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FAIR PLAY(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) – Fair Play

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) ‘Fair Play’ is an excellent guitar driven instrumental album that is as delightful as it is unexpected. Swedish hard rock and blues guitarist Mats Sannetorp and producer Leif Carlsson who doubles on keyboards and guitar, have built … Continue reading →

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DEACON BLUE – The Hipsters

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Deacon Blue - The Hipster

Edsel [Release date: 24.09.12] With Ricky Ross being a semi-permanent radio fixture it’s almost as if Deacon Blue have never been away.  It’s something of a surprise therefore to discover that The Hipsters is only the band’s 6th studio album, … Continue reading →

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PAT TRAVERS Video Interview – 4 October 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

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. Check … Continue reading →

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JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Video Interview – 3 October 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

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. Check … Continue reading →

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GUS G (Firewind) Video Interview – 14 September 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

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. Check … Continue reading →

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GLENN HUGHES Video Interview – 7 September 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

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. Check … Continue reading →

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Afterglow

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Black Country Communion - Afterglow

Mascot Records (Release date 29.10.12) ‘Afterglow’ is essentially is a Glenn Hughes solo album given extra impetus and depth by the band. Hughes claims to record in three’s, so we can probably assume this might be the end of the … Continue reading →

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RORY GALLAGHER – Reissues

Posted on October 3, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Rory Gallagher - Against The Grain

Sony Music [Release date 01.10.12] The second batch of Rory Gallagher reissues – taken from the original quarter inch masters – chronicles his time with Chrysalis in the late seventies. Gallagher’s ascendant star had waned a little by 1975′s Against the … Continue reading →

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DEEP PURPLE Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple’s Machine Head

Posted on September 17, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple

Eagle Rock (Release date: 1.10.12) Much is being made of this album with an almost predictable special pack courtesy of ‘Classic Rock’ and no doubt the inevitable 8 out of 10 stars in that magazine’s review section. The question most … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FIREWIND/LEAVES’ EYES, Manchester Moho Live,14 September 2012

Posted on September 17, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Leaves

“Leaves’ Eyes leave the uninitiated listener wanting to investigate more and this should happen with greater regularity during this European tour, and songs like ‘My Destiny’, ‘Elegy’ and ‘Take The Devil In Me’ instantly engage an unknowing audience.” Read more… … Continue reading →

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Gig review: WEYFEST 1-2 September 2012

Posted on September 17, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Weyfest, 1-2 September 2012

Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Nr.Farnham, Surrey 1-2 September 2012 The last of the big summer festivals, with headliners ASIA and 10cc, together with Martin Barre, Anna Phoebe and Karnataka amongst others. Read more… Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARILLION – Sounds That Can’t Be Made

Posted on September 12, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Marilion - Sounds That Can

earMUSIC (Release date 17.09.12) It appears that there have been a few last minute hitches with the new Marillion album, it failed to hit the reviewer’s inbox before the band’s tour and before they started selling it. For a band … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MARILLION, Manchester Academy 10 September 2012

Posted on September 12, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Marillion, photo by Steve Goudie

MARILLION, Manchester Academy, 10 September 2012 “Hogarth’s vocals were as raw and visceral as Rothery’s uncharacteristically incendiary riffs” Read more… Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook. … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SOLFEST – Cumbria, 24-26 August 2012

Posted on September 10, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
The Waterboys, Solfest

SOLFEST, Cumbria 24-26 August Three days of brisk Cumbrian air and artists including KT Tunstall, The Waterboys and Big Country Read more… Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: MARTIN TURNER’S WISHBONE ASH & GUESTS – 31 August 2012

Posted on September 10, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Marin Turner

MARTIN TURNER’S WISHBONE ASH AND GUESTS Liscombe House, Nr. Leighton Buzzard, Bucks 31 August 2012 An unexpected reunion with Ted Turner, Steve Upton and Laurie Wisefield. Read more… Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us … Continue reading →

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SACRED MOTHER TONGUE – A Light Shines EP

Posted on September 4, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Sacred Mother Tongue - A Light Shines EP

Transcend Music/EMI [Release date 03.09.12] Sacred Mother Tongue recently played in China, a smart move given that continent’s emerging thirst for all things western.  And they also landed themselves a glowing full page review in ‘Classic Rock’.  With a new album on the … Continue reading →

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CHASING VIOLETS – Outside Heaven

Posted on September 4, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Chasing Violets - Outside Heaven

Perris Records [Release date 03.07.12] This is an album I really wanted to like, the musicians roll-call reading like a Who’s Who of Melodic Rock in 2012.  Yes, Denander’s here,  Goran Edman (on ‘The Price To Pay’ and ‘Above Suspicion’), … Continue reading →

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CROSBY STILLS & NASH – CSN 2012

Posted on September 3, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Crosby Stills Nash - 2012

ADA Global (2-CD & DVD) Frankly, these guys deserve a medal for simply being alive.  Many succumbed to the excesses that followed the ‘summer of love’ and survivors don’t come much more battle hardened than David Crosby, Stephen Stills and … Continue reading →

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KATATONIA – Dead End Kings

Posted on September 2, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Katatonia - Dead End Kings

(Peaceville) Following on from their superb ‘Night Is The New Day’ album – the point at which former doom-metal merchants Katatonia saw the light and crossed over from the dark side – comes ‘Dead End Kings’, an album so magnificent … Continue reading →

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BEX MARSHALL – The House Of Mercy

Posted on September 2, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Bex Marshall - The House Of Mercy

(House Of Mercy) Any female blues slide guitarist is bound to gather comparisons with Bonnie Raitt.  Well, if comparisons have to be made, then in Bex Marshall’s case they’re more than favourable. And somehow, her throaty vocal performance and soulful … Continue reading →

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THE REASONING – Adventures In Neverland

Posted on September 2, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
The Reasoning - Adventures In Neverland

Esoteric Antenna There was a time, not so long ago that The Reasoning and Touchstone were at the vanguard of a new wave of hard rockers with female vocalists and a soft proggie underbelly. But somehow that impetus seems to … Continue reading →

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BLAME SALLY – Live At KVIE Studios

Posted on September 2, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Blame Sally - Live At KVIE Studios

  Ninth Street Opus [Release date [15.10.12] Blame Sally’s last studio album – Speeding Ticket And A Valentine (2011) – was one of those rare gems that you  discover only occasionally – a release that has you searching out the … Continue reading →

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NEAL SCHON – The Calling

Posted on September 2, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Neal Schon

Frontiers [Release date 19 October 2012] Neal Schon has always been one of the most tasteful guitarists and the most melodic, and his solo work demands further investigation from his ‘Late Nite’ debut in 1989 via the world flavours of … Continue reading →

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ALVIN LEE Still On The Road To Freedom

Posted on August 18, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Alvin Lee

Repertoire (Release date: 27.08.12) For most people, Alvin Lee conjures up an image of a battered Gibson ES-335 with a peace sticker and lightning fast licks as he wowed the Woodstock crowd in 1969. That gig, and subsequently immortalised in … Continue reading →

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PAUL CARRACK – Good Feeling

Posted on August 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Paul Carrack - Good Feeling

www.paulcarrack.net Paul Carrack is in that comfortable twilight zone at the moment.  He tours regularly and releases albums on his own label.  In short it’s all on his own terms and his adoring fans love him for it. Carrack has … Continue reading →

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