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Album review: THE NEW ROSES – One More For The Road

Posted on August 31, 2017 by jason

Napalm Records [Release date 25.08.17] Third album by the New Roses, who have been touring relentlessly and sound like they are from the US, when in fact they hail from Germany. The band’s line up is Timmy Rough (vocals/guitar), Norman … Continue reading →

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Album review: JUDIE TZUKE – Peace Has Broken Out

Posted on August 31, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Big Moon Records [Release date 01.09.17] To the casual observer, it may seem a long time since Judie Tzuke’s last studio release – the excellent One Tree Less, some six years ago. But those who’ve followed her more closely will … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) October-December 2017

Posted on August 30, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Compiled by Jason Ritchie October 6th AUTOGRAPH ‘Get Off Your Ass’ EMP JEFF BECK ‘Live at the Hollywood Bowl’ JON BODEN (ex-BELLOWHEAD) ‘Afterglow’ THE DARKNESS ‘Pinewood Smile’ Cooking Vinyl LIAM GALLAGHER ‘As You Were’ HEAVEN & EARTH ‘Hard To Kill’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: GUN – Favourite Pleasures

Posted on August 27, 2017 by david.wilson

Cloburn Music [Release date 15.09.17] Gun are one of those bands who operate under the radar. They are constantly working away in the background either gigging or producing new music with little fuss but they have a loyal band of … Continue reading →

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News: GRAHAM BONNET – interview (August 2017) and UK dates (November 2017)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Tivoli, Buckley, 30 July 2017

In this exclusive edit Graham tells Get Ready to ROCK!’s David Randall about his current activities and band. (15:02) The hour special is broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 27 August at 18:00 GMT. Graham Bonnet starts work … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – Anthology

Posted on August 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Graham Bonnet about his career for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This special feature was first broadcast on 27 August 2017. (59:20) HNE Recordings/Cherry Red [Release date 28.04.17] Graham Bonnet is enjoying something of a revival … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE BROOKFIELD – Brookfield

Posted on August 24, 2017 by petefeenstra

Golden Rule [Release date 22.09.17] Mike Brookfield is back. For those in the know it’s a welcome return to the recording scene by the Irish based Liverpool blues/rocker who cut the impressive ‘Love Breaks The Fall’ album last year. Newbies … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: WHITEWOODS ROCK, SYTERIA, THE NIGHTS

Posted on August 22, 2017 by jason

WHITEWOODS ROCK Whitewoods Rock hail from Denmark and are a four piece consisting of Michael Torp (bass), Jonas Abildgaard (guitar/vocal), Mikkel S. Petersen (guitar) and Jacob Abildgaard (drums). They have a sound reminiscent of R.E.M. circa their ‘Green’ album, particularly … Continue reading →

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Album review: ACE FREHLEY – Anomaly (Deluxe Edition)

Posted on August 22, 2017 by jason

Steamhammer/SPV [Release date 08.09.17] Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has always fared better than the band’s other members when it comes to solo efforts and 2009’s “Anomaly” was a big hit with fans- and it’s not hard to see why … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEWMAN – Aerial

Posted on August 20, 2017 by jason

AOR Heaven [Release date 22.09.17] Album number eleven by Newman, the band formed around Steve Newman. Once again he has teamed up with drummer Rob McEwen (who has played on the last nine Newman albums), plus the album also features long … Continue reading →

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Album review: THOR – Beyond The Pain Barrier

Posted on August 19, 2017 by jason

Deadline/Cleopatra [Release date 04.08.17] Canadian born bodybuilder Jon Mikl Thor has been acting and singing since the mid 70s, fronting his eponymously named band and, on stage, combining his strength with steel bars and blowing up hot-water-bottles to give a great … Continue reading →

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Album review: BOULEVARD – IV Luminescence

Posted on August 19, 2017 by jason

MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.09.17] Here’s a band I thought I’d never hear new music from and I am very glad to be proved wrong. Boulevard are a Canadian band who released two albums – 1988′s self-titled debut and 1990′s ‘Into … Continue reading →

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Album review: H.E.A.T – Into The Great Unknown

