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May 22, 2006

Martin Orford

“The Old Road” new solo album --

Martin Orford has finished drums on 7 tracks for his new solo album. Drummer for the occasion: Nick d’Virgilio from Spock’s Beard.
Martin is now going to record the keyboards and guitars and will add other guests after that. He will also use Andy Edwards to play the drums on another track.
The album should be released late 2006.

www.gep.co.uk

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GPS

A few important items to pass along regarding the new album from John, Guthrie, and Jay.

First, the band name is no longer ONE. After announcing the name, they discovered another rock act with the same name. The band's name is now GPS and their new web site is close to completion. Their first album will be called "Window To The Soul" and it is scheduled for release near the end of August. A tour is also being assembled with an eye toward dates in September and/or October.

We are hoping to have detailed tour dates, a track listing, and soundbytes over the next several weeks, so stay tuned!

http://www.johnpaynemusic.com/

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Asia

Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, John Wetton

The Four Original Members of

ASIA

are delighted to announce the following dates have been confirmed
for their September 2006 US tour.

http://www.asiaworld.org/
http://www.originalasia.com/

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Stream Of Passion

Live in the Real World (2006)
Release on June 19, 2006
There will also be a DVD release of the same concert



Tracklist:

CD 1
01. Intro 01:28
02. Spellbound 04:17
03. Passion 05:40
04. Waracle 06:16
05. Wherever You Are 05:33
06. Computer Eyes 06:18
07. Calliopeia 05:21
08. Valley Of The Queens 04:18
09. Haunted 04:58
10. The Charm of the Seer 03:11
11. Deveiver / Songs of the Ocean 06:11

CD 2
01. Day One: Vigil 02:02
02. Day Three: Pain 05:57
03. Nostalgia 03:44
04. Out in the Real World 06:31
05. The Castle Hall 06:28
06. Into The Black Hole 08:32
07. When The Levee Breaks 06:07
08. Day Eleven: Love 06:18

Musicians:

Marcela Bovio – lead vocals and violin
Alejandro Millán – piano, strings and vocals
Lori Linstruth – guitar
Arjen Lucassen – guitar and vocals
Johan van Stratum – bass guitar
Davy Mickers – drums

Guest musicians:
Diana Bovio – backing vocals
Damian Wilson – vocals

http://www.streamofpassion.com
www.insideout.de

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Frost

Frost first came to see the light of day when Jem Godfrey – musician, songwriter and producer – founded the band in September 2004. The Brit already made a name for himself in the world of pop music on his collaboration with Ronan Keating and Atomic Kitten as songwriter and producer. That is what Jem Godfrey says about Frost and their debut album ‘Milliontown’: ‘I’ve always been into progressive rock music and so I decided to do exactly that, writing an album to my kind of taste.’ At the recording sessions, he was supported by John Mitchell (KINO, Arena, The Urbane) and two members of the band IQ John Jowitt and Andy Edwards, as well as studio musician John Boyes. Out came a varied piece of work with all sorts of facets: gripping song structures, refined vocal arrangements and virtuoso instrumental passages. ‘Milliontown’ blends shorter catchy tracks with brilliant long ones, of which the longest provides a listening pleasure of almost 30 minutes. It becomes obvious that Jem Godfrey knows his stuff from what he learned in the field of pop music. His tracks are always to the point and they never get lost in endless repetitions and gaudiness. Due to an extremely positive feedback on behalf of the media and the fans, a qualified band came into being, what was first an initial project. There are also plans of an upcoming tour.

Milliontown (2006)

The debut album!
release on July 24, 2006



Tracklist:

1. Hyperventilate 07:31
2. No Me No You 06:06
3. Snowman 03:55
4. The Other Me 04:51
5. Black Light Machine 10:06
6. Milliontown 26:35

Musicians:

Jem Godfrey - Keyboards, Vocals
John Mitchell - Guitar, Vocals
John Jowitt - Bass
Andy Edwards - Drums
Guest: John Boyes - Guitar

http://www.f-r-o-s-t.com/
www.insideout.de

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Derek Sherinian

Blood of the Snake (2006)

Release on July 31, 2006



Tracklist:

1. CZAR OF STEEL 6:01
2. MAN WITH NO NAME 6:55
3. PHANTOM SHUFFLE 4:21
4. BEEN HERE BEFORE 4:30
5. BLOOD OF THE SNAKE 6:09
6. ON THE MOON 4:34
7. THE MONSOON 6:08
8. PRELUDE TO BATTLE 2:55
9. VIKING MASSACRE 4:58
10. IN THE SUMMERTIME 3:51

Musicians:

Derek Sherinian (Keyboards)
John Petrucci (Guitar)
Zakk Wylde (Guitar)
Yngwie Malmsteen (Guitar)
Simon Phillips (Drums)
Tony Franklin (Bass)
Brad Gillis (Guitar)
Brian Tichy (Drums)

Special Guests:
Billy Idol (Vocals)
Slash (Guitar)

http://www.dereksherinian.com/
www.insideout.de

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Sanity

Sanity ends their existence

After keyboard player Nathan Cairo and Arjo Miedema left Sanity by the end of 2005, the rest of the band decided to have a short sabbatical to think about the futur of the band.

