product: Eric McFadden - EMF does AC/DC
release date: 13.11.2018
label: Bad Reputation
PR: Germany, Austria & Switzerland
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"When it comes to covering AC/DC, it's important to bare in mind that you can't rock AC/DC songs harder than AC/DC. As a lifelong fan of the band, it seemed that it would be preferable to pay tribute to them by interpreting their songs in a completely different way. To go the other direction, and do an all acoustic homage to these rock legends. For me, playing the songs in this way exposed just how good the songs are, and how much substance there is beneath the bombast of the loud guitars and wailing vocals.
This was recorded in a pretty raw, organic fashion, with few overdubs. We left in the mistakes, because the opposite of perfect is awesome. Please have a listen and take a joyride with us on the highway to heck", Eric McFadden
After Pat McDonald and his Tribute to Depeche Mode, it's the turn of Eric McFadden, the master of the voodoo gypsy blues, to attack a monument of the Rock.
It is a sacrilege then to strip the biggest group of of all times of rock 'n' roll? Without the electricity of Angus Young, the frenzy of Malcom and hoarse voice of Bon or Brian, whom are worth these compositions which enriched all the physiotherapists of the whole world?
We knew it for a long time, Eric is a master of covers. Then we shall not be surprised seeing him excelling at this dantesque repertory provided with its acoustic guitar, sometimes slide, sometimes bluesy, sometimes hispanicist and with its great hot voice that sometimes come to help with relevance a violin, a tambourine or feminine choir.
From the intro of Hells Bells, Eric takes us in his world. The strings are made dark when arises his voice from beyond the grave close to a Tom Waits. It is the Baron Saturday that sounds the gathering of its zombies at the sound of the bells of hell. The big gathering of the damned of the Rock 'n' roll!!! That come to support the women who know magnificently how to keep the Rhythm, although it is splendidly slowed down and erotized by the Californian guitarist. We celebrate and we drink in a bar filled with smoke in the vapors of strong alcohol. It is its tour in the jazzy stenches with this humming double bass and this hispanicist guitar. Adorned to begin the furious evening in the sound of a Beatin Around the Bush plunged into an American bayou, Eric McFadden takes then the leisure to calm us by admiring the full moon at the sound of a mandolin sublimated on a melancholic Shook Me All Night Long. But the mass is far from being ended and McFadden settles to put us an uppercut in teeth, quite there bluesy slide rock 'n' roll. But we talk maybe too much! It is enough to listen to these arpeggios of violin and this ardent voice to melt you as vampires in the contact of blinding light of the sun. We are in Sin City, don’t forget it and it is naturally Whole Lotta Rosie who sparks things off. Executed in acoustic guitar slide completely, the native of Albuberque makes a success of his bet. Some pinched ropes, a voice come of besides grave, Eric McFadden plunges the title into the deep bayou where the soul of the old men bluesmen spreads as a trail of alcohol. It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock 'n' roll nowadays. No matter whether it is at the edge of a truck, of a motorcycle or any vehicle, let us take advantage of this magnificent journey which offers to us Eric McFadden and Ride on !
Let There Be Rock !
product: The KRP (Keith Reid Project) - In My Head
release date: 07.12.2018
label: Rockville Music
PR: Europe
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Keith Reid & Gary Brooker founded Procol Harum in 1967. In the same year A Whiter Shade Of Pale became a world hit. While Gary was the rockstar, the voice & face of Procol Harum, Keith was the poet and artworker who preferred to hide in the dark. At most, he flitted over a videoclip for a few seconds. Soon he decided to stay off stage and wasn't seen there for some decades. Quite a unique phenomenon in the rock scene. Anyway the band's classics, their musical, lyrical and artistic entirety – such as Homburg, A Salty Dog or Grand Hotel - would be unthinkable without Keith Reid.
„In My Head“ is released under the banner "The KRP" (Keith Reid Project). It is Keith's second solo album after „The Common Thread“ (2009). The album contains a fine collection of soulful songs that Keith composed together with Anders Widmark, Rob Wassermann, Steve Booker, Anthony Krizan, Matt Noble, John Waite (famous for „Missing You“) and Steve Booker (writer of Duffy's 2008 hit „Mercy“). Six singers are featured on the Album: John Waite, Steve Booker, Anthony Krizan, Jeff Young, Chris Merola & last but not least on four songs, the young and talented Maya Saxell.
For appetizer check out „Ten More Shows“ or In „My Head“.
product: Pavlov's Dog - Prodigal Dreamer
release date: 07.12.2018
label: Rockville Music
format: CD digi & digital
PR: Europe
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8 years after the last Pavlov's Dog studio album the „prodigal dreamer“ David Surkamp once again shares his poetic songs and musical tales with us.
For a band that releases about one album per decade a new album is truly an extraordinary event. „Prodigal Dreamer“ for David makes a special dream come true. The album contains a collection of songs that came together over the years, each one specifically picked and relating to a personal story. New compositions of the past eight years combine with just lately accomplished pearls of the past decades to a harmonious whole. Finally, the artwork closes the circle to Pampered Menial, the album that started it some 40 years ago.
