-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
Latest Album Reviews
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: MARILLION – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 20 April 2018
-
Gig review: BETH HART – New Theatre, Oxford, 18 April 2018
-
DVD review: JEFF BECK – Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story
-
Gig review: STEVE THOMPSON – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton, 25 March 2018
-
Gig review: DEF LEPPARD – Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 March 2018
-
Featured Album Reviews
Single & EP Reviews
DVD Reviews
Book Reviews
News
Category Archives: All Posts
Album review: ROBIN GEORGE – Rogue Angels
Angel Air Music [Release date 18.05.18] Robin George is back with a new album and one which he plays all the instruments, bar his long time associate Charlie Morgan (Elton John) on drums. He is also sticking with Angel Air … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Angel Air, blues rock, Charlie Morgan, classic rock, Elton John, melodic, review, Robin George, rock, Rogue Angels
Leave a comment
Gig review: MARILLION – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 20 April 2018
It’s been a while (over 10 years, by my reckoning, or ‘about fuckin’ time’ as one local punter eloquently put it) since Marillion last played Liverpool, and there’s something different about this leg of their ongoing FEAR tour. Seats! Giving … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Leave a comment
Interview: Bearded Theory Festival (Rich Bryan)
Hollie Latham writes… Held at Catton Hall at the end of May each year, (2018 dates are 24 – 27 May) Bearded Theory music festival is a favourite and summer must do for so many people, myself included. The full … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS
Tagged 24-27 May 2018, acoustic, Bearded Theory, Catton Hall, Derbyshire, festival, folk, interview, Robert Plant, rock
Leave a comment
Album review: JK NORTHRUP & DAVID CAGLE – That’s Gonna Leave A Mark
MelodicRock Records [Release date 30.03.18] An interesting match-up here as guitarist JK Northrup is well known to hard rock fans for his work with King Kobra, Paul Shortino et al, however vocalist David Cagle will be a new name and boy does he have a rocking good vocal! … Continue reading
Single review: PICTUREHOUSE, SHARON LAZIBYRD
PICTUREHOUSE Riptide [Release date 25.05.18] ‘Riptide’, written by frontman Dave Browne with Swedish songwriter and producer Adam Kviman, is the first new material the band have released since 2013’s ‘Evolution’ album. This single is also the first recording featuring the … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Single and EP reviews
Tagged Blood On Bone, folk, PictureHouse, pop, review, Riptide, rock, Sharon Lazibyrd, singer songwriter, singles
Leave a comment
Gig review: BETH HART – New Theatre, Oxford, 18 April 2018
Opening for Beth Hart are the Kris Barras Band, who were performing as a three piece in acoustic mode (not sure where the fourth band member was!) and promoting the new album ‘Divine And Dirty’, which our resident blues guru … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 18 April 2018, acoustic, beth Hart, blues, gig, jazz, Kris Barras Band, New Theatre, Oxford, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, soul
Leave a comment
DVD review: JEFF BECK – Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story
Eagle Vision [Release date 18.05.18] The guitarist’s guitarist, Jeff Beck has been getting new notes and sounds out of his six strings since his rise to fame in the mid 60s, and this DVD tells the story, from comparing record … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, DVD REVIEWS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged blues, classic rock, Cozy Powell, David Gilmour, DVD, Eagle, funk, fusion, guitarist, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, launch event, rock, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Still On The Run, The Yardbirds
Leave a comment
Album review: AMMUNITION- S/T
Release Date 26.01.18 Ammunition are something of a supergroup among the thriving Scandinavian melodic rock scene, with their members having pedigree with various bands, notably main songwriters Age Sten Nielsen, former singer with WigWam who were early standard bearers for … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged Age Sten Nielsen, album, Eclipse, Erik Martensson, melodic rock, Wig Wam
Leave a comment
Album review: REVERTIGO
Frontiers [Release date 23.02.18] Revertigo is a Swedish duo comprising Mats Levén on vocals (Therion, Candlemass, Yngwie Malmsteen) and Anders Wikström (Treat) on guitar. Long-term friends and occasional collaborators Revertigo is the name of their new project together. The duo … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, AOR, debut, Frontiers, hard rock, Mats Leven, melodic rock, Revertigo, review, rock, Therion, Treat
