Guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore turns 70 today. To celebrate, here’s one of his finest hours, Stargazer, featuring the vocals of the late, great Ronnie Dio and the drums of the late and equally late Cozy Powell.
The album Rainbow Rising, released in 1976 is an acknowledged classic. It would be one of my desert island disks without question.
Official video for the song from the album “Wolflight”.
It didn’t take very long after someone pointed out that The Teletubbles looks deeply scary in black-and-white that somebody would create video mashing up monochromatic Teletubbies with Joy Division. It had to be done, really. This is the sort of thing that makes me love the internet.
First taste of the new Nightwish album, with Floor Jansen on vocals and lots of Troy Donockley.
A track from the forthcoming album “Please Come Home”.
A forgotten NWOBHM classic, from a session for Radion One’s Friday Rock Show.
This is a recording from the radio, with the voice of the late, great Tommy Vance at the end. As far as I know, Black Axe never released this song on record, so their Radio 1 session was the only recorded version.
“Mostar” by Anna Phoebe, taken from her forthcoming album “Between The Shadow And The Soul”
Interesting mix of progressive textures and post-rock guitars from Australia
“Winterborn December child/Do you ever dream of spring/When the birds begin to sing”.
Tin Pan Alley called! They want their book of corny rhymes back. Musically, though, it’s great.
A driver’s eye view of the latest extension of the Manchester Metrolink network. It starts off along the long-established Altrincham line before crossing over to the re-used formation that once carried the Midland Railway main line out of Manchester Central towards London. We then branch off to the all-new formation with several street-running sections before terminating alongside the existing heavy rail terminus at Manchester Airport.