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Monthly Archives: September 2025
Interview: MADDY PRIOR (STEELEYE SPAN)
Steeleye Span embark on UK tour in November and December to promote their latest album, Conflict. We recently caught up with Steeleye Span’s Maddy Prior to discuss the new album, tour, her solo work and more… A Steeleye Span special … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged classic rock, Conflict, folk, folk rock, gigs, Ian Anderson, interview, Jethro Tull, June Tabor, Maddy Prior, rock, Steeleye Span, Tim art, tour dates
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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Don’t Sell Your Soul
earMUSIC [Release date 03.10.25] The announcement for this album came as a bit of a surprise to many. Michael had been out touring his UFO live set around the globe, so where he found the time to fit in the … Continue reading
Album review: BURNING ROPE – Burning Rope
Self Release [Release date 11.10.25] The self titled ‘Burning Rope’ debut album is the work of a band striving to find an equilibrium in musical styles and direction. It’s an old school album which achieves its goal with deep grooves, … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Adam Pyke, album, Alex Voysey, Burning Rope, Catfish, Chloe Josephine, David Gilmour, Elton John, Eric Cobb, Gloria Jones, Leon Russell, Matt Long, Mitch Weaving, Paul Buckmaster, Paul Long, Pink Floyd, review, Richard Wright, Soft Cell, Steely Dan, The Scorpions
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News: KING KING, ACCEPT, JULIAN LENNON (October 2025)
Jan Akkerman releases ‘My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow’ on December 12 via Artone/Music Theories Recordings. Black Label Society plan to release their new album early next year via MNRK Heavy/Spinefarm Records. Buzzcocks release their latest album ‘Attitude Adjustment’ through Cherry Red … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Books, Festivals & Large Events, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, RIP
Tagged Accept, albums, AOR, blues, folk, gigs, Julian Lennon, King King, melodic rock, metal, news, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Singles review : TREAT – ’1985′ and ‘Adam and Evil’
Frontiers Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Arena Rock experts and more, Treat recently released ‘Adam and Evil’ and ‘1985’ as teaser trailers for their forthcoming long player, The Wild Card, due out in November. The band’s high-sheen recording craft is … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews
Tagged arena rock, Frontiers, melodic rock, review, singles, Treat, Wild Card
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Album review: LAURA EVANS – Out Of The Dark
Website [Release date: 17.10.25] Laura Evans returns with her second album, which is set to further her building musical reputation to add to daytime plays on BBC Radio 2, along with a recent tour supporting Robben Ford. ‘Out Of The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Elles Bailey, Laura Evans, Out Of The Dark, pop rock, review, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: STRAPPS – Bound For Glory (Complete Recordings 1976-1979)
Cherry Red Records [Release date: 19.09.25] Strapps were a late 70s band with a wonderful straight ahead rock sound, and a raunchy (some said misogynistic) image. They formed in 1975 when former Episode 6 and Quatermass drummer Mick Underwood teamed … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged Bound For Glory, box set, Complete Recordings 1976-1979, funk, Gillan, hard rock, Mick Underwood, review, rock, Strapps
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Feature: GRTR! Greats – JUDIE TZUKE
Judie Tzuke is best known for her 1979 hit single ‘Stay With Me Till Dawn’. When reviewing her Bury gig in 2015 David Randall noted the outburst from a member of the audience. They didn’t quite know the proper title … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, FEATURES, GRTR! GREATS, GRTR! Greats (All Posts), INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged classic rock, feature, Judie Tzuke, retrospective, singer, songwriter
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Gig review: NORDA MULLEN – Half Moon, Putney, London, 21 September 2025
For 15 years, American musician Norda Mullen toured the world with the Moody Blues as a flute player and multi-instrumentalist after Ray Thomas’ retirement. Though she guested with John Lodge on his solo tour earlier this year, she leads a … Continue reading
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Tagged folk rock, gig, Jim Bernard, Moody Blues, Norda Mullen, Noris Schenk, Quinny and Company, Sarah Bernard
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Album review: MAY THE MUSE – No Please, Yes Thank You
Bandcamp [Release date: 27.06.25] American/German singer/songwriter Désirée Mishoe who records under the name of May the Muse, has released an intriguing debut album full of musical variety. The album is produced by Justin Hawkins, who also plays most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, funk, Justin Hawkins, May the Muse, melodic, No Please, pop, review, rock, The Darkness, Yes Thank You
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Gig review: LUKE MORLEY – Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 19 September 2025
With Thunder on indefinite hiatus for some while during Danny Bowes’ long road to recovery, their guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley has been keeping himself extremely busy. In between touring with the Quireboys he has now trebled his solo output … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Chris Childs, Dean Howard, gig, Luke Morley, melodic rock, Sam Tanner, singer songwriter, Thunder, Willie Dowling
