Surely a lot of fans were expecting Europe’s new studio work with anticipation. After their comeback in 2004… it’s true that they surprised us (nicely or badly it doesn’t matter) with their new music style. Balancing between classic rock and hard rock with various modern elements, the three previous albums have caused quite a few arguments among the loyal 80s fans of the band. So, everyone was eager for “Bag of Bones”…
 

Gonzo Media Group has just released "Caped Crusader, Rick Wakeman In The 1970s" by veteran author, broadcaster and journalist, Dan Wooding, with a foreword by Elton John.

 

The book, the authorized biography of Rick Wakeman, who is arguably the world's greatest rock keyboardist, is lavishly illustrated with dozens of photos from Wakeman's extraordinary career which includes the time his career took off when he joined the folk group, Strawbs, in 1969, and played on three of their albums.

 

"Rusty Miles" takes you on a musical journey within American music and culture with its 12 tracks firmly covering Rock, Blues, Country and lot more.

 

The main theme of the album is the journey itself, the road that leads us to a woman's love, the countryside enlightened by an angel and a child, the miles that still keep us far from our city, destroyed by an hurricane.

 

Singer/songwriter Ian Franklin is proud to announce the release of his debut album, "Breaking Grounds". This new full length album is being released on the heels of his successful "Step By Step" EP which was released in May of 2011. This release, for the Santa Rosa native, comes as a career high at the end of a near-decade of non-stop, whirlwind and frenetic coast-to-coast musical endeavors and evolution that have both educated and matured the young artist into a multi-faceted musical road warriorepreneur. 

 

“Tanzan Blue” is the first compilation by Tanzan Music. We selected some of our best artists to give the listener a smooth and fascinating audio experience.

 

Blues, ballads, folk and much more is what you will find into “Tanzan Blue”: Blueville, David Stockdale, Mario Percudani, Smokey Fingers,  Ricky Ferranti & The Rusty Miles, Hungryheart, all showing here their smoother side for a journey into the Blue side of Tanzan Music.

 

The compilation will be available for digital download on Friday 27th April.

 

One of the most intriguing guitarists to emerge from South America, Marcelo Paganini, a French-Brazilian guitarist/composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist also an actor & a journalist, who is best known for his hit song “Blues de Ninguem” with Brazilian rock band Kamikaze, has resided in Paris since 1984, and through the years has garnered a number of impressive accomplishments to his credit. Marcelo, whose YouTube channel has had over 33,000 views, most recently created a new video for his 2007 single "Technodream", which is now available for viewing on YouTube.

 

Wilko Johnson will released his official autobiography "Looking Back On Me" on Wednesday May 30th, 2012.

 

Hailed as a unique, vibrant and hotly anticipated autobiography of the former Dr Feelgood guitarist, British R&B legend and proto-punk pioneer, the autobiography is written and collated with acclaimed music writer Zoë Howe.

 

Internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa is pleased to announce that his lucky 13th studio album "Driving Towards The Daylight" will be released in the UK on Monday 21st May by Provogue Records.

 

Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Driving Towards The Daylight is a balanced and back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll.

 

Sigh have been around for over 20 years. Although they’re coming from Japan, they managed to overcome all those difficulties that a non-European or US band was facing at the time and become a respectful name in the metal scene. The band’s black metal days have long gone but that does not mean that they lost those extreme metal elements they had since the beginning in any case. It is true that every new album from this band is a surprise… not matter if you dig it or not. I still remember when I listened to “Imaginary Sonicscape” back in 2001… how impressed I was by the band’s creativity and skills. Perhaps, this is the band’s best work up to now.

 

Much to the elation of music fans on the US East Coast, for the first time in America, three legendary former members of the Mothers of Invention are playing a series of selected concerts as The Grandmothers of Invention starting in April 2012. The Grandmothers of Invention recently performed to wildly enthusiastic audiences in Europe and now plan to bring their special blend of musical mayhem to the US shores.

 

“This is going to be the most exciting tour of my entire career!” - Don Preston