Weekly Music News 06.11.22
A roundup of music news for the week beginning November 6, 2022
In September, "Walkways" released three acoustic songs on YouTube as part of "Metal Unplugged", a project produced by the Yellow Submarine venue in Jerusalem. This week, Walkways is releasing "Bone Deep", the third song performed for the project, on streaming platforms. You really have to hear this wonderful performance!!!
Listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
British metal legends "Judas Priest" reunited with former guitarist K.K. Downing and former drummer Les Binks at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in Los Angeles. It was Downing's first performance with the band in 13 years and Binks' first in 43 years!!! There were three guitarists and two drummers onstage as the band played three of its anthems: "You've Got Another Thing Coming", "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight".
Multi-instrumentalist, musician and producer Steven Wilson has been handed the keys to the legendary "November Rain".
One of the most powerful rock ballads of all time is getting an extravagant upgrade!! For the band's celebratory box set, the song has been reissued with its sampled orchestration replaced by a new recording featuring a 50-piece orchestra, and a new mix by Steven Wilson. Listen to the legendary ballad here.
A little over a year after the release of "Brighten" by Jerry Cantrell, he is releasing a video for "Prism of Doubt". As you may remember, the album features several leading names from the music world, including Duff McKagan, Greg Puciato, Gil Sharone, Joe Barresi and more.
A first single from an upcoming solo album by Avi Belleli, frontman of "Nekamat HaTraktor". The album was produced by Udi Turgeman. Belleli wrote about the song: "The issue of global migration led me to reflect on my creative work and personal life. The song 'HaMehager' [The Immigrant] was born out of harrowing reports about the fate of refugees around the world. My own (temporary) 'migration' from my band of the past 33 years, Nekamat HaTraktor, and from life in general also came under this definition."
The hometown of Neil Peart, St. Catharines, Ontario, has commissioned an artist to create two bronze statues commemorating the legendary "Rush" drummer. The statues will stand beside the pavilion in the city's Lakeside Park, which inspired the song Peart wrote for the 1975 album "Caress Of Steel". One statue, approximately 12 feet tall, will portray Peart as a young artist and poet in the 1970s, holding a book and drumsticks. The second will show him in his later years, holding a small piece of his drum kit and offering his drumsticks to visitors. Some of Peart's old, damaged cymbals will be melted down and incorporated into the statues. The project is contingent on raising $1 million. Donations can be made at stcatharines.ca/neilpeart.
Guitarist Richie Sambora hinted this week at a reunion with "Bon Jovi" at next year's Glastonbury festival. Sambora said the musicians were "talking a bit" about the idea. He left the band in 2013 but rejoined it for its Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2018.
A ruptured eardrum suffered by singer Josh Kiszka has forced "Greta Van Fleet" to postpone US shows. Kiszka announced the injury on social media in October, saying the band's next three shows would be moved to later dates. The band is now postponing the four remaining shows of its North American tour as well.
Singer Ozzy Osbourne has ruled out any more "Black Sabbath". During an episode of his SiriusXM series "Ozzy Speaks", the host asked whether he would consider working with Tony Iommi again as part of Black Sabbath. Ozzy said there would be no more Sabbath and that he did not want to repeat the same thing in the same format. However, he would be happy to work with each of his former bandmates individually. He added that the sad thing about the band's final tour, The End, was the absence of drummer Bill Ward. He said he had spoken to Ward since then and that he was doing well.
Speaking of Ozzy Osbourne, this week he said he did not want a famous actor such as Johnny Depp to portray him in the biopic about his relationship with Sharon Osbourne. The film, now in development, will focus on their relationship from 1979 to 1996. Sharon has previously said she did not want it to be like the hugely successful Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody".
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