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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review : VELVETEEN QUEEN – The Greater Good
Silver Lining Music [Release date 18.09.26] Who said Glamrock is dead? Not me. And certainly not Velveteen Queen. This band from Gothenberg is Glamrock’s second generation European progeny, whose rock’n’roll music has a solid sonic core and always has something interesting … Continue reading
Album review: TROY REDFERN – Astral Doorways
Self release [Release date 30.10.26] Troy Redfern’s ‘Astral Doorways’ is a 6 track instrumental album, spanning 32 and half minutes and includes an opening 11 minute title track suite. It’s a major departure from his usual high energy, barn burning, … Continue reading
Album review : TODD RUNDGREN – Live At The Ritz NYC 1989 (2CDs)
Cherry Red [Release date 25.09.26] Todd Rundgren’s first promotional gig of his 12th studio album and first for 4 years, Nearly Human (1989), took place at the New York City Ritz on its release date. Rundgren being Rundgren had taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Daryl Hall, Live At The Ritz, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nearly Human, NYC, Stephen Tayler, The Tubes, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: WOOD BURNT RED – Hold On Tight
Website [Release date 04.09.26] Before I get started on the album, I just want to say that given good management and keeping their shit together Wood Burnt Red could be massive. You just know something special when you hear it, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Burnt Red Wood, country rock, Hold On Tight, review, rock, southern rock, Wood Burnt Red
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Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – No Static At All : A Journey Into AOR (3CDs)
Cherry Red [Release date: 18.09.26] No Static At All is a 3 CD, 60 tracks journey through the halcyon days of AOR. It’s a tip of the hat to Steely Dan’s movie (FM) music hit of the same title. And … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Cherry Red, Chicago, eighties, FM, Foreigner, Journey, No Static At All, review, Steely Dan, Survivor
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Album review: EUROPE – Come This Madness
Silver Lining Music [Release date 25.09.26] It’s been seven years since Europe’s last album. Since 2017 the band haven’t been idle (with many a festival event under their collective belts) but the lack of a new studio album has been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Come This Madness, Europe, hard rock, Joey Tempest, John Norum, melodic rock, review
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Album review: GARY JOHN BARDEN – Empowered Emotions
Frontiers [Release date : 18.09.27] There’s an abundance of richly melodic twists, ear-catching hooks and smoky Coverdale vocalisms running through the veins of Empowered Emotions, a new album from Gary John Barden. Barden’s CV is well documented online. He’s fronted many … Continue reading
Album review: MAIAH WYNNE – Into The Waves
Kscope [Release date 25.09.26] Maiah Wynne has been making music since she was seven and has been an integral part of Envy of None, who also feature Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Coney Hatch’s Andy Curran amongst their line-up. On this, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alex Lifeson, alternative, Envy of None, folk, indie pop, Into The Waves, Maiah Wynne, melodic, review, Rush
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Album review: MIKE GUINEY – The Grace of Eloquence
Bandcamp [Release date 25.06.26] The jury is out on this I’m afraid. Guiney was born on Newfoundland, Canada’s most easterly island. So pretty remote. His first musical memory is listening to Johnny Cash on an 8 track cartridge, so must have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Leonard Cohen, melodic, Mike Guiney, review, singer songwriter, The Grace of Eloquence
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Album review: BOB HOLZ – Next In Line
MVD Audio [Release date 06.11.26] We last reviewed Bob Holz in 2023 and his album which gave equal billing to co-producer Rob Stathis. The latter takes more of a production role on this latest release which once again harnesses the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Holz, compilation, fusion, jazz fusion, Larry Coryell, Mike Stern, Next In Line, Randy Brecker, review, Stanley Clarke
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Album review: RITA BLISS – One More Winter
Website [Release date 02.10.26] Feeling lonely as a pea, what an exquisitely innocent line. And this kinda describes the album by Rita Bliss in two words. For those of you who don’t know Rita, as I didn’t, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, American folk, banjo, One More Winter, review, Rita Bliss, traditional
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Album review : SEVEN SPIRES – A Fortress Called Home (Master Key Edition / 3CDs)
Frontiers Music [Release date : 04.09.26] “Seven Spires”, says Sascha Paeth, “are one of the few new real personalities in metal”. And you would need an abundance of personality and indeed, confidence to assemble such a suite of music as … Continue reading
Album review : SHAKRA – Just Live Loud
Frontiers [Release date : 04.09.26] Since 1995, Swiss band, Shakra have shared stages worldwide with everybody worth knowing, from Guns’N’Roses to Great White, from Stratovarius to Iron Maiden. And in between times they’ve released 14 albums. Their secret, apart from … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers Music, Live Life Loud, Mark Fox, melodic rock, review, Shakra, Thom Blunier, Thomas Muster
