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America’s legendary progressive rock band KANSAS will release their highly anticipated new studio album “The Absence of Presence” on 26th June 2020. The album features nine all new tracks written by the band where they rock hard with stellar musicianship. The addition of guitarist/producer Zak Rizvi in 2016 and keyboardist Tom Brislin in 2019, two powerhouse players from New Jersey...
One of the most awesome Melodic Rock super-groups from this new Millennium was without a doubt THE SIGN, including keyboarder Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive She Said), guitarist Randy Jackson (Zebra), terrific singer Terry Brock (Strangeways, LeRoux), bassist Billy Greer (Streets, Kansas) and drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow et all).Last year it was announced the re-release of both The Sign albums; ‘Signs...
A year and a half after KANSAS disbanded at the end of 1983, former lead singer and keyboardist Steve Walsh returned to revive the group along with original band members Phil Ehart and Rich Williams.Bass player and excellent vocalist Billy Greer (who had worked with Walsh in the short-lived band Streets after he left Kansas in 1981, and now front...
America’s preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, are touring select cities in the United States and Canada, expanding the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of their massive hit album Point Of Know Return. For the first time in history, the band is performing the LP in its entirety. The tour showcases more than two hours of classic Kansas music including hit...
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On November 3, American progressive rock / AOR band KANSAS will release a new album, “Leftoverture Live and Beyond“, featuring nineteen songs selected from twelve shows recorded during Kansas’ Spring 2017 Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour.The track listing touches on the band’s legendary hits, fan favorites, new songs from their 2016 album The Prelude Implicit and deep cuts. Disc 1 features...
This end of the year promises to deliver some stupendous albums, let’s check the newest advanced singles from CD’s to come. British melodic rockers DANTE FOX will be releasing their six album Six String Revolver via AOR Heaven on November 24, 2017. ‘Firing My Heart’ should be the band’s most guitar driven song in years, full of melody and energy....
As we said on the previous post, the two excellent albums from melodic rockers STREETS featuring the awesome Steve Walsh (Kansas) and guitar master Mike Slamer have been brilliantly remastered by Rock Candy Records. “Crimes In Mind” is the band’s second and final album, another superb melodic record with some AOR touches. Fast forward ever so slightly to 1985 and...
The two excellent albums from melodic rockers STREETS featuring the awesome Steve Walsh (Kansas) and guitar master Mike Slamer have received a brilliant remastered treatment by Rock Candy.Streets were formed in 1983 by Steve Walsh after his departure from Kansas, who decided to take more control of his musical destiny and was joined by bassist Billy Greer and drummer Tim...
After 16 years of absence legends KANSAS are back with a reinvigorated line-up and a great new studio album titled “The Prelude Implicit” with this Special Edition Digipack featuring 2 extra tracks.The name Kansas strikes all the exciting notes among young and older fans alike. A band that really proved itself to be timeless and ever youthful in every way...
New awesome albums are coming up this August 2016 (and next month), go and enjoy the advanced singles.Biggest Melodic Hard Rock AOR label Frontiers Music obviously gets all the attention, with the excellent PALACE project and KING COMPANY as main attraction, both bands first singles presented here on the previous 0dayrox Advanced Releases. But now we have 2 more songs...
“Schemer Dreamer” is the first solo album by STEVE WALSH, the original keyboardist / vocalist of the progressive rock band Kansas, ‘Remastered & Reloaded‘ by Rock Candy Records. This was requested by a reader and worth the check because not only it’s a good record, but one that needed a proper remastering. Kansas were one of the most successful American...
“Drastic Measures” was the KANSAS ninth and final studio offering from the first era before hanging up their instruments, and it’s one of my favorites. This superb Japanese remastered edition pressed on high quality Blu-SpecCD sounds incredible. As the prime purveyors of progressive pomp rock, Kansas ruled the roost during the ‘70s accruing the sort of multiplatinum success that they...
“Vinyl Confessions” was, without adoubt, the album that approached KANSAS to commercial mainstream music & radio This superb Japanese remastered edition pressed on high quality Blu-SpecCD sounds incredible. Kansas were one of America’s most successful rock bands during the mid to late ‘70s. Their brand of progressive pomp rock had spawned several multi platinum albums and hit singles, including the...
* Released in Japan only a couple years ago in a Limited Edition SHM-CD but already out-of-print, KANSAS‘ “In The Spirit Of Things” deserves a hunt-down. This one was the last KANSAS album recorded in the ’80s, and for my melodious ears, one of the best of their entire career. A year and a half after the original Kansas disbanded...
* Twenty years have passed… since legend KANSAS presented their 12th studio album “Freaks Of Nature“. It’s great to see this very good record getting another airing celebrating its 20th Anniversary, re-released by specialist reissue label The Store For Music. The years preceding the original release of this album were tough for the ’80s generation of rock bands. Stadiums had...
