Els clàssics del rock —rock clásico— que van obrir el camí abans que el gènere es ramifiqués en el progressiu, el metal o el punk: de les grans bandes dels seixanta i setanta a qui encara en beu directament avui. Tótum Revolútum Press hi recull ressenyes, novetats i concerts.
“Zebra V” is out on Flatiron Recordings with eleven songs, five of them produced by Jack Douglas. The New Orleans trio had not made a studio record since 2003.
“Santamental” returns on 7 November on CD and digital, with vinyl to follow. It dates from 2003, had gone out of print and had never appeared on digital or vinyl.
She died on Friday 2 October surrounded by her family. In September she had cleared the rest of the year for a “serious medical condition” that was never specified.
First show on 1 October in Oklahoma, fourteen songs, with Rudy Sarzo on bass. He replaces Jizzy Pearl, who left in July.
Twelve tracks cut in Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the first album since “Justice” in 2010. Not one member of the band’s original line-up is still alive.
Twelve tracks through Gibson Records, produced by Michael Baskette in Florida. The only Spanish date is the Azkena Rock Festival on 17 June.
Eighty-nine shows since May 2024 and a twenty-one-song finale in New Jersey. Of the tour’s two stops in Spain, neither was in Catalonia.
The special edition came out on Friday with new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes, the original mono and the Capitol US version. The big box runs to sixty-eight tracks.
The fourth album arrives through Republic Records with thirteen tracks. The “Into The Beginning” tour covers fifty-nine cities between February and July 2027, and none of them is here.
The expanded edition is out on 7 October digitally and 9 December physically, with “City Fox”, “One Night Stand” and “Chelsea Boots” and a flip mix of “Home to Us”.
The Power to the People Festival takes place on Saturday in Maryland and will be streamed in full and for free on YouTube from one in the afternoon, Eastern time.
The Black Sabbath guitarist received the honour on 30 September at an investiture at Windsor Castle, for services to music and to charity.
Taylor, 77, sang the whole concert and sat behind the kit for one track only. May came up for the final two songs, in versions The Times describes as afropop.
One edition comes off the original analogue tapes and the other is a fresh mix of the multitracks by Tom Allom. Both restore the running order the band wanted in 1976.
Eight tracks on BMG, with Jørn Lande singing and co-writing every one of them, Becky Baldwin on bass and Karl Brazil on drums. It’s Iommi’s first record of his own since 2005’s “Fused”.
The first name on the bill at the Poble Espanyol festival. Tickets go on sale on Friday 2 October at noon, and no original member has been left in the band since Gary Rossington died in 2023.
Vincent Black Shadow, veterans of Barcelona hard rock and garage since 2001.
Gato Pérez, the Argentine adopted by Barcelona who fused Catalan rumba with funk and salsa.
Sau, the Vic band, a pioneer of modern Catalan rock, led by Carles Sabater and Pep Sala.
Sopa de Cabra, the Girona band, a reference of 1990s Catalan rock, with “Camina Vora Meu”.
Orquestra Plateria, a Barcelona orchestra of popular dance music, born at the Zeleste club in 1974.
Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler’s band, a reference of melodic, sophisticated 1980s rock.
Whitesnake, David Coverdale’s project (ex-Deep Purple), a pillar of British blues rock and hard rock.
Def Leppard, the Sheffield band, a leading name in 1980s melodic hard rock.
Bon Jovi, the New Jersey band that took 1980s arena rock to worldwide stardom.
Van Halen, a reference of virtuoso electric guitar and 1980s hard rock.
Steppenwolf, the band behind “Born to Be Wild”, a reference of late-1960s hard rock.
Fleetwood Mac, from British blues rock to American pop-rock with the album Rumours.
The Eagles, one of the best-selling American bands in history, with Hotel California.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, the founding band of southern rock, marked by the 1977 plane crash.
Aerosmith, the Boston band and a benchmark of American hard rock.
ZZ Top, the Texan blues rock trio, a benchmark of boogie riffs and legendary beards.
The Allman Brothers Band, a benchmark of American southern rock and blues rock.
Cream, the first great blues rock power trio, with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
Twenty-four nights from Bournemouth to Cadogan Hall, between 28 April and 29 May 2027. The name comes from the nonsense words he uses to fix a melody’s metre before writing the real lyric.
Coz, the Madrid hard rock and “rock urbano” band that produced the founders of Barón Rojo.
Medina Azahara, the Córdoba band of Andalusian rock, a benchmark of the fusion of rock and Andalusian music.
Chicago, the pioneering band of rock and horn-section fusion, with decades of hits.
Toto, the band of Los Angeles session musicians known for “Africa” and “Rosanna”.
Journey, the San Francisco band behind “Don’t Stop Believin’”, a benchmark of 1980s arena rock.
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