And now they decided after five years of rehearsing, 65 gigs in two years, world wide airplay and the release of their two CD’s and a DVD to stop all activities with the band.

As a goodbye present for the fans and other progmetal lovers, all tracks of the latest CD and DVD, and the video of the DVD, will be presented for a limited time for free on their website www.sanity.nl

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Whimwise

Message from Whimwise:

I`ve just been offered a gig supporting Saga next week , providing I can do something to help publicise it . This is all at very very short notice indeed I know -and I don`t know if you have a regular time for updating your site , but it would really help if you could mention this as a news item A.S.A.P.

I promised the chap in charge I`d be able to get the word out on the internet and e-mail out to people , to try and get a few fans of the bands I`ve been associated with past and present (The Enid, Jadis, Karnataka,etc) along next Wednesday as well . So if you can help by mentioning the -Whimwise late addition to next weeks Saga  - in time , then it would be very much appreciated .

The details of the show are

Wednesday 24th of May .

Saga +Whimwise ( ex The Enid ) 

At The Highbury Garage , Islington .

Thanks a lot
Nick May  ( ex The Enid now  " Whimwise " )   .

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May 01, 2006

Pendragon

Fudge no longer in Pendragon!

We regret to say that the rumours you may have heard are true and that Fudge is no longer in Pendragon. Over the last few years it seems that our paths have been pushing toward different needs from our lives, we don't want to say a huge amount about this because it is going to end up being a great big finger pointing session and right now we are totally committed to getting on with the tour in a positive frame of mind.

We wish him well for everything in the future.

We are still really very excited about the tour, and we have drafted in whizz kid Joe Crabtree, who has recently worked with David Cross from King Crimson. We look forward to working with Joe and our eyes are now set to a brand new future!

Nick, Peter and Clive.

Tourdata:

www.pendragon.mu

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Magenta

F2 Music is delighted to announce details of the much anticipated third studio album by Magenta. ‘Home’ will be officially released on 1st June, although copies will be available at the album launch concert at the Herringthorpe Leisure Centre, Rotherham on May 13th . Also, all pre-orders for the CD placed at www.progrock.co.uk will be supplied as soon as the stock is available.

The album is a concept piece and tells the story of a woman who emigrates from Liverpool in the early 1970’s to “find herself” in the USA. The CD is 68 minutes long and includes contributions from a variety of guests including Magenta regulars Martin Shellard on guitar alongside Troy Donockley (Iona, Mostly Autumn) on Uilleann Pipes and whistles. Once again, the album has been written and produced by Rob Reed, with lyrics by Steve Reed.

‘Home’ will be released in two separate versions. The first will be a single CD edition, with slipcase, and 16-page booklet. The CD is available for pre-order NOW and costs £10 (including postage to anywhere in the world) from www.progrock.co.ukand the full track listing is shown below:

1. This Life
2. Hurt
3. Moving On
4. My Home Town (Far Away)
5. Brave New Land
6. The Journey
7. Towers of Hope
8. Demons
9. Morning Sunlight
10. Joe
11. A Dream
12. The Visionary
13. Journey's End
14. The Travellers Lament
15. Home

The second version will be a special limited 2 CD slipcase edition. This is a double CD release that includes the ‘Home’ CD, plus a second CD entitled The New York Suite containing over 40 minutes of music. Complete with an 8 page booklet, this second CD features a further 5 tracks which examine the experiences of the main character of ‘Home’ during her stay in Manhattan. This two CD special edition is available for pre-order NOW for £15 from www.progrock.co.uk., and will be available for a limited period only. The “New York Suite” CD will be released in its own right later in the year. The track listing is:

1. Arrival
2. Home From Home
3. White Lies
4. Truth
5. This Life (Reprise)

We have just posted two TWO complete tracks, The Visionary, from ‘Home’ and White Lies from ‘New York Suite’, and there are shorter clips of most of the other tracks. By visiting www.progrock.co.uk you can also hear a third full track from ‘Home’ very soon!.

http://www.magenta-web.com/

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