deep purple Archive
19 Oct 2026
Take Five: Deep Purple Making Their Mark
Deep Purple are heavyweights in the world of rock. Listeners around the globe know the British group’s biggest hits, including the signature track “Smoke on the Water” from the band’s […]
22 Apr 2024
Five Semi-rare Cuts from Deep Purple
Deep Purple released Burn, their eighth studio album a half-century ago in February 1974. Today the band endures: founding member Ian Paice (drums) is joined by Roger Glover and Ian […]
13 Feb 2020
Presto: Deep Purple’s ‘Concerto for Group and Orchestra’ at 50
Looking back on rock history, it’s clear that the concept of rock/orchestral hybridization was fashionable for a time. Most rock listeners are familiar (and then some) with Days of Future […]
23 Mar 2019
Deep Purple’s Long Goodbye
If Deep Purple had done nothing more than record “Smoke on the Water,” the band would have earned a place of honor in rock history. Though the riff-based classic (with […]
18 May 2017
Capsule Reviews for May 2017, Part One
Thank You, Friends (Concord Bicycle Music) I remember a time when seemingly nobody knew about Big Star; happily for me, that was about the time I found “new old stock” […]
07 Mar 2014
Hundred-word Reviews: Deluxe Packages
Each of these is a multi-disc set collecting archival (and sometimes previously-unreleased) music, but other than that, there’s little to connect these releases in any stylistic fashion: Celtic soul, proto-funk/pop, […]
04 Nov 2013
DVD Review: Deep Purple — Perfect Strangers Live
Deep Purple are one of those bands with a tortured history of lineup changes, stylistic detours, and changing fortunes. While their real-life saga doesn’t rival that of the just-this-side-of-fictional Spinal […]