MASK (Sonja Kristina and Marvin Ayres) Sound and Vision

August 31st, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week 479


Sonja Kristina sings and Marvin Ayres plays the violin on this haunting theme from Mask, their entrancing joint musical collaboration. They perform ‘Sound And Vision’ wreathed in clouds of smoke that suits the mood of a strangely hypnotic melody. It will entrance millions of YouYube viewers around the globe in the coming months. And all those attending dates on the upcoming Curved Air tour featuring Sonja will also get their chance to be mesmerised. She plans to screen the video at Curved Air’s UK shows which run from September 29th to October 22nd.

Stand by to download the single that could easily become a major hit. Electronica rules OK.

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TUNE INTO JADE WARRIOR

August 25th, 2010 · Posted in News & Gossip 466

Jade Warrior is stirring up a fever pitch of excitement that has spread across to the USA. Who would have thought the British group, once lost amidst the mists of rock myth and legend would have staged such a remarkable come back? But the mighty Warriors, born of the psychedelic era, have enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in recent years.

Listen to the show here

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ALVIN LEE RACING HOME

August 6th, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week 455

Alvin Lee and his trio made a welcome trip to Germany recently when they performed a special show at the famous Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The museum has an open air stage where music events can be put on for visitors and so it was a lucky day for rock’n’roll and motoring fans when Alvin and friends roared in for a gig there on July 17.

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ELP IN HIGH VOLTAGE SHOCKER

July 27th, 2010 · Posted in Showtime Live Reviews 420

PROG ROCK’S FINEST HOUR
High Voltage Festival Report

Chris and ELPA reunited Emerson, Lake & Palmer were a sensational success when they headlined at the High Voltage Festival in London on July 25th. A feast of progressive rock, the two day event also featured top bands Foreigner, Asia, ZZ Top, Wishbone Ash, Marillion and Bachman Turner.

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Rock journalist Chris Welch has been a member of the Repertoire team for twenty years. He has written hundreds of CD liner notes for a huge range of album releases since joining the company in 1988. His comprehensive knowledge of the rock and pop world is based on a career that began in the Swinging Sixties.

As Features Editor on Melody Maker he wrote about all the major rock and pop groups including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Each week he reported on rising stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Tom Jones, Scott Walker, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Jiving K.Boots.

After 40 years Chris is still writing about pop and rock and playing the drums. His current favourite group is Kings of Leon. Each fortnight Chris reminisces about his adventures as a music journalist and reports on the latest news ('Elvis To Tour Shock'), in CHRIS’ CORNER.