Leave a comment
Album review: NINEBARROW – The Waters & The Wild
[Release date 20.04.18] Ninebarrow hail from Dorset (the duo’s name comes from Nine Barrow Down in the Purbeck hills) comprised of Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere. On this, their third album, they use an outside producer for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, folk, Ninebarrow, review, singer, songwriter, The Waters & The Wild, traditional
Leave a comment
Album review: JOSH ROUSE – Love In The Modern Age
Yep Roc Records [Release date 13.04.18] Josh Rouse has been recording and writing songs for twenty years now, mainly in the folk, pop and Americana musical arenas and now on this album it seems him trading in his acoustic guitar for a … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Americana, Josh Rouse, Love In The Modern Age, pop, review, rock
Leave a comment
Album review: FOREIGNER – With the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
earMUSIC [Release date 27.04.18] 2-CD As rock gets old, anniversaries and special editions are the order of the day. I can’t see the current crop of younger rock bands having this luxury 40, or even 25, years on. But, for … Continue reading
Quick plays: TRACK DOGS, ULTAN CONLON
TRACK DOGS Kansas City Out Groove Mondegreen Records [Release date 01.06.18] Made up of two Irishmen, an Englishman and an American (no, it’s not the opening line of a joke), Track Dogs came together in 2011 when the four folk … Continue reading
Album review: BLACK SEDAN – Adventure Lit Their Star
[Release 15.06.18] A ‘collective’ project ‘orchestrated’ by journalist/author/publisher Mark Hodkinson, sees him bring together five vocalists and upwards of 30 contributing musicians to create an eclectic and challenging record. A bit like walking into an indie record shop and going … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Leave a comment
Album review: SUBSIGNAL – La Muerta
Gentle Art Of Music [26.05.18] Or, translated to English – The Dead, by German progressive rock outfit Subsignal. Their fifth studio outing, I was expecting something a bit ‘blitzkrieg’, but was pleasantly surprised to find that despite some modestly aggressive … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Leave a comment
Album review: WEEND’O – Time Of Awakening
Sonicbond [Release date 25.04.18] Prog – metal. Umm. I don’t mind a bit of the former, but, for me, metal needs to be tempered with a healthy dose of melody to float my boat. And decent female vocals don’t go … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Leave a comment
Album review: LAURENCE JONES – The Truth
Top Stop Music [Release date: 09.03.18] ‘The Truth’ is Laurence Jones’s fifth album and it finds him taking a brave leap of faith into commercial waters with the emphasis firmly on songs. It’s an album that finds him diversifying his … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, blues, funk, Gregory Elias, John Mayer, Laurence Jones, Michael Jackson, pop, Quincy Jones, review, Robert Cray, rock, The Truth
Leave a comment
Gig review: STEVE THOMPSON – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton, 25 March 2018
Inspired by the passing of two close friends and wonderfully talented musicians, Tyneside-born songwriter Steve Thompson reflects and celebrates a career that truly illustrates the ups and downs that have been the songwriters lot to him. Only three shows old, … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 25 March 2018, Bullet, Georgian Theatre, gig, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Steve Thompson, Stockton, Terry Slesser
Leave a comment
Quick plays: THE DARK LIGHT, MOOD GROOVE, GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR
THE DARK LIGHT Keep Off The Grass [Release date 06.04.18] The Dark Light formed in 2015 and this is their debut album with a line-up consisting of Gerrard Edwards (vocals), Henning Brand (drums), Roberto Cicorella (guitars), Sonny Moylan (guitars) and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Quick Plays
Tagged album, alternative, Benjamin Lazar Davis, folk, funk, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, In Transit, JK Northrup, Keep Off The Grass, melodic, Mood Groove, review, rock, the Amazing, the Dark Light, Utopia and Wasteland
Leave a comment
Album review: DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA – So Far, So Good, So Cool
Jansen [Release date 06.04.18] I reviewed Norway’s Death By Unga Bunga’s last album ‘Pineapple Pizza’ back in 2016, which was an enjoyable mix of Cheap Trick meets garage rock. Now on the band’s fifth album they bounce back with another … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged Biters, Cheap Trick, Death By Unga Bunga, garage rock, pop punk, pop rock, power pop, review, rock, So Far So Good So Coo, Thin Lizzy
Leave a comment
