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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Gig review: KRIS BARRAS BAND – 100 Club, London, 24 September 2018
The support slot on this tour has featured a few different acts and the London show provided an opportunity for blues trio the Matt Edwards Band. We arrived mid-set and the delta-blues drawl of Matt’s vocals and gritty guitar playing … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, 24 September 2018, blues, blues rock, gig, Kris Barras Band, live, Matt Edwards Band, review, The Divine and The Dirty
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Album review: AIRRACE- Untold Stories
Frontiers [Release date 10.08.18] A third Airrace album in their off-and-on 35 year existence looked unlikely when guitarist and band leader Laurie Mansworth put the band on ice a few years back to concentrate on managing The Treatment, and even … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Payne, Airrace, album, AOR, Laurie Mansworth, Linda Kelsey Foster, melodic rock
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Interview: JULIAN LITTMAN (STEELEYE SPAN)
Next year iconic folk rockers Steeleye Span celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. 2019 will see a brand new album and associated tours as the ever-evolving band mark their half century. More immediately, however, there is the matter of an autumn tour. … Continue reading
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Tagged Classic Albums, Dodgy Bastards, folk, folk rock, interview, Julian Littman, Maddy Prior, prog rock, Steeleye Span, Terry Prachett, Tour, Wintersmith
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Album review: THE GHOST AND THE MACHINE – Red Rain Tires
Noise Appeal Records [Release date 28.09.18] Formed in 2014, The Ghost And The Machine are an Austrian ‘post blues’ three piece – Andi Lechner (resonator guitar, lapsteel, vocals), Heidi Fial (double bass, vocals) and Matthias Macht (drums). While their eponymous … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Red Rain Tires, review, rock, roots, The Ghost And The Machine
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News: GIANTS OF ROCK – Skid Row, Roger Chapman, and many more head for Minehead (25-28 January 2019)
David Randall previews two bands appearing at the Butlins Big Weekends in January. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 30 December. (11:17) More information 2019′s Giants Of Rock takes place at Butlins in Minehead, Somerset, 25-28 January. … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN BUTLER TRIO – Home
Because Music [Release date 28.09.18] ‘Home’ is the John Butler Trio’s first album since 2014′s ‘Flesh & Blood’, which reached number 2 in his native Australian charts, as well as topping the US Billboard chart and those of France and Switzerland. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, electronica, folk, Home, John Butler Trio, pop, review, rock
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Interview: TIM ATKINSON (LEADER OF DOWN)
The brainchild of Grammy nominated former Motörhead guitarist Würzel and bass player Tim Atkinson who after forming the band Leader of Down, busied themselves in a London rehearsal studio writing dozens of tracks in preparation for recording an album. They … Continue reading
Gig review: EUROPE – Royal Albert Hall, London, 23 September 2018
While Britain’s future in Europe is shrouded in uncertainty, the eponymous Swedish rockers by contrast have a very close relationship with the UK. By my reckoning this was the tenth year in a row I had seen them on these … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 September 2018, Alan Nimmo, blues, Europe, gig, Joey Tempest, John Norum, King King, London, review, rock, Royal Albert Hall, The Final Countdown
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Album review: VOLA – Applause Of A Distant Crowd
Pete Feenstra chatted to Vola’s Asger Mygind in a show first broadcast in October 2018 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special features tracks from the new album. Mascot records [Release date 12.10.18] Vola’s name means flying in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, Anathema, Applause Of A Distant Crowd, Asger Mygind, Bryan Ferry, Dave Gilmour, David Sylvan, djent, electronica, Eno, interview, King Crimson, Messuggah, metal, Morrisey, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, prog metal, radio, Radiohead, review, Robert Fripp, rock, Rupert Hine, synth, The Blue Nile, Vola
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Album review: SHINING – Animal
Spinefarm Records [Release date 19.10.18] Shining, who hail from Norway, have previously been known for extreme jazz metal, gaining many rave reviews and plaudits along the way. However, on this new album ‘Animal’, frontman Jørgen Munkeby commented, ”this new record is more … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, album, Animal, Jørgen Munkeby, melodic, metal, review, rock, Shining, snythwave
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Album review: RHR (REDFERN HUTCHINSON & ROSS) – Mahogany Drift
Taller Records [Release date 01.11.18] ‘Mahogany Drift’ is an exciting new album by RHR (Troy Redfern, Jack J. Hutchinson and Mike Ross), a potential new riff heavy powerhouse super group with southern roots rock and blues antecedents. From the sepia … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, Dan Baird, gothic rock, guitar, Jack J. Hutchinson, Keith Richard, Led Zeppelin, Mike Ross, review, Rolling Stones, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, The Byrds, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, The Faces, Troy Redfern
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EP review: INDIA ELECTRIC CO. – Tablelands
Shoelay [Release date 19.10.18] The India Electric Co. return with the final part of the EP trilogy which contrasts the city and country. The wonderfully talented duo Cole Stacey (vocals, percussion, gravel) and Joseph O’Keefe (violin, piano, guitar, accordion, harp, … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, blues, EP, folk, India Electric Co., jazz, Midge Ure, pop, review, Tablelands
