Dragi prieteni, așa cum v-am „amenințat” de câțiva ani încoace, iată că cel mai longeviv festival național de muzică rock a devenit...internațional. Nu a fost ușor acest drum și mulțumim tuturor celor care au fost alături de noi de-a lungul acestor ani, dar și cârcotașilor care au stat pe margine și ne-au dat acel șut în fund - în fapt un pas înainte. Știm, nu sunt numele alea mari pe care le așteptați pe afiș, însă vă asigurăm că muzica și atmosfera creată de cei de mai jos este una inegalabilă. Și ca să nu mai întindem vorba, aceștia sunt:
✅ 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐌 și trupa sa - în premieră în România, special si exclusiv pentru top t 2025 Buzău, un nume în mare ascensiune, o prezență dinamică, carismatică și agreabilă care va aduce pe scenă o combinație de sonorități "vintage" și moderne. Multi award-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rosalie Cunningham (ex.Purson/Ipso Facto) released her Mercury Music Prize nominated, self titled début album in 2019 through Esoteric Antenna, earning a Top 10 placing in the UK’s official independent chartand attracting fantastic reviews and stellar ratings from Classic Rock, Uncut, Mojo and Kerrang.
Rosalie built on her burgeoning reputation as an original and thought-provoking songwriter and musician with the release of her second solo album‘Two Piece Puzzle’(also through Esoteric Antenna) to universal acclaim in 2022.The Times-4/5‘fantastic’;Powerplay-10/10‘aheady mix ... all infused with Rosalie’s unique ability to entertain and enthral the listener’;Shindig-5/5‘sexy, loud and bursting with ideas’;Uncut-8/10‘dazzling’.During 2022 and 2023, an extensive and punishing touring schedule taking in venues and festivals throughout the UK and Europe gave audiences the opportunity to experience Rosalie’s compelling, captivating and charismatic live performance at first hand. These,together with the acclamation afforded to ‘Two Piece Puzzle’, culminated in her being named Female Vocalist of the Year in January 2023 by the readers of PROG magazine.The amazing reaction to these exhilarating and dynamic live performances led to one of the more intimate shows on her September 2023 UK tour being recorded-‘Live at Acapela’ was released as a CD by Machine Elf Records in December 2023.2024 commenced with a hugely successful appearance at Fusion Festival in the UK, followedin April by a 17-date tour of Scandinavia and Europe taking in Sweden, Denmark, Germany,The Netherlands and Belgium. Rosalie returned to Sweden in June appearing at Muskelrock.When her hectic touring schedule has allowed, Rosalie has been working on her third solo studio album,‘To Shoot Another Day’, which was released in Autumn 2024, again through Esoteric Antenna. The vinyl version of the album is available exclusively through www.rosaliecunningham.com.The first tracks released from‘To Shoot Another Day’were ‘Return of The Ellington’ and‘Home’-available as a limited edition 7” vinyl single exclusively through Rosalie’s website and digitally through Esoteric Antenna via all the usual streaming platforms.Rosalie appearedat the famed Rockpalast in Germany in October 2024,which was followed in late November and throughout December by the most extensive tour she has yet undertaken as a solo artist.It included dates in France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Now Rosalie Cunningham and her band are once again making their way to a venue near you...don't missout on this experience.
✅ 𝐎.𝐑.𝐤. - o altă trupă în premieră în România! Nimeni nu știe exact cum se pronunță corect numele trupei sau ce înseamnă de fapt aceste trei litere, trei puncte și cîteva simboluri din logo care crează ambiguitate și curiozitate. Este unul dintre supergrupurile neașteptate în peisajul rock care reunește doi muzicieni italieni, LEF si CARMELO PIPITONE, ambii cu activitate intensa în muzică si producție alături de doua legende ale rockului prog: PAT MASTELOTTO, baterist la KING CRIMSON și COLIN EDWIN, fostul bassist de la PORCUPINE TREE. Unii spun că O.R.k sunt prog, alții că sunt alternative sau grunge sau că cuprinde ceva din ura orcilor lui Tolkien, cert este că muzica lor este explozivă și originală deși te poate duce cu gândul la nume importante ale rockului și astea sigur le veți înșira voi începând cu, poate, Soundgarden sau Porcupine Tree.
Pentru topt este o onoare să aibă anul acesta în distribuție artiști de un asemenea calibru.
O.R.k. was born in 2015 from a unique meeting of minds: award-winning composer/ vocalist LEF, King Crimson's legendary drummer Pat Mastelotto, guitarist Carmelo Pipitone, and bassist Colin Edwin, formerly of Porcupine Tree. The band is currently touring across Europe and the UK in support of their fifth album, Firehose of Falsehoods, delivering what critics are already calling their most powerful and captivating live show to date.
