KATE BUSH
Welcome Overproduction
Twelve years - six years - six months: Who would have thought that the pauses between the musical signs of life of Kate Bush would be shorter instead of longer? The fact is that Kate Bush is finally independent and can work as she pleases. "Fish People", her own label, makes possible what seemed impossible so far - two outstanding albums of the wondrous sound artist in one year.
JETHRO TULL
40 Years "Aqualung"
40 years ago Jethro Tull released "Aqualung", their most relevant album from a music-historical point of view. Steven Wilson has now brought the old recordings for the anniversary edition in shape - for which Tull boss Ian Anderson praises him in the highest tones.
GEORGE HARRISON
The Inner Light
When he died on 29 November 2001, the worldwide Beatles community fell into collective mourning for the second time after John Lennon's assassination. eclipsed pauses briefly on the tenth anniversary of George Harrison's death.
THE HISTORY OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK,
PART 6 GERMANY (II)
After a lost decade, the seeds of the Prog also found fertile soil again in Germany from the nineties onwards. A colourful scene of new bands, labels and magazines emerged, even the control centre of the international prog. Forgotten pearls of the seventies reappeared, old heroes are back on stage.
THE WALKABOUTS
Faulkner's grandson
The dead live longer. The unpredictable walkabouts were not heard for six years, now they are back at the start - with new power and a new concept. Her fourteenth studio album "Travels In The Dustland" is a song cycle about life in the Midwest of the USA.
LOU REED & METALLICA Cold
fire
Lou Reed and Metallica are global players in the current rock scene. Their surprising collaboration is one of the most spectacular collaborations of recent years. By setting Frank Wedekind's expressionist theatre classic "Lulu" to music, the team has set itself a challenging task.
R.E.M.
The Last Curtain
For decades, R.E.M. was the American model band. Courtesy of critics, loved by fans. Now the band from Georgia has announced their breakup. Michael Stipe talked to eclipsed about the reasons.
TORI AMOS
Classic Battle Announcement
Tori Amos has a problem: the celebrated artist perceives contemporary pop music as acoustic pollution, television as intellectual insult and the record industry's dealings with its artists as frightening. Which is why she releases her new work "Night Of Hunters" on a classic label and declares war on fast food entertainment.
COLDPLAY
The Artrock Revolt
They are a band of superlatives: in the last ten years the quartet around singer Chris Martin has sold 50 million albums, filled the biggest halls in the world and won seven Grammys. Which doesn't make the mid-thirties from Hampstead, England, comfortable, but really inspires them.
PAUL VINCENT
The man behind the guitar
Paul Vincent was a handful in terms of studio sessions for a while in all alleys. Top-class musicians like Meat Loaf or Freddie Mercury booked the experienced guitarist. In the mid-seventies he joined the Panikorchester and remained discreetly in the background. But since 2003 he has been flying his own flag. With "My Beatles Songbook" the all-rounder now appears as a fan of the Fab Four.
JANE
music for heart and brain
In the 1970s they were one of the most commercially successful groups of the Krautrock generation. Today, three formations using the original name Jane are fighting over the legacy - at least one wants to say goodbye with a tour in 2012.
Keep the text up! Cult songs and their meaning
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS - AND WHEN I DIE
"I'm not afraid to die," it says in the first line of "And When I Die." A strong opening. But in the course of time it becomes clear what this fearlessness is made of: The person who speaks here will die knowing that it can only be better afterwards, but at least that peace will finally come - even if without a God
FRÖHLING & SCHICKE The
Creative King of Mallorca
Hardly anyone had expected that: A good thirty years after the separation and almost twenty years after Gerd Führs' accidental death there is new music from the progressive household of Schicke Führs Fröhling. Heinz Fröhling and Eduard Schicke want to know with their new album whether there is still an audience for Artpop "Made in Germany".
