After all four volumes are released, the next step is a book that explains the inspiration behind each of the albums. It will be published by Whale and Star, the publishing house of the band’s friend Enrique Martinez Celaya,... Read the full story

Kate Bush on I Tunes

Kate Bush’s latest album, 2005’s Aerial – has been reconfigured for the digital world which means that it can now be made available on itunes for the first time. Buy Aeriel on iTunes – http://emr.emi.com/go.asp?/bEMU001/q0ABQE6F/xEOI9F6F Aerial is the eighth studio album by the British singer Kate Bush. Released on 7 November 2005, it was her first album since 1993. The album peaked... Read the full story

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