Since KRAAN returned to the fray in 2000, the Krautrock veterans have added not one but two chapters to their story, the first ending with the band’s third post-reunion record, “Diamonds” from 2010, and the second starting with their fourth, “Sandglass” from 2020. And now the Ulm ensemble seem to go for another, post-gap hattrick, as April 17th will see the release of the Germans’ latest endeavor which picks up where 2023’s "Zoup" left off.
For all the high profile of his work with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER, the late Scott Weiland‘s solo oeuvre – numbering a mere three studio albums; four, if we count a comp of covers the singer laid down here and there; five, if his platter with THE WILDABOUTS is added – remains criminally underrated, which is why the emergence of his first-ever on-stage document should be more than welcome. Titled simply “Live” and appearing on the shelves on April 18th as part of Record Store Day, it’s going to be out, initially, only om vinyl, but as usual with things like this, a CD variant will be forthcoming as well – hopefully, with more than nine cuts that form the longplay.
Since he and Ian Anderson parted ways, Martin Barre has released not only a slew of studio works but also no less than four concert albums, his latest being "Live At The Wildey" from 2021, and there’s a new one on the way, titled “The Acoustic Trio & The Electric Quartet: Live In The USA & Europe” and scheduled for May 1st. Preserving for posterity the guitarist’s recent tour outings, in 2024 and 2025, it presents an interesting mix of his former band’s classics alongside pieces from Martin’s solo platters, and choice covers.
Lately, there’s been a resurgence interest in Brian Robertson‘s work, but neither expanded reissues of THIN LIZZY’s classic albums nor the collating of WILD HORSES material focused on him, and the 70-year-old remains one of the most underrated Scottish axemen. Not that Robertson’s had much going in terms of solo career, as Brian’s only longplay under his own name was 2011’s “Diamonds And Dirt” – and it’s this platter which will go under the microscope on May 29th, when the record’s expanded reissue is to hit the shelves.
