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Album review: MARTIN BARRE – Roads Less Travelled
Garage Records [Release date 31.08.18] You always thought with Martin Barre’s post-Tull albums that he was searching for his own niche. ‘Away With Words’ in 2013 was a largely acoustic mish-mash of Tull covers and originals, ”Order of Play’ (2014) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Dan Crisp, guitar, guitarist, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, review, Roads Less Travelled, rock
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Album review: FEDERAL CHARM – Passenger
Wire Sound Records [Release date 14.09.18] Federal Charm’s fourth album finds them with a significant line-up change featuring new singer Tom Guyer and drummer Josh Zahler. Lead guitarist Paul Bowe and solid bassist LD Morawski continue to be part of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Captain Beefheart, Federal Charm, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Page, Josh Zahler, Kyle Ross, LD Morawski, Led Zeppelin, Martin Barre, Monster Truck, Nick Bowden, Passenger, Paul Bowe, review, Rival Sons, Robert Plant, rock, The Rival Sons, THE WHO, Tom Guyer
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Gig review: CROPREDY FESTIVAL, 9-11 August 2018
Day One: Thursday Cropredy 2018 kicks off with Fairport Convention doing a brief twenty-minute acoustic stint. We’ll be hearing a lot more from them later on in the weekend, of course, but a short opening set from the hosts has … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wilson, Cropedy, Fairport Convention, festival, Fish, folk, Kate Rusby, Maartin Allcock, pop, progressive, review, rock, Rod Stewart, THE BEACHBOYS, The Levellers
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Album review: BLUE OCTOBER – I Hope You’re Happy
Up/Down-Brando Records [Release date 17.08.18] Blue October return with their ninth album with expectations high after the excellent ‘Home’ album released in 2016. Vocalist and main songwriter Justin Furstenfeld is in a happy place in his personal life being a proud and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, BLUE OCTOBER, dance, I Hope You're Happy, JUSTIN FURSTENFELD, melodic, review, rock
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EP review: EPICA – Epica vs Attack On Titan
Nuclear Blast [Release date 20.07.18] This EP features Epica covering songs based on the Japanese anime ‘Attack On Titan’. It features four songs (along with an instrumental version of each song) originally written and composed by Revo of Linked Horizon (who is a fan of … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, EP, Epica, Epica vs Attack On Titan, melodic, metal, review, Revo, Simone Simons, symphonic metal
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Gig review: GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL (Planet Rock Stage) – Olympia, London, 9 August 2018
While musical entertainment has been supplied for many years at the Great British Beer Festival, it has tended to be a bit ‘end of the pier’, whether it be oompah bands or covers acts. However this year the penny finally … Continue reading
Gig Review: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, 2-5 August 2018
I must begin with a confession; this was my first time attending Cambridge Folk Festival and I only recognised a handful of the acts scheduled to play. I know, I’m a folking heathen. Especially when you consider that the festival … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-5 August 2018, blues, Cambridge Folk Festival, Eric Bibb, First Aid Kit, folk, folk rock, gig, Janis Ian, John Prine, Peatbog Faeries, review
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Album review: SUNSTORM- The Road to Hell
(Release Date 08.06.18) The Sunstorm studio projects, now over a decade old, can be viewed in two distinct phases. A vehicle for legendary singer Joe Lynn Turner, the first three records were a showcase for his more AOR side with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Joe Lynn Turner, melodic rock, Sunstorm
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Album review: TAS CRU – Memphis Song
Subcat Records [Release date 01.06.18] Tas Cru is a blues artist and an observatory story teller for whom the combination of songcraft, feel and an underlying groove are sacrosanct. He also leaves plenty of room for quirky lyrics, ironic humour … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, backing vocals, Bob Purdy, country blues, Dick Earl Erickson, Donna Marie Floyd-Tritico, Dr. Richard Bates, funk, JJ Cale, Mary Ann Casale, Memphis blues, Memphis Song, Pat Harrington, Patti Parks Victor Wainwright, review, Rick Estrin, rock blues, Sleepy John Estes, soul, Steely Dan, Tas Cru
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Album review: DELTA LADIES – Hillbilly Trance Remastered And Expanded
Self release [Release date 01.08.18] The fact that the Delta Ladies have re-mastered and expanded their 2016 ‘Hillbilly Trance’ album suggests they think they are on to a good thing. And they are not wrong. They have expanded their folk … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Glen, album, ambient, Blind Owl Wilson, Danny Bryan, Dee Stone, Delta Ladies, folk, hillbilly, Nick Newall, Otis Taylor, psychedelia, review, roots, trance, Vicky Martin, world
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EP review: THE JUPITER BLUES
Facebook [Release date 01.09.18] Formed in 2017 under the moniker Jupiter Hollow, the Jupiter Blues play a mix of blues, southern rock and a little bit of soul. The band’s line-up is Dale Orenda (vocals, percussion), Chris Mitchell (lead guitar) Rick … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, country, EP, melodic, review, rock, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, the Jupiter Blues, The Outlaws
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Album review: THE MAGPIE SALUTE – High Water 1
Mascot Label Group [Release date 10.08.18] Saluting the magpie is an old English country tradition meant to ward off unsavory events or bad tidings and is, by extension, a symbolic gesture of “coming in peace”. Delving into the background of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Back Crowes, blues, High Water 1, melodic, review, Rich Robinson, rock, southern, the Magpie Salute
