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Khebez Dawle خبز دولة Escape as Tour: The Odyssey of a Syrian Artrock Band

16. March 2016

Anas is a cheerful young man. You wouldn't even dream of him fleeing three years ago. He laughs at himself, is at peace with his life. The slim giant is the head of the Syrian band Khebez Dawle (pronounce: 'Kewess 'Daule). Her name means as much as bread from the state. The band's first CD, "Khebez Dawle", is not exciting because it has a refugee bonus, but because it combines moments of experimental and sometimes quite hard rock with Arabic music in a gripping and absolutely unusual way, without ever falling into the trap of any world music ecstasy.

ENGLAND - Endless odyssey

16. March 2016

England Progressive Rock

England is often referred to as the last prog band of the seventies. When their only studio record came out, Progressive Rock was already in the throes of death. The group itself came to an abrupt end due to a series of unfortunate coincidences - which is why keyboarder/singer Robert Webb, who has lived in Greece for fifteen years, looks back on this time with a laughing and a crying eye. "In the heyday of progressive rock, between 1967 and 1977, the musicians had every freedom to do what they wanted," explains Webb, who once sawed his Mellotron in half for transport reasons.

PIOTR GRUDZIŃSKI - 15.3.1975 - 21.2.2016

16. March 2016

Riverside

There are texts that you are afraid of having to write one day. It never occurred to me that I was forced to formulate an obituary on Piotr Grudziński during my active time as a music journalist. We're practically the same age. But Grudziński died on 21 February. Forty years old. His heart suddenly failed, they say. Like many other music fans, Piotr Grudziński touched me deeply with his playing.

Three FISH albums are back on the market with opulent features

16. March 2016

Fish

After the dispute with his record companies EMI and Polydor, Fish decided to take a courageous step: in 1994 he founded his own label with Dick Bros. without further ado, but he was shipwrecked with it. The albums that the Scottish singer released between 1997 and 2003 are characterized by a constant, involuntary change: changing record companies and changing songwriters made it difficult for Fish, who himself doesn't know any instrument, to follow his course.

The Art Of Sysyphus Vol. 86

16. March 2016

CD-Sampler Joe Bonamassa Desert Mountain Tribe The Jezabels Okta Logue Monomyth Black Mountain Kaima

JOE BONAMASSA - Mountain Climbing (5:42)
Album: Blues Of Desperation (2016)
Label/Distribution: Provogue/Mascot Label Group/Rough Trade

GENESIS - 40 Years "A Trick Of The Tail"

17. February 2016

Genesis

The story of "Tail" begins on November 25, 1974 at the latest at the Hotel Swingos in Cleveland, Ohio. "Peter came into my hotel room and said, 'Listen, I can't do this anymore. At the end of the tour I will leave the band', recalls Genesis' former manager Tony Smith. The group had just started the second part of their extensive US tour in Chicago a few days earlier. It had long been established in Great Britain and on the European mainland. In the States, however, it was still waiting for the breakthrough. She had only done six shows so far.

WOLFMOTHER - One shovel more

17. February 2016

Wolfmother

For the man with the enormous curly head and the circular saw voice the album almost means a new start. Since the departure of his former fellow musicians Myles Heskett and Chris Ross in 2008 - only shortly after the brilliant kick start - Stockdale has seen a lot of things different than hoped for. The three newcomers were able to take home a Grammy for the catchy tune "Woman". Then the road got bumpy. The second album "Cosmic Egg" turned out to be a difficult procedure, the separation then took place due to the usual ominous "musical and personal differences".

A TODSICHERES BUSINESS - Jeff Jampol manages faded rock stars

17. February 2016

Jeff Jampol The Doors The Ramones Janis Joplin

A lucrative business, as his office on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles shows. Because Jampol Artist Management Inc. resides in the Plaza del Sol - in the epicenter of Hollywood. The walls are littered with rock devotional objects, three employees and a secretary look discreetly stressed on an early Monday morning, and the boss receives behind a monstrous desk, which is completely overloaded with files, books, CDs and notes. The first impression: not a smooth businessman in a designer suit, but no Vollnerd either.

RUNRIG - Who wants to live forever

17. February 2016

Runrig

Scots know how to celebrate. The invitation of the record company Sony underlines this. A group of selected journalists from across the European continent and the British Isles gather in Glasgow to get to know the latest and last studio work of the Scottish folk rock institution. In the Linn Factory, manufacturer of exclusive Hi-Fi components, there is a listing session of the complete album, followed by a whisky rehearsal and witty interviews with the band.

MIKE OLDFIELD - Journey of discovery

17. February 2016

Mike Oldfield

After the success of "Crises", Virgin boss Richard Branson pushed for an extension of Mike Oldfield's contract. The two had closed it in 1973; it ran over ten albums, of which the artist had to deliver two more. Although his relationship with Branson was no longer the best, Oldfield let his lawyer persuade him to make a new deal: he committed himself to three more records for Virgin and in return received a significant increase in his royalties, both on future releases and on the back catalogue.

Khebez Dawle خبز دولة Escape as Tour: The Odyssey of a Syrian Artrock Band

ENGLAND - Endless odyssey

PIOTR GRUDZIŃSKI - 15.3.1975 - 21.2.2016

Three FISH albums are back on the market with opulent features

The Art Of Sysyphus Vol. 86

GENESIS - 40 Years "A Trick Of The Tail"

WOLFMOTHER - One shovel more

A TODSICHERES BUSINESS - Jeff Jampol manages faded rock stars

RUNRIG - Who wants to live forever

MIKE OLDFIELD - Journey of discovery

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