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ALAN PARSONS TOUR AND DVD RELEASE: Alan Parsons has been quite busy lately, mainly with the new DVD set he has been working on. This one is music related ofcourse, but it is not a live DVD or anything like that. Alan's latest project is called "The Art and Science of Sound Recording. It is a 6CD box set. The series look at the whole process of recording - from pre-production, gear, arrangements, tracking, mixing, and more – from the twin perspectives of someone who was ‘there then’ (multi-million dollar recording studios and budgets the size of small European countries) and is still ‘here now’ (sophisticated computer-based environments you can set up in your living room). Although Alan is the host – and it’s great to see the man in action, placing mics, tweaking EQ, moving faders! – he elicited the help of Billy Bob Thornton for the ‘behind-the-scenes’ role of Narrator. This turned out to be a great partnership and signs look good for the brand new Alan Parsons track All Our Yesterdays, which was recorded especially for the series, to have its digital release on Billy Bob’s Three Fingers label. Find out more about it HERE. Alan Parsons Live Project will also be touring Europe in Spring. you can find the tour dates on his website.

SHAWN PHILLIPS ON TOUR: 2010 will see Shawn Phillips back in USA. The tour begins on April 30th in Davenport, IA. To see all the dates visit this LINK.

NEW RELEASE FROM PAT METHENY: Pat Metheny's new band members are ROBOTS. He calls this ensemble "Orchestrion". Each instrument is some sort of a robot that plays itself. you can read more about it HERE. The page also includes an informative video by Pat Metheny.

PETER GABRIEL RELEASES A DIGITAL 45: Peter Gabriel's cover of 'The Book of Love' and Stephin Merritt's of The Magnetic Fields' reciprocal cover of 'Not One Of Us' are released a couple of days ago as a 'Digital 45' on iTunes. More infor and links HERE.

YES USA WINTER TOUR: YES will kick start their USA Winter Tour on February 2nd 2010 in Poughkeepsie, NY. It will be a short tour, only during the month of February. The tickest are still on sale. you can find more information HERE.

TONY LEVIN TOUR NEWS: Tony Levin will be busy on the road this year. He recently resumed the leg of the "HoBoLeMa" tour. HoBoLeMa is ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, TERRY BOZZIO, TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO. Between March 2nd and March 14th of 2010, Tony will be in South America with the Stick Men. They will be stopping in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Venezuela. But it does not end there. HoBoLeMa will be back on the road for the second leg of their tour on April 7th, 2010. This time they will be touring Europe. you can find the dates on Tony's WEBSITE.

TRANSATLANTIC ON TOUR: Transatlantic is definitely one of prog rock's super groups. How can it not be with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater, Roine Stolt of Flower Kings, Neal Morse (ex Spocks Beard) and Pete Trewavas of Marillion. After almost 10 long years, the band will kick start their tour in Downey, CA USA on April 17th 2010 at The Downey Theater. San Francisco, Chicago and New York are some of the major cities they will be playing. The tour will then continue in Europe covering Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Spain, France,, Italy, Sitzerland, holland and England. You can buy your tickets on TICKETMASTER website.

SONY PRESENT THE VERY BEST OF STEVE VAI: You can purchase this album digitally on AMAZON. The album has 14 songs spanning VAI's career. some of the titles are "Erotic Nightmares", "Oooo", "For the Love of God", "All About Eve", "Now We Run" and "Love Secrets".

INTERVIEW WITH KERRY MINNEAR: There is a new interview with GENTLE GIANT's Kerry Minnear online. you can listen to it by clicking HERE.

NEW RELEASE FROM BILLY SHERWOOD: CIRCA: front man Billy Sherwood released his new solo CD last week. it is called "Oneirology". As always, the CD will be available for purchase on his website at BILLYSHERWOODHQ.COM

VICTOR WOOTEN WORKSHOP IN HAWAII: If you haven't heard of the Contrabass Workshop in Hawaii check out Mr. Wooten's official MYSPACE page to find out about the dates. He will have 3 workshops on the 21st, 22nd and the 23rd of March 2010. You can watch his concert on the 26th of March. The festival takes place in Honolulu.