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Album review : JIMI JAMISON – 1998 Live Hits
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Album review: DEWOLFF – Fuego!
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Album review : KEITH WEST – Cross That Bridge, The Anthology 1965-99 (2 CDs)
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Album review : COUSINS & WILLOUGHBY – The Bridge
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Album review : WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS – Covers of The Beatles 1967-70
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Feature: All Boxed Up for Christmas (December 2025)
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Author Archives: jason
Album review: SETH LAKEMAN – Make Your Mark
BMG [Release date 19.11.21] Seth Lakeman’s eleventh album, and his follow-up to 2020’s Mayflower-themed A Pilgrim’s Tale, was conceived during lockdown when, like countless other singer-songwriters the world over, he used the down-time from live performance to ponder the meaning … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Benji Kirkpatrick, folk, Make Your Mark, review, Seth Lakeman, singer songwriter
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER BAND – Arlington Arts Centre, Thursday 11 November 2021
Pete Feenstra chatted to Gary Fletcher for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 22 March 2020. Back to the wilds of the Oxfordshire countryside for my second visit, and indeed second indoor gig of the year, to the Arlington … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Arlington Arts Centre, blues, Blues Band, folk, Gary Fletcher Band, gig, Newbury, review, Thursday 11 November 2021
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL XIV, Great Yarmouth, 4-6 November 2021
37 bands – 2 stages Friday 5 November This festival is a new experience for me and what an utterly joyous experience it was too from the get go, arrival was smooth, the venue is really easy to navigate round, … Continue reading
EP review: THE SMOKING PISTOLS – Sip It For Free
Bandcamp [Release date 26.09.21] Doux Mantra Records The Smoking Pistols are a four piece garage punk meets rock ‘n roll band hailing from France, consisting of El Tat (guitar & vocals), Zack (guitars), Call (bass) and Bone (drums). El Tat … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, Bandcamp, EP, punk, review, Sip It For Free, the Smoking Pistols
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Quick plays: BRICK BRISCOE & THE SKINNY, HANNAH JAMES & TOBY KUHN
BRICK BRISCOE & THE SKINNY www.brickbriscoe.com [Release date 15.10.21] Brick Briscoe is a composer, filmmaker and producer, who has been working in ‘the biz’ for over thirty years now. Joining Briscoe (who sings and plays guitar) on his latest album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Brick Briscoe, folk, Hannah James, indie, Quick Plays, review, singer songwriter, Sleeping Spirals, the Skinny, Toby Kuhn
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Album review: JOE TILSTON – Tightrope
Bandcamp [Release date 08.11.21] Joe Tilston is the son of Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle, who along with his sister Martha Tilston, was brought up in and around the English folk scene. He is the bass player in ska/punk band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Joe Tilston, punk, Random Hand, review, singer songwriter, Steve Tilston, Tightrope
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EP review: LITTLE LORE
www.littlelore.uk [Release date 03.12.21] Little Lore is the new alter-ego and debut solo EP from Indie-Americana singer-storyteller, Tricia Duffy. Tricia rapidly caught the attention of the Americana world as one half of the duo Duffy & Bird, with their 2019 … Continue reading
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Album review: BEAST IN BLACK – Dark Connection
Nuclear Blast [Release date 29.10.21] Beast In Black, the band that love to mix synths, Europop beats and their love of Anime into the more traditional power metal mix. This is the band’s third album with both of their previous … Continue reading
Album review: FURBABY & THE TIGHT SPACES – S/T
Cargo Records [Release date 15.10.21] Furbaby & the Tight Spaces was initially a lockdown project for Chicago based guitarist Adam Arling (The Last Vegas), and was originally intended to release a series of singles, as it happens there are eight … Continue reading
News: POWER QUEST, BEARDED THEORY, GIANT (November 2021)
Annihilator release their latest album, ‘Metal II’, on 18 February via earMUSIC. Asia are to release a 10CD boxset The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1 through BMG Records on 26 November. There will also be a digital album featuring a … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, Bearded Festival, blues, Buckcherry, Faster Pussycat, festivals, folk, Giant, gigs, indie, melodic rock, metal, news, pop, Power Quest, prog, rock, tours
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Album review: TONY MITCHELL – Hot Endless Summer Nights
AOR Heaven [Release date 26.11.21] Nearly two years on, Tony Mitchell releases his third album as he goes full on 80s AOR. Tony Mitchell spent several months travelling coast to coast taking in the sights, sounds & overall American culture … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, AOR Heaven, hard rock, Hot Endless Summer Nights, Kiss Of The Gypsy, melodic rock, review, rock, Tony Mitchell
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Album review: JEFF SCOTT SOTO – The Duets Collection Vol. 1
Frontiers [Release date 08.10.21] The pandemic and resulting lockdowns certainly had musicians thinking about ways to carry on with their musical passion. One such artist Jeff Scott Soto wanted to do a retrospective ‘best of’ from the many bands and … Continue reading