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Gig review: FM – Islington Academy, London, 18 September 2025
FM are on the road so constantly that it is hard to divine where one tour begins and another ends. However the release of their excellent latest album ‘Brotherhood’ marks the start of a long tour, with the set list … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Brave Rival, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp, Steve Overland
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Album review : RISEN ATLANTIS feat: FRANK BECK – Power To The Past
Frontiers Music [Release Date : 26.09.25] Singer, Frank Beck, touring sideman with Kai Hansen’s Gamma Ray for many years, now gets his solo opportunity. Risen Atlantis is the brainchild of Alessandro Del Vecchio, writer, producer, musician, commonly associated with Frontiers … Continue reading
Album review: PAUL ARCHER – Art
Website [Release date 08.08.25] First solo release from Disraeli Gears/Burning Codes frontman Paul Archer, which has been designed to be enjoyed best on vinyl. ‘Art’ splits in two: Leeds-recorded alt-rock anthems on Side A, and Belfast-grown cosmic soul on Side … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, Burning Codes, Disreali Gears, Duke Special, indie, Paul Archer, pop rock, review, rock, Snow Patrol, Solo
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Gig review: BASEMENT – Electric, Bristol, 21 September 2025
Basement are back! After 6 long years of festivals and US tour dates, the Suffolk-based quintet played 5 dates across the UK. My months of eager checking of their social media had finally paid off, and I was lucky enough … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 September 2025, alternative, Anxious, Basement, Bristol, Dynamite, Electric, gig, Hardcore, indie, Midrift, punk, review, rock, shoegaze
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Album review : MIKE TRAMP – The Songs Of White Lion Vol III
Frontiers Music [Release date : 19.09.25] Few musical artists get the chance to rerecord their old material. Still fewer improve upon the originals. Mike Tramp continues to claim – clearly very sincerely – that he is surprised to have got … Continue reading
Album review : PRIDE & JOY ANTHOLOGY – 10 Years Of Pride & Joy
Pride&Joy [Release date : 19.09.25] The Pride & Joy label is celebrating ten years active in the world of rock and metal. Founder and CEO Birgitt Schwanke has created a bijou music business that just grows and grows. The 10 … Continue reading
Album review: NINEBARROW – The Hour of the Blackbird
Website [Release date 03.10.25] Over the course of 12 years and five studio albums Ninebarrow (Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere) have earned themselves a reputation for their songwriting, imaginative reworkings of traditional songs, skilled musicianship, and their exquisite vocal harmonies. Now, … Continue reading
Album review: DAVID PALFREYMAN – Opening Time For The Battered
Bandcamp [Release date 26.09.25] David Palfreyman has released music in various guises in the past, including 2017’s ‘Decades’, a concept album with Nicholas Pegg. ‘Opening Time for the Battered’ David refers to as his debut solo album, musically aided by … Continue reading
Album review: LITTLE KING – Lente Viviente
Facebook [Release date 26.09.25] Little King was formed in November of 1996 by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ryan Rosoff in El Paso, Texas. Ryan is joined in the current Little King line-up by David Hamilton (bass, cello) and Tony Bojorquez (drums), and this … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Lente Viviente, Little King, melodic rock, prog rock, review, rock
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Album review : BEBOP DELUXE – The Albums 1976-78 (3 CD set)
Esoteric Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Nowadays, founder, guitarist, writer and driving force behind the band Be Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson, is not for looking in the rear view mirror, so it’s good that Cherry Red offshoot, Esoteric is doing … Continue reading
Album review: THREE DAYS GRACE – Alienation
RCA Records [Release date 22.08.25] The main recent development for Three Days Grace is the return of original vocalist Adam Gontier who now shares duties with Matt Walst (who replaced him in 2013). Formed in the late 1990s in Ontario, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alienation, alternative rock, nu-metal, review, Three Days Grace
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Album review : THE BANGLES : Watching The Sky (4 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 26.09.25] The title of this Bangles’ boxset, Watching The Sky, is taken from their third (and at the time, assumed to be their last) album, titled Everything, released in 1988. CD1 : All Over The … Continue reading
Album review: THE RASMUS – Weirdo
Better Noise Music [Release date 12.09.25] It’s as if the last 20 years never happened. The Rasmus first came to our attention back in 2003 with their Scandi brand of pop/nu-metal and ‘Weirdo’ sees them on a bit of a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, goth metal, nu-metal, pop metal, review, The Rasmus, Weirdo
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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – 229 Club, London, 11 September 2025
Celebrating a remarkable 55 years since the first Wishbone Ash album, founder member Martin Turner and his band have been a constant touring fixture for many years. Recent Central London sightings have been at the 100 Club, but this show … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Willson, gig, Martin Turner, Misha Nikolic, Tim Brown, Wishbone Ash
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