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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Album review: JON BODEN – Painted Lady
Navigator Records [Release date 30.9.16] Jon Boden was the frontman and fiddle player for Bellowhead who called it a day in May this year. This album was his debut solo album and was originally released back in 2006. Navigator Records … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged album, Bellowhead, debut, folk, Jon Boden, Navigator Records, Painted Lady, re-issued, review, Solo
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Gig review: KING CRIMSON – Aylesbury Waterside, 3 September 2016
This was a journey deep into hard core prog territory and a little beyond. King Crimson have been on the go – give or take the odd hiatus – since 1968. However, our paths had not crossed until this steamy, … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 September 2016, ambient, Aylesbury Waterside, gig, Jakko Jakszyk, King Crimson, live, Mel Collins, prog rock, progressive, review, Robert Fripp
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Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – 13 Shades Of Blue
Zed [Release date 30.09.16] Nine Below Zero’s ‘13 Shades Of Blue’ explores every nuance of the band’s blues antecedents. The album takes us on an r&b journey that opens with funk and explores all the essential blues elements from soul-blues, … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Shades Of Blue, Aaron Neville, album, Allen Toussaint, B.B. King, Ben Waters, blues, Brian Bethell, cajun, Charles Miller, Charles Sheffield, Charlie Austen, Chris Rand, Dennis Greaves, funk, Glenn Tillbrook, Jeffery Brown, John Mayall, Johnny Chandler, Little Walter, Luther Allison, Mark Feltham, Mickey Burkey, NINE BELOW ZERO, R&B, review, soul
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Gig review: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, 28-31 July 2016
Yet again CFF has come up with an intriguing and eclectic mix of artists that pulls from many eras and styles of folk and world music, included in this are enough big names to entice people. This helped to yet … Continue reading
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Tagged 28-31 July 2016, Americana, Cambridge Folk Festival, Christy Moore, Eliza Carthy, festival, folk, gig, Imelda May, Kate Rusby, review, rock, roots
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) October-December 2016
Compiled by Jason Ritchie October 7th ALTER BRIDGE ‘The Last Hero’ Napalm Records CETI ‘Snakes Of Eden’ Metal Mind SUM 41 ’13 Voices’ 14th THE ANSWER ‘Solas’ Napalm Records EDEN’S CURSE ‘Cardinal’ AFM Records TYKETTO TBA Frontiers 21st BECK TBA … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, forthcoming, new release, October-December 2016
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Big Dog
On Sunday 11 September in the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Pete chats to Albert Castiglia about his music with tracks from ‘Big Dog’ More information Ruf [Release date 20.05.16] ‘Big Dog’ is a bulldozer of … Continue reading
News: ROBBIE RANSOM EP and In Session (September 2016)
With a debut album lined up for autumn release, singer songwriter Robbie Ransom plays an exclusive live session for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio as part of the station’s ongoing ‘In Session’ series. Robbie’s debut EP – ‘Rocks In My … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged radio, Robbie Ransom, rock, Rocks In My Pocket, September 2016, session, singer, songwriter
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Quick plays: SAGA, SEVEN, SETH LAKEMAN
SAGA Live In Hamburg earMUSIC [Release date 02.09.16] Fans may have many of the songs on here as it compiles the live songs that have been dotted over the recent reissues of the band’s studio albums which started last year. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ballads of the Broken Few, folk, Live In Hamburg, melodic, progressive, review, rock, Saga, Seth Lakeman, Seven, Shattered, Wildwood Kin
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Album review: GARY HOEY – Dust & Bones
Provogue [Release date 29.07.16] ‘Dust & Bones’ is guitarist Gary Hoey’s 20th album, 12 of which are instrumental. It’s all you might expect from a rock-into-blues guitarist who has made his name by re-invigorating favourite 70’s rock songs with metal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Brian Setzer, Deep Purple, Dick Dale, Dust & Bones, Eric Johnson, Gary Hoey, guitar, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Lita Ford, review, Rick Derringer, Robin Trower, rock, Stray Cats, Ted Nugent Joe Satriani, ZZ Top
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Quick plays: ANNA ELIZABETH LAUBE, THE O’s
ANNA ELIZABETH LAUBE Tree Ahh…Pockets! Records [Release date 21.10.16] Her last album – Anna Laube (2015) may have taken five years to complete, but the fourth album from Seattle-based Anna Elizabeth Laube has followed in just over 12 months. But … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Anna Elizabeth Laube, Honeycomb, review, roots, singer, songwriter, The O's, Tree
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Album review: RACHAEL YAMAGATA – Tightrope Walker
Frankenfish Records [Release date 04.11.16] Virginia based singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata’s 4th studio album, to be supported by US and European tour dates, is something of a departure on a number of levels. Inspired by the ‘there is no why’ philosophy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, pop, Rachael Yamagata, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Tightrope Walker
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Album review: CAIRO – Say
[Release date 03.10.16] www.cairorocks.com Following his departure from Touchstone, keyboardist and founder member Rob Cottingham has chosen not to resurrect his Captain Blue solo persona, but to throw himself into a new project with a new band – Cairo. Much … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cairo, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Cottingham, Say, Touchstone
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Album review: DANIELE LIVERANI – An Innocent Challenge
Lion Music [Release date 26.08.16] Danielle Liverani was last seen with the rather good guitar instrumental album ‘Fantasia’ and now he has come back with a piano concerto! Classical and rock music have always been linked, with many rock musicians … Continue reading