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Album review: GERRY JABLONSKI AND THE ELECTRIC BAND – Live At The Blue Note
GJB Records [Release date 23.07.18] If ‘Live At The Blue Note’ evokes a Manhattan jazz club then the opening track ‘Sherry Dee’, from Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band second live album in 2 years, quickly suggest otherwise. It’s a … Continue reading
Quick plays: BEN KUNDER, STONE THE CROWS (Best of)
BEN KUNDER Better Human Comino Music [Release date 28.08.18] Toronto singer songwriter’s Ben Kunder’s 2015 debut Golden might have been ‘critically acclaimed’ but that doesn’t appear to have translated to a great deal of public interest if the lack of … Continue reading
Album review: EARTH FOR SALE – Reset
Anderstein Music [Release date 25.05.18] I’ve seen it all now! A female fronted melodic Italian pop/rock band debut, with sci-fi imagery/artwork, and on a Japanese label – complete with obi strip bearing those immortal words ‘Made In Japan’. Now that’s … Continue reading
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Album review: TURYA – Ocean
Turya Music [Release date 10.08.18] The debut album from Nicki Wells, aka Turya, is a thing of fragile, delicate beauty. Born and now settled in London, Turya takes her inspiration from Indian classical music, having grown from the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, chill-out, Nicki Wells, Nitin Sawnhey, Ocean, pop, review, Turya
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Album review: ANN WILSON – Immortal
BMG [Release date 14.09.18] One of the most gifted female rock singers of her generation, Immortal sees Heart’s Ann Wilson continue her dalliance with cover versions – a journey she began on her last solo outing Hope & Glory (2007). … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Covers, Heart, Immortal, pop, review, singer, soft rock, songwriter
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Album review: JOSH TAERK – Beautiful Tragedy
Misty Creek Records [Release date 28.09.18] Josh Taerk returns with a new album his first since 2015′s ‘Here’s To Change’, although four of the songs on here were on last year’s ‘Stages’ EP. Teddy Morgan (Kevin Costner and Modern West, … Continue reading
Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL DAY 3 – 29 July 2018
There was a tentative start to Sunday as the dreadful weather continued with what can only be described as monsoon rains decided to throw in some 40mph gusts for good measure. The organisers opened the arena early so those in … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 July 2018, Barry Mills, Black Star Riders, day 3, Ebbw Vale, gig, Ginger Wildheart, Mason Hill, Massive Wagons, metal, review, Ricky Warwick, rock, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival, The Dead Dasies, The Dust Coda, The Quireboys, the Wildhearts, Thin Lizzy, Those Damn Crows
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL DAY 2 – 28 July 2018
When the weather is already a little inclement, you’re tempting fate slightly when the first band of the day play their tracks “Hurricane” and “Thunder Child”, but that’s exactly what The Bad Flowers did. If the rain hadn’t woke everybody … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 July 2018, Aaron Buchanan, Alan Nimmo, Alterbridge, blues, Dan Reed Network, Day 2, Deep Purple, Ebbw Vale, funk, gig, Glenn Hughes, Heavens Basement, King King, metal, Myke Gray, Myles Kennedy, review, rock, Skin, Slash, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival, the Bad Flowers, Wales
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL DAY 1 – 27 July 2018
Even if you have never been to Steelhouse Festival, you may have heard tell of the road up the top of the mountain that is home to the highest festival in the UK. I can assure you, all these stories … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 July 2018, Day 1, Ebbw Vale, Fragile Things, gig, Heavens Basement, metal, Motorhead, Nickelback, Phil Campbell, review, Rich Moss, rock, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival, Stone Broken, The Bastard Sons, The Departed, Wales
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Album review: TAYLOR’S UNIVERSE – Almost Perfected
Marvel Of Beauty Records [Release date 17.11.17] If it’s hard to retain a serious notion of progressive rock in a genre that arguably ran its short lived course in the early 70’s, then Robin C. Taylor takes the instrumental jazz-rock … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Almost Perfected, blues, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Danish Rock, fusion, Gentle Giant, Gong, guitar, instrumental, Jakob Mygind, jazz, Jethro Tull, John Sund's, keyboards, King Crimson, Neil Ardley, Pierre Moerles, Pink Floyd, psychedelic, review, Robert Fripp, Robin C. Taylor, rock, Steve Hillage, synth, Taylor's Universe, Thomas TV Ulstrupand
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News: GRAHAM BONNET – new album and UK tour (August 2018)
Graham Bonnet releases a new studio album in July followed by a UK tour in August. ‘Meanwhile, Back In The Garage’ is the second album by the Graham Bonnet Band and follows ‘The Book’ (2016). The Graham Bonnet Band features … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (April 2018 – June 2018)
Albums of the Month 2018 January 2018 – March 2018 July 2018 – September 2018 October 2018 – December 2018 THE SHARPEEZ Wild One (3MS Music) “…there isn’t a weak track on here, while their very best efforts such as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, albums of the month, Andy Susemihl, April, classic rock, June, May, My Indigo, pop, progressive, R&B, Spock's Beard, Ted & Majella, The Sharpeez
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Quick plays: SULPHER, NIGHT DEMON, DANIEL TRIGGER
SULPHER No One Will Ever Know SPV/Oblivion [Release date 31.08.18] Suplher formed back in 2000 by vocalist/guitarist Rob Holliday (Marilyn Manson/The Prodigy) and drummer Steve Monti, who has worked with the likes of Gary Numan and the Jesus and the Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Daniel Trigger, Industrial, live, Live Darkness, melodic rock, metal, Night Demon, No One Will Ever Know, review, SPV, Sulpher
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