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July 29th 2010
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Fresh news directly from Ken's desk:
"Hi Everyone,
Many of you are asking about 'Love & Other Mysteries' and I can tell
you this. The CD is finished and mixed and the first video 'Bleeding
Heart' is done!
Within 2 weeks we will sign and announce a new record contract and
then begin recording a second CD.... A raw, simple and powerful CD
of rock songs I have written and which I am going to record with
Live Fire, my live band! This CD doesn't have a title yet but
I will let you know when it does.
And then I will ask you, my friends, fans, supporters and
encouragers to come up with cover ideas, based on the title we
choose.
The 2 CDs may be released separately or together.... Those
decisions will be made by wiser people than me and a lot of other
things have to be done before the release date, so please stay tuned
and we will make the announcement here and in other places very,
very soon.
These are exciting times!?
CheerZ,
Ken
<><" |
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July 17th 2010
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Visiting and playing in Poland for the
first time, Ken's full report is
here. |
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July 13th 2010
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And now the tour diaries present Ken's
adventures in Bulgaria and Hungary, check it out
here. |
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June 30th 2010
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Following the "one the road" anecdotes here's
Ken's take on his latest Norway and German trip...
Here! |
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June 10th 2010
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And now it is time for the Bulgarian Tour Diary,
here! |
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June 8th 2010
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The Russian Tour Diary is now available
here! |
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June 1st 2010
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Ken Hensley sends some excited comments about the
upcoming Ripfest in the Czech Republic, later this year:
"I am really excited about taking Live Fire to the
ŘÍPFEST in Czech this year. I had to wait until
August 28th (more than a year!) to go back to Czech but I am
sure it will be worth the wait! Why don't you take some vacation and
come see us there?" |
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May 21st 2010
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Ken Hensley's autobiographical book, "Blood On
The Highway - When Too Many Dreams Come True" is being
translated and published in Bulgarian and Russian.
More details soon! |
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May 1st 2010
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Monica & Ken Hensley are finally able to
announce that that their new bar in Novelda, Spain
is open to the general public! It is called Mississippi
and the address is Avenida Constitución 95, Novelda, Spain.
It's about 32 km from Alicante. Some photos
of the bar here: photo 1
- photo 2 -
photo 3 |
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March 22nd 2010
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From July 12th to 16th, the University
of Alicante in San Vicente is offering students a
wide-ranging course on Rock & Roll and Ken Hensley will give the
closing address and presentation.... in Spanish! The course
will cover every aspect of life in the Rock & Roll world including
media, management, press, audio-visual etc. and will offer credits
to all attending.
Ken's presentation is entitled "So, you wanna be a rock & roll
star?" (...."Entonces, quieres ser una estrella del Rock?".....).
The week also includes a Rock & Roll museum which will display,
among other things, one of Ken's road Hammond rigs, and a fully
operational radio station that will broadcast the course live and on
the internet. More details soon so you can hear all of Ken's
mistakes in Spanish!
Additionally, Ken will teach song-writing master classes at the
University over two weekends in October. Ken describes all of
this as "an exciting new challenge and something I am really looking
forward to". |
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March 15th 2010
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The Brazilian magazine Poeira Zine includes
on its new issue a 16-page article dedicated to the initial
period of Uriah Heep's story (1970-1976). Check it out
here. |
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March 13th 2010
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Ken asks anyone who agrees with the cause to sign
the following petition: "Thank you for
adding your voice to the petition to prevent the ivory trade from
killing more elephants again.
We only have days left until the UN meeting in Doha. It only
comes around once every three years, so it's now or never. With
hundreds of thousands of signatures we can really make a difference
-- and the more of us that sign, the more powerful our voices will
resound". Click
here to join! |
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March 12th 2010
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The latest installment of Ken Hensley's Tour
Diaries is now available... Another German chapter,
that is! Click here
to read it. |
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March 5th 2010
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Ken & Monica are opening a pub in
Novelda, Spain in late March/early April. It will
be called "Mississippi" and, along with most of the typical
tapas, Monica will introduce some American and English flavours.
Two Saturday mornings each month will be dedicated to families and
children, with clowns, cartoons and crayons etc. Two
lunch-times each month will be dedicated to the poorest people and
they will be able to eat and drink free from 11am to 2pm. One
time a Formula One fan club will be formed and they will meet for
every Grand Prix, no matter the time zone!
The grand opening will be announced as soon as final "formalities"
are complete so watch this space! |
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March 1st 2010
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Details about Ken Hensley's upcoming concert -
today - at the opening of CeBIT Fair in Hannover
can be found
here.
Ken is the musical ambassador for the
Sawubona
project and will perform together with top musicians from
Germany: Annette Kienzle and Verena Nübel, vocals, Capo Mayer, bass,
Herbie Wacheter, drums, Ekkehard Rössle, sax and Werner Acker,
guitar. |
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February 24th 2010
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The brand new remastered versions of Ken
Hensley's acclaimed first 2 solo albums, Proud Words On A Dusty
Shelf (1973) and Eager To Please (1975), will be
available soon through Esoteric Records. You can
pre-order them now respectively
here and
here.
These items and many more Hensley-related ones can be purchased
here. |
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February 18th 2010
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The definitive list of gigs in Russia as
part of Ken Hensley's solo shows are now announced
here. |
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February 4th 2010
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New live dates just announced: Russia,
Norway and Germany! |
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January 26th 2010
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A new message by Ken Hensley: "Hi
Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know, (especially those of you who are still
waiting for your orders to arrive!) that we have finally solved the
problem with our supplier of shipping materials. We have a new one!
Apparently the other supplier quietly went out of business without
telling anyone and so we (and you) were left waiting.
The final orders will ship on Monday and you will have to wait no
longer.
I just want to apologize personally for any frustration and/or
inconvenience.
Thanks for your patience.
Ken
<><" |
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January 13th 2010
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New live dates in Germany just
announced! Check them out here. |
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January 12th 2010
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Ken Hensley's first two solo albums, Proud
Words On A Dusty Shelf (1973) and Eager To Please (1975),
are finally being available again to all those who have missed the
first CD pressing (by Repertoire). Newly remastered and
featuring enhanced booklets with restored artwork, photos and liner
notes, the planned release date is February 22nd 2010.
The Eager To Please CD will also include a bonus track,
Who Will Sing For You, originally released on a single at the
time. Further details available soon on the
Esoteric
Records website. |