EP review: LIBERTY LIES – HaLLoween EP
Liberty Lies – Official Website (libertyliesofficial.com) [Release date 29.10.21] Liberty Lies formed in 2010 and the current line up consists of vocalist Shaun Richards, guitarist Josh Pritchett, drummer Adam Stevens and bassist Miles Bagshaw. They have been on the road … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, EP, Fallen State, HaLLoween, Liberty Lies, NWOCR, review, rock, Wolf Jaw
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Album review: MISSISSIPPI MacDONALD – Do Right, Say Right
Another Planet Music [Release date 19.11.21] Mississippi MacDonald (despite his name!) is a 3-times British Blues Awards nominee, from London, England. He has been playing since he was 11 years old and has travelled on the US Blues trail, meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Do Right Say Right, guitarist, Mississippi MacDonald, review, rock, soul
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EP review: AMY THATCHER – Let What’s In, Out
Website [Release date 05.11.21] Amy Thatcher is a professional accordionist based in the North East of England. She has built up a reputation as one of the UK’s leading folk accordionists, both as a performer and composer, working with fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, album, Amy Thatcher, EP, folk, instrumental, Let What’s In Out, review
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Album review: NAKED RAYGUN – Reissues
Audio Platter / Plastic Head Chicago punk band Naked Raygun formed in 1980 and their style strongly dipped into post punk and hardcore. They have been an influence on the likes of Dave Grohl and Blink192, and they have toured … Continue reading
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Tagged All Rise, Jettison, Naked Raygun, punk rock, punkm, reissues, Review. album, Throb Throb
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Rising Stars: FURBABY & THE TIGHT SPACES
Featuring past and current members of bands including The Last Vegas, The Steepwater Band, Urge Overkill, The Cynics, Warrior Soul, Abbarama and Tyla & Dogs D’Amour, Furbaby & the Tight Spaces were dreamed up during 2020 quarantine, their debut album … Continue reading
Album review: IAN McNABB – Ascending
Website In 1981 the Icicle Works released a cassette of their earliest demos., which went to John Peel and the like and was sold at gigs. As the band developed, songs would get left behind and replaced with newer ones. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ascending, Ian McNabb, Icicle Works, indie, indie pop, review, synth pop
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Album review: SANTANA – Blessings and Miracles
BMG [Release date 15.10.21] To gain insight into how Santana is well respected in the music industry, one need only take a quick glance at the varied list of collaborators he’s assembled on his new album. From his early 70s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blessings and Miracles, classic rock, guitarist, Kirk Hammett, Latino rock, pop, review, Rob Thomas, Santana, soul, Steve Winwood
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Album review: ASKING ALEXANDRIA – See What’s On The Inside
Better Noise Music [Release date 01.10.21] Formed in 2006, in York, North Yorkshire, by Ben Bruce, Asking Alexandria are now back to their original line-up as a 5 piece band. There’s no doubting that Asking Alexandria have achieved success over … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Asking Alexandria, metal. alt metal, review
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Gig review: Quarantune Rocks Party, The Old Dairy Farm, Cropredy, 9 October 2021
6 Bands, 1 stage, 1 day: The Darker My Horizon Ryders Creed Shades Of Seattle King Awesome Skinny Knowledge More Human Than Human Quarantune Rocks was set up in March 2020 to support rock music fans, bands and venues in … Continue reading
Album review: THE HONEYRUNNERS – Everything Is On Fire
Gypsy Soul Records [Release date 22.10.21] This is the debut albums from The Honeyrunners, a four-piece Toronto group (expanding to eleven members for larger shows) consisting of singer/songwriter Dan Dwoskin (keys, lead vocals), audio-engineer/producer, Guillermo Subauste (bass, vocals), Conor Gains … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, alt rock, Everything Is On Fire, Honeyrunners, indie pop, melodic, review, rock
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Book review: Please Please Tell Me Now – The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis
Hachette Books [Publication date 15.07.21] Renowned American music biographer Stephen Davis is probably best known for the excellent “Hammer of The Gods” Led Zeppelin biography, but he has also written outstanding books on the likes of Aerosmith, Guns n Roses … Continue reading
Quick plays: LA LUZ, SAM CARTER, MASS
LA LUZ S/T Hardly Art/Sub Pop [Release date 22.10.21] La Luz are, according to their bio, a “surf-rock / psych / 60’s pop trio”, fronted by guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland, who is joined by bassist Lena Simon, and keyboardist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, folk, Home Waters, indie, La Luz, Mass, pop, review, rock, Sam Carter, singer songwriter
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Album review: WAYWARD SONS – Even Up The Score
Frontiers [Release date 08.10.21] Toby Jepson is a man who never lets the grass grow under his feet. Since bursting onto the scene with Little Angels in 1984 he’s been a constantly creative whirlwind, going from the Scarsborough hard rock … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Even Up The Score, hard rock, Little Angels, melodic, review, rock, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons
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