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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: MICHAEL CATTON – Point Of No Return
Mighty Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Point of No Return’ is the debut release British/Danish singer Michael Catton (formerly of Tainted Lady). He is joined by renowned producer and guitarist Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes), Chris Catton (keyboards, backing vocals), Michael Gersdorff (bass) … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's rock, album, hard rock, melodic rock, Michael Catton, Point Of No Return, review, Solo
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Album review: SEMISONIC – Little Bit of Sun
Pleasuresonic [Release date 03.11.23] It’s only been twenty two years since Semisonic last released a full studio album (we had the EP ‘You’re Not Alone’ in 2020). Mind you, its not as if mainman Dan Wilson has been idle penning … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, Dan Wilson, Jason Isbell, Little Bit of Sun, melodic, My Morning Jacket, pop, pop rock, review, rock, Semisonic, Tom Petty
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Album review : DGM – Life
Frontiers Music [Release date : 17.11.23] Hugely underrated Italian Prog Metallers, DGM, continue to provide reasons why they should be underrated no longer. On their eleventh album now since the debut in 1997, they’ve seen the inevitable lineup changes that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DGM, Italian, Marco Basile, Prog Metallers, progrock, review, Simone Mularoni
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Album review: D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS – Sophomore
InsideOut Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Sophomore’ is the aptly named second album release from the trio comprising three of the biggest names in prog rock, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio and Ross Jennings. Their first album ‘Troika’, which was released in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anywhere The Wind Blows, Big Big Train, CD, D'Virgilio Morse and Jennings, Haken, Insideout Music, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio, review, Ross Jennings, Sophomore, Spock's Beard, Tiny Little Fires, Transatlantic, Troika
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Album review: SHOW OF HANDS – Roots 2
Hands On Music [Release date 06.11.23] Show Of Hands, who have been around since 1986, are stopping touring “for an indefinite break”, after a trio tour this year (when Miranda Sykes joins them) and shows as a duo early next … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, folk, folk rock, Miranda Sykes, Phil Beer, review, Roots 2, Show Of Hands, Steve Knightley, Track Dogs, traditional
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Album review : CARE OF NIGHT – Reconnected
Frontiers [Release date : 17.11.23] Third album from rising Swedish AOR/Melodic Rock band, Care Of Night. Vocalist Calle Schonberg, guitarist Ostrom Berg and producer, Erik Wigelius have shifted the band’s sound up several notches. There’s a strong and welcome resemblance … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Care of Night, Chicago, Erik Wigelius, Johnny Hates Jazz, melodic rock, Peter Cetera, review, Work Of Art
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Album review: HONEY AND THE BEAR – Away Beyond The Fret
www.honeyandthebear.co.uk [Release date 03.11.23] Album number three from Honey and the Bear, the husband and wife duo of Lucy and Jon Hart. Like 2021′s enjoyable ‘Journey Through the Roke’, this latest album is based on Suffolk folklore and indeed ‘fret’ in … Continue reading
Album review : SECRET SPHERE – Blackened Heartbeat
Frontiers [Release date 10.11.23] Blackened Heart is the tenth studio album from the EU’s Power Metal poster boys, Secret Sphere. It’s also the second with original vocalist, Roberto Messina, who reunited with the band on 2021’s Lifeblood, after an 8 … Continue reading
Album review: FRANCIS DUNNERY – The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery, Vol.1
Pete Feenstra chatted to Francis Dunnery about his blues album for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 5 November 2023. Francis Dunnery Music [Release date 15.09.23] Francis Dunnery’s ‘The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery Vol 1’ is a concept that … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, album, blues, Chicago Blues, Climax Blues Band, Francis Dunnery, funk, guitar, horns, interview, It Bites, jazz, Jump, radio, review, ska, swing, The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery, vocal, Vol. 1
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Album review: EMILY WOLFE – The Blowback
Crows Feet Records [Release date 20.10.23] Third album from Emily Wolfe, with her 2021 release ‘Outlier’ still getting regular plays by this reviewer. On this album Emily Wolfe wrote or co-wrote most of the tracks with bassist Evan Nicholson, as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, alternative, Emily Wolfe, indie, punk, review, singer songwriter, The Blowback
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Album review: REMEDY – Something That Your Eyes Won’t See
S-Rock Music [Release date 16.12.22] Remedy hail from Sweden, home of many a fine melodic rock and AOR band, and Remedy follow on in this grand tradition. The band’s line-up is Robert van der Zwan (vocals, guitars), Roland Forsman (guitars), … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, hard rock, melodic rock, Remedy, review, Scandi rock, Something That Your Eyes Won't See
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Album review: DORO – Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud
