Graham Bonnet Band – The Vocal Powerhouse Takes Over the Vamp’d Stage!
The Graham Bonnet Band played Vamp’d on October 4 with The Remainz as their support act. Graham Bonnet just turned 70 last year, but it doesn’t mean this pint-sized vocal…
Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore’s New Rainbow Gives Us Two New Recordings
Legendary Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore surprised longtime fans with his decision to reform Rainbow. After 20 years away from rock, performing medieval folk music, the guitar hero is back,…
Rainbow – Memories in Rock Sees Ritchie Blackmore’s Return to Rock and Roll!
Ritchie Blackmore was long hailed as one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists, as the classic axeman behind bands like Deep Purple and Rainbow. Longtime fans were in for a…
Concerto for Group and Orchestra – Deep Purple’s classical/rock fusion experiment!
1969 saw the first change in Deep Purple’s lineup, with the departure of original vocalist Rod Evans and bassist Nick Simper. They were subsequently replaced by new vocalist Ian Gillan…
Sound of Purple – Rocking the Eastside Cannery!
It has been an interesting year for this fledgling Deep Purple tribute, to say the least. Initially known as Purplesque, and then Knee Deep in Purple, the group recently changed…
Rainbow Boston 1981 – Revisiting the Band’s Joe Lynn Turner Era!
1981 saw Rainbow releasing Difficult to Cure, the first studio album to feature new vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, as well as the first with new drummer Bobby Rondinelli, both of…