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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Album review: ORDEN OGAN – The Book of Ogan
AFM Records [Release date 25.03.16] “The Book of Ogan” would appear to be German power metal band Orden Ogan’s way of closing the first chapter of their career as it is a very impressive double CD double DVD package. What … Continue reading
Album review: KANSAS – Always Never The Same
Store For Music www.storeformusic.com An album overlooked in the Kansas catalogue being originally released back in 1998, three years after their last studio album ‘Freaks Of Nature’. I remember reading an interview back at that time where drummer Phil Ehart … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Always Never The Same, classic, Kansas, orchestral, Phil Ehart, prog, re-issue, review, rock, Steve Walsh, the Store For Music
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Gig review: ROB TOGNONI BAND/Salvation Jayne – Boom Boom Club, Sutton,15 April 2016
It would be surprising if the Australian rock-blueser Rob Tognoni still had a lot to say lyrically after nearly 40 years on the boards. And while his early recording career was much more song-driven, he now lets his guitar do … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Amy Benham, Australia, bues, funk, Gary Rackham, gig, guitar, Holly Kinnear, Humble Pie, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Green, Mike Hellier, review, rock, Salvation Jayne
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Gig review: COLIN BLUNSTONE – Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, 19 April 2016
The first part of a two-part radio feature was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 3 April. The second part is also available via Mixcloud It must be an age thing, but increasingly I am being … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 April 2016, acoustic, Alan Parsons, Americana, Colin Blunstone, gig, pop, review, rock, Rosalie Deighton, Sale, singer, songwriter, Steve Balsamo, The Zombies, Waterside Arts Centre
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Gig review: TRUCKER DIABLO, SCREAMING EAGLES, MASSIVE WAGONS – O2 ABC, Glasgow, 16 April 2016
Tonight’s gig was a showcase for the musical talent on the roster of Off Yer Rocka Records, the label of the HRH franchise and home of some of the finest up and coming bands in the UK. The bands were … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 ABC, 16th April 2016, AC/DC, Drink Beer Destroy, gig, Glasgow, Hard Rock Hell, live, Massive Wagons, metal, Metallica, Off Yer Rocka, rock, Screaming Eagles, Trucker Diablo
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Quick plays: CALLING ALL ASTRONAUTS, JOANA SERRAT, JAMES McARTNEY, DIRTY ACTION
CALLING ALL ASTRONAUTS Anti-Social Network This is Calling All Astronauts’ second album and they have been around since 2012, consisting of David B (vocals/programming), J Browning (guitars) and Paul McCrudden (bass). Musically they cover goth, rock, electro and certainly have … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, alternative, Americana, Billy Idol, Calling All Astronauts, country, Dhani Harrison, Dirty Action, glam, goth, James McCartney, Joana Serrat, Quick Play, reviews, rock, singer songwriter, Sisters Of Mercy, sleaze, The Blackberry Train
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Album review: BEHOLDER – Reflections
Razorline [Release date 12.04.16] Since 2003 Beholder have been tearing venues up all around the country. The band from the UK Midlands have been flying the flag for British Heavy Metal and Progressive Metal in the underground scene amassing a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beholder, Gojira, Mastodon, metal, Progresive, progressive metal, Reflections, review, uk
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Gig review: NOTHING BUT THIEVES – O2 Forum, London, March 31 2016
Southend’s Nothing But Thieves have been making moves since 2012. Signing to RCA Records in 2014 saw the band get to work on their debut album. After it’s release last September, they’ve slowly began the rise to the big time. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conor Mason, gig, Muse, Nothing But Thieves, review, rock, the O2 Forum
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Album review: OYSTERBAND – This House Will Stand Best Of 1998-2015
Navigator Records [Release date 27.05.16] This is a 2CD, 29 song collection from the Oysterband covering their latter day output from 1998 to the present day. They started out back in 1977/78 as the Oyster Ceilidh Band before morphing into … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998-2015, album, best of, folk, June Tabor, Navigator Records, Oysterband, political, review, This House Will Stand, traditional
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Album review: EDU FALASCHI – Moonlight
Test Your Metal Records [Release date 20.05.16] I’ve been a passing fan of Angra a long time, but I would never call myself a diehard or super knowledgeable about them. What songs/albums I have heard I always enjoyed, but were … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Almah, ANGRA, Edu Falaschi, metal, Moonlight, power metal, review
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Album review: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
AFM Records [Release date 20.05.16] Flotsam and Jetsam are band I have had mixed feelings about over the years. Having been a huge thrash fan most of my life, and a huge fan of Metallica back in the day, there … Continue reading
Album review: RAINBOW – Monsters Of Rock Live At Donington 1980
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.04.16] CD/DVD Is it me or are Rainbow – 35 years on – viewed through rose-tinted spectacles? The studio albums are worthy but – live – there is excess, there is indulgence, and there’s a lot … Continue reading
Album review: BAD COMPANY – Live 1977 & 1979
