Back in 2017 I bought the first two CDs from German band Beyond The Black after discovering the band was touring with Kobra and the Lotus and deciding to check them out. At that stage the albums hadn’t been officially released in the UK. The following year I bought the third album “Heart of the Hurricane” and recorded an interview with the band’s singer Jennifer Haben. The band have now announced that the first two albums are getting a physical release outside of Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the first time and that they are releasing a new ‘Black Edition’ of “Heart of the Hurricane” that features three bonus tracks and a extra CD of tracks from the first two albums.
Read more: NEWS UPDATE - BEYOND THE BLACK Albums Being Re-Issued
Gypsy Rose were a Swedish band formed in 1981 – not to be confused with the Canadian band of the same name formed in the late 80’s. The band was initially active from 1981 to 1993, before splitting and reforming in 2004 for a short period, during which they recorded and released two albums. Their 2005 self-titled debut album was re-released by Scandirock Records on 26th April and re-named “Reloaded”. I included the track “You Drive Me Crazy” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 12th April.
There are two NI Rocks Shows uploaded each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of April – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by around 150 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for March were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3570-ni-rocks-playlists-for-march-2019.html
This month the Friday NI Rocks Show included an interview with singer Jeff Scott Soto, focusing mainly on the new Soto album. All interviews can be found here - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews.html
“Full Service” is the new album from Southern Californian rockers Pump 5. It was released on 5th April through High Vol Music. The band have been around for a few years, but this is the first time that I’ve heard of them. The single “Painted Flowers” was first released some time ago, but I included it on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 29th March.