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Book review: ON TRACK… REO Speedwagon- every album, every song by James Romag
Sonic Bond Publishing (Release Date 28.04.23) The ever growing On Track series is now spreading its wings to bands with at best cult status in the UK, in this case REO Speedwagon who, despite three big power ballad hits in … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, book, melodic rock, On Track, REO Speedwagon, Sonic Bond
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Gig review: GUNS N’ ROSES – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, 30 June 2023
The self proclaimed most dangerous band in the world are now comfortable enough elder statesmen to play the most mainstream of festivals, that back in the day they would either never have played, or the organisers probably wouldn’t have had … Continue reading
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Tagged Axl Rose, British Summer Time, BST, Dizzy Reed, Duff McKagan, festival, gig, glam rock, Guns 'N' Roses, Hyde Park, Larkin Poe, Richard Fortus, Slash, sleaze rock, The Darkness, The Pretenders
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Book Review: DEFINITELY: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF DEF LEPPARD
Genesis Publishing [Release Date 09.05.23] Def Leppard’s profile is as high now as at any time since their eighties heyday. The Stadium tour travelled America and has hit the UK this summer, ‘Diamond Star Halos’ was released to general acclaim … Continue reading
Album review: LUKE MORLEY – Songs From The Blue Room
Conquest Records [Release date 23.06.23] With new Thunder activity on hold for a while as Danny Bowes continues his long road to recovery, the time is right for the band’s lead guitarist and chief songwriter Luke Morley to release his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Luke Morley, pop rock, singer songwriter, Songs From the Blue Room, Thunder
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Gig review: MIDNITE CITY – The Black Heart, Camden, London, 17 June 2023
Touring their freshly released fourth album ‘In at the Deep End’, I was delighted that Midnite City’s schedule included a relatively rare London date at the Black Heart. Perhaps as a result of long running festivals at places like Wigan … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Winkler, gig, glam rock, Josh 'Tabbie' Williams, melodic rock, Midnite City, Miles Meakin, Rob Wylde, Ryan Briggs, Shawn Charvette, Star Circus
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Album review: MIDNITE CITY – In At The Deep End
Pride and Joy Music [Releaae date 23.06.23] This is an impressive fourth release in under six years from Midnite City, confirming them as one of the most enduring of the select band of UK melodic rock acts. It doesn’t mess … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, glam rock, In At The Deep End, melodic rock, Midnite City, Rob Wylde
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Gig review: KIRA MAC – The Garage, Highbury, London, 4 June 2023
Kira Mac are a band on a rapid rise. They only started gigging a year ago but a buzz quickly started building, to the extent that this UK tour included what I thought was an ambitious London booking at The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Novakovic, Arran Day, Bret Barnes, gig, Joe Worrall, John Hartwell, Kira Mac, New Wave of Classic Rock, These Wicked Rivers
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Gig review: IAN MOSS – 100 Club, London, 3 June 2023
Cold Chisel are the musical equivalent of Victoria Bitter or TimTams – a legendary part of Australian life and culture, but rarely seen outside the mother country. While singer Jimmy Barnes, of whom I am a confirmed fan, has toured … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Clayton Doley, Cold Chisel, Ewan MacFarlane, gig, Ian Moss, Juanita Tippins, Zoe Hauptmann
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Gig review: JOHN FOGERTY- 02 Arena, London, 29 May 2023
We need to catch the sadly declining number of living legends while we still can, especially those few still coming over from the USA to the UK. One person who fits that description is former Creedence Clearwater Revival lead singer, … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, gig, John Fogerty, Rob Stone, Shane Fogerty, Tyler Fogerty
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Gig review: FM/DARE/TYKETTO – Islington Academy, London, 25 May 2023
The package tour is growing in popularity in the current economic climate as a way of bands combining forces to save on overheads and play in front of maximum audiences. Announced just before Christmas, this particular triple header was most … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Chris Childs, Danny Vaughn, Dare, FM, Ged Rylands, gig, Harry Scott Elliott, Jim Kirkpatrick, Johnny Dee, melodic rock, Pete Jupp, Steve Overland, Tyketto, Vinny Burns
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Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 May 2023
For Big Country, their debut album ‘The Crossing’ is rightly regarded as a classic, spawning three hit singles and countless other fan favourites, and establishing that signature bagpipe style guitar sound. For the current line up it is also the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 May 2023, Big Country, Bruce Watson, gig, Islington Assembly Hall, Kirk Brandon, London, Simon Hough, Spear of Destiny, The Crossing
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Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 4 May 2023
Guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick seems to have been everywhere recently. After FM’s December tour with the Dead Daisies and January dates with Band of Friends, his third solo album ‘Dead Man Walking’ was released to critical acclaim including in these pages … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 May 2023, blues rock, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, Leon Cave, London, melodic rock, Ollie Collins, Raynes Park, The Cavern
