Bernie Marsden’s Live Documents Scheduled For Release

May 6, 2026

More than two years after his untimely passing, Bernie Marsden‘s legacy keeps on keeping his blues spirit alive. While many fans safely assumed last year’s "Icons" was an addendum to the late guitarist’s “Inspiration” series, which spans three records, there’s another title scheduled to arrive soon. Titled “Stage” – not to be confused with 2013’s “Stages Live” – and prepared to be available in vinyl and CD variants, it captures the veteran run through not only WHITESNAKE classics but also FLEETWOOD MAC and Rory Gallagher’s perennials.

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Jan Schelhaas Issues Long-Overdue Fourth Solo Album

May 5, 2026

Over the last year, Jan Schelhaas released quite a few interesting tracks, including his collaborative efforts with artists he worked with in the past: Andy Latimer, Phil Lynott and Jimmy Hastings – but now the keyboard wizard has finally put out, via Bandcamp, an entire album, a long-overdue follow-up to “Ghosts Of Eden” from 2018. Titled “Vandals” and comprising the whopping sixteen pieces, it’s a sort of anthology, with material spanning more than half a century but brought to fruition only recently.

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Rare Carla Bley Live Set Is Out

May 3, 2026

One of those venerated jazz masters who wasn’t averse to crossover, Carla Bley, who passed away in 2023, left behind an impressive discography and a prominent trail across an array of rock records, including works by Nick Mason and Jack Bruce, and quite a few concert recordings. Her first stage document was out 1982, and there were more platters released in the wake of “Live!” – only those followed in the later part of the same decade, which is why “Joyful Noise (Live In Hamburg 1984)” that’s just been issued is of major interest to all of the late lady’s fans.

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Clapton, Wood, May And Gibbons Guest On Steve Cropper’s Posthumous Album

May 2, 2026

Steve Cropper‘s sudden passing on December 5th, 2025 brought to attention of many the magnitude of his influence on the world of music, and it’s a little wonder that the title of the album the guitarist was working on at the time of his death references the most famous number bearing the master’s playing – and co-written by him: “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” from Otis Redding’s catalogue. This album is ready for release now, and it features quite a few prominent guests, so listening to “Watching The Tide” which will be issued on August 28th should be mandatory.

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Out Now: Robert Fripp’s “Exposure” Sessions With John Wetton And Phil Collins

April 30, 2026

It’s impossible to overestimate the influence Robert Fripp‘s “Exposure” has had on a multitude of artists since its release in 1979, and the amount of work which went into that album was immense, as the massive “Exposures” box set demonstrated back in 2022, although it didn’t include the earliest sessions for the guitarist’s masterpiece. While most of the issued opus got recorded in New York, the initial sketching of it took place in London’s Basing Street Studios where Fripp first approach the material in the company of his former colleague John Wetton, whose parts would be discarded in the final product, and another old friend, Phil Collins, who stayed on. And now those early tapes are out.

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