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Album review: KRIS BARRAS BAND – Monsters We Made
Earache [Release date 14.08.26] Kris Barras is consolidating his out and out heavy rock stance with the latest album. And what an album! There is a superb crunching groove throughout. I was impressed with the three previous albums which saw … Continue reading
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Tagged album, heavy rock, Kris Barras Band, metal, Monsters We Made, review
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Album review: THE UGLY GUYS – Highway Shoes
Conquest Music [Release date : 03.07.26] The Ugly Guys 9th album ‘Highway Shoes’ is everything you would want from a good country rock album, and more! It’s a perfectly balanced showcase of their own song craft, tempered by well chosen … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Bb Clouter, Cosmic Country, Country Music, Doug Sahm, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Highway Shoes, Jimmy Webb, Michael Murphy, Micky Jupp, Mikey Newbury, Nevil Kiddier, Paul Shuttleworth, pub rock, review, Steve Oliver, Tex Mex, the Ugly Guys, Vic Collins, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT & STEVE ROTHERY – The Roaring Waves
Inside Out Music [Release date 28.08.26] Some years ago when I saw Steve Rothery’s band his second guitarist Dave Foster was providing support. Halfway through that set there came a guitar sound that was fashioned in the Lap of the … Continue reading
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Album review: SHA-BOOM – Another Nail in the Coffin
Silver Lining Music [Release date 26.08.26] Sha-Boom appeared in 1988 and disappeared almost as quickly in 1992. Fast forward to 2005 and they released ‘The Race Is On’, then radio silence for a couple of decades until they re-emerge with … Continue reading
Album review: BERNIE MARSDEN- Stage
Conquest Music [Release Date 21.8.26] Bernie Marsden’s passing three years ago still hits hard, not least as he still had much to offer musically, and there have been a stream of recent releases, some of them posthumous. A brilliant guitarist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernie Marsden, blues, blues rock, Joe Bonamassa, live album, Whitesnake
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Album review: THOSE MADE BROKEN – A Door You Can Never Close
Website [Release date 01.09.26] I’m always very excited when I hear of an album that is not just made for pleasing the musical mainframe, but from a place of education and awareness of situations that many may not know is happening … Continue reading
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Tagged A Door You Can Never Close, album, alt rock, grunge, review, rock, Those Made Broken
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Album review : BLACK OAK ARKANSAS – When Electricity Came To Arkansas Vol 1 (5 CDs)
Cherry Red [Release date : 28.08.26] CD1 : Black Oak Arkansas (1971) + 2 bonus CD2 : Keep The Faith (1972) CD3 : If An Angel Came To See You, Would You Make Her Feel At Home? (1972) CD4 : … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Oak Arkansas, Cherry Red, gospel, Jim Dandy, Raunch'n'Roll Live, review, southern rock
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Album review: KEVIN BURT– This Trip
Gulf Coast Records [Release date : 28.08.26] Iowa Blues Hall of Fame inductee and 2026 Blues Music Award winner Kevin Burt’s ‘This Trip’ digs deep into his reserves, for 10 emotionally charged songs given real weight by his big sounding … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Bill Withers, blues, Gulf Coast, harp, John Lee Hooker, Kevin Burt, review, Taj Mahal, The Trip, vocal
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Album review : ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Faithfully
Cleopatra Records [Release date : 28.08.26] The whole idea of taking on a striking stage name has been with us since the beginnings of show business. From the of early days of popular music to the modern era, singers like … Continue reading
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Tagged Engelbert Humperdinck, Extreme, Faithfully, Gerry Dorsey, Journey, Release Me, the Cars, Warrant
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Album review: BAP KENNEDY – Above All, Love
Lonely Street Discs [Release date : 28.08.26] The late Energy Orchard frontman and solo artist Bap Kennedy’s posthumously released ‘Above All, Love’ is an absolute gem of a record. Overseen by his widow, former band member Brenda Kennedy (an author, artist … Continue reading
Album review: ROB TOGNONI – Black On Black
Bandcamp [Release date : 09.07.26] Rob Tognoni’s ‘Black On Black’ is a hard rocking album, full of his unrelenting energy, focussed intensity and uncompromising lyrics, which frequently mirror his steely riffs (or vice versa). ‘The Tasmanian Devil’ enjoys moments of … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Black On Black, Bob Dylan, Derrin Neundorf, Frank Zappa, review, riffs, Rob Tognoni, rock, Stratocaster
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Album review: ETERNAL – Conspiracy Of Warheads
Floga Records [Release date 02.10.26] Eternal. On being sent this I thought ‘why am I being asked to something by Eternal? Aren’t they a British pop act featuring Jamie Redknapp’s wife?’ Ah, no. THIS Eternal are a Greek four piece, … Continue reading
