Thursday, March 30, 2023

PROG ENSEMBLE CAIRO TO RELEASE SECOND ALBUM ‘NEMESIS’ ON MAY 5TH 2023! ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT WITH ROB COTTINGHAM ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO!

 

 

Prog Ensemble

 CAIRO 

To Release 2nd Album 

“Nemesis”

 on May 5th, 2023

ZOOM TV

SPECIAL EVENT

with 

vocalist, composer, songwriter
 lyricist, keyboardist 

 ROB COTTINGHAM 


CLICK BELOW

TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY!




Formed in 2016, award-winning CAIRO present a unique blend of thought-provoking songwriting with progressive rock and metal updated for the modern age. Their debut album “SAY” was met with critical acclaim and earned the band recognition and prestige across the progressive rock community.

They are an established live act, having played many shows including a headline slot at Winter’s End and a main stage slot at Cambridge Rock Festival. Their much-anticipated second album, Nemesis, is due to be released on 5th May 2023 on the QEDG -affiliated label, Spirit of Unicorn Music whose acts include Yes, Asia, ELP, Focus, Inglorious, Oliver Wakeman and District 97 to name but a few. Their new studio album, recorded with John Mitchell at Outhouse Studios, taps into contemporary global concerns and demonstrates the band’s impressive, genre-defying approach with menacing, angular riffs, pop rock hooks and electronic soundscapes that all beautifully complement powerful and emotive vocals. In this exciting and purposefully eclectic new album, the band venture into familiar ‘CAIRO rocks’ territory with the dynamic, moving epics. There are also some exciting departures for the band venturing into more melodic rock areas.


There is also a short keys-based orchestral instrumental, “Save The Earth,” which doffs a cap to the likes of the sadly, recently departed Vangelis, and acts as a prologue into the title track.


PREORDER

THE NEW ALBUM

BY

C A I R O

Entitled

NEMESIS

At

www.cherryred.co.uk/product/cairo-nemesis-cd-edition

Haunting …alluring … angelic …seductive... cinematic … Nemesis has all the elements of a melodic masterpiece!

Singer Sarah Bayley’s voice is enchanting!

5*****STARS! 

...Ray Shasho Music Journalist 


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

ROB

COTTINGHAM

AND

 CAIRO

VISIT

www.cairorocks.com

Official website

www.facebook.com/CAIROROCKS/

Facebook

https://twitter.com/cairo_banduk

Twitter

www.instagram.com/robcottingham1/

Instagram

www.youtube.com/channel/UCJCPBFKTGUDr3aN-B7w5iKA

YouTube


Discography

CAIRO

Studio

Say (2016)

Live

Alive in Holland (2020)


Nemesis (2023)



ROB COTTINGHAM

Solo

Captain Blue (2013)

Behind the Orchard Tree (2002)

Back Behind the Orchard Tree (2019)

Chasing Cars (2020)


 AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM










ROB COTTINGHAM

APPEARS WEEK OF 

MARCH 30TH 2023

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO


ORDER NOW

 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!




BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR RAY SHASHO 


Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   

Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO


Friday, March 24, 2023

ARJEN LUCASSEN INTRODUCES HIS NEW BAND 'SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION' WITH DEBUT ALBUM 'GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC' ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS -LIVE FROM HOLLAND!

 


 

ARJEN  LUCASSEN

DUTCH PROG ROCK SINGER-SONGWRITER

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND

 RECORD PRODUCER

INTRODUCES HIS NEW BAND

ARJEN LUCASSEN'S

'SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION'

AND NEW ALBUM ENTITLED

 'GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC' 

(COMING MAY 19TH!)

ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

CLICK BELOW 

TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY!


So, you think you know Arjen Lucassen, huh? Towering Dutch prog rock polymath? The man behind the super successful prog rock conceptualists Ayreon? Not to mention his prog metal offshoots Star One and Guilt Machine? Enormous overarching concept albums about space and time, packed to the hilt with special guests that read like a who’s who of modern-day progressive rock? Records that take as long to conceive as they do to record. That Arjen Lucassen? 

Well, think again...


'Golden Age Of Music', the latest album to feature Lucassen's not inconsiderable talents, may also feature stellar musicianship and killer tunes, but there is no storyline that takes place far into the future in the far flung depths of space. Nor do the album's 11 tracks come courtesy of an unending list of guest artists.

The result is 11 tracks of high energy, progressively inclined heavy rock that swings with the kind of groove Deep Purple rocked with in the early to mid 1970S.

‘Golden Age Of Music’ will be officially be released on May 19th on CD and Vinyl, but available to preorder now at https://lnk.to/SupersonicRevolution or amazon.com.


Supersonic Revolution

 – Arjen’s new band!

PURCHASE

‘GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC’

BY

ARJEN LUCASSEN’S

SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION


AVAILABLE MAY 19TH

PREORDER NOW

AT

https://lnk.to/SupersonicRevolution

and amazon.com



FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

ARJEN LUCASSEN

AND

ARJEN LUCASSEN’S

SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION

VISIT

www.arjenlucassen.com

Official website

www.facebook.com/ArjenLucassenOfficial

Facebook

www.instagram.com/ayreon_official

Instagram

www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

YouTube

 

DISCOGRAPHY

Solo

Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy (1994)

Lost in the New Real (2012)

Ambeon

Fate of a Dreamer (2001)

Ayreon

The Final Experiment (1995)

Actual Fantasy (1996)

Into the Electric Castle (1998)

Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (2000)

Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (2000)

The Human Equation (2004)

01011001 (2008)

The Theory of Everything (2013)

The Source (2017)

Transitus (2020)

Bodine

Bold as Brass (1982)

Three Times Running (1983)

The Gentle Storm

The Diary (2015)

Guilt Machine

On This Perfect Day (2009)

Star One

Space Metal (2002)

Victims of the Modern Age (2010)

Revel in Time (2022)

Stream of Passion

Embrace the Storm (2005)

Supersonic Revolution

Golden Age of Music (2023)

Vengeance1

Vengeance (1984)

We Have Ways to Make You Rock (1986)

Take It or Leave It (1987)

Arabia (1989)

The Last of the Fallen Heroes (1994)2

Uncredited

Strange Hobby (1996)

  







ARJEN LUCASSEN
APPEARS WEEK OF 
MARCH 24TH 2023
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO


ORDER NOW

 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!



BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR RAY SHASHO 


Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   

Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO