Yearly Archives: 2020

EP review: OBSESA – Let In The Light

Posted on December 31, 2020 by jason
OBSESA - Let In The Light

OBSESA [Release date 26.12.20] Obsesa formed in 2017 in Bury St Edmunds (Vocals/Guitar: Jason Smith, Guitar: Adam Ingram, Bass: Matt Cooper, Drums: Pete Hutchins) have come out swinging and bludgeoning on their debut ep ‘Let In The Light’. Three tracks … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RODS – Expanded Remasters

Posted on December 31, 2020 by jason
THE RODS - In The Raw

In The Raw, The Rods Live, Let Them Eat Metal Rock Candy’s remastered & reissued programme often serves to bring a deserving band (and album) to a new audience. The Rods are the perfect example. Their eighties’ albums were in … Continue reading →

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Album review: TED & MAJELLA – Divine Timing (Ted Turner, ex-Wishbone Ash)

Posted on December 30, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
TED & MAJELLA - Divine Timing

www.tedturnerandmajella.com [Release date 21.12.20] Ted Turner is best known as the one time original guitar slinger in Wishbone Ash with whom he remained until 1974 and then on and off until 1994. Ted reappeared in 2018 together with his partner … Continue reading →

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Album review: HUMBLE PIE – The Atlanta Years

Posted on December 29, 2020 by jason
HUMBLE PIE - The Atlanta Years

Store For Music [Release date 11.12.20] Steve Marriott is best remembered in the UK as the front man for the Small Faces . Also rememberd by many as Britain’s best blue eyed soul singer, and not least for his songwriting … Continue reading →

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EP review: COLLATERAL – Acoustic Covers Lockdown

Posted on December 29, 2020 by jason
ANGELO TRISTAN – Acoustic Covers Lockdown EP

Website [Release date 25.12.20] 2020 should have been Collateral’s breakthrough year on the back of a well-received album from both fans and critics alike, and tour plans laid. That was before the pandemic laid waste to all of that. However, … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEGS DIAMOND – Expanded Remasters

Posted on December 27, 2020 by jason
LEGS DIAMOND - Out On Bail

Rock Candy Records [Release date 04.12.20] Legs Diamond has ceased trading and then later reopened for business several times since its inception in 1975, and is still gigging to this day. Enterprising UK label, Rock Candy Records remastered and reissued … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAYLA ZOE – Nowhere Left To Go

Posted on December 27, 2020 by petefeenstra
Layla Zoe - Nowhere Left To Go

Pete Feenstra chatted to Layla Zoe for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast Sunday 27 December 2020. Self Release [Release date 08.01.21] Layla Zoe is back with ‘Nowhere Left To Go’, her 15th album in 15 years. And though … Continue reading →

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Feature: Albums that time forgot … NATIVE CAIN – The Primitive Soul

Posted on December 26, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
NATIVE CAIN - The Primitive Soul

ProActive (1999) Chatting to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in 2020  vocalist/songwriter Lee Small commented about his love of Glenn Hughes.  And it is Hughes vocal influence that permeates the 1999 album ‘The Primitive Soul’.  Small has … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANDY SUSEMIHL – Alienation

Posted on December 26, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
ANDY SUSEMIHL - Alienation

SM Noise [Release date 21.01.21] Andy Susemihl’s last album ‘Elevation’ was my “Best of 2018″ – perhaps it should have been called “revelation” such was the surprise at a seasoned pro – and a relatively unknown one albeit with an … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE SWEET – Isolation Boulevard

Posted on December 26, 2020 by jason
THE SWEET – Isolation Boulevard

Website [Release date 18.12.20] First recordings by the revamped Sweet line-up that sees original member guitarist Andy Scott and long serving drummer Bruce Bisland joined by bassist/backing vocalist Lee Small (Phenomena, Shy, Lionsheart) and vocalist Paul Manzi (Cats In Space, … Continue reading →

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Album review: OCEAN HILLS – Santa Monica

Posted on December 23, 2020 by jason
OCEAN HILLS - Santa Monica

AFM Records [Release date 27.11.20] Ocean Hills is the brain child of vocalist Zoli Teglas (ex-Ignite), having taken 30 years’ worth of experience in the music business to launch this project with some very talented, accomplished musicians - Peter Lukacs (guitars), Daniel Szebenyi … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MARIOS POLITIS, SILENT SKIES, MOTHER ROAD

Posted on December 23, 2020 by jason
MARIOS POLITIS This Is My Story

MARIOS POLITIS This Is My Story Alcyone Records [Release date 10.11.20] Marios Politis is a composer, singer and guitarist from Athens, Greece who has released an album of meaningful and thoughtful songs. The lyrics focus on introspection and personal experiences … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WILDHEARTS – 30 Year Itch

