For almost 40 years, Jon Lord has been a frequent guest at the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt. The place was recommended to him by his friend Tony Ashton, and he first went there after the Machine Head recording sessions in Montreux in December 1971. In a brand new interview with Switzerland's Xecutives.net, he talks … Continue reading Jon Lord’s love for Switzerland
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Kasia Laska is Jon Lord's live female vocalist. Watch and enjoy her own acoustic version of Deep Purple's Soldier Of Fortune, filmed for Polish morning TV earlier this year.
German NDR TV visited Jon Lord's rehearsals in Kiel last week. Watch their report, which includes rehearsal and interview.
Last Friday, Jon Lord performed the Concerto for Group and Orchestra in Siegen, Germany with local Deep Purple tribute band Demon's Eye. Watch these clips that include a complete take of Child In Time. Excerpts incl. the Concerto and Soldier of Fortune: Child In Time, pt 1: Child In Time, pt. 2:
Jon Lord's recent visit to Russia recieved a rich amount of TV coverage. The Moscow show alone was covered by four different reports that included interviews with Jon Lord, locals fans and footage of both rehearsals and the concert. Watch the four clips here: Concert report #1 with interview and live footage (2:31 minutes): Concert … Continue reading Russian TV embraces Jon Lord
German WDR television reports on Jon Lord's rehearsals in Siegen for Friday night's Concerto performance there. Watch the clip for footage of the rehearsals and interviews with Jon Lord, conductor Russel N. Harris and drummer Andree Schneider from Demon's Eye.
How does it feel to be 19 and share a concert stage with Jon Lord? Scottish music student and tenor sax player Christopher Hartles (previously interviewed on this website) filmed himself and his fellow students getting ready to perform the Concerto for Group and Orchestra with Jon Lord in Edinburgh, Scotland on October 5, 2009. … Continue reading ‘Proggers only’ – behind the scenes in Edinburgh
A selection of fan filmed footage from Jon Lord's Russian tour has hit the pages of Youtube - including a TV commercial for the concert in St. Petersburg: Hammond solo, Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Yekaterinburg): The Sun Will Shine Again with Kasia Laska on vocals (Yekaterinburg):
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