In January 2012 Alex Band, former lead singer of the band The Calling, is coming on tour through 10 German cities. Because I always liked his music and I think he deserves a good promotion for this tour, I asked him if he would give me an interview for my blog. I also write a story about him and send it to several media in the cities where he is performing to help promoting the tour. His tour kicks off on January, 17th in Mannheim (Capitol) and ends on January, 28th in Berlin (C-Club). Find out now, what Alex told me about the tour, his further plans for 2012 and what he thinks about the cover version of his hit song “Whereever you will go” from Charlene Soraia and where he sees himself in five years from now.
Jimi Jamison – The voice of the tiger
On June, 18th I had the opportunity to speak to Jimi Jamison, the ex-lead singer of Survivor at a concert in Steinbach-Langenbach. Together with Fred Zahl, a german guitarist from Berlin, who brought Jimi to Germany in the first place. Both started a new band One man´s trash and recorded two new hit songs The Restless Kind and Tears in My Eyes, which are already big radio hits. In October they will be playing a few concerts in Nürnberg (13th, Hirsch) Stuttgart (14th, Zapata). Here is what Jimi and I spoke about:
Richard Marx Interview Part 2
The interview with Richard took place at the end of October and before the start of his European Solo Acoustic Show Stories to tell. In the meanwhile this short tour is almost over. Two more concerts in Germany (today in Hamburg and Friday in Berlin) and two in Paris and London on the days inbetween. I had the luck to see him live last week Friday here in Munich and it was a great show.
In the second part of the interview he told me more about the great time he had during the Joe Cocker tour in 2005 in Germany and how he fell in love with the home country of his great grand father. Also he told me his thoughts about the music business and what makes him happy in his profession.
Richard Marx Interview Part 1
On October, 31st I had the opportunity to interview the singer and songwriter Richard Marx, of whom I am a huge fan since his first album in 1987. The interview took place in at the Rocco Forte Hotel in Berlin and was timed shortly before the start of his European Acoustic Solo Show Stories to tell, which brought him back to Germany and a few other European cities for the first time in five years (then as an opener for Joe Cocker). The short version of the interview and an article were published in german newspapers like Abendzeitung in Munich and the Leipziger Volkszeitung in Leipzig to promote the concerts in these cities.
To give all Richard Marx fans the chance to read what he told me on that day, I asked his manager at the concert night in Munich, if I were allowed to publish it on my website as well, which he did. And because I want all international fans of Richard to be able to read it, I publish the original version and not in the german translation.
So let´s start with part 1 of the interview. Part 2 will be published on November, 16th.