When Paul Young entered the stage of the Grugahalle in Essen with his band The Royal Family on 30 March 1985, he was at the height of his career and the most successful British pop star of his time. His album “No Parlez” had broken all sales records, the follow-up album “The Secret Of Association” was about to start at (more…)
The Rockpalast was still in its infancy when the British band STARRY EYED & LAUGHING entered the stage of the Cologne WDR studio L on 24 February 1976. Only a handful of bands like the Streetwalkers, Man, Procol Harum, the Climax Bluesband or Alexis Korner had the honour to perform live in the Cologne studios and later to be broadcasted (more…)
The death of Peter Rüchel is a great loss for the entire German music scene. He was without doubt, together with Christian Wagner, the forefather of the music format Rockpalast and with his decisions had an enormous influence on the development of the music scene not only in Germany, but in many European countries.
From 1976 onwards, Rockpalast’s artistic selection not only brought the (more…)
The German Krautrock pioneers of the first hour have now placed their complete catalogue under Mig’s responsibility. The 3 missing albums – Malesh, 2nd and River of Return – together with the 3 albums already released in the Agitation Free Box are now part of a complete package, which we are releasing both digitally and on vinyl and CD.
Agitation Free are one of (more…)
(Almost) Just in time for the start of the European Tour SIENA ROOT finally deliver new material with “In The Fire”! The single will only be released on streaming platforms for the time being, the matching music video will be available next week.
“In The Fire” celebrates classical Siena Root Sound again. Rich keyboards, tight drums, gooves and casual string acrobatics. But the focus of (more…)
The young Heavy Bluesers of JAIL JOB EVE will support the legendary SIENA ROOT on tour in February and March 2019. Fans can expect an evening full of finest handmade rock music.
For Jail Job Eve this is the first real tour in bigger clubs. Front woman Toja made the following statement on the band’s social media:
“Good news. Very good news.
It’s (more…)
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On February 22nd DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN – Live At Rockpalast 1978 + 2008 (3CD+2DVD Set) and COMMANDER CODY – Live At Rockpalast 1980 (CD/DVD Set) two new rereleases will be added to our Rockpalast catalogue.
DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN:
When Dickey Betts entered the stage on the (more…)
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Peter Bursch and his BRÖSELMASCHINE are back in the studio to produce the sequel to their 2017 success album “Indian Camel”. Peter: “We are here at the ROCK CITY STUDIO in Solingen. The studio was recommended by Helge (Schneider) and Doro, among others, and we feel that we are in good hands here. We can record everything live, in a great old (more…)