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In an interview with Performance Today, Jon Lord speaks of his latest works, Boom of the Tingling Strings and Disguises.

He also speaks of playing different styles of music:

- Since, really, the inception of Deep Purple in the late 60s, it’s been known to my buddies in the band that I kind of wore two hats. While I’m doing one kind of music, of course I give it 100% my attention and my ability, but I always felt I didn’t want to be one musician. I wanted to be as many musicians as I could split myself into.

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July’s edition of Gramophone Magazine includes a brief interview with Jon on page 13 about Boom Of The Tingling Strings, together with a very positive review on pages 67/68: “… a barnstorming, virtuoso finale that has Proms Favourite written all over it.”

Thanks to Nigel Young.

Jon Lord will join Deep Purple onstage for this year’s Sunflower Jam. The charity show takes place at Porchester Halls in London on September 25.

Confirming that this is a one-off, Jon Lord is excited by the prospect of playing with Deep Purple for the first time in six years.

- I am looking massively forward to playing some of those grand old Purple numbers again, Jon Lord says.

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In an interview with Metal Express Radio, Jon Lord speaks of the Durham Concerto, his plans for the future and goes over the high points of the past.

On the Durham Concerto CD:

- This is a studio recording that we made last July in Liverpool in the Philharmonic Hall. We had two and a half days up there to record that. It’s the same piece as you heard in the Cathedral but done under studio conditions so we were able to control the acoustics.

- I actually thought the Classic FM live recording was very good and captured the acoustics of the Cathedral but the CD is in a more acoustic controlled setting. I’m thrilled to bits with how it’s turned out.

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BBC Music Magazine has a back page feature called “Music that changed me”. In their May issue, out now, Jon Lord is interviewed about music that changed him.

Thanks to David Meadows and Nigel Young.

Jon Lord and Zermatt have a long history together, and promoting last night’s performance at Zermatt Unplugged, Lord speaks to Zermatt.ch about his first visit there 36 years ago:

- I first visited the village in December 1971 and fell in love with it on the spot. Since then, I come back at least two or three times every year, mostly in winter to ski, but now and again in summer too for hiking. We have even had a small flat here for the last eight years. Read the rest of this entry ?

To coincide with his performance of the Durham Concerto at Liverpool this Saturday, Jon Lord is featured on Planet Rock radio’s My Planet Rock series.

He will pick his favourite tracks of all time, explain why he ended up on the organ and name his favourite guitarist - among other things.

You can listen live online Saturday April 5 at 6pm - or (if you’re going to the show in Liverpool) the following Tuesday.

Jon Lord’s new CD, Boom of the Tingling Strings, has now hit the streets. In the film Jon Lord explains the background to his new album:

You can also listen to EMI’ Classic’s 19-minute podcast-special on the album.

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The Australian talks to Jon Lord about how he created a new sound for the Hammond organ when he plugged it into a stack of Marshall amps:

- I suppose I felt I had to compete with the guitarists. What I discovered was that the Hammond organ, when treated like that, makes a heck of a noise.

The interview also focuses on the Concerto for Group and Orchestra and how the musical climate was different in 1969. Lord says many classical and rock purists missed the point:

- The piece was written with a sense of love and to enjoy the experience of playing with an orchestra as much as to enjoy the experience of playing with a rock band.

- It was written by a guy who was, and still is, massively in love with both ends of the musical spectrum.

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In an interview with Giessener Allgemeine, Jon Lord talks about 40 years of the Concerto, the open rehearsal at Hagen, his new Boom of the Tingling Strings and more.

Listen to the interview segments here:

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