George Bellas, Joe Stump and Kiko Loureiro set for Argentina

George Bellas, Joe Stump and Kiko Loureiro (Angra) will be doing some concerts next month in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 19th and 20th at the Acatraz Theatre. It will be a G3 type of bill. All three guitarists will also be doing 2 guitar clinics at the MI (Musicians Institute) of Argentina.

For more information visit www.georgebellas.com and for further George Bellas worldwide clinics see next post below.

George Bellas to give guitar masterclass in Spain

Masterclass in Spain:

George will be doing several Masterclass' at the ACADEMIA DE GUITARRA located in Malaga, Spain during the month of June 2007.

George Bellas Masterclass
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007

For a taster of George's guitar prowess click here...

Double Dealer Live DVD sampler

Check out the clip below for a sampler of Norifumi Shima in full flight from the latest Double Dealer live DVD.

Order from http://www.cdjapan.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPBQ-19026

As previously reported the new Double Dealer studio album "Desert Of Lost Souls" is out in Japan on 25th April, soundclips from the album can now be heard here

Kelly Simonz launches new myspace page

One Of Japan's leading guitar virtuosos Kelly Simonz has recently launched his own MySpace page. So be sure to head on over, check out the clips for some blistering neo-classical soloing in superb song formats and also with Kelly's great vocals.




In other Kelly Simonz news a promo sampler of his new DVD (only available through his official website) can be watched via the following link. This new DVD is approx 65 mins long and captures Kelly's performance at The Flamingo in Austria.

Roger Staffelbach's AngelOf Eden update

Roger Staffelbach, lead guitarist of ‘Roger Staffelbach’s Angel Of Eden - The End Of Never’ has posted the forthcoming album’s artwork (see below). It looks like the album with be released in Japan in July/August time (tbc) with a European release to follow shortly afterwards.

The first class line-up for the forthcoming release is:

Roger Staffelbach- Guitars
Carsten Schulz - Vocals (Domain, Evidence One)
Ferdy Doernberg - Keys (Uli Jon Roth)
Mats Olausson - Keys (Yngwie Malmsteen)
Steve di Giorgio - Bass (Testament, Sebastian Bach)
Rami Ali - Drums (Evidence One)

In related news Roger also has signed with Dean Guitars.

Web Links
http://www.rogerstaffelbach.com

Double Dealer enter the 'Desert Of Lost Souls'

Double Dealer, the Japanese supergroup featuring members of Concerto Moon and Sabre Tiger, which means to B&R readers the superb Norifumi Shima see their fourth album entitled ‘Desert Of Lost Souls’ released in Japan (a domestic release is probably unlikely) on April 25th.

The track listing is:

01. HOWL OF THE WOLF
02. LIKE A FREE WIND
03. TRAUMEREI
04. STAR IN THE DAWN
05. JUDGEMENT
06. CAT IN A BACKYARD
07. HEART NEVER BENDS
08. LABYRINTH
09. CLUSTER OF WONDERS
10. WITHERED GRASSES
11. STAIND LIFE

More information on the release (in Japanese) can be found at:
http://www.vap.co.jp/dd/info/info.html

The album can be ordered from:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPCC-81557