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Album review: ANNA LING – Light
Bandcamp [Release date 29.09.25] Now I’m going to contradict myself in this opening paragraph. This album, Light, is the most original and unique collection of songs I have heard for a long long time. And here is the contradiction, it … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Anna Ling, Light, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Gladys’ Leap
Talking Elephant [Release date 04.08.25] In 1979 Fairport Convention decided to call it a day, not least because their mainman violinist Dave Swarbrick had serious hearing difficulties. It would be another six years before they reformed, apparently buoyed up by … Continue reading
Album review: STEVE HEWITT – Never Two Days The Same
Facebook [Release date 26.09.25] It’s a creeper this album. At first I put it in the Jack Johnson, David Gray area of music. Kind of easy listening folk music, pleasant enough but not a lot of depth. But scratch beneath … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Never Two Days the Same, review, singer songