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40 years ago: QUEEN in Hyde Park - Coronation in the park

24. August 2016

Years later Brian May once declared: "I think 'Hyde Park' was one of the most important concerts in our career. There was a lot of confirmation at that time, because we had made it in many countries at that time. But in England we were still not really sure that we were accepted. So it was wonderful to come back, see this crowd and feel this reaction." Steve Hillage, who was on that memorable day in the lead-up to the event among others, confirms May's assessment: "The Hyde Park event has cemented Queen's status as a truly great star.

RYLEY WALKER - New impulses!

24. August 2016

Ryley Walker

When Ryley Walker lifted the demarcation line between jazz and folk with his CD "Primrose Green" last year, it was not only the experts who listened. There came a young Schlaks across the pond, who seemed more like a Eurorail tourist with a backpack and a travelling guitar than a visionary who uncovers the hidden synapses of global musical memory.

KING CRIMSON - I'm A Dinosaur

24. August 2016

King Crimson

Originally, there were no plans to reposition Fripps Prog dinosaurs at all. Demos were created under the logo Projekct 7, joint plans were discussed and more musicians were added to the band core. But when Fripp told the rest of the participants in 2014 that he wanted to go on tour as a septet under the name King Crimson, the language was lost. "That was a shock for all of us," says singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk. "In 2012 he had announced his withdrawal from music. But even more surprising was the concept with the three drummers."

MONKEY3 - Don't talk, play

24. August 2016

Monkey3

eclipsed catches Monkey3 guitarist Boris on the highway. He is on his way from the Swiss "Out In The Green" festival to the "festival cult" in Veltheim, Westphalia. "Yesterday Switzerland, today Germany, no problem, we live for music," he says in a relaxed manner. "We're just near Würzburg. I know there are some great psychedelic festivals there. We've been there before." And the journey continues, during which he now answers our questions.

eclipsed: The new album "Astra Symmetry" is in the box. How does it feel after work?

NEW MODEL ARMY - Winter is approaching

24. August 2016

New Model Army

As usual, Justin Sullivan gives the friendly and intelligent conversation partner in the Cologne hotel where he receives interviews. But already after two questions the 60 year old singer and guitarist has little desire to talk about the new record "Winter". He prefers to be echauffiert about his government, neoliberalism and right-wing populists. Which makes the conversation even more interesting.

eclipsed: The new album sounds more boisterous than its predecessor "Between Dog And Wolf", which was dominated by archaic drums. One step back?

GOV'T MULE - The Origin of Life

24. August 2016

Gov´t Mule

If the floodgates of memory are opened, what escapes them can no longer be stopped. The US band Gov't Mule has been releasing a whole series of archive recordings of special programs with music by Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones or together with jazz guitarist John Scofield for two years. The release of her furious Doors tribute from 2014 with Robbie Krieger is only a matter of time. The provisional conclusion of the series, however, is a tribute by Gov't Mule to himself. The "Tel-Star Sessions" of 1994 are the very first recordings the band ever made.

72 and not a bit quiet - JEFF BECK offers a powerpack consisting of album, autobiography and tour

24. August 2016

Jeff Beck

Nobody knows which louse Geoffrey Arnold Beck ran into his liver. The fact is that the old master released "Loud Hailer" in mid-July, his first studio album in six years, and received euphoric reviews. But he doesn't want to talk about it. And he only wants to present it live in the USA, where he has been touring with Buddy Guy since the beginning of August - in casinos, provincial nests and monumental venues like the Hollywood Bowl. A finger exercise for ego and pension funds - while he cancelled all activities in Europe.

More than just music - DREAM THE ELECTRIC SLEEP take their educational mission seriously

24. August 2016

Dream The Electric Sleep

Strong women, struggle and social disruptions have always been at the centre of Matt Page's texts. While the debut "Lost And Gone Forever" (2011) was based on the Oscar-winning documentary "Harlan Country, USA" about a miners' strike in Kentucky in 1976 (Page also told the story of his grandparents here), the singer/guitarist on his successor "Heretics" (2014) was mainly concerned with the suffragettes movement at the beginning of the 20th century, which finally led to the implementation of women's suffrage in the USA and Great Britain.

No more of that! - MICHAEL KIWANUKA takes position with its new CD

24. August 2016

Michael Kiwanuka

The British soul singer and guitarist Michael Kiwanuka lets himself fall back deep into the late sixties with his second CD "Love & Hate". However, the topics he takes up in the process are highly topical. Seldom has timelessness been so focused and explosive as on this CD of a 29-year-old who exclaims: "Stop with no matter" and intervenes again. Between the pegs Pink Floyd and Marvin Gaye he ignites a firework of emotional drama.