Post by Imagescapegirl on Aug 26, 2008 9:03:46 GMT 1
An article - with short interview is in an online Russian newspaper. The google translate has had its problems, but .... There is a picture with it, but it's one from the last KEB tour, not a current one. Here's the url if you want to go look and the translation of the article ....
www.rian.ru/culture/20080825/150653765.html
MOSCOW, August 25 - RIA Novosti. One of the best keyboard-rock world scene Keith Emerson and The Keith Emerson Band in the tour of countries in Eastern Europe and Baltic Speakers at the Moscow House of Cinema on Tuesday, organizers told RIA Novosti.
The tour is being held in support of new album band The Keith Emerson Band of the same name.
"This is my first studio album since the days of ELP, complete with DVD for a better understanding. This is the culmination of a musical work throughout my life," - said the new disc, Emerson himself.
According to him, the concept album "provides ubiquitous presence of electronic ideas, which, no doubt, razovyutsya living in the presentation using original keyboards used in the album to add live music."
Emerson best known as creator and party-rock group The Nice and Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP). In the same composition of his new team The Keith Emerson Band joined old friend Emerson for ELP, guitarist and vocalist Mark Bonilla (Marc Bonilla), bassist Travis Davis (Travis Davis) and drummer Tony Pia (Tony Pia).
As part of the tour The Keith Emerson Band has already visited Estonia and Latvia, and after the Moscow concert are going to speak in Kazan during the festival "Creation of the World" on August 30, as well as DK "Lensovet" in St. Ptereburge September 2, and then go to Bulgaria .
Emerson was born on November 2, 1944 in the English county Lancashire. Already in the 14 years he was known in local circles as a gifted pianist. At the same time, it creates its first group and serves London's famous Marquee club and leave with concerts in Germany and France.
In 20 years, Emerson has created his famous group The Nice, which includes creativity in the world of rock classics. But in 1970 the group The Nice disintegrates, and Emerson creates a legendary group Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
From 1970 to 1977 group released six albums, and they all became platinum. Music, sounding with EL & P, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends and Works Vol. 1 still fall within the chosen collection of music.
Before the collapse of the ELP in 1979, the musicians managed to record albums Works Vol. 2 and Love Beach. And in 1992 the group reunited and issues to be kind to critics album Black Moon, and in 1999 Then And Now.
In parallel with the work of their group is also engaged Emerson solo career. Including, in its asset music for such films as "Preispodnyaya" (The Inferno, 1980), "Night hawks" (Nighthawks, 1981), "Rock-killer" (Murderock, 1986), "Godzilla: The Final War" (Gojira: Fainaru uozu, 2004) and even multserialu Iron Man.
During his distinguished career musician has won a prize better pianist - Overall Best Keyboardist, established magazine Keyboard Magazine Readers' Poll, it also honoured in a prestigious American Smithsonian Institution.
www.rian.ru/culture/20080825/150653765.html
MOSCOW, August 25 - RIA Novosti. One of the best keyboard-rock world scene Keith Emerson and The Keith Emerson Band in the tour of countries in Eastern Europe and Baltic Speakers at the Moscow House of Cinema on Tuesday, organizers told RIA Novosti.
The tour is being held in support of new album band The Keith Emerson Band of the same name.
"This is my first studio album since the days of ELP, complete with DVD for a better understanding. This is the culmination of a musical work throughout my life," - said the new disc, Emerson himself.
According to him, the concept album "provides ubiquitous presence of electronic ideas, which, no doubt, razovyutsya living in the presentation using original keyboards used in the album to add live music."
Emerson best known as creator and party-rock group The Nice and Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP). In the same composition of his new team The Keith Emerson Band joined old friend Emerson for ELP, guitarist and vocalist Mark Bonilla (Marc Bonilla), bassist Travis Davis (Travis Davis) and drummer Tony Pia (Tony Pia).
As part of the tour The Keith Emerson Band has already visited Estonia and Latvia, and after the Moscow concert are going to speak in Kazan during the festival "Creation of the World" on August 30, as well as DK "Lensovet" in St. Ptereburge September 2, and then go to Bulgaria .
Emerson was born on November 2, 1944 in the English county Lancashire. Already in the 14 years he was known in local circles as a gifted pianist. At the same time, it creates its first group and serves London's famous Marquee club and leave with concerts in Germany and France.
In 20 years, Emerson has created his famous group The Nice, which includes creativity in the world of rock classics. But in 1970 the group The Nice disintegrates, and Emerson creates a legendary group Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
From 1970 to 1977 group released six albums, and they all became platinum. Music, sounding with EL & P, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends and Works Vol. 1 still fall within the chosen collection of music.
Before the collapse of the ELP in 1979, the musicians managed to record albums Works Vol. 2 and Love Beach. And in 1992 the group reunited and issues to be kind to critics album Black Moon, and in 1999 Then And Now.
In parallel with the work of their group is also engaged Emerson solo career. Including, in its asset music for such films as "Preispodnyaya" (The Inferno, 1980), "Night hawks" (Nighthawks, 1981), "Rock-killer" (Murderock, 1986), "Godzilla: The Final War" (Gojira: Fainaru uozu, 2004) and even multserialu Iron Man.
During his distinguished career musician has won a prize better pianist - Overall Best Keyboardist, established magazine Keyboard Magazine Readers' Poll, it also honoured in a prestigious American Smithsonian Institution.