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Gig review: BLACK EYED SONS- The Lexington, London, 16 December 2024
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Thames Side Brewery, Staines, 8 December 2024
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Gig review: STRAY – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 7 December 2024
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Gig review: THE SHEEPDOGS, THE COMMONERS – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 December 2024
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Gig review: GUN – Barrowlands, Glasgow, 14 December 2024
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Gig review: THE DAMN TRUTH – The Grace, London, 26 November 2024
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Album review: SINNERGOD – Sinnergod
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Album review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Holding All The Roses
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped
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Album review: RICKY WARWICK – When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues) / Hearts On Trees
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Album review : EMMA WILSON – Wish Her Well
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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – Meanwhile, Back In The Garage
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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Gig review: MR. BIG- Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 23 March 2024
Mr.Big’s last UK tour was here six years ago and when original drummer Pat Torpey passed away months later, the band were effectively put on ice. However the surviving three members have decided to go out one more time, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Sheehan, Eric Martin, gig, Jared James Nichols, Lean Into It, melodic rock, Michele Luppi, Mr Big, Nick D’Virgilio, Paul Gilbert
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Album review: THE MIDDLENIGHT MEN – Issue 2
Middlenight Records [Release date 05.04.24] Although The Middlenight Men first came to life in 2019, singer and guitarist Nick Hughes has a long and rich history in music – he’s been a member of Terrorvision for the last eight years. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Issue 2, Leon Cave, melodic, Nick Hughes, pop rock, punk pop, review, Status Quo, Terrorvision, the The Middlenight Men
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Album review: P.O.D. – Veritas
Mascot Records [Release date 05.05.24] It has been 30 years since they broke onto the scene with their debut album. Being a keen Nu-Metal fan, this was very exciting for me and highly anticipated. I was hoping that the album would … Continue reading
Album review: FOGHAT – Slow Ride – Live In Concert
Cleopatra [Release date 05.04.24] British band Foghat, who were formed by members of Savoy Brown and Black Cat Bones in the early, have produced some of the finest blues/rock ever laid to record over the years, and some live albums … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, boogie, CD, classic rock, DVD, Foghat, Lonesome Dave Peverett, review, rock, Roger Earl, Slow Ride - Live In Concert
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News: ARMORED SAINT, SKID ROW, ANTHRAX (April 2024)
ABBA release a 50th anniversary edition of their ‘Waterloo’ album on April 5 via Polar Music International. The reissue will include a limited edition box set of three vinyl singles originally released in 1974. Anvil release their new album ‘One And Only’ via AFM Records on … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthrax, Armored Saint, classic rock, folk, gigs, metal, New releases, news, punk, rock, Skid Row, tours, Tyketto
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Album review: BLACKTOP MOJO – Pollen
Facebook [Release date 05.04.24] This reviewer loved Blacktop Mojo’s last album, 2021′s self-titled release and expectations are high for this new one. The band’s line-up has had one change since with guitarist Chuck Wepfer being replaced by Malcolm Booher. He joins the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blacktop Mojo, grunge, hard rock, Pollen, review, rock, soul, southern rock
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Album review : SON OF MAN – Gaslight
Pete Feenstra chatted with George Jones about the new album and development of Son Of Man. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 7 April 2024. Esoteric Antenna [Release date : 26.04.24] ‘Gas Light’ is Son Of Man’s third … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, AOR, Bob Richards, classic rock, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Gaslight, George Jones, interview, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, Ray Jones, review, Richie Galloni, Son Of Man, The Eagles, The Fixx, THE WHO, Yes
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Album review : VAN DER GRAAF – Vital (2 CD Remaster)
Cherry Red [Release date : 29.03.24] The year after England won the world cup, English musician Chris Judge Smith took a “summer of love” trip to San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury, a pivotal point on the Flower Power map. It is … Continue reading
Feature: DANNY VAUGHN at Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden, May 24 2024
A new venture at a smaller venue is the focus of our feature and emphasising the continuing importance of grass roots music promotion… Feature by Jason Ritchie Not content with photographing rock and roll artists under his Mart’s Arts Photography … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, AOR, Dan Reed, Danny Vaughn, Fairycroft House, Friday May 24 2024, gig, interviews, Martin David Porter, melodic rock, Motorhead, rock, singer songwriter, Tim Atkinson, Tyketto, Wurzel
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EP review: SILVEROLLER – At Dawn
Bandcamp [Release date 01.03.24] Silveroller announced their presence last year with a line-up of respected blues guitarist Aaron Keylock joined by drummer Joe Major, bassist Tadhg Bean Bradley, organist Ross Munro and a real vocal find in Jonnie Hodson. Boy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Keylock, At Dawn, blues, blues rock, classic rock, debut, EP, hard rock, Jonnie Hodson, review, Silveroller
