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GRYPHON – Live: A Sonic Tonic

September 20, 2024

Talking Elephant 2024 A potent potion brewed by English sorcerers sourcing their magic from the well of ages. It’s not so surprising that this ensemble have never issued a full-length live recording – for all the earnestness of their art … Continue reading →

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JACKIE LEVEN – Live Or Die: Live In Bremen, 1999 & 2004

September 12, 2024

MiG 2024 Caledonian troubadour brings his spellbinding tales to the banks of the Weser where captive listeners drink the water of Fife wisdom. Jackie Leven’s passing in 2011 at the age of 61 robbed the world not simply of one … Continue reading →

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REO SPEEDWAGON – Live At Rockpalast 1979

August 18, 2024

MiG Music 2024 On the first performance of their first European tour, Champaign’s finest drink the wine of success. Formed before the acronym AOR, which they’ve always been associated with, was in force, this ensemble, wearing another initialism for a … Continue reading →

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THE FUZZTONES – Live At Rockpalast

August 10, 2024

MiG Music 2024 Make you holler, gonna make you shout, it’ll even knock you out: dirty sound revivalists flaunt their latter-day One of those ensembles who successfully and repeatedly failed to disappoint their fans, THE FUZZTONES may have kept relatively … Continue reading →

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DICKEY BETTS – Live From The Lone Star Roadhouse: New York City 1988

August 6, 2024

RockBeat 2018 / Liberation Hall 2024 A breathtaking stage report from a fallen hero and his stellar compadres – finally presented in its glorious two-hour entirety. An Allman brother in all but name, Richard Betts, as his credits went in … Continue reading →

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