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VAN MORRISON - Aufhören ist keine Option

25. Oktober 2017

Van Morrison

Er kann nicht anders. Er muss Musik machen. Stillstand wäre für den 72-jährigen Van Morrison wohl tatsächlich der Tod. Diesem schlägt er ein ums andere Mal ein Schnippchen, indem er einfach weiter Platten aufnimmt. Alleine seit der Jahrtausendwende hat er zehn neue Studioalben eingespielt. Jetzt hat der Ex-Them-Sänger „Roll With The Punches“ vorgelegt, einen Mix aus Coverversionen und eigenem Material.

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TEN YEARS AFTER present a new album after almost a decade of studio break

25. Oktober 2017

Ten Years After

TEN YEARS AFTER present a new album after almost a decade of studio break

That Ten Years After would surprise us again with a studio album could not necessarily be assumed. The troupe was already stamped as their own tribute band on a perpetual greatest-hits tour. "Evolution", the weak predecessor, has nine years on its back. However, since guitarist and singer Marcus Bonfanti and bass legend Colin Hodgkinson joined the band in 2014, the mood in the band has changed so much that the Ten Years After veterans Ric Lee and Chick Churchill could no longer say no to a studio stay.

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TEN YEARS AFTER legen nach fast einem Jahrzehnt Studiopause ein neues Album vor

25. Oktober 2017

Ten Years After

Dass uns Ten Years After noch mal mit einem Studioalbum überraschen, davon konnte man nicht unbedingt ausgehen. Die Truppe war schon abgestempelt als ihre eigene Tributeband, die auf immerwährender Greatest-Hits-Tour ist. „Evolution“, der schwache Vorgänger, hat inzwischen neun Jahre auf dem Buckel. Jedoch hat sich die Stimmung in der Band, seitdem Gitarrist und Sänger Marcus Bonfanti und Basslegende Colin Hodgkinson 2014 eingestiegen sind, gewandelt...

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PRIMUS surprise with children's book dubbing and a comeback in original line-up

25. Oktober 2017

Primus

PRIMUS surprise with children's book dubbing and a comeback in original line-up

Les Claypool, 54, is a funny type: grey goatee beard, straw hat, black clothes, round glasses and an almost philosophical flow of speech. If you didn't know better, you might think you have a painter, writer or university professor in front of you. But the man from San Francisco is a musician. Rock musicians. And what one: Since the mid 80s he is mastermind, frontman and bassist of Primus, has released nine studio albums with the trio and at least as many with various side projects as well as composed the title melody for the cartoon series "South Park".

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RAY WILSONS Livealbum "Time & Distance" offers Genesis songs in partly surprising versions

25. Oktober 2017

Ray Wilson Genesis

RAY WILSONS Livealbum "Time & Distance" offers Genesis songs in partly surprising versions

After Phil Collins left the band in 1996, Ray Wilson was Genesis' lead singer for the rest of the nineties. For the only album of this formation, "Calling All Stations", he wrote three songs. He has refined his songwriting qualities on several solo albums. Since then he has transformed his short membership in the band into a live sounding coin by touring with his own Genesis programs ("Genesis Classic", "Genesis Unplugged"). He also sang for Steve Hackett on his "Genesis Revisited" tour.

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GENESIS - Show over twelve rounds

12. Oktober 2017

Genesis

GENESIS - Show over twelve rounds

"'Seconds Out' was a much better record than 'Genesis Live' because we took it seriously as a live album," recalls Tony Banks in the 2006 Oral History "Chapter & Verse". In fact, that first live document, released in 1973, was a child of the strategy of Genesis' label Charisma. And that was: Release a short, inexpensive live album to keep fans interested in the group up to their next studio work, and then send them on tour again with the live record. So two birds could be killed with one stone.

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