Posted on December 23, 2020 by jason
THE WILDHEARTS - 30 Year Itch

Round Records [Release date 04.12.20] My initial thought when I looked at this album was, I feel old! How can it have been 30 years since the Wildhearts exploded onto the music scene?? Returning to the classic Wildhearts line up … Continue reading →

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Album review: PALACE- Rock And Roll Radio

Posted on December 21, 2020 by andynathan
PALACE- Rock and Roll Radio

Frontiers Records [Release date 04.12.20] Michael Palace, a man with multiple performing and writing credits to his name, is now onto the third album from his own project. 2016’s ‘Master of the Universe’ was mainstream melodic hard rock, but is … Continue reading →

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News: Get Ready to ROCK! announce Best of 2020 Popular Poll winners

Posted on December 21, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
Snake Oil & Harmony

Rock music website Get Ready to ROCK! has announced the results of the Popular Poll for Best of 2020. Readers and listeners could vote in two categories this year: Top Albums and Breakthrough Act. Snake Oil & Harmony (aka Dan … Continue reading →

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Album review: DUKE ROBILLARD & FRIENDS – Blues Bash

Posted on December 21, 2020 by petefeenstra
Duke Robillard - Blues Bash

Pete Feenstra interviewed Duke Robillard for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 13 December 2020. Stony Plain Records [Release date 20.11.20] You don’t need to have paid your blues dues for 50 years or more to be able to … Continue reading →

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Album review: EAST TEMPLE AVENUE – Both Sides of Midnight

Posted on December 20, 2020 by andynathan
EAST TEMPLE AVENUE- Both Sides of Midnight

AOR Heaven (Release Date 27.11.20) East Temple Avenue sees Australian songwriter Darren Phillips, whose project under his own name featured a star studded cast, join forces for a whole album with Robbie Le Blanc, the Blanc Faces singer whose combination … Continue reading →

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EP review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Feeling Great

Posted on December 20, 2020 by jason
HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Feeling Great

Bandcamp [Release date 18.12.20] One of the better things during 2020 have been to see the rise in interest and acclaim for the progressive duo Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate. Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate are Malcolm Galloway and Mark … Continue reading →

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EP review: LEWIS CLAY – Idle Hands

Posted on December 20, 2020 by jason
LEWIS CLAY - Idle Hands

      Website [Release date 25.12.20] 2020 has been a right shit show of that there can be no doubt, and it has hit the performing arts and live arena very badly, especially as most don’t manage to qualify … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEAL MORSE – Jesus Christ The Exorcist: Live at Morsefest 2018

Posted on December 19, 2020 by jason
NEAL MORSE – Jesus Christ The Exorcist Live at Morsefest 2018

      Frontiers [Release date 04.12.20] The studio album was released first as now Neal Morse and Frontiers release a live performance of ‘Jesus Christ The Exorcist’, filmed at the 2018 Morsefest. It is an all-star ensemble with regular … Continue reading →

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Album review: KEVIN GODLEY – Muscle Memory

Posted on December 19, 2020 by jason
KEVIN GODLEY – Muscle Memory

      State 51 [Release date 18.12.20] Kevin Godley is ex 10cc and was one half of a duo with Lol Creme. His first solo album, Muscle Memory, is a post modern permutation of songs largely written at his … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: RICKY WARWICK, VOODOO SIX

Posted on December 18, 2020 by jason
RICKY WARWICK - You Don’t Love Me

      Ricky Warwick – ‘You Don’t Love Me’ Black Star Riders frontman Warwick has long been one of the best and most respected figures in the business. From his work with the dirty groove machine The Almighty, through … Continue reading →

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Album review: RONAN FURLONG – The King Of Leaves

Posted on December 17, 2020 by petefeenstra
Ronan Furlong - The King Of Leaves

Thoroughbred Music [Release date 20.11.20] Ronan Furlong’s ‘The King Of Leaves’ is an essential jagged-edged, genre bending, Celtic tinged roots rocking album of the highest order. It’s shot through with unrelenting intensity, yet understated swagger. And there’s enough musical diversity, … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEAL SCHON – Universe

Posted on December 15, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
NEAL SCHON - Universe

[Release date 11.12.20] Neal Schon pops up in my Twitter feed every so often, his guitar emoting against a frequently funky undertow in his latest home video.  He remains both enthusiastic and engaging.  Even if the camera position and the … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE FLOWER KINGS – Islands

Posted on December 13, 2020 by alanjones
THE FLOWER KINGS - Islands

Inside Out   [Release date: 30 October 2020] There’s a debate that rages in a certain music magazine as to what is and what isn’t “prog” – where much pointless navel-gazing and hand-wringing occurs in trying to decide whether the … Continue reading →

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