The Story So Far’s New Album

Deep Purple’s “=1,” containing the tracks “Portable Door” and “Pictures Of You” has dropped. It’s Deep Purple’s first album featuring guitarist Simon McBride, who joined two years ago following Steve Morse’s departure. “Many of the songs… were written in the first sessions and literally came together in 5 or 10 minutes. It all was so easy and natural,” noted…

This year’s Rock Fest is July 18th-20th in Cadott, WI. The event’s thirtieth anniversary features a lineup of 24 national acts including Shinedown, Jelly Roll, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Dirty Honey and Killswitch Engage. The first Rock Fest drew 4,000 while last year’s had 40,000 campers in attendance. This year, two of the festival’s three…

“Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones first album of original material since ‘05 (“A Bigger Bang”), is out. It’s also the first album since the death of the band’s fourth member, drummer extraordinaire Charlie Watts, in ’21. The twelve-track set, produced by Andrew Watt, was recorded in L.A., New York, London and Nassau, Bahamas. Watt was…