Barbara Lahr is a German singer, composer, bassist, guitarist, and producer best known for her collaboration with German Nu Jazz group De Phazz.
On their second release, Rainbow not only avoid the sophomore jinx; they hit a home run. After replacing the entire band (except Ronnie James Dio) immediately following the recording of the first album, Ritchie Blackmore and the Rising lineup (Blackmore; Dio; Tony Carey, keys; Jimmy Bain, bass; and the late, great Cozy Powell, drums) had plenty of time on the road touring the first album to get the chops and material together for their second…
Difficult to Cure is the fifth studio album by the British hard rock band, Rainbow, and was released in 1981. The album marked the further commercialization of the band's sound, with Ritchie Blackmore once describing at the time his appreciation of the band Foreigner…
Ritchie Blackmore decided to pull the plug on Rainbow following the supporting tour for 1983's Bent Out of Shape. To commemorate the end of the band, he released the appropriately-titled, Finyl Vinyl…
After the commercial failure of the excellent Home of the Brave, Chris Rainbow was brought back down to earth with something of a bump by Polydor. Out went the exotic recording locations and top American sessionmen but, more critically, out too went the innovative production team of Malcolm Cecil and Bob Margouleff, who had been responsible for giving HOTB much of its spectral beauty. Perhaps the setback affected Rainbow's confidence, too, for much of Looking Over My Shoulder finds him settling back into the cosy easy listening rut of his earliest singles…
Haco, former After Dinner frontwoman, and a beautiful and charismatic singer in avant-pop contexts (her forays in improvisation and lo-fi pop are less convincing) meets cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto of the Pascals. In fact, Ash in the Rainbow is a rewriting and re-recording of Sakamoto's 1999 solo album Zero Shiki. Haco has added lyrics, vocal melodies and electronics to his instrumental tunes to create a whole new work…