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News: STEELEYE SPAN UK Tour starts 1 October – win tickets to Cambridge gig (8 October)
As Steeleye Span approach their their 50th anniversary in 2019 they embark on a UK tour starting 1 October. The band is working on a new studio album and some of the new tracks will feature in the setlist. Steeleye … Continue reading
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Album review: LINTON OSBOURNE – Drunk At Breakfast
www.lintonosborne.com [Release date 14.09.18] Former Nazareth vocalist Linton Osborne (who has also worked with original Naz guitarist Manny Charlton) has continued to work hard and, amongst a number of projects, has released this rather marvellous album. His work with Nazareth was … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Drunk At Breakfast, Linton Osbourne, Nazareth, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, vocalist
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Album review: STATUS QUO – Deluxe Editions – 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain’t Complaining
earMUSIC [release date 17.08.18] These albums are the next in line to get the Deluxe Edition reissue treatment which covers the band’s output during the 1980’s. This was a period which saw band members come and go, the ‘End Of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, 80s, Ain't Complaining, Alan Lancaster, album, Back to Back, blues, End Of The Road, Francis Rossi, In The Army Now, Margurita Time, Ol Rag Blues, review, Rick Parfitt, rock, Status Quo, The Wanderer, Wembley. Live Aid
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Album review: STATUS QUO – Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall and Down Down & Dirty At Wacken
earMUSIC [release date 17.08.18] These two albums have been released in tandem to demonstrate the two different sides of Quo and to prove that live they are still a must see. The Albert Hall show captures the band in full … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, album CD, Aquostic, blues. Albert Hall, EarMusic, Francis Rossi, Germany, live, Mullet, Rick Parfitt, rock, Status Quo, Wacken Open Air
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Quick plays: DREAM CHILD, THE UNITY, PLASTIC TEARS
DREAM CHILD Until Death Do We Meet Again Frontiers [Release date 14.09.18] Dream Child is formed around former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy, who is joined by fellow Dio member drummer Simon Wright, former Ozzy/Whitesnake bassist Rudy Sarzo, Wayne Findlay (ex-MSG) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angels With Attitude, Craig Goldy, Dio, Dream Child, Gamma Ray, glam, Jollymon, melodic metal, metal, Plastic Tears, pop rock, review, Rise, rock, Slimboy, The Unity, Until Death Do We Meet Again
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Gig review: NORTHERN FLYWAY – Cornerstones, Didcot, 21 September 2018
Northern Flyway is the brainchild of Jenny Sturgeon (Salt House, Jenny Sturgeon Trio) and Inge Thomson (Karine Polwart Trio, Da Fishing Hands). In 2017 they wrote and created Northern Flyway – an audio-visual production exploring the ecology, folklore, symbolism and mythology … Continue reading
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Tagged birdsong, Cornerstones, Didcot, folk, gig, Inge Thomson, Jenny Sturgeon, Northern Flyway, progressive, review
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Album review: LAYLA ZOE – Gemini
Self release [Release date 05.10.18] Layla Zoe’s ‘Gemini’ is one of the most honest and hard hitting blues-rock albums of the year. She openly tackles the pain of the blues, but you always get the feeling that there’s a more … Continue reading
Album review: HOGJAW – Rise To The Mountains
Snakefarm Records [Release date 2015] Hogjaw embark on their maiden UK tour this autumn and they have a new album, ‘Way Down Yonder’ to promote, along with this, their 2015 album which is now getting a full UK release via Spinefarm … Continue reading
Gig review: BIG BOY BLOATER/Jack J. Hutchinson – The Blackheart, London, Camden 20 September 2018
If there was something incongruous about finding Big Boy Bloater & The Limits and in a dark biker pub in Camden, it’s nothing that bothers Bloater and his powerhouse trio, who revel in a typically boisterous show built from the … Continue reading
Quick plays: JIM SHEPARD, PHILLIP HENRY, SIR REG
JIM SHEPARD Jaded MelodicRock Records [Release date 10.08.18] This is the third solo album by US musician Jim Shepard who has been on the music scene for some years including a band called Taxi, who had some success in their local … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, guitar, Jaded, Jim Shepard, melodic rock, Phillip Henry, punk, review, Sir Reg, slide guitar, The Underdogs, True North
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Gig review: THE QUIREBOYS – 02 Forum, London, 14 September 2018
Playing a classic album in its entirety is now such a well established concert concept that bands are having to approach it a little differently. The Quireboys already did this many years ago to mark 20 years of ‘A Bit … Continue reading
Album review: TIFFANY – Pieces Of Me
Go On Then Records [Release date 05.10.18] Tiffany sold over 15m albums to date and most will know her for her worldwide hit ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ in 1987. She has been releasing albums since then that have covered pop, country and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Country, blues, melodic rock, Pieces Of Me, pop, pop rock, review, rock, Tiffany
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Gig review: ROSE TATTOO & GIRLSCHOOL – 02 Islington Academy, London, 13 September 2018
Rose Tattoo’s first appearance in London in far-too-many years and it was hotly anticipated. And for those not familiar with the Aussie rock band, led by the short in stature but no way in attitude Angry Anderson, they formed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Anderson, gig, GIRLSCHOOL, Islington Academy, Kim McAuliffe, live, London, metal, NWOBHM, punk, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Rose Tattoo
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