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Album review: CHARLOTTE SMITH & DAVID CLIFTON – The Tree in the Wood
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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: TWELFTH NIGHT – Fact And Fiction
F2 Music/Festival [Release date 11.06.18] Twelfth Night were one of the bands to emerge in the early to mid-80′s boom in prog rock that was spearheaded by Fish-era Marillion. ‘Fact And Fiction’ was originally released back in 1982, Twelfth Night’s first proper … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Devoil, classic album, expanded, Fact And Fiction, Geoff Mann, neo prog, prog rock, Progressive Rock, reissue, review, rock, Twelfth Night
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Album review: JON BUTCHER AXIS – Stare At The Sun
Escape Music [Release date 25.05.18] The second Jon Butcher Axis album, originally released in 1984, gets a first time release on CD by Escape Music, following on from the self-titled album released earlier this year. Joining Jon Butcher on the album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Escape Musc, Jon Butcher, Jon Butcher Axis, melodic, melodic rock, reissue, review, rock, Stare At The Sun
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Album review: THE ALARM – Equals
The Twenty First Century Recording Company [Release date 29.06.18] The Alarm return with their first new album since 2010′s ‘Direct Action’, although there was an album entitled ‘Blood Red’ which came out last year and features a few songs on … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anthems, Billy Duffy, Equals, Jules Peters, Love Hope Strength, Mike Peters, review, rock, The Alarm, The Cult
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Quick plays – LUCERO, ORIONS BELTE, FRED MIKA, JOHN BUTLER
LUCERO Among the Ghosts Thirty Tigers [Release date 03.08.18] Alt rock/country outfit Lucero have been going for twenty years and Among The Ghosts is their ninth studio album, co-produced by Matt Ross-Spang, who has produced the Drive-By Truckers amongst others. … Continue reading
Album review: DAN STUART – The Unfortunate Demise Of Marlowe Billings
Cadiz Music [Release date 20.07.18] Green On Red were a brief mid-eighties reincarnation of the spirit of The Byrds, Neil Young, Dylan, and the Stones. Featuring Dan Stuart on vocals, and Chuck Prophet on guitar they made an album in … Continue reading
Album review: TNT – XIII
Frontiers [Release date 08.06.18] With vocalist Tony Harnell leaving TNT again last year, TNT’s latest album ‘XIII’ sees a new vocalist join the band, Baol Bardot Bulsara. Bassist Ove Husemoen is a relative newcomer as well having joined the band in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barol Bardot Bulsara, Frontiers, melodic, melodic rock, review, rock, Ronnie Le Tekro, TNT, Tony Harnell, XIII
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Album review: LITTLE RED KINGS – Callous
Bandcamp [Release date 12.04.18] Little Red Kings, hailing from Norwich, have been around since 2011 and thanks to a fellow music fan on Facebook I was made aware of them. Glad they did as I have been missing a treat on this band! … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, blues, blues rock, Callous, Foo Fighters, interview, Jason Wick, Little Red Kings, review, rock, roots rock
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Album review: THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD – The Euphoric
Bad Elephant Music [Release date 18.05.18] The Fierce and the Dead – Matt Stevens (guitar, synth, piano), Kev Feazey (bass, programming, synth, percussion), Steve Cleaton (guitar, piano) and Stuart Marshall (drums, percussion) – return with their fourth album. Opener ‘Truck’ … Continue reading
Album review: GUILD OF AGES – Rise
Escape Music [Release date 29.06.18] Guild Of Ages are this year’s ‘Missing In Action’ band now returning to action, following on from the return of Boulevard last year. They called it a day in 2002 before being tempted back for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CITA, Escape Music, Guild Of Ages, hard rock, melodic, melodic rock, review, Rise, rock
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Album review: SMASH FASHION – Rompus Pompous
Electric Pudding Recordings [Release date 13.07.18] It has been a long wait since Smash Fashion gave us the power pop-tastic treat that was their debut album ‘Big Cat Love’. Now they are back with their new album, the gloriously titled ‘Rompus … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, David Bowie, melodic, Mike Garson, pop rock, power pop, review, rock, Roger Deering, Rompus Pompous, Smash Fashion
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Album review: STANLEY CLARKE – The Message
Mack Avenue [Release date 29.06.18] With Stanley Clarke’s rare gigs in the UK in 2017, my interest in his music was rekindled and not least as a result of a lengthy chat for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. I grew … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doug E Fresh, fusion, jazz, Pat Leonard, review, Stanley Clarke, Steve Blum, The Message
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Album review: RAMSEY LEWIS – Funky Serenity, Solar Wind, Sun Goddess (reissue)
BGO Records www.bgo-records.com [Release date 18.05.18] I immediately recognised three of the albums on this 2-disc four album compilation. In fact that’s the great thing about BGO releases. They tend to bring together a series of albums spanning a couple … Continue reading
Album review: NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN – Looking At You…, The Nature Of Things, Divine Emotion (reissue)
