Just two years after the release of Running Games (2021), Joel Hoekstra’s 13 are back with their third studio album Crash of Life. The group was formed by guitarist Joel Hoekstra, who currently plays with …READ MORE
Guitarist Joel Hoekstra was always surrounded by music, due to his parents being classical musicians. It was his discovery of AC/DC, however, that inspired him to pick up a guitar at age 11. Through hard …READ MORE
Featuring new albums from Nestor, The KillerHertz, Borealis & Ellefson-Soto! …READ MORE
Complicated But Simple Few vocalists can have a body of work as large as veteran Jeff Scott Soto, with over 60 albums under his belt while participating in Sons of Apollo, Talisman, Soto and the …READ MORE
Featuring new albums from Black Eye, Jeff Scott Soto, Starchaser & Wildnite! …READ MORE
Livin’ The Life It’s a good time to be a Jeff Scott Soto fan. In the last year alone Jeff has released three new albums, re-released one out of print album, and produced the debut …READ MORE
The Backstory Running Games is the second album by Joel Hoekstra’s 13. Even though the group bears the name of its lead songwriter and guitarist, “13” is a group effort. Returning alongside the Whitesnake axe …READ MORE
The Backstory: W.E.T. (W – Work of Art, E – Eclipse, T – Talisman) is a supergroup built from three of the premier acts on the Italian record label Frontiers Music. They released their debut …READ MORE
Featuring new albums from Wig Wam, Labyrinth, W.E.T. & The Michael Schenker Group! …READ MORE
Let the Games Begin Joel Hoekstra’s 13 was created as a side project in 2015 by current Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Joel Hoekstra. Under the 13 moniker Hoekstra released Dying to Live that same …READ MORE