Nuclear Blast [Release date 27.10.23] Doro Pesch is one of metal’s most consistent performers, both on stage and in the studio, having lost none of her vocal range and power, as opener ‘Children Of The Dawn’ ably illustrates. The Queen … Continue reading
Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown
Roulette [Release date 20.10.23] Renowned Samson (and former Iron Maiden) drummer is not one to rest on his laurels, and since resurrecting his eponymous band in 2017, he’s kept rocking and entertaining. And this new album has kept the standards … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, drummer, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, lockdown, metal, NWOBHM, review, Samson, Thunderstick
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Album review : VENOM – Live From The Hammersmith Odeon (CD/DVD Deluxe Digipak)
Cherry Red [Release date : 27.10.23] Formed in England’s industrial North East in 1979, there was none heavier, none more extreme and indeed none more influential in the heavy metal genre than Venom. The band’s reputation was born out of … Continue reading
Album review: PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS – Spooky Action At A Distance
InsideOut Music [Release date 27.10.23] Fourth album from Pattern-Seeking Animals who comprise of multi-instrumentalist John Boegehold, Spock’s Beard duo Ted Leonard (vocals, guitars) and Dave Meros (bass, vocals), and former Spock’s Beard drummer Jimmy Keegan. What makes Pattern-Seeking Animals rather … Continue reading
Album review: SKINNY KNOWLEDGE – Twenty Two
Facebook [Release date 27.10.23] Skinny Knowledge release ‘TwentyTwo’ as the notoriously tricky second album, following on from their debut in 2021 with ‘Don’t Turn Out the Lights’. On producing Andy Smooth states, “The overall sound of the album has taken … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dinosaur Pile-Up, hard rock, review, rock, Skinny Knowledge, Twenty Two
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Album review: BERNIE TORME – Lightning Strikes 1982-83 (4 CD boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date: 27.10.23] Four CD Boxset of some of Irish guitar wunderkind, Bernie Torme’s best stuff, remastered: Turn Out The Lights (1982) Electric Gypsies (1982) Live 1983 Live In Sheffield (1983) When Torme decamped to London, in 1974, … Continue reading
Album review: GYPSY PISTOLEROS – Duende A Go Go….Loco
Earache Records [Release date 03.11.23] Gypsy Pistoleros are a 4-piece, hailing from Worcester, that have exploded as a ball of energy onto the Rock scene, bringing Flamenco Punk Glam Rock n Roll to the masses. They are now serving up … Continue reading
Album review : ROBBY VALENTINE – Embrace The Unknown
Independent [Release date : 21.10.23] Robby Valentine’s new release, Embrace The Unknown, is his 13th studio album. Something of enigma, he’s worked with Kristoffer (Pain of Salvation) Gildenlow, Jeff Scott Soto, and Arjen (Ayreon) Lucassen, to name but three, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Pharma, Government, Jellyfish, operatic, pandemic, Queen, review, Robbie Valentine, Symphonic Melodic Rock, Vaccine
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Album/EP Review: HELD BY TREES – Eventide
Sound Canyon Records [Release date: 11.08.23] Following on from Held By Trees’ excellent ‘Solace’ in 2022, the band assembled once more at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to realise two projects. The first was a sparkling, live re-recording of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Joseph, Eventide, Held Bt Trees, Progressive Rock, review, Robbie McIntosh, Talk Talk
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Album review: DISTRICT 97 – Stay For The Ending
Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date 20.10.23] Now here’s something a little different. A prog metal band fronted by a female vocalist, an American Idol finalist to boot! I have been aware of District 97, not least when they … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DISTRICT 97, fusion, Jazz rock, prog, progressive metal, review, Stay For The Ending
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Album review: UNIFONY – Unifony III
Volkoren [Release date 03.11.23] The great thing about GRTR! is our eclecticism over 20 years, very much reflecting the taste and preferences of our solid review team. We’re not bound by classic rock but the music has to move us. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, chill-out, Clannad, instrumental, Moya Brennan, review, Unifony, Unifony III
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Album review: STEVIE JONES AND THE WILDFIRES – Clarity In Dusk
Wildfire Sessions Productions www.steviejones.com [Release date 13.10.23] This album was born out of solitary walks late in the day in the local countryside during Lockdown. That locality includes Helpston in East Northants where the artist Stevie Jones is a regular … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, alt folk, alt rock, Americana, Clarity In Dusk, review, rock, Stevie Jones And The Wildfires
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Album review: HELD BY TREES – Solace – Live At Real World Studios
Sound Canyon Records [Release date: 11.0.23] Held By Trees is a collective of outstanding musicians, three of whom had connections to and played with the band Talk Talk. Back in the day, Talk Talk, under the eclectic leadership of the … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2023)
ALBANY DOWN Born In The Ashes (indie) Seven years is surely too long between releases, but whatever the reasons, this excellent album deserves to build some momentum and push Albany Down towards enduring and wide-spread success. **** Review by Dave Atkinson … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, August 2023, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, July 2023, melodic rock, Progressive Rock, review, September 2023
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