For the first time ever, Joe Bonamassa will be on Palladia this Saturday night March 31st back to back. Palladia will first be broadcasting Black Country Communion’s “Live Over Europe”, followed by Joe Bonamassa’s “Live From New York – Beacon Theatre”. This is the national debut on Palladia for Joe’s Beacon Theatre performance. Each show is an hour in length. If you’ve seen the Beacon broadcasted on PBS, this broadcast will have the same footage. Oh and it is in HD.. sweet!
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Most of us by now have smartphones and those of us that do, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Pandora Radio. Pandora is a free application that allows you to type in your favorite band, song, genre of music. It will then create a radio station for you to listen to, starting with the original search term you used. After playing a song from that artist, it will play a song that it finds to be similar.
This is a genius idea, which brings me to my next question. Have you found Joe or Black Country Communion through this application? Pandora automatically selected Black Country Communion for me, based on what I had listened to previously.
If you do not have Pandora on your smartphone (Blackberry, Android, or iPhone), I suggest that you get it! You can also stream online from their website.
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Black Country Communion today posted the official trailer for their upcoming DVD release in October. The live DVD and CD will be released in the end of October. Pre-order should be coming up soon. The DVD features live footage from several shows of the overseas tour. Enjoy!
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Kevin Shirley sat down with Planet Rock recently to give his perspective on several songs that he has had the pleasure of recording. Of course he covered Joe Bonamassa, but he also went over The Outsider by Black Country Communion. Kevin also discusses Led Zeppelin, John Hiatt, Black Crowes, Iron Maiden, and Aerosmith.
You’ll also hear an some unreleased music from John Hiatt and Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes. Check out the full hour audio recording here.
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Planet Rock recently released the results of the voting for the best acts, albums, films, and events of the year. Joe and Black Country Communion took a majority of them.
BAND OF THE YEAR:
WINNER: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
The first rule of supergroups is that they must be a crushing disappointment. Black Country Communion obviously didn’t get the memo and despite playing just two unbelievable concerts this year they have beaten several very big bands to win this category by some margin. An excellent album, several musicians at the top of their game and a bunch of songs that put the classic in classic rock. More please. Much, much more.
LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR
WINNER: JOE BONAMASSA
He’s the hardest working guitarist out there. Want proof? He’s released a new solo album this year, recorded and released a new album with Black Country Communion, recorded another solo album and appeared on his girlfriend’s album. Oh, and he’s played more than 200 gigs in 2010. It’s a staggering feat made even more amazing due to the fact that he’s one of the most loved blues guitarists on the planet with a relentless stream of praise from everyone that’s been to see him at a gig in the past 5 years. Find someone that HASN’T enjoyed a Joe Bonamassa live show and we’ll show you a person that doesn’t know music.
GUITAR HERO OF 2010
WINNER: JOE BONAMASSA
For the second year running Joe beats a whole host of guitarists that have been at the top of their game for decades. Joe’s star is rising fast and it’s only a matter of time before the world at large realises what they’re missing. His reputation now precedes him and his name is now mentioned in the same sentence as the guitar legends he seems to keep beating in these polls. We can’t wait to see what he does next.
BEST NEW BAND
WINNER: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
BCC are an unparalleled success in supergroup terms. Anticipation was high before the band even had a name. The idea of Glenn Hughes returning to rock and recruiting Joe Bonamassa on guitar with the rhythms of Bonham driving the whole thing along was undeniably exciting, and when they delivered on their promise it was almost too good to be true. They received more than half of the votes in this category.
You can check out the rest of the results on Planet Rock’s website.
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I was browsing over at the Black Country Communion forum and came across this topic. Several links are listed in that thread that contain six tour dates for the summer of 2011 across Germany. Tickets are already on sale here. Tonight will be BCC’s first public show, followed by the second show tomorrow night in London. Check BCC out on the web if you haven’t already.
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Just a heads up – Black Country Communion has posted two UK dates for at the end of this year. You people over there in England are very lucky! You can check out the official Black Country Communion press release below:
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
ANNOUNCE DEBUT UK CONCERTS IN WOLVERHAMPTON
AND LONDON THIS DECEMBER!!!
WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
Wednesday 29th December
O2 LONDON SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
Thursday 30th December
GLENN HUGHES – JOE BONAMASSA
JASON BONHAM – DEREK SHERINIAN
CONFIRM THEIR FIRST UK SHOWS
TICKETS ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
FRIDAY 19th NOVEMBER AT 9:00am
24 HOUR BOX OFFICE: 0871 230 1101
www.seetickets.com – www.eventim.co.uk
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As you can see from the picture above – the second Black Country Communion album will be recorded in January. I remember talking to Glenn and he said that this might happen. What’s strange about this situation, is that Black Country Communion haven’t even done a first tour yet. However, they are releasing a second album. It’s cool at the same time, because they will have a lot more content to play. Glenn Hughes has already began writing the songs for the second album. The first album was beyond amazing, everyone song was well done. I’m interested to see what the second album will bring. Hope we continue to hear more from this great band. Stay tuned…
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You might remember last week we posted a video of a Steve Costello and band covering Joe’s “Just Got Paid”. I though that was a great example of guitar playing. Just found a video of Steve jamming out to Medusa, which is on the new Black Country Communion CD. Hard to believe he can play it so well. Steve isn’t going away anytime soon. We will be following his stuff. Check it out.
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Black Country Communion is currently on top of the charts in England. They were able to get the first spot on the Top 40 Rock Albums chart. BBC’s debut album also has great rankings on Amazon. This is well deserved, it’s surely an album that can not be missed. Congrats guys! Check out the full chart here.
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