Above Photo By Christie Goodwin

Black Country Communion:Album Launch Showcase gig –  John Henry’s Ltd Studios, London-September 20th 2010

Set List: Black Country/One Last Soul/Beggarman/Song Of Yesterday/Stand (At The Burning Tree)/The Great Divide/Medusa/Sista Jane (including Wont Get Fooled Again ending).

The photo of Black Country Communion that accompanied a preview of their debut album on the TBL site in late June  was met with  a ‘’Comments’’ response from the mysterious Nuvo 911 that said ‘’What a strange looking band. A Mexican, A kid, An Old Man and a Red-Neck . . . They …

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (USRN) and Denny Somach Productions (DSP) have announced that it would be conducting the first annual poll to determine the most popular Led Zeppelin songs as voted by the fans.
The September event is being staged in association with “Carol Miller’s Get the Led Out” radio programme and accompanying web site LedZepOnline.com. The popular Zep specialist radio show which Dave Lewis guested on a few weeks back,  is heard on over 100 rock stations including WAXQ in New York and KLOS in Los Angeles.
Producer Denny Somach …

Photo by Marty Temme
The long awaited Black Country Communion album is released in the UK today. Tonight the band will be performing a special launch show at a secret location in London. This is being broadcast on Planet Rock from 8.30pm
Visit www.planetrock.com  for details
In an exclusive interview with Dave Lewis for TBL discussing the Black Country Communion album, Glenn Hughes revealed the challenges he faced in remaking the Trapeze classic Medusa:
‘’Having Jason playing on one of his Dad’s favourite songs was a challenge in itself.  So recording it was highly …

Nearly missed the gig as my flight from Azerbaijan was late and made me miss my connection in Frankfurt….here my little review and pictures from an ace night.
Sometimes it is really nice going to a gig where you don’t know what to expect. Friday was such an occasion and despite being so knackered after a long trip back from Azerbaijan, that I wished I went for seats instead, I could add the Troxy in East London to my list of favorite venues. Similar to Brixton Academy, Hammersmith Odeon and the …

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW / DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE ABC, GLASGOW    ****
Review by Fiona Shepherd from The Scotsman
Dave Rawlings is best known for playing second banjo to his partner Gillian Welch but Dave Rawlings Machine is his opportunity to take charge and, in this support slot to his friends, associates and sometime band mates Old Crow Medicine Show, it looked like he might run away with all the glory.
Welch was present and attempting to keep a low profile in the ensemble but there was no hiding the excitement of the crowd …

I can remember exactly where I was when the news of Jimi Hendrix death came through 40 years ago tomorrow. I was listening to the Tommy Vance Friday What’s New programme as I did most Fridays back then eager to hear the latest single releases. Around 5pm the announcement was made on the BBC Radio One news and Tommy went on to provide a fitting tribute to the guitar legend noting the inconsistencies of his performances over the past year.
Across the water the next day Led Zeppelin were performing two …

As previously mentioned, on Saturday September 25  we are holding an informal pub meet to celebrate the legacy of John Bonham and Led Zeppelin on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
The venue is the Marlborough Head pub at 24 North Audley Street London W1K 6WD. It’s situated just off the Marble Arch end off Oxford Street (Nearest tube stations are Bond Street and Marble Arch)
The pub serves food throughout the day – more details on this link
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/17/1735/Marlborough_Head/Marble_Arch

The TBL crew will be congregating in the basement of the pub from 2pm.
It’s …

The new Tight But Loose magazine is almost ready to go. We signed off the proofs yesterday and it should be all ready to ship out at the end of the month.
Many thanks to Mick Lowe, Gary Foy, Cliff Hilliard and Jez Firth for their help with this issue and all the contributors who have made it what it is.

With so much recent Zep related activity, this 27th issue of the magazine has grown in to quite an epic. Over the past three months, designer Mike Lowe and …

The long awaited Black Country Communion album is released here next Monday. It’s already number one on the Amazon pre order chart and is garnering excellent  reviews.
The band will be conducting a live interview on Nicky Horne’s show on Planet Rock this Sunday ahead of the album’s launch.
See http://www.planetrock.com/
In an exclusive interview with Dave Lewis for the TBL magazine,  Joe Bonamassa revealed how quickly the album was recorded.
‘’The one thing you can say about this album is that there was no danger of it being over thought. It was three …

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy are to perform the second night of the BBC 2 Electric Proms, at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on October 29th. Robert Plant and Band of Joy will be joined by the London Oriana Choir, the choir that joined the singer a few months ago at the Abbey Road concert. The concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 at 8pm and also shown as a part of ” A Night With Robert Plant”, a special evening dedicated to Robert’s career on …