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Gig review: ROCKNYTT CRUISE- Viking Line ‘Cinderella’, Stockholm, 21-22 April 2023
The rock cruise is now a well established business model in the world of classic rock, as fans of rock’s golden age reach their Saga-eligible years and are looking for new experiences and greater comfort than sleeping in tents and … Continue reading
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Tagged 21-22 April 2023, AOR, Captain Black Beard, cruise, Dare, DEMON, Emotional Fire, Gathering of Kings, Grand Slam, Houston, melodic rock, Remedy, Rocknytt Cruise, Russ Ballard, Sweden, Weapon, Wildness
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Book review: On Track….EAGLES- every album, every song by John Van der Kiste
SonicBond publishing (Publication date 03.03.23) For the latest in the ‘On Track’ series John Van Der Kiste has the unenviable task of saying something fresh about one of the best selling artists of all time, whose story has already been … Continue reading
Gig review: GUN- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 14 April 2023
Last year Gun’s revitalised career took a new twist when they revisited and reimagined songs from their past in acoustic fashion in ‘The Calton Songs’. The next step was to take the format on the road with an extensive tour. … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Baz.M, Dante Gizzi, Dave Aitken, gig, Gun, Jools Gizzi
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Album review: IAN HUNTER- Defiance Part 1
Sun Records (Release Date 21.04.23) Ian Hunter has taken into unchartered territory the concept of what rock n rollers are like when they reach a great age. Having celebrated his 80th birthday in 2019 with a Mott the Hoople 74 … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy York, Ian Hunter, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, Mike Campbell, Mott the Hoople, Ringo Starr, Slash, Taylor Hawkins
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Gig review: ELTON JOHN- The 02 London, 9 April 2023
When Elton John announced he was retiring from live shows with a “Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour, it was time to cross one of the very few remaining living artists off my bucket list. I hung the expense and bought … Continue reading
Gig review: HARDWICKE CIRCUS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 6 April 2023
Hardwicke Circus, from the unlikely rock’ n’.roll hotbed of Carlisle are building a name for themselves. This is no overnight sensation as I actually saw an earlier line-up as long ago as 2017 supporting Southside Johnny (and am vaguely flattered … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Robinson, Eel Pie Club, gig, Hardwicke Circus, Jonny Foster
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Book review: On track….VAN HALEN- every album, every song by Morgan Brown
Sonicbond Publishing (Release Date 24.02.23) The latest in the ever expanding ‘On Track’ series finds author Morgan Brown with the unenviable task of saying something fresh about Van Halen, given how much has already been written, especially after Eddie Van … Continue reading
Gig review: TED POLEY – The Black Heart, London, 29 March 2023
The irrepressible, infectious figure of singer Ted Poley has been a welcome visitor to these shores regularly over the years, both with Danger Danger and also in a variety of other projects such as Bone Machine and Melodica. However he … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, AOR, Danger Danger, Declan McKerr, gig, melodic rock, Midnite City, Rob Wylde, Ted Poley
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Gig review: LAURENCE JONES, Boom Boom Club, Sutton – 10 March 2023
The 21st century has seen a huge number of young blues guitar prodigies emerge from the UK and then establish themselves to a greater or lesser degree- Joanne Shaw Taylor, Oli Brown, Virgil McMahon and Aynsley Lister to name but … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Sheehan, Blue Nation, blues rock, Boom Boom Club, gig, Laurence Jones, Pete Feenstra
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Gig review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 March 2023
King King are a reliably regular touring act and this spring tour comes exactly a year after the last. If there was a sense of curiosity last year about the new line up with Alan Nimmo joined by big brother … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, blues rock, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, Jonny Dyke, King King, melodic rock, Squeeze, Stevie Nimmo
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Tropic at Ruislip, London, 5 March 2023
In an ever more crowded field of new acts, particularly in the world of blues rock, it is hard to sort out the exceptional talent from the merely good. As a shortcut through this minefield, I tend to rely on … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick, Tropic at Ruislip
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Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – Shepherds Bush Empire, 26 February 2023
Prior to the pandemic Black Star Riders were one of the hardest working acts, seemingly constantly on tour or playing festivals. So it was something of a surprise that this was their first tour since Lockdown, though there have been … Continue reading
Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 24 February 2023
For the last few years founder member Martin Turner has delighted his Wishbone Ash fans with a series of tours that have featured one of their classic albums in their entirety. As that particular list has progressed to the lower … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 February 2023, Boom Boom Club, Danny Willson, gig, Live Dates, Martin Turner, Misha Nikolic, review, Sonny Flint, Sutton, Wishbone Ash
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