BGO [Release date 18.05.18] Back in the late 1970s/early 1980s it wasn’t unusual for fusion funk bands to be drummer-led. We might recall Maurice White in Earth, Wind & Fire but then of course, there was Lenny White and Harvey … Continue reading
Album review: THE NEW FORBIDDEN – Songs From The Subway (Loyd Grossman and Valentine Guinness)
Cadiz Music [Release date 04.05.18] The roots of The New Forbidden, a band led by Through The Keyhole / Masterchef presenter, and pasta sauce entrepreneur Loyd Grossman (OBE), can be traced back to his formative years reviewing for American underground … Continue reading
Album review: VICTOR WAINRIGHT AND THE TRAIN – s/t
Ruf Records GmbH [Release date 09.03.18] Victor Wainwright is a musician in motion. Where once he led the ‘Wildroots’ and briefly settled on ‘Southern Hospitality’, he’s spreading his musical roots again with ‘Victor Wainright And the Train’. Newly signed to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BB King, blues, Doug Woolverton, funk, gospel, Josh Roberts, Mark Earley, Monster Mike Welch, Pat Harrington, piano, Reba Russell, review, Sam Cooke, soul, southern rock, Victor Wainright, Victor Wainright And The Train
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Album review: SKERRYVORE – Evo
Tyree Tecords [Release date 11.06.18] Skerryvore formed in 2005 by Isle of Tiree-born Gillespie brothers Daniel (accordion) and Martin (Highland bagpipes), with Scott Wood (pipes, whistles) – the band’s newest member who joined last year, Craig Espie (fiddle), Alan Scobie (keys), … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Evo, folk, folk rock, melodic, review, Scotlan, Skerryvore
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Album review: ERROL LINTON – Packing My Bags
Brassdog Records [Release date 02.03.18] ‘Packing My Bags’ is that rare thing, a blues related album that pushes the stylistic envelope while still making an essential emotional connection. Errol Linton has long carved out his own niche in the roots … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Blake, album, Billy Boy Arnold, Blind Owl Wilson, blues, Bob Marley, Canned Heat, Errol Linton, funk, harp, Junior Wells, Kenrick Rowe, Lance Rose, Nick Drake, Packing My Bags, Pete Zivkovic, reggae, review, Snooky Pryor
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Album review: BIG BOY BLOATER AND THE LIMITS – Pills
Provogue [Release date 15.06.18] Big Boy Bloater And The Limits new CD ‘Pills’ strips things down to the bone in a power trio format, with Bloater on guitar and lead vocals, Matt Cowley on drums and bv’s, bassist Steve Oates … Continue reading
Album review: DARE – Out Of The Silence II
Legend Records [Release date 29.06.18] Amazing to think the classic album ‘Out Of The Silence’ is thirty years old, and also frightening to think where did the time go?! Like fellow melodic rockers FM did on ‘Indiscreet’, Dare have decided … Continue reading
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Tagged 30th anniversary, album, AOR, Brian Cox, Celtic, Classic Albums, Dare, Darren Wharton, melodic rock, Out Of The Silence II, review, rock, Vinny Burns
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Album review: SPACE ELEVATOR – II
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 25.05.18] Album number two from Space Elevator still sees the flamboyant singer The Duchess and guitarist David Young leading the band. In a neat twist they have collaborated with a Canadian space tech company Torth Technology who … Continue reading
Album review: PARKER MILLSAP – Other Arrangements
Thirty Tigers [Release date 15.06.18] The new album from Parker Millsap who has earned praise from among others Elton John for his live performances, who he supported at an Apple Music Festival show in London. He is backed by Daniel … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, Other Arrangements, Parker Millsap, pop, review, rock, singer songwritwer
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Album review: JEAN BEAUVOIR – Rock Masterpieces Vol 1
AOR Heaven [Release date 29.06.18] Jean Beauvoir has a had a long and varied career working with Kiss, the Plasmatics, an album with cult faves Voodoo X and melodic rockers Crown Of Thorns, whose 1993 debut album featured Beauvoir alongside … Continue reading
Album review: MADDY PRIOR with HANNAH JAMES & GILES LEWIN – Shortwinger
Park Records [Release date 25.05.18] It is fifty years since Maddy Prior released her first album with Tim Hart and since then she has been fronting Steeleye Span, with plenty of other musical diversions including the Silly Sisters with June … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, folk, Giles Lewin, Hannah James, Maddy Prior, review, Shortwinger, Steeleye Span, tradtional
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Album review: JIZZY PEARL – All You Need Is Soul
Frontiers [Release date 11.05.18] Love/Hate front man Jizzy Pearl is a man that is one of the last of a dying breed. He IS rock n roll. Having fronted Ratt, LA Guns, Adler’s Appetite and Quiet Riot people seem to … Continue reading
Album review: DOKKEN – Return To The East Live 2016
Frontiers [Release date 20.04.18] Well, where can I start? Dokken’s classic line up disbanded in 1989, got back together in 1993 but split again five years later. They then reformed for a short spell in 2016 for some live dates … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Dokken, Don Dokken, George Lynch, hard rock, live, Return To The East Live 2016, review, rock
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