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Album review: VONDA SHEPARD – Rookie
[Release date 07.08.15] Best known (obviously) for her association with the Ally McBeal, singer songwriter Vonda Shepard has released five albums and toured extensively in Europe since the five season TV series run ended 13 years ago. Rookie, her 14th … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ally McBeal, AOR, pop, review, Rookie, singer, songwriter, television, TV, Vonda Shepard
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Album review: BACHMAN – Heavy Blues
Linus Entertainment [Release date 13.04.15] There’s no better time than in the autumn of your career to go back to the musical roots that inspired you in the first place, and so it is that the former Guess Who and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anna Ruddick, Bachman, Bachman Turner Overdrive, blues, Bo Diddley, Dale Anne Brendon, Guess Who, Heavy Blues, Jeff Healey, Joe Bonamassa, Keith Moon, Kevin Shirley, Luke Dourcet, Neil Young, Pete Townsend, Peter Frampton, Randy Bachman, review, Robert Randolph, rock, Scott Holiday
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Album review: DIXIE REPUBLIC – Redneck Way
Dixie Republic Music [Release date 30.01.15] Dixie Republic is a Nashville based trio with a big sound and a retro bent, who pen heartfelt songs that mirror both their culture and beliefs. However, once they stated their outlook as on … Continue reading
Album review: JEFF FETTERMAN – Bottle Full Of Blues
Green Tea Music [Release date 2015] Jeff Fetterman ticks all the right boxes on ‘Bottle Full Of Blues’, a rock solid blues-rock album that works hard to convince you of its stature. Jeff’s a tasty guitarist, decent songwriter who leads … Continue reading
Album review: 4th LABYRINTH – Quattro Stagioni
4th Labyrinth Music [Release date 04.09.15] Described as classic progressive rock & pop band, 4th Labyrinth is much more than that. They are a band that reaches well beyond the 4 seasons concept of the album title. And while … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 4th Labyrinth, album, ambient, Claudia McKenzie, Colin Blunstone, Daryl Hall, John Harper, Marcel Kunkel, Phil Spector, pop, prog, Quattro Stagioni, review, rock, The Motors, Tom Winch
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Album review: SAVATAGE – Return To Wacken
EarMusic – Out Now For a band whose career never quite reached the commercial heights of giants like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, US Progressive Power Metalers Savatage have managed to achieve many great things since their inception … Continue reading
Album review: BURNING POINT – Burning Point
AFM Records [Release date 12.06.15] Burning Point are yet another of AFM’s roster that I have never heard of! Burning Point are a metal band from Finland and this self-titled album is actually their sixth studio release but their first … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM, album, Burning Point, Jarkko Väisänen, Jussi Ontero, metal, Nitte Valo, Pekka Kolivuori, Pete Ahonen, review, Sami Nyman
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Interview: TIM ARNOLD (June 2015)
Tim Arnold aka the Soho Hobo, has a new album ‘The Soho Hobo’ out. Over to Tim to tell us more about the album, his love of Soho, Queen’s ‘A Night At The Opera Album’ and his musical influences… The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Gary Kemp, interview, music hall, Phil Daniels, pop, singer, ska, Soho, songwriter, the Soho Hobo, Tim Arnold
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Album review: DAVID SINCLAIR FOUR – David Sinclair Four
The Pete Feenstra Feature – David Sinclair (27 December 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Critical Discs [Release date 11.05.15] David Sinclair has assiduously built up a catalogue of impressive songs and raised his profile to the … Continue reading
Album review: TIM ARNOLD – The Soho Hobo
TA Music [Release date 10.08.15] Tim Arnold has been a champion of Soho and created the alter ego the Soho Hobo. He has also released twelve self-titled albums to date and helps lead the Save Soho campaign with Stephen Fry … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Phil Daniels, review, singer, songwriter, the Soho Hobo, Tim Arnold
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Album review: JOE SATRIANI – Shockwave Supernova
In this interview edit from May 2013, Joe Satriani tells David Randall how he approaches the making of his albums, and his thoughts on what makes a good instrumental guitar album (and guitarist) (5:54) Sony Music [Release date 24.07.15] If … Continue reading
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Tagged album, guitar, guitarist, interview, Joe Satriani, Mike Keneally, review, rock, Shockwave Supernova
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Album review: JOHN WETTON – Anthology The Studio Recordings Vol.1
In this interview extract from April 2009 John Wetton tells David Randall about his early influences, and the immediate aftermath of his departure from Asia in 1991 which led to the release of his second, and favourite, solo album ‘Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anthology, Asia, Billy Sherwood, Dick Wagner, Family, Geoff Downes, Greg Bisonette, interview, John Wetton, King Crimson, Martin Barre, Michael Landau, review, rock, Roxy Music, Steve Hackett, Steve Lukather, The Studio Recordings Vol.1, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: JOHN LODGE – 10,000 Light Years Ago
This hour special was broadcast in the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 31 May 2015. John Lodge chats about the making of the album. (58:41) Esoteric Antenna [Release date 05.05.15] By his own admission ‘10,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 Light Years Ago, album, Bernard Sumner, Chis Spedding, Dave Gilmour, Django Reinhardt, John Lodge, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, Mike Pinder, Moody Blues, New Order, Pink Floyd, Ray Thomas, review, Stéphane Grappelli
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Album review: SPOOKY TOOTH – The Island Years (An Anthology) 1967-74
