On March 19th, 2013, the much acclaimed Love For Levon concert will get an official release in four different packages. The concert, which featured Roger Waters as part of an all-star lineup of musicians, was held at the Izod Center (part of the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey).

"Love For Levon" also featured John Mayer, Bruce Hornsby, Ray LaMontagne, Gregg Allman, Joe Walsh of The Eagles, and many others. The concert was in honor of Helm, the late Woodstock resident who was a member of The Band and a Grammy-winning solo artist. Helm, along with Rick Danko and Garth Hudson (fellow Band members) took part in Roger's 1990 Wall concert in Berlin. Helm sadly passed away on April 19th last year.

The four editions are as follows:
- 2 x Blu-ray and 2 x CD set: order from Amazon.com or Amazon Canada
- 2 x Blu-ray set: order from Amazon.com or Amazon Canada
- 2 x DVD and 2 x CD set: order from Amazon.com or Amazon Canada
- 2 x DVD set: order from Amazon.com or Amazon Canada

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As we all know, over many years, tribute bands and other artists have covered Pink Floyd songs. Recently, though, a new approach to three of the band's tracks has captured the imagination of the classical world. A young Turkish pianist and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Aysedeniz Gokcin, has interpreted Floyd's music in a "Lisztian" way.

As reported on the ClassicFM website, she said: "I was inspired by Liszt's legacy, his showmanship as a touring pianist - he was one of the first to play to audiences as big as 3000 people at a time. And I love Pink Floyd's music." The next live performance by Gokcin is at St James' Piccadilly in London on April 25th. Her version of 'Another Brick In The Wall' can be heard below; of the three songs she currently performs, we were particularly struck by her rendition of Hey You which worked particularly well...

The new issue of the UK's Mojo Magazine, cover date March 2013 (which arrives in UK shops this coming Tuesday) should not be missed by Floyd fans.

The cover features a rather unusual colour shot of an early (but post-Syd Barrett) Floyd, with the rather alarmist headline of "From A Saucerful of Secrets to Meddle...Pink Floyd fight for their lives!". Stuck adjacent to this is a free CD, cunningly called 'Echoes', which is a "compendium of modern psychedelia starring Tame Impala, Animal Collective, Django Django, Wooden Shjips, Toy, Moon Duo, Temples & more".

The main attraction though is a new feature by Floyd biography 'Pigs Might Fly' author Mark Blake. As the magazine's own promo for the issue states, "Forty-five years ago this month, Pink Floyd cut Syd Barrett adrift and struck out for the unknown. Mark Blake tells Floyd's survival story and rebirth with Echoes, while Wayne Coyne hymns Meddle and director Adrian Maben takes us behind the scenes at Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii."

Elsewhere in the issue are features on The Everly Brothers, Gram Parsons, and a look at the return of David Bowie. Mojo should be in UK stores next week, and thereafter in selected stores worldwide as an import. However, wherever you are worldwide, you can order it through this direct link for despatch direct to your home!

Our friends in Denmark have a special opportunity for an unusual, and entertaining, evening. Thomas Ulrik Larsen, a Danish musician, songwriter, teacher and music journalist, is currently touring the country, and armed with his laptop, a show full of photos, video snippets, sound clips, background history, anecdotes and musical analysis he takes audiences on a two hour trip through Dark Side Of The Moon - 40 years old this year.

He tells us that "It's going down really well. I did an 11 show leg before Christmas and I have just begun a new leg of 12 shows finishing in March. There will also be a 'Lost Towns Leg' in the autumn with about 5 shows."

We thought we'd catch up with Thomas to find out more...

How did the lecture tour come about?
I was invited in for a Floyd talk on Danish national TV when Roger Waters performed The Wall in Copenhagen in 2011. It was fun, but the TV medium requires 30 years of history to be compressed into two insightful minutes of speech. A challenge, but also a bit frustrating. I realized that I liked discussing the Floyd – and I felt it was still an important cultural matter. But I longed for more space than the brief TV interview could offer.

Six months later I was asked to fill in on short notice for a local Floyd historian at a library lecture. The event broke the library’s attendance record by 300%, so I figured I was onto something...