Here is our updated preview of the upcoming ROCKPALAST releases.
The start (as well as the end of the Rockpalast year 2016) will be a special highlight – ASWAD with their superb concert from 1980. The British reggae band from London played on the 3rd of July at the WDR studio B in Cologne. At this point they had only released their first two (more…)
With this IAIN MATTHEWS Rockpalast release we celebrate a special premiere. For all musicologists out there we have also put all studio versions of the songs being played during this 1983 concert at the Hamburger Markthalle on a bonus disc to compare for the first time.
The personal liner notes for this ROCKPALAST release (more…)
On September 30 2016 MIG Music will release „DAVE STEWART & THE SPIRITUAL COWBOYS– Live At Rockpalast”. After Eurythmics, Dave Stewart opened up a new chapter in his career with this band.
It is no secret that he wrote a whole bunch of hits with Annie Lennox like “Sweet Dreams”, “Who’s That Girl?” or “Here Comes The Rain Again”. But many of (more…)
When people hear the name PETER HAMILL most of them think of his old band VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR. During their time the band delivered stuff only for specialists, people with a faible for uncommen sounds or how dprp.net wrote “Van der Graaf Generator is known for their fusion of intelligent music with literary lyrics”.
Last but not least because of Hammill’s (more…)
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…)
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…)
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.
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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.
Thanks a lot to nodepression.com for this fabulous review on our ALBERT COLLINS Rockpalast Dortmund 1980 release!Here you can find the complete review.
ALBERT COLLINS – Live At Rockpalast
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