Champion Jack Dupree – New Rockpalast live DVD commemorating the 25th anniversary of his death
On January 21, 2017, it has been 25 years since the great barrelhouse blues pianist and singer Champion Jack Dupree died. Dupree who was born in New Orleans was one of the very first blues musicians to cross the Atlantic in 1959 to escape a life of segregation and racism still prevailing in the United States at that time.
The Caribbean influences of his home town (more…)
Trilok Gurtu and Evelyn Glennie live – “The Rhythm in Me”
Bringing together two of the planet’s most virtuosic and innovative percussionists, on February 1, 2017 in Glasgow, the Celtic Connections festival presents the world première of Trilok Gurtu’s and Evelyn Glennie’s first collaborative creation, “The Rhythm in Me”, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of India’s independence in 2017.
A triple Grammy winner, Scotland’s Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE has premièred more than 200 works by (more…)
ZAINE GRIFF – New artist, new release “The Visitor”
On January 27, 2017 Mig Music releases the second album by singer/songwriter ZAINE GRIFF titled “The Visitor”. The album “Child Who Wants The Moon” marked the beginning of this collaboration. In Europe, the artist who was born 4 October 1957 in Auckland, New Zealand, is especially known in the United Kingdom. Like many young musicians he came to London during the 70s (more…)
THE BEAT FARMERS – Superb live concert from 1988 discovered
On December 16, 2016, just in time for Christmas, MIG Music is releasing the album “Heading North 53°N 8°E – Live in Bremen” by THE BEAT FARMERS. Their rather peculiar mix of rock’n’roll, rockabilly, Americana, blues, folk- and country elements was called cowpunk. It is comparable a little bit to Jason & The Scorchers who were trying to conquer the market at practically the (more…)
COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE – Back Catalogue now with MIG as well
On November 25, 2016 a new issue of the CD “Music For Kings” by Counter-World Experience is released. The release of the modern album “Pulsar” earlier this year marked the debut with MIG’s Haensel & Gretel label of the Berlin based trio, and now bit by bit the complete back catalogue is being re-released under the wings of MIG music.
“Pulsar”, (more…)
EPITAPH – New album coming in March 2017
On March 31, 2017, MIG Music is going to release a new EPITAPH album.
People who attended the gig in March 2016 witnessed EPITAPH recording a fantastic concert at the old trainstation in Hannover-Anderten.
The album is called “A Night At The Old Station – An Acoustic Live-Club-Event” and will be released as CD+DVD bundle. With the release of their last studio album “Fire (more…)
PAT TRAVERS – November/ December 2016 Tourdates cancelled
Only recently, PAT TRAVERS has cancelled his European tour dates from November 17, 2016 to December 17, 2016. Why, he explains on his website:
To all my fans, friends and music business associates. I regret that I will NOT be embarking
on the European tour we had scheduled for Nov 17- Dec 17th, 2016. Although the promoter
involved had made many promises to my management, in the end, (more…)
KLAUS SCHULZE – Rare “Another Green Mile” now an individual album
Does not every artist who has been working for several decades have some hidden music somewhere else? His lost works or forgotten tracks that have been tucked away in drawers or within heaps of tape and CD’s – and then quietly they were covered with the sands of time and layers of dust.
As happened with KLAUS SCHULZE and “Another Green Mile”. Several years (more…)
Preview of the upcoming ROCKPALAST releases
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…)