At the 9th ROCKPALAST night October 17, 1981, it was the third formation that fully turned on the heat in the packed Grugahalle in Essen. BLACK UHURU rocked the roots reggae with three singers front, the dynamic Michael Rose, cute Puma Jones, leatherclad Duckie Simpson and the world’s best rhythm section – Sly Dunbar (more…)
Friends of blues rock will gladly take a note of this day: the third and forth solo album, “Bluesheart” and “Chameleon” by MILLER ANDERSON (not counting the project Hemlock) will be released July 29, 2016 in a collector’s edition designed with love and arranged with a 12-page booklet.
MILLER ANDERSON is a living part of music history. All those bands he has been (more…)
We have been working hard to bring you more songs from the ROCKPALAST concerts as a video. We would love if you were curious enough to cross your personal genre borders to listen in on one or two of the artists you have not seen yet. As always they are in best possible and enhanced quality – picture and sound.
Starting with post punk (more…)
Second round is not quite correct though, actually this edition is more of a complete reissue.
In March he was on tour again and also with his go to bassist Graham Maby at his side. JOE JACKSON who is living primarily in Berlin these days, on stage is an entertainer extraordinaire at all times. Like a fan says: “He is always good (more…)
(more…)
This morning at 01:00 o’ clock WUCAN’s Rockpalast concert, which was recorded in March 2016, was finally broadcasted on WDR.
If you missed the broadcast, you can watch it online and for free in the WDR Mediathek.
Click here to get to the video
(more…)
There is so much more to discover from the Eighties than only the stuff that was commercially successful, especially this rare gem by HALE & HAINES which in its day cost its record company quite some money.
David Bowie had just finished his Berlin trilogy with the album “Lodger” when the new wave protagonists Gus Hale and Denis Haines decided to record their new (more…)
Saturday, 11. June 2016, 23:05 – 00:00 Uhr, NDR Info
Don’t miss the one hour Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook “The Dark Side Of The Moog” special on NDR Info. Thanks to Olaf Maikopf for the great support!
Fans of ROCKPALAST should attune to a hot autumn. At the time, when days are getting colder and darker again, MIG will be starting a campaign with releases of their popular ROCKPALAST series.