This is an edited version of the interview with Spooky Tooth keyboard player/vocalist Mike Harrison that appeared on the Pete Feenstra Feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 17 May 2015 (13:16) UMC [Release date 27.04.15] ‘The Island Years’ is a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amon Düül II, art, Brian Eno, Edgar Winter, Foreigner, Gary Wright, Hapshash And The Coloured Coat, Janis Ian, JOE COCKER, Luther Grosvenor, Mick Jones, Mike Harrison, Mike Kellie, Mike Patto, Paul Weller, review, Spooky Tooth, Steve Stills, The Doobie Brothers, The Grease Band, The Island Years, The Move, Uriah Heep, Val Burke, VIP's, White Trash
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Album review: THE MENTULLS – Reflections
ProgBlues Music [Release date 10.07.15] The curious thing about prog rock is that what once was a ground breaking musical genre now clearly defines a particular retro period of rock history – arguably the late 60’s to the early 70’s. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Pipe, Andy Powell, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, Eric Clapton, Focus, guitar, Jamie Pipe, Johnny Guitar Watson, Martin Turner, Nick Colman, Peter Green, prog, Reflection, review, Robin Trower, rock, The Mnetulls, Walter Trout, Wayne Proctor, Wishbone Ash
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Quick plays: TOM MORIARTY, WE GHOSTS, SOLEY MOURNING
TOM MORIARTY The Road Driftwood Records [Release date 03.08.15] London-based singer songwriter Tom Moriarty released his debut album Fire In The Doll’s House (2012) to critical acclaim garnering Radio 2 play listing and 4 star reviews from the mainstream press. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Decade, pop rock, review, singer, songwriter, The Road, Tom Moriarty, We Ghosts
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Album review: BIRDPEN – In The Company Of Imaginary Friends
Fintage House [Release date 11.05.15] Birdpen are duo guitarist and keyboard player Mike Bird, and singer, guitarist and keyboard player Dave Pen who’s also a programmer and engineer. Formed in Southampton in 2003 their 2009 debut On/Off/Safety/ Danger was frequently … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Birdpen, In The Company Of Imaginary Friends, progressive, review, rock
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Album review: BOB MOULD – Reissues
Edsel Records [Release date 25.05.15] Ex-Hüsker Dü guitarist Bob Mould’s debut solo album Workbook 25 (1989) and the follow up Black Sheets Of Rain (1990) get the ’25th anniversary’ treatment courtesy of Edsel Records. Workbook gets a bonus track (‘All … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th anniversary edition, album, Black Sheets Of Rain, Bob Mould, grunge, Husker Du, live, review, Workbook
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Album review: BOB WAYNE – Hits The Hits
People Like You Records [Release date 01.06.15] Hits The Hits is outlaw county singer Bob Wayne’s irreverent take on some of the world’s biggest hits. Inspired by Johnny Cash’s ‘American Recordings’ Wayne side-stepped the ‘acoustic’ reinterpretation route and deployed a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Wayne, C&W, country, Covers, Hits The Hits, honky tonk, outlaw country, review
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Album review: HOUSE OF LORDS – Indestructible
Frontiers Records [Release Date 05.06.15] Hard to believe but the revised line up of House Of Lords put together in 2006 by sole original member James Christian has now released substantially more albums than the original band with Gregg Giuffria, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, House of Lords, James Christian, Jimi Bell, melodic hard rock, review
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Album review: SEAN TAYLOR – The Only Good Addiction Is Love
The Pete Feenstra Feature – Sean Taylor (14 June 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Sean Taylor Songs [Release date 15.06.15] ‘The Only Good Addiction is Love’ is Londoner Sean Taylor’s seventh album and is another step … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, blues, Danny Thompson, folk, interview, jazz, JJ Cale, John Martyn, Jose ‘Pepe’ Mujica, Leonard Cohen, Lorka, Mark Hallman, Niall McCormack, Nils Lofgren, Paul Klee, review, Rothko, Sean Taylor, singer, songwriter, The Only Good Addiction Is Love, Van Morrison, WB Yeates
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Album review: CHALICE – Overyears Sensation
Keiler Records [Release date 13.02.15] German rockers Chalice hail from Hamburg and have supported the likes of Deep Purple and Uriah Heep in the past, two bands who have obviously had an influence on the band over the years. Classic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Chalice, classic rock, Deep Purple, Gino Naschke, Oliver Scheer, Overyears Sensation, review, Uriah Heep
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Album review: VENREZ – Children Of The Drones
Monarch Music Group [Release date 24.04.15] ‘Children Of The Drones’ is the third album release by Venrez following their critically acclaimed secondalbum ‘American Illusion’ which found them supporting Slash and Alice Cooper amongst others. The band were formed back in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice In Chains, CD, Children Of The Drones, Jason Womack, psychedelic, review, rock, Steven Berez, Stoner, Venrez
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Album review: SAMANTHA FISH – Wild Heart
Ruf [Released by 29.06.15] ‘Wild Heart’ is a stylist departure for Samantha Fish, a young blues-rock artist who is flexible and young enough to soak up new and different influences and bring them to bear on her own mature song-writing … Continue reading
Album review: LEVEE DWELLERS – Leveling Up
Blueshine Records (Release date 15.02.15) Levee Dwellers take their name from an amalgamation of the band’s native Dutch Delta and the New Orleans and Mississippi Delta. Their music is a subtle mix of blues, jazz and funk and it’s generally … Continue reading