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Album review : FIREWIND – Stand United
AFM Records [Release date : 08.03.24] 10th album from Power Metal band, Firewind. The band, Gus G, Herbie Langans, Petros Cristo and Jo Nunez have established their Power Metal credentials over and over again during the last 25 years, with … Continue reading
Album review: LILLIAN AXE – The Box Vol 2, The Quickening
Cherry Red [Release date : 29.03.24] The Quickening is the second instalment of a two part series documenting the recorded life and times of metal’s most underrated band, Lillian Axe. There are six CDs. CD1: Deep Red Shadows (2010) w/7 … Continue reading
Interview: JOHN McCOY & DAVE QUINCY
Fusion/prog rock band Zzebra recorded two studio albums in the mid 70s (and a 3rd in 1975 that remained unreleased for 35 years), and some wonderful music that should have been much more in the public eye. Joe Geesin recently interviewed … Continue reading
Album review : TROJAN / TALION – The Complete Recordings 1984/90 (5 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 28.03.24] Boxset of remastered material from UK Thrash/Speed Metal band, Trojan, aka Talion. 5 CDs, 49 tracks. CD1: TROJAN : Chasing The Storm studio album, 1985 CD2: TROJAN : Capturing The Storm – Live At … Continue reading
Rising Stars: WYNONA BLEACH
Mixing alternative rock, shoegaze and power pop, Wynona Bleach are a 5-piece from Belfast, NI. 2021 saw them sign to legendary indie label Fierce Panda (Coldplay, Placebo, Death Cab For Cutie); in early 2022 the band’s debut album Moonsoake was … Continue reading
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Tagged alt pop, Fierce Panda, indie pop, interview, new music, Rising Stars, Swim In The Bay, Wynona Bleach
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Gig review: NINEBARROW – Harwell Village Hall, 15 March 2024
A pleasing sign to read on the doors tonight – sold out. Live music maybe in intensive care in some cases but signs of recovery are thankfully showing. Opening tonight were Oxfordshire female duo Wednesday’s Wolves, who I had first seen … Continue reading
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Tagged folk, Friday 15 March 2024, gig, Harwell Village Hall, Ninebarrow, review, traditional music, Wednesday's Wolves
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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 7 March 2024
2023 saw Martin Turner revisit the 50th anniversary of Wishbone Ash’s seminal live album Live Dates. This year though, he and his band are fast forwarding seven years to do a similar retrospective with ‘Live Dates Volume II’. (as, incidentally, … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Willson, Eel Pie Club, gig, Live Dates Volume Two, Martin Turner, Misha Nikolic, Sonny Flint, Wishbone Ash
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Album review : LEAVES’ EYES – Myths Of Fate
AFM Records [Release date : 22.03.24] Fans of the band, or even just the genre, will know that German Symphonic Metal band, Leaves’ Eyes are totally immersed in Nordic and Celtic mythology. Pipes, fiddles, choirs, growls, all spin up through … Continue reading
Album review: PROG COLLECTIVE – Dark Encounters
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.03.24] If this is “dark prog” then dark prog sounds to me like jazz/rock fusion. Once you are past the descriptors, a look at the cast list suggests this might be a rather tasty fusion … Continue reading
Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – I See You Live On Love Street, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-75 (3 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 22.03.24] For those geography lovers among us, LA’s Laurel Canyon Boulevard snaked up through the hills from Hollywood then down into the San Fernando Valley (as in “Valley Girls”), with little avenues branching off left … Continue reading
Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – SWG 3, Glasgow – 20th February 2024
Almost exactly 9 years ago I dragged myself along to The Garage in Glasgow to say farewell to The Blackout as they became another victim of the corporate music machine. That night was all the more bittersweet as it served … Continue reading
Album review: MYRATH – Karma
earMUSIC [Release date 08.03.24] I was a fairly late convert to the Myrath cause, only really becoming aware of the band with the release of their ‘Live At Carthage’ album in 2020. Delving into their back catalogue I found an … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Arabic, EarMusic, Hellfest, Heroes, Karma, Live At Carthage, Malik Ben Arbia, metal, Middle East, Myrath, prog, review, rock, Zolher Zagati
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Album review: AMELIA COBURN – Between The Moon And The Milkman
Bandcamp [Release date 08.03.24] Amelia Coburn maybe releasing her debut album, however, she has been building up her musical reputation having reached the finals of the BBC2 Radio Folk Awards, participated in the English Folk Expo Artist Mentoring Scheme and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amelia Coburn, Between the Moon and the Milkman, folk, indie, review, singer songwriter
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Album review : CRUZH – The Jungle Revolution
Frontiers [Release date : 22.03.24] Welcome to The Jungle Revolution, third album on the Frontiers label from Swedish band, Cruzh, and their second with vocalist, Alex Waghorn, winner of Idol Sweden in 2017 (singing Journey’s ‘Faithfully’). Among their admitted influences … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Waghorn, Cruzh, eighties, FM, Idol Sweden, Journey, Jungle Revolution, melodic rock, review, Toto
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Gig review: 10cc – Bristol Beacon, 7 March 2024
David Randall chatted to Graham Gouldman about his career. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 12 August 2018. I worked out it’s nearly fifty years since I last saw 10cc live, and this was at the height of … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 7 March 2024, Bristol Beacon, gig, Graham Gouldman, pop, pop rock, review
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