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Fifty-three years ago today, Deep Purple went to No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their most influential album.
Ritchie Blackmore needs to be passionate about the music he's making, but there are some forgettable songs on this album, one ...
Ioannis, famed for having designed album covers for the likes of Bon Jovi and Deep Purple, passed away on April 7. His family announced the sad news of his death in an emotional obituary shared to ...
Ioannis Vasilopoulos, a legendary album cover designer renowned for his work with bands like Bon Jovi and Deep Purple, has passed away at the age of 66. His family shared the heartbreaking news in ...
It’s affectionately known in Burlington indie music circles as “Trash Mountain,” a nod to its location on a decommissioned landfill. It’s also the name of Seabird’s new album, her third, which was ...
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It's the most wonderful time of the year if you're mad about music: Record Store Day 2025 is just seven sweet days away at the time of publishing (this year, it falls on Saturday, April 12), and it ...
‘How are we supposed to remember things / When everything is coming and going / And my cellphone says to me that I’m / No use in knowing” sings Lily Seabird in her plaintive yet riveting vocals on ...
The album closes on another delicate piano-laced tune “The Fight,” a meditation on death that lyrically unrolls like a Springsteen song in its description. Trash Mountain’s sparse arrangements serve ...
Even in the 1980s, when the current Deep Purple organist and keyboardist played for Rainbow and Ozzy Osbourne, he didn’t fit the stereotype. Yet for decades, the 76-year-old has been a driving ...
That's a thick effect, as if the mountain was emitting deep purple colours, dark red, and fire orange. Similarly, during sunset at night, when the rays of the sun begin to set, the mountain itself ...