The Rockpalast of WISHBONE ASH was recorded on 1st December 1976 in the Sporthalle Cologne and shows the inventors of the legendary dual lead-guitar/twin guitar sound” with the classical line-up of the band from Andy Powell (guit., voc.), Martin Turner (bass, voc.), Steve Upton (dr.) and Laurie Wisefield (guit.) in captivating form and mood. In 1976 Wishbone Ash was at the zenith of (more…)
The singer-songwriter BAI KAMARA JR. from Sierra Leone, now living in the Belgian metropolitan region of Brussels, has signed with MIG music.
The first release will be the album “Salone”, a collaboration with the VOODOO SNIFFERS. BAI KAMARA JR. & THE VOODOO SNIFFERS stand for Roots-Bluesrock with a good portion of soul, psychedelic, folk, swamp and of course voodoo. The album will be released (more…)
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Hell-O-Matic released “The Devil Makes Three” the first single from their new album “What An Excellent Day For An Excorcism” which will be released Halloween 2019!
At the end of June all reggae fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Because then the lost Jah Woosh album “Rastaman”, released in Germany in 1981, will finally be available again – long out of stock as vinyl and wanted by collectors. “Rastaman” was recorded on Jamaica in the Channel 1 Studios and mixed in King Tubby’s Studio by dub specialist “King (more…)
Would you make these gentlemen an offer, not to mention a contract?
Okay, we did it … for good reason!
On the one hand HELL-O-MATIC is new and unspent, on the other hand behind this industrial rock monster are experienced adversaries who have already repelled their horns in many ways.
New because they’ve managed to create their own style with a high recognition value in a (more…)
Epitaph deliver their new studio album “Long Ago Tomorrow” to their 50 year old Juiläum. Just in time for today’s release of the album we present you the video of the single “Edge Of The Knife”.
Epitaph met with the Paramabira Choir from Indonesia in Hannover’s Magic Mile Studio to record a very special song. You can see the result here:
When Paul Young entered the stage of the Grugahalle in Essen with his band The Royal Family on 30 March 1985, he was at the height of his career and the most successful British pop star of his time. His album “No Parlez” had broken all sales records, the follow-up album “The Secret Of Association” was about to start at (more…)
The Rockpalast was still in its infancy when the British band STARRY EYED & LAUGHING entered the stage of the Cologne WDR studio L on 24 February 1976. Only a handful of bands like the Streetwalkers, Man, Procol Harum, the Climax Bluesband or Alexis Korner had the honour to perform live in the Cologne studios and later to be broadcasted (more…)
The death of Peter Rüchel is a great loss for the entire German music scene. He was without doubt, together with Christian Wagner, the forefather of the music format Rockpalast and with his decisions had an enormous influence on the development of the music scene not only in Germany, but in many European countries.
From 1976 onwards, Rockpalast’s artistic selection not only brought the (more…)