Posted on August 17, 2017 by andynathan

earMUSIC Release Date 22.09.17 Back in 2014, with their fourth album ‘Tearing Down the Walls’, and high energy live shows, H.E.A.T seemed on the verge of a major commercial breakthrough as standard bearers for a new breed of melodic rockers. … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEVILFIRE – Dark Manoeuvres

Posted on August 17, 2017 by jason

Escape The Fire Records [Release date 07.10.07] What the fudge is in the water in Birmingham? Could it really still be that yearning to escape working class, chained-to-the-factory drudgery? Seemingly Britain’s hard-rock Austin, Texas equivalent, Brum has produced some of … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELOY – The Vision, The Sword and The Pyre (Part 1)

Posted on August 17, 2017 by jason

Artist Station Records [Release date 25.08.17] German progressive rock band Eloy release their 18th studio album (19th if you include the Codename Wildgeese OST) and it’s the latest of a number of concept albums, this one about the legend of … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE YOUNG ‘UNS – Strangers

Posted on August 17, 2017 by jason

Hereteu Records [Release date 29.09.17] Teeside three piece the Young ‘Uns – Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes – have won the BBC Folk Awards Best Group in 2015 and 2016, along with picking up numerous plaudits from the … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BRUCE COCKBURN, A BLUE FLAME, MORNING STAR

Posted on August 16, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

BRUCE COCKBURN Bone On Bone True North Records [Release date 15.09.17] Sounds like a name I ought to know, but maybe I’m thinking about ‘Rooster’. But, in reality, Canadian singer songwriter Bruce Cockburn sounds more like a cross between Mark … Continue reading →

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Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Before Dark Clouds

Posted on August 16, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Pete Feenstra chatted to Austin Gold for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and an hour feature was first broadcast on Monday 9 October 2017. Jigsaw [Release date 01.09.17] Peterborough’s Austin Gold are well placed to tap into the current resurgence … Continue reading →

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Album review: CIARA SIDINE – Unbroken Line

Posted on August 16, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 06.10.17] The follow up to Dublin-based singer songwriter Ciara Sidine’s excellent debut Shadow Road Shining (2011) has been a while coming. Unbroken Line follows the same pattern in featuring a self-written set, with the exception of a haunting … Continue reading →

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Album review: JW-JONES – High Temperature

Posted on August 16, 2017 by petefeenstra

Solid Blues Records [Release date 02.06.17] Award winning Canadian blues-rock guitarist JW-Jones ditches most of the rock elements to ingratiate himself with the industry hotbed that is Nashville. ‘High Temperature’ showcases a handful of good songs that have one eye … Continue reading →

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Album review: JARROD DICKENSON – Ready The Horses

Posted on August 16, 2017 by petefeenstra

Get Ready to ROCK!’s Pete Feenstra chatted with Jarrod Dickenson for his Sunday feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio with tracks from the new album. First broadcast, 1 October 2017 Decca [Release date 29.09.17] Recorded live to tape … Continue reading →

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Album review: MACHINES DREAM – Black Science

Posted on August 14, 2017 by alanjones

Progressive Gears – [Release date: 16.05.17] With the notable and towering exception of Rush, Canada has not exactly been renowned for its contributors to the field of progressive rock. That, however, is very much on the change with bands such … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – The Ten Year War (Box Set)

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Davoski

BMG [Release date 29.09.17] Black Sabbath’s Ozzy-fronted albums have been given a monster remaster and the full luxury box set re-issue treatment. It is quite a piece of work. The package has even had a roadshow of launch events. The … Continue reading →

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Album review: KOTEBEL – Cosmology

Posted on August 14, 2017 by petefeenstra

Musea [Release date 06.07.17] Kotebel is a Venezualan/Spanish prog rock band with classical and fusion influences. ‘Cosmology’ derives its title from the study of the universe and it’s an exploratory, quasi- conceptual prog album, that draws on composer and keyboard … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND, QUIET RIOT, WORLD TRADE

Posted on August 14, 2017 by jason

THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND What If Rounder Records [Release date 18.08.17] Jerry Douglas has played and appeared on over 1,600 albums, from artists such as Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Eric Clapton, plus he has been a member of Alison … Continue reading →