GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE RECORDS TWO SONGS WITH RAINBOW SINGER

Ritchie Blackmore has recorded two tracks with new Rainbow vocalist Ronnie Romero, according to reports. Blackmore reactivated Rainbow with the Lords Of Black singer in 2015, also bringing in Stratovarius keyboardist Jens Johansson, Blackmore’s Night drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau. They played three shows together last year and have further dates planned this […]

NIGHT RANGER’S KELLY KEAGY TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL HEART PROCEDURE

Kelly Keagy, the drummer, co-lead vocalist and co-founder of the acclaimed, multi-platinum and long-running band Night Ranger, is taking a temporary leave of absence from the band during April and May, as he recovers from a successful heart procedure, Night Ranger announced today. Veteran drummers Deen Castronovo (formerly of Journey/Bad English) and Fred Coury (Cinderella) […]

MARK WEISS/DAVID BANEGAS-TWO MEDIUMS/ONE VISION APRIL 24TH AT THE ROCK & BREWS ORLANDO

What happens when you have two visionary modern artistes merging their talents? Well, when you are talking about rock photographer Mark Weiss and painter/artiste David Banegas, you wind up with a breath-taking, larger-than-life image of Mark’s images morphing into David’s art. Four portrait paintings will be featured at a new music-themed Orlando restaurant, Rock & […]

JOE SATRIANI’S 2017 G4 EXPERIENCE JOE SATRIANI’S G4 EXPERIENCE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PHIL COLLEN, WARREN, DIMARTINI, & PAUL GILBERT, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 24TH-28TH IN CARMEL, CA

Joe Satriani announces special guests Phil Collen [Def Leppard], Warren DiMartini [Ratt], and Paul Gilbert joining him for the 2017 G4 Experience: Surfing with the Alien 30th Anniversary. The event is July 24th-28th at Asilomar Center in Carmel, CA. About this year’s camp, Satriani says, “I’m thrilled to have guitarists Phil Collen and Warren DiMartini […]