AL DIMEOLA, STEVE LUKTATHER & JOHN SCOFIELD - - - ALL BLUES

Al Di Meola, Steve Lukather, and John Scofield, performing Miles Davis' 'All Blues' at George Benson's "Breezin With the Stars" Guitar Camp.

DR. JOHN - LIVE AT ROCKPALAST 1999

• Dr. John: Live At Rockpalast 1999
      (2026, cd + dvd, --, mig music)

July 1999, Dr. John performed at the Loreley festival in Germany, delivering a potent mix of New Orleans funk, blues, and voodoo-infused rock.
The recording has now been released as a CD / DVD set by the MIG Music record label.

THREE NIGHTS OF FRED HÄNDL AT THE HAGUE, NL

BREAKFAST WITH VINNIE (COLAIUTA)

Vinnie Colaiuta talks to Dweezil Zappa.

https://www.youtube.com/live/D1FpMUp3en0

XAVI REIJA - - - NU BREED - - - LIVE (YOUTUBE) PRESENTATION ON APRIL 27

I mentioned Xavi Reija's excellent & brand-new "Nu Breed" album last week already.
It's out on MoonJune Records.
xavireija-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/nu-breed

• XAVI REIJA, drums
• DUSAN JEVTOVIC, guitar
• TOMAS FOSCH, Fender Rhodes, Mini Moog
• RAFAEL GARACÉS, sax
• BRNAT HERNANDEZ, bass

On April 27, the AClam venue in Barcelona will host a 20 minutes live presentation of the album to be streamed worldwide.

www.youtube.com/live/6I7pAKRdQvY

BEAR MCCREARY - SINGULARITY

• Bear McCreary: Singularity
      (2024, 2cd)
      (2024, 3lp)

Bear McCreary is known as a composer for movies and tv series. In 2024, however, he released "Singularity". a progressive rock album for which he collaborated with some pretty impressive names: Bryan Beller, Mike Keneally, Guthrie Govan, Joe Satriani,...

In 2025, Bear toured Australia, the U.S. and Europe with this project, featuring Pete Griffin on bass.
You can read all about it on Bear's blog:

https://bearmccreary.com/category/bears-blog/

I didn't catch the tour, but I was overly happy with the digital copy of the album that I received from one of my friends.
In the meantime, I've ordered the 2 CD set.

I love the theatrical approach, the bombastic elements,...
Ayreon comes to mind. As does Devin Townsend.
And the different musicians keep it fresh and surprising.
Love it !!

Here's 'Rallying Cry', featuring Eivør Pálsdóttir (who also co-wrote the piece)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - ROCK AND ROLL DOCTOR - LOWELL GEORGE TRIBUTE ALBUM

• Various Artists: Rock And Roll Doctor - Lowell George Tribute Album
      (2026, 2lp, --, omnivore recordings)

Omnivore Records released a 2 LP vinyl version of the 1997 "Rock And Roll Doctor - Lowell George Tribute Album" CD.
If my info is correct the album will also get a CD re-issue, and it will be made available on digital musical platforms as well.

Listen to the below YouTube clip.
Goosebumps.

FUTURE OF BAD MEN, A MELVINS TRIBUTE

The album got released a couple of years already, but one of the tracks on the digital download got a makeover.

The message from Wax Donut Records:
One of the tracks on our Melvins tribute has been updated with a new mix. More specifically, Night Goat, as performed by Doctor Monster (yours truly on vox), has an alternate vocal take. Is it better? Is it worse? Is it of no appreciable consequence? Only you can decide! It’s waiting for you here:

EUGENE CHADBOURNE IS TOURING EUROPE

Eugene Chadbourne has been touring Europe since April 16.
With recent gigs in Ghent and Brussels, and I only heard about it today...

Anyway, next up:

April 25 and April 26 Schule 21, Bremen
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER show on April 25th (unseated audience) starting 8 PM and a SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW (seated audience) on April 26th starting 5 pm.

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
April 27 Sonic Ballroom, Koln
April 28 Bla Stomp! Bonn, plus madcap instrument builder Harold Sack Ziegler in opening set
April 29 Volksbad Mannheim
April 30 Cafe Kairo Bern

SOLO
May 1 Atomic Cafe Biel Special May Day program

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
May 2 Schatulle Stuttgart

SOLO
May 4 Heitsu is Happening, Helsinki, Finland
May 5 Telakka, Tampere

TRIO WITH KRESTEN OSGOOD AND MATHIAS LANDAEUS, PIANO
May 6 Underground, Lund

DUET WITH KRESTEN OSGOOD
May 7 Christianshaven Ouderhaus Copenhagen

SOLO
May 8 Skack, Malmo. Address is Nobelvägen 25
May 9 KM28 Berlin

TRIO WITH SCHROEDER AND JAN FITSCHEN
May 10 Babeuf Freiburg Special arrangements, Catalog of Birds by Olivier Messiaen

SOLO
May 11 Methodist Church Via XX Settembre, Rome, Italy. Organized by Flaming Creatures, this is a double bill with the Everloving band playing the music of Henry Flynt,

May 12 Passage BDM, Magione
May 13 Bongo Santa Bridga Parma Italy
May 14 Bologna Free show in park; TBC Frida Nel Parco
May 15 Raindogs, Savona

DUET WITH SCHROEDER
May 16 Astra Kniepe, Rosenheim

SOLO
May 17 The Cobblestone, Dublin, Ireland

JOE TRAVERS - - - FRANK ZAPPA VAULTERNATIVE RECORDS SERIES EPISODE #2

Frank Zappa - Vaulternative Records Series (Episode #2: Zappa '66 Vol. 1: Live At TTG Studios)