Deep Purple

Hard Rock 

Happy 50th, Blue Öyster Cult!

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 1972, 50th Birthday, Amon Duul II, Atom Heart Mother, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefhart, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Imaginos, MC5, Rolling Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Yardbirds

What if the MC5 and the Grateful Dead had been one band?  

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Music Journalism 

All Songs Reconsidered

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 16 and Savaged, American Woman, Belsen Was A Gas, Christine Sixteen, Cocaine In My Brain, Deep Purple, Dillinger, Eric Clapton, Highway Star, Kiss, Lay Down Sally, Silverhead, Sweet FA, The Guess Who, The Sex Pistols, The Sweet

The song remains the same; it is our perception of it that changes 

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Classical Renaissance Rock 

The Sunny Side of Blackmore’s Night

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Blackmore’s Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, Nature's Light, Ritchie Blackmore

Candice Night shines a light on the band’s latest album, Nature’s Light

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

The Future Of Mankind: Blizzard of Ozz at 40

November 17, 2020October 27, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Bob Daisley, Crazy Train, Dee, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Goodbye To Romance, Lee Kerslake, Mr. Crowley, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads, Suicide Solution

The rags to riches story of Ozzy Osbourne’s miraculous solo success

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Hard Rock 

Speed Kings: Deep Purple In Rock Turns 50

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1970, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, In Rock, Jon Lord, Martin Birch, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Speed King

A loose salute to the true debut of the band’s Mark II era

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Progressive Rock 

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Us: Jethro Tull’s ‘Benefit’ at 50

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 Jordan Blum 4 Comments 1970, Beardfish, Benefit, Big Big Train, Chrysalis Records, Cream, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Martin Barre, Mick Abrahams, Phideaux Xavier, Rikard Sjöblom

Fifty years later, Benefit remains one of Jethro Tull’s most ageless, individualized and tight records

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Classical Hard Rock 

Presto: Deep Purple’s ‘Concerto for Group and Orchestra’ at 50

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Deep Purple, EMI, Harvest Records, Ian Gillen, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Royal Albert Hall

At the end of 1969, the hard rock icons took their sound to a new level on their largely overlooked experiment with orchestra

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Hard Rock Metal! Psychedelics 

Chinese Rocks

March 12, 2019April 11, 2019 Phil Freeman 1 Comment Box sets, Deep Purple, Original Album Series

Cheap multi-album box sets bring joy to those of us who still buy CDs

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