News: 2019: A Year in Rock as seen and heard by the Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers and photographers
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Get Ready to ROCK! has published its annual photographic review of the year.
The website’s gig reviews feature a wide range of activity from heaving stadia to less populated village halls.
Says Reviews Editor Jason Ritchie: “As with our end of year Best of 2019 promotion, the selection of photos reflects the industry and endeavours of our review team over a twelve month period.”
Managing Editor David Randall added: “In the selection of twelve photos we try and be as inclusive as possible featuring at least one from each photographer and using comments from most reviewers. We hope the selection sums up their sustained enterprise over the year.”
Among those artists featured this year, upcoming blues rocker Kris Barras and melodic hard rock band Collateral nominated by the team as Breakthrough Act of 2019 and with a debut album due in early 2020. Alongside big hitters like Rammstein and Whitesnake. The latter will take to the road again for a UK arena tour in May 2020.
Get Ready to ROCK! continues to be strong on festival coverage, starting in late May with the Bearded Theory event in Derbyshire and including Download, Ramblin’ Man Fair and the now established summer events of Steelhouse and Stonedeaf (which in 2020 becomes Stonedead). Most are featured in this year’s selection.
Live Editor Dave Wilson is responsible for the coordination of all gigs and is already filling up the spreadsheet for the coming year.
In 2019 melodic rock expert Andy Nathan deserves special mention for his review coverage which has taken in several continents including gigs in the States, Scandinavia and Germany.
David Randall adds: “Andy’s band and genre knowledge is second to none and he easily communicates his enthusiasm and affection whilst never losing his critical faculty when appropriate. His sterling work, and that of the rest of our team, has kept Get Ready to ROCK! at the forefront of quality rock music media and the reviews are all highly visible in Google and shared in social media.”
Photo: (Stonedeaf Festival) Darren Griffiths/GRTR!
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK
Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.
In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.
Next session: Sunday 1 December
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David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024.
UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024.
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Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024
ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)
Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024
09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)
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