Exclusive Interview with Lynn Sorensen

May 25, 2018 / in Band Members, Interviews, News / by

1. At what age did you decide to become a professional musician? 9. Started playing violin. Loved it. Could see myself doing it forever. 2.  Who were your earliest influences? Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach, Stravinsky, The Dorsey Brothers, Sinatra, Toni Bennett, The Stones, Beatles, The Who, John McLaughlin etc etc etc etc. 3.  If you couldn’t have been a musician, what else would you have become? Homeless 4.  What do you like to do outside of making music? Learn something new every day 5.  What equipment do you use? A variety of custom basses,mostly Spector, Zon. TC Electronic amp and speakers. Westone inears, Cad Mics. Sennheiser wireless systems. Fender and Zeta Read more

Exclusive Interview with Mike Mangan

May 21, 2018 / in Band Members, Interviews, News / by

1.   At what age did you decide to become a professional musician? 19 2.  Who were your earliest influences? Being the youngest of 6 children, I had a wide variety of early musical influences stemming from both my parents’ and older siblings’ varying taste in music.  These ranged from rock to jazz to classical and church music. (I was raised in Catholic School.) Some of these early influences include Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gene Harris, George Winston, Jack McDuff, Glenn Miller, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, The Allman Brothers, Chuck Leavell, Keith Emerson, Ray Manzarek, Gregg Rolie, Rick Wakeman, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Bach, Beethoven, Gregorian Chant and traditional Choir Read more

Exclusive Interview with Stuart Smith

May 21, 2018 / in Band Members, Interviews, News, Uncategorized / by

1.  At what age did you decide to become a professional musician? I started playing guitar at 8 years old but decided to become professional at 19 2.  Who were your earliest influences? Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull. J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Pink Floyd, Free, Robin Trower, Black Sabbath, The Beatles 3.  If you couldn’t have been a musician, what else would you have become? I originally wanted to be a jet fighter pilot like my father but when I found out I was red/green color blind and couldn’t fly jets I became a musician. If I couldn’t play guitar I’d probably be with MI5, the CIA or FBI. 4.  Read more

Heaven & Earth’s “Hard To Kill” album review by Gary Hill including track by track review.

April 16, 2018 / in Hard To Kill, New Music, News, Reviews / by

Track by track review of Heaven & Earth’s album “Hard To Kill” from Music Street Journal.

Heaven & Earth album review by Rocktopia

March 6, 2018 / in Hard To Kill, New Music, News, Reviews / by

Had Heaven & Earth’s ‘Dig’ (arguably 2013’s Best Hard Rock Album) matched its critical plaudits and glowing reviews in deserved sales, then guitarist/band leader Stuart Smith and company would no doubt be travelling the globe conducting press duties for ‘Hard To Kill’ in their very own “Starship” (the name given to Led Zeppelin’s infamous private jet). ‘Dig’ felt like the work of a brand-new band, as opposed to the two preceding Heaven & Earth albums (and one EP) which came across very much like Smith’s singular vision with a host of guest musicians onboard.

Undiscovered Artists’ Review of Heaven & Earth’s album Hard To Kill

February 11, 2018 / in Hard To Kill, New Music, News, Reviews, Uncategorized / by

  UndiscoveredArtists is dedicated in bringing new and overlooked bands back into the focus of music lovers everywhere.  Here they have provided a stellar review on Heaven & Earths album “Hard to Kill”. “With yet another stellar recording to their name completed, while by no means an undiscovered artist, high recognition to Heaven & Earth is long way overdue.”

Highly anticipated album ‘Hard to Kill’ by Heaven & Earth set to release

January 19, 2018 / in Buy Music, Hard To Kill, New Music, News, Reviews / by

Los Angeles hard rockers HEAVEN & EARTH are set to release their highly anticipated fourth studio album, HARD TO KILL, October 6 on Quarto Valley Records. It’s available to pre-order via HEAVEN & EARTH’s PledgeMusic campaign. In addition to pre-ordering HARD TO KILL, fans can purchase a range of exclusive merchandise and special offerings from the band, including signed albums, guitars, posters and lyric sheets, Skype lessons with each band member, and even a Skype cooking lesson with singer Joe Retta. A lyric video for “The Game Has Changed” was recently released and can be seen on the band’s official YouTube page. It will be available on iTunes September 22. Read more

Top 100 Hard Rock Songs of 2017 – Heaven & Earth “Hard to Kill”

January 17, 2018 / in Hard To Kill, Honors & Awards, New Music, News, Reviews / by

For most of my life, I thought that Ritchie Blackmore was influential, but no one ever really captured the magic of his sound.  That was until I heard Heaven and Earth’s Stuart Smith, and realized that he may be the next great (underrated) guitarist, cut from the same cloth as Blackmore.  Of course, not everyone can claim to have been mentored by Blackmore as Smith was. Overall, Heaven And Earth feels like the modern-day equivalent of Deep Purple and Rainbow.  This is not to say that the band is a wannabe version of two of classic rock’s most important bands.  Quite the contrary!  They are what should have been the Read more

Heaven & Earth’s, “Hard to Kill”, one of 28 best albums of 2017

December 31, 2017 / in Hard To Kill, Honors & Awards, New Music, News, Reviews, Uncategorized / by

Heaven and Earth Hard to Kill: We fell in love with Heaven and Earth when we first heard their last album Dig, so we were very excited when we heard that they were working on a new album. There was a major lineup shift after the release of the last album, so we were very curious if it was going to affect the sound of this new album. One listen to this album was all it took to hear that the band was sounded tighter than ever! Joe Retta has to be one of the most underrated vocalists in the music industry! Seriously, this guy’s voice is so freaking good! This album Read more

Highwire Daze album review of Heaven & Earth’s “Hard To Kill” album

October 29, 2017 / in Hard To Kill, New Music, News, Reviews / by

Hard To Kill is the fourth glorious magnum opus by Heaven & Earth, featuring 11 all-new rock and ragers destined to set the imagination in flight. Superbly intensive songs unveiled by the finest musicians in the business render this one an absolute standout.  A thrilling work of artistry guaranteed to captivate the senses of music aficionados all across the world, Hard To Kill by Heaven & Earth offers a sonic adventure that is thrilling to behold!

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