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CD Review

Ciro HIRUMA

Keep activity in a band for 40 years is a feat. But a rarity. It is exactly the case of Tangerine Dream.

The group was founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese, a student of painting and drawing in the Berlin Academy of Arts and friend of Salvador Dali. The musician worked on the side of the painter in his residence on the island of Lligat, Spain, creating the famous happenings, events typical of the hippie movement, the flower power. It was the origin of the multimedia show: music, art and literature formed a single event, a festival of culture. Read More »

CD REVIEW

Decibels on high: the return of legend

Ciro HIRUMA

After eight of waiting, the album Black Ice takes the long history of AC / DC and stopped off in a successful world. In times of crisis in the music industry, the band hits record in sales of CDs The public remains traditional and new generations of faithful followers are on their way. Read More »

CD REVIEW

The flame burns intense

Ciro HIRUMA

Controversy. This is the word that marks The Cosmos Rocks, Queen of the new CD. The band currently has two members of the original training, Brian May (guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums), plus the voice of Paul Rodgers, a veteran on the road of rock that was in the Free, Bad Company and The Firm (next to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin).

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CD Review

The American dream is back

Ciro HIRUMA

What is the best representation of the "American way of life? The flag of the United States, cheerleaders, hot dog, the student fraternities and their stunning beauties, football (not to be confused with "our soccer"), NASA's astronauts. In the'80s, there was an ideal soundtrack for this proposal, and the band in question was the Night Ranger.
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CD REVIEW

Travel the past. Looking to the future.

Ciro HIRUMA

Ritchie Blackmore wrote and rewrote the history of rock on several occasions, acting in Deep Purple or Rainbow. His style as a guitarist was a decisive influence for many followers: blues, hard rock and scholar were the main areas that the musician explored. Aside from technical innovations as the guitar-scale dug, used even by a famous fan: Yngwie Malmsteen. Read More »

Show Review

To burn the night paulistana

08/08/2008

Bianca Jhordão - voice, guitar, theremin and Maracas

Rodrigo Brandão - guitar and vocals

Tchago Kochenborger - bass and voice

PHD Ronzoni - battery

Subject to unstable weather surprises. This is the weather forecast for Paulistanos, which most do not know how to adjust the sudden changes that happen in the city. Tonight in particular deserved the former title "Sao Paulo, land of the dribble," with an extra dose of cold.

But in the Choperia SESC Pompéia, the temperature is raised to heights during the presentation of the band Leela. Read More »

SHOW REVIEW

A Spectacle of Surprises

The expectation was great. St Andrew is the "hometown" of the band. There the Lipstick graduated, is the city where the lives of the band (the singer Mel Ravasio lives in neighboring Ribeirão Pires). It was a night that promised a special event, which almost coincided with the launch of the clip "Nanana" directed by Alberto Azevedo Marques and Renzo, creativity and great production.

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SHOW REVIEW

Ciro HIRUMA

Without São Paulo
My boss is the solitude
Say yes, I say no
... Awake, São Paulo ...

Hear the verses of this music, "Sao Paulo", in the Cultural Center in the heart of the metropolis, it is a privilege that Banda Vega can offer. It was a special night with many surprises and a remarkable sound energy. Read More »

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Many stories to tell and show the world!

Ciro HIRUMA

Photo: C hris Marksbury

When Joe Lynn Turner was asked by Ritchie Blackmore to form the Rainbow in the 80s, there was a radical change in the sound of the band, which entered into its phase of greatest commercial success. Even with the end of the group in 1984, Joe released the following year his first solo album, You Rescue, and is presented as a vocalist for Yngwie Malmsteen in Odyssey (1988) live and work Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (1989) . The two albums were of fundamental importance in changing the sound of the guitar, which was launched in a more melodic and pop.

But the biggest challenge to Turner was still to come: accept the post of lead singer of the classic hard rock band Deep Purple. After recording Slaves and Masters (1990), an extensive world tour started and contributed even in Brazilian lands. After this tour, during the recording of The Battle rages on, Joe and Purple followed different paths. Counting of more than ten CDs soils, Joe Lynn Turner still finds time for projects next to Glenn Hughes, the guitarist Akira KAJIYAMA, Brazen Abbot, Mother's Army and others.

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Luthier is one term that emerged in France, from the word "luth", which means the string instrument. Over time, it became the name of the specialist in making tools is artisanal.

However, today the term goes beyond: it is the professional who designs and manufactures instruments of great quality, following the same system craft, but directing its work to quality. This is a unique product that can be tailored to the musician, according to their needs. The luthier is, above all, a detailed and a perfectionist. His art is the musician who goes on stage to give the best of themselves on their performance.

AD'Alegria is a company founded in Rio de Janeiro by Daniel Alegria and Rodrigo Werneck, which aims to produce low and guitars with the standard of quality craftsmanship combined with cutting edge technology. Nothing better than knowing the work of these professionals, in an interview by Rodrigo Werneck. Read More »