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The Raconteurs DVD Live at Montreux 2008

The Raconteurs DVD Live at Montreux 2008

Posted March 9, 2012 at 9:06 am | No comments

On June 19, 2012, Eagle Rock Entertainment release Live At Montreux 2008 by The Raconteurs. Filmed in high definition, this show will be simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-ray formats.

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Rockers Alter Bridge To Release Live at Wembley March 26th

Rockers Alter Bridge To Release Live at Wembley March 26th

Posted March 8, 2012 at 8:20 pm | One comment

Fans of power rockers Alter Bridge rushed to “beat the street” online this week and make Live at Wembley, the band’s second live CD/DVD – and the first live concert DVD from The Dude Films – hit #2 in the Top 100 on the Blu Ray Music Videos & Concerts chart at Amazon.com, just beneath Adele.

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Deep Purple Total Abandon: Australia ‘99

Deep Purple Total Abandon: Australia ‘99

Posted March 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm | No comments

Eagle Rock Entertainment is set to release—for the first time in the U.S.—Deep Purple’s Total Abandon: Australia ‘99 on CD April 24.

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Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records”  DVD Documentary April 24

Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records” DVD Documentary April 24

Posted March 8, 2012 at 11:28 am | No comments

In 1968, under a haze of publicity, The Beatles opened their collective door to all manner of musicians, writers, artists, film-makers, inventors, designers, freaks and more than a fair share of opportunist sharks.

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Trevor Rabin Releasing New Instrumental Solo Album “Jacaranda” May 8, 2012 On Varese Vintage Records

Trevor Rabin Releasing New Instrumental Solo Album “Jacaranda” May 8, 2012 On Varese Vintage Records

Posted March 7, 2012 at 3:23 pm | 2 comments

Trevor Rabin’s record label, Varese Vintage Records/Varese Sarabande Records, graciously informed me in an Official Press Release today, March 7, 2012, that Trevor’s greatly anticipated, new, instrumental solo album, “Jacaranda”, will be released on May 8, 2012. “Jacaranda” is a true labor of love for Rabin, and reflects the ongoing artistic scope, vision, inventiveness, and many diverse music influences, including jazz, rock, and classical, that Trevor has continually embraced, and which continue to inform, his immense virtuosity and sublime artistry.

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Bad Company announce First Appearances on the European Continent Since 1975

Bad Company announce First Appearances on the European Continent Since 1975

Posted March 7, 2012 at 11:48 am | No comments

SKH Music tells us that the original line-up of Bad Company has announced a short run of European festival dates for this summer.

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STYX, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent Set to Launch “The Midwest Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Tour

STYX, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent Set to Launch “The Midwest Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Tour

Posted February 23, 2012 at 11:02 am | No comments

REO Speedwagon, STYX and Ted Nugent will join forces for “The Midwest Rock ‘n Roll Express” 30-date U.S. tour. Rolling out May 1 in Hidalgo, TX, tickets for various cities will go on sale starting February 22.

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Jorma Kaukonen Brings Fur Peace Ranch to Wanee Music Festival

Jorma Kaukonen Brings Fur Peace Ranch to Wanee Music Festival

Posted February 13, 2012 at 3:01 pm | No comments

Cash Edwards Music Services told us that, for the first time Wanee 2012 Music Festivalwill host one of the premier music workshops in the country, Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch, featuring Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Mickey Hart, Oteil Burbridge,Warren Haynes, and more guests yet to be confirmed.

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Van Halen Launches ESPN.com Takeover

Van Halen Launches ESPN.com Takeover

Posted February 7, 2012 at 10:58 am | No comments

Total Assault publicity house tells us that in order to celebrate the release of A Different Kind of Truth on February 7th, Van Halen has teamed up with ESPN.com for some very special promotions.

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Kenny Olson To Release Debut Solo Album “Kenny Olson Cartel”

Kenny Olson To Release Debut Solo Album “Kenny Olson Cartel”

Posted February 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm | No comments

Multi-platinum guitarist Kenny Olson has announced the upcoming release of his long-awaited, debut solo album “Kenny Olson Cartel” on February 7th through Foxy Music/Firebird. While Olson may be best known as Kid Rock’s 11-year axeman and founding member of his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, music fans around the globe are soon going to know him by the music of his ground-breaking, genre-bending rock band, Kenny Olson Cartel.

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