New Idea January 21, 2019

Michael Schenker is a legendary figure in rock, one of the most gifted and influential guitarists of all time. His work with Scorpions, UFO and the Michael Schenker Group made him a hero to millions of fans and inspired a generation of musicians, including Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, and Slash of Guns N’ Roses. And with Michael Schenker Fest, an ambitious and unorthodox project featuring four singers with whom he has worked since 1979 – Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet, Robin McAuley and Doogie White – the drive to create new music is based on the same ethos that has shaped Schenker’s whole career, ever since he recorded his first album “Lonesome Crow” with the Scorpions in 1970 at age 15.

Stars Are the Light, the luminous seventh album by the American psych explorers Moon Duo, marks a progression into significantly new territory. From a preoccupation with the transcendental and occult that informed Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada’s guitar-driven psych rock, and reached its apotheosis in the acclaimed Occult Architecture diptych, Stars Are the Light sees the band synthesize the abstract and metaphysical with the embodied and terrestrial.

Spyro Gyra returns with first new album in 6 years. Inventive jazz covers of vinyl-era pop favorites…

Lebowski 2019 is marked by the release of a new studio album, "Galactica". Long 8 years after sublime studio album “Cinematic”. The album contains 9 compositions and is a continuation of the previously chosen musical idea. A rich arrangement full of melodies and musical expressions is a characteristic feature of this music. The recording of the album began 5 years ago. For the recording of this album the quartet invited, among others, the legend of world jazz, the outstanding German trumpeter - Markus Stockhausen who also collaborated with Lebowski on their 2013 single release, "Goodbye My Joy" which spent 17 weeks in the Hit List of the Polish radio station Radiowa Trójka.