„Prodigal Dreamer“ was recorded by method of room-miking. In this process the band performs together in one room, without clicktrack or similar appliances. The performance hereby is captured „for real“. This recording method is an art for itself that today only few sound engineers are in control of. Paul Hennerich is an expert in this field, handling e.g. broadcasts and recordings of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra or monitoring renowned jazz projects. This procedure mostly passes on any post-processings. In this way an unequalled authenticity, warmth, dynamic and „in real character“ is achiefed, that interprete the sensitive songs on „Prodigal Dreamer“ also soundwise in an appropriate way … and give the listener the feeling of being right in the middle.
product: Sunny Vegas - Hotel Sunny Vegas
release date: 07.12.2018
label: Rockville Music
format: CD digi & digital
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Sunny Vegas … that's a ride on the highway with a beer on your lap, with music for the essentials: Love, Life and Rock'n Roll.
Just rock, no masterplan, just fun, passion and a twinkle in your eye? Will that be it to generate something special? Or maybe even for that very reason? Sunny Vegas dare the experience on themselfes ...
On a chummy night in 2011 three friends (let's call them Sunny, Bunny and Munny) decided to form a band. The way shall be the goal, fun is the aim, and of course never take themselfes too serious. They called it „German Schweinerock“ … however that translates? … well, anyway they didn't really know what it should sound like. The band was called after a personage that frontman Matthi Birkmeyer invented: „Sunny Vegas is an adorable but spaced out guy who since 30 years believes, that his big break is instant ahead. A rocker to the core, no matter where he is, he grabs his guitar and plays … even if nobody listens. Which most of the time is the fact.“ … Evil to the ones who think Sunny is Matthi's alter ego ...
The story goes on: Some years later the three realized that had actually written some cool tunes. So they grabed a box of beer and an 8-track and recorded their opus in the rehearsal room. The outcome sounded pretty well, so there was the album „Sweet Mobile Home Recordings“ (2014), which was surprisingly well received … and as it's still reading so nice, we may exemplaric quote Breakout Magazine again: „Marriage, job problems or stress? We recommend Sunny Vegas! And if you feel good already, you'll even feel better. Listen & enjoy. 100% successful!“
Isn't that wonderful? Sunny rubbed his eyes in disbelief and rocked on until 2018 … well, and a few weeks ago he brushed the dust off the 8-track and here we go: Let there be „Hotel Sunny Vegas“ … once again the big break is instantly ahead, isn't it?
product: Bonfire - Legends
release date: 19.10.2018
label: AFM Records
PR: mainstream press, tour cities, locals and yellow press in Germany only
Im November 2018 bringt die Ingolstädter Rock-Legende Bonfire mit insgesamt 20 Konzerten in 20 Städten und neuartigem Konzept zum ersten Mal die Produktion „Bonfire – A Night With Rock Legends“ auf die deutschen Bühnen!
Bonfire selbst spielen an diesen Abenden ihre größten Hits und fungieren zudem als Backing-Band für zahlreiche internationale Rocklegenden. Die Besetzungsliste für die Konzertreihe liest sich wie das „Who-Is-Who“ der Rockgeschichte; so werden u.a. Bobby Kimball (ex-Toto), Joe Lynn Turner (ex Rainbow, ex-Deep Purple), Dave Bickler (ex-Survivor „Eye Of The Tiger“) und Phil Mogg (UFO) u.v.m. ihre größten Hits darbieten.
Am 19.10.2018 erscheint bei AFM Records/ Soulfood nun die Doppel-CD zur Tour: Bonfire – „Legends“ mit 35 Cover-Versionen der Lieder, die live dann von den legendären Sängern selbst gesungen werden!
product: Alien - Imagine
release date: 26.10.2018
label: Pride & Joy Music
format: digital single
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Alien are acknowledging the 30 year anniversary of their 1988 s/t debut album by performing the album live, in its entirety, on a short Swedish tour in November.
Furthermore, to celebrate the anniversary of their (platinum selling) breakthrough hit single ‘Only One Woman’ (originally ‘the Marbles’, 1968), Alien recorded their take on another much loved pop classic: IMAGINE (John Lennon) which will be released as a single (stream, download & video) on October 26th, 2018 as a ‘big thanks’ to the long-time supporters.
The band says: “...and just like we did when covering ‘Only One Woman’ we’ve created our own version based on the Alien signature sound.”
product: Dominoe - The Lost Radio Show
release date: 16.11.2018
label: Pride & Joy Music
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1988. The debut single from a previously unknown Hard Rock band dominates the singles charts for many weeks. The track is called “Here I Am” and well-known from a Renault-5 TV commercial. Many TV show performances and intense touring all over Europe followed for the band DOMINOE.
2018. DOMINOE now since 30 years have been producing new albums every now and then – whenever they had fun to enter the studio again. The forces behind are mastermind Robert Papst on guitars and singer Jörg Sieber. “The Lost Radio Show“ now will be released in November and is the 6th album by this group. The content: the long lost studio live session recordings for a radio show from 2008.
Originally recorded for a British radio show in 2008, parts of these recordings got lost at the time because of a hard disk crash. The planned radio show never happened and the incomplete „tapes“ ended up in the archives. By surprise, Robert Papst discovered these “tapes” again in the year 2018. Most of the tracks were used and only the really lost tracks now have been newly recorded. The result: The Lost Radio Show
Guitars. Keyboards. Bass. Drums. A lot of great voices. And the classic instruments of the Mainstream Rock genre. Former band members and longtime musical friends helped to complete the recordings. The new release covers the atmosphere from the original sessions and offers a state of the art production, too. The 15 tracks cover songs from all five Dominoe albums and will take you onto a journey back to the year 2008. Grammy winner Gavin Lurssen, L.A. handled the mastering.