“The music is insanely tight and catchy, with Carmelo Pipitone slaying it on guitar, and LEF continues to display incredible vocal skills. Their previous album Screamnasium made it into our Best Of list in 2022, and this album is at least as good.” March 2025 Best Heavy Metal Albums
“The band's 5th album is my first foray into their catalog but I am quite mesmerized by it. It hits just the right levels of heavy while never losing the more Alternative Prog elements. Like when you mix in In Absentia/Deadwing era Porcupine Tree with Superunknown by Soundgarden. I feel like this is the kind of album that could win over fans of more Alternative Radio Rock and make them become Prog fans and viceversa”
“Firehose Of Falsehoods is an accomplished work in the sometimes restrictive confines of its genre, that happily goes way beyond pigeonholing, and is simply a fabulous piece of music from start to finish. The band comprises four strong musical characters who now meld into a whole that is mightier than even their not inconsiderable parts. “ "simply a fabulous piece of music from start to finish."
“‘Firehose Of Falsehoods’ is a remarkable album, packed with musical power, addictive melodies and more than excellent and skilled musicianship, showcasing the more experimental and progressive side of the prog metal genre for sure. Of course, my obvious advice is play it LOUD.”
✅ 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑 - Blowin’ Free Tour 2025
Celebrating the 55th anniversary of the formation
of the original Wishbone Ash
Martin Turner and his band return to the concert stages during 2025 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the formation of the original Wishbone Ash.
Wishbone Ash was formed by West Country musicians Martin Turner and Steve Upton, who arrived in London in 1969 to embark on their musical journey. Martin Turner envisaged the band’s innovative harmony-guitar hallmark and guitarists Ted
Turner and Andy Powell were recruited via a now legendary Melody Maker advert.
The partnership of the original line-up of Wishbone Ash forged a unique musical identity that would produce some of rock music's best loved works and influence numerous successful bands, resulting in millions of album sales and concert attendances. Wishbone Ash’s name would become synonymous with high quality, guitar-driven melodic rock music.
Many decades later, the music of the classic line-ups of Wishbone Ash continues to delight audiences worldwide through both live performances and a rich legacy of recorded work that continues to be enjoyed by fans old and new. Classic album
releases such as Wishbone Ash, Argus, Pilgrimage, Wishbone Four, There’s the Rub, New England and Live Dates defined the Wishbone Ash sound and touched the hearts of several generations of music fans.
As lead vocalist, bassist and key creative force, founding original member Martin Turner was central to the critical and commercial success of Wishbone Ash’s most revered albums, with his passionate vocal delivery, songwriting ability, keen
melodic sense and production values being major ingredients in the definitive Wishbone Ash sound. Martin continues to delight audiences with performances of the band’s best loved works with his current band, which features guitarists Danny Willson and Misha Nikolic, and drummer Sonny Flint.
The ”Blowin’ Free” tour will feature music from the career-defining eras of Wishbone Ash, with a show consisting of classic tracks and stage favourites as well as much loved deeper album cuts, making it a show no true Wishbone Ash aficionado will want to miss.
✅ 𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐀 - o prezență scenică impresionantă, o abordare foarte diferită de stiluri, piese lungi cu schimbări de ritm și stil, incursiuni spectaculoase de flaut și clape, dar și solouri prelungite de chitară, intersecții de stiluri este ce a văzut Tolea la Malmo. În discuția cu ei a fost interesant că știau de Phoenix și au indicat Cantofabule ca un album foarte bun.
Since the start in 2013, AGUSA has been an important name of the Swedish psychedelic prog scene, both in Sweden and on the international stage.
Agusa consists of flute, guitar, keyboard, bass and drums, five musicians all based in Malmö, Sweden.
With influences from Nordic and Latin American folk music, as well as with deep roots in space rock, kraut rock and jazz, AGUSA also have a traditional foundation, but interpreters it in a very own way and with a strong identity of their own.The music takes you back to the 70s but also to something new and unexplored. A live experience you won’t forget, with meditative soft parts as well as epic ecstasies and with the occasional visit to a rock hard darkness.
“Agusa creates intricate, epic and full-flowing dynamism, top-notch musicianship and complete flair for the gengre. Any fan of progressive rock will fail to find fault. Outstanding.”
“The composisions convey serenity and softness or potent knuckle punch aggression when the need arises.”
“Great dynamics and drama in their music, they always keeps you guessing. Whats not to love here!”
🔜 În scurt timp vom anunța și ultimele două formații care vor completa afișul ediției cu numărul 37!
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