Rhino [Release date 29.04.16] It does seem strange that this is the first official live Bad Company album in 40 years, featuring the classic original line-up. Angel Air Records released the Albuquerque gig from 1976 in 2006 but it was … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, Boz Burrell, Live 1977 & 1979, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers, review, rock, Simon Kirke, USA, Wembley
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News: DAUGHTRY UK Tour starts 21 May
In August 2014 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio chatted to Chris Daughtry who revealed that Rick Astley was an early influence… (7:10) Daughtry UK tour starts 21 May Due to phenomenal demand multi-platinum selling recording artist Daughtry have recently announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Daughtry, competition, DAUGHTRY, gig, May 2016, merchandise, prize, rock, UK tour, VIP package
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Gig review: NERINA PALLOT – Gorilla, Manchester, 14 April 2016
Nernia Pallot was, by her own admission, ‘a little bit pissed’. Not with life, the world, or Manchester. No, it was a state induced by pre-gig drinks, and a steady influx of rose wine. Not that it affected a suitably … Continue reading
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Album review: NERINA PALLOT – The Sound And The Fury
INgrooves/Idaho Records [Release date 11.09.15] It’s almost a decade since GRTR!’s last dalliance with the hugely underrated Nerina Pallot. 10 years ago it seemed that with her sophomore release, Fires, she was on the verge of becoming one of Britain’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Nerina Pallot, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter, soul, The Sound And The Fury
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Album review: DAN PATLANSKY – Introvertigo
Caroline International P&D [Release date 06.05.16] Dan Patlansky tell us ‘Introvertigo’ is a concept album, but you’d have to delve into an urban dictionary to discover that the title means: “The dizzy feeling an introvert gets when he or she … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Audioslave, blues, Dan Patlansky, funk, Gary Moore, guitar, Introvertigo, Jimi Hendrix, Philip Sayce, review, riffs, rock, Theo Crous
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Album review: SANTANA – Santana IV
Santana IV Records [Release date 15.04.16] In the early 1970s, Santana ‘III’ was the soundtrack of my youth, an album when the band consolidated their Latin Rock credentials and arguably one of their strongest offerings. The album is awash with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carlos Santana, Greg Rolie, IV, latin, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Neal Schon, review, rock, Santana
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Gig review: FISH – Aylesbury Waterside, 11 April 2016
Who says nostalgia is not what is used to be? On an emotional night in Aylesbury, Fish played to an eager full house, exposing tenderness, passion and humour in a set of powerful songs, personal memories and local connections that … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 April 2016, Aylesbury Waterside, Fish, gig, live, Marillion, Market Square Heroes, Misplaced Childhood, prog rock, review
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Album review: THUNDERSTONE – Apocalypse Again
AFM Records [Release date 01.04.16] Thunderstone are another one of AFM’s hidden treasures that I’ve never actually listened to before and now they return with their sixth studio release “Apocalypse Again”. Guitarist Nino Laurenne put the band together back in … Continue reading
Gig review: HRH PROG – Pwllheli, Wales, 17-19 March 2016
I remember the first time I attended the HRH Prog festival which was held at the ice cold Magna Centre in Rotherham; boy was it cold, even the artists had coats on whilst they performed! But it looks like we … Continue reading
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Tagged 17-19 March 2016, Arthur Brown, Caravan, festival, Focus, gig, HRH Prog, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, prog, progressive, Purson, Pwllheli, review, rock, sci-fi weekend, The Enid, Wales
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Gig review: HAMMERFEST – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-13 March 2016
Hammerfest is hard, it’s loud, and it’s brutal and yet again it threatens apocalyptic damage on the peaceful site in Pwllheli. Now in its 8th reign yet again it is being hosted under the HRH United umbrella along with HRH … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-13 March 2016, Cradle Of Filth, Evile, Exodus, Extreme, festival, gig, Hammerfest, heavy rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quemists, review, Thrash, Turisas, Wales
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Album review: VARIOUS – Heavy Psych Sounds
http://www.heavypsychsounds.com [Release date 08.04.16] Remember the days when you would go into your local record store and there would be just two categories of music – Rock and Pop, maybe if there was an upstairs or a downstairs, there might … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, acid rock, album, Black Sabbath, Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds Records, Heavy Pysch, psych rock, Retro Rock, review, rock, sampler, Sludge, space rock, Stoner
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Album review: HUMAN FORTRESS – Thieves Of The Night
AFM Records [Release date 18.03.16] “Thieves of the Night” is German melodic metal band Human Fortress’s follow up to the well-received “Raided Land”. The band deal in a genre populated by bands such as Kamelot, Avantasia and Virgin Steele according … Continue reading
Album review: ANTHONY PHILLIPS – Private Parts & Pieces I-IV, Wise After The Event, Sides (reissues)
This complete programme was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2015. Anthony Phillips chats to David Randall about his career, with tracks from his solo albums including “The Missing Links” series and his more recent collaboration … Continue reading
