Mig Music News
Hans Zimmer Gifts Memorial Plaque For Electronic Beats Studio
A memorial plaque was unveiled on December 4, 2020 on the school building in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Pfalzdorfer Straße 30, donated in 2020 by Grammy-Awrad winner Hans Zimmer and Bernd Kistenmacher. This studio was founded by Konrad Latte, director of the Berlin Baroque Orchestra, and built and managed by Swiss avant-garde composer Thomas Kessler. Bands like Agitation Free, Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel as (more…)
Steve Hillage Live At Rockpalast 1977
On 20th March 1977, Hillage gave a concert as part of the “L” tour at the Otto Hahn School in Bensberg (near Bergisch Gladbach), Germany, which was recorded by WDR and broadcast on German television with a slight time delay. Steve Hillage was on the road with a band that he had put together especially for the tour. Apart from his partner Miquette (more…)
John Renbourn – A Maid In Bremen
In 1967 the british guitarist and songwriter John Renbourn together with his friend Bert Jansch founded the British folk rock band Pentangle. Like Jansch, Renbourn was considered an outstanding representative of the British “Folk Baroque” and fingerpicking playing technique. Since 1968 Renbourn successfully recorded several albums with Pentangle for the well-known UK folk/folk rock label Transatlantic. After the release of the album “Solomon’s (more…)
Andreas Vollenweider releases his back catalog
“Behind The Gardens – Behind The Wall – Under The Tree” is the first album by Andreas Vollenweider, which after its release in 1981, provided the worldwide breakthrough of this exceptional artist and brought millions of sales. Now the Swiss harpist is re-releasing the album in the original sound dress of the early 1980’s without bonus tracks and without artificially high BIT rates. (more…)
Goodbye to THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES
On 12th July 2019 Russell Smith, leadsinger and guitarist of the American country rock band The Amazing Rhythm Aces sadly passed away. After that, Billy Earheart, head of ARA along with Russel Smith, announced the definite end of the band. The country rockers take leave from their fans now with a fantastic live recording from the club “Moments” in Bremen/Germany, which was recorded (more…)
Vollenweider & Friends – Live In Zurich
On October 8th Andreas Vollenweider and Friends (The Band: with Andreas, Walter Keiser & Isabel Gehweiler) gave a showcase for the new album “Quiet Places” with reading parts from the book “Im Spiegel Der Venus” (read by Christoph Gaugler) in Zurich’s “Miller’s Studio”.
The event, held under the strict Corona guidelines, was filmed. Now there are compact 36 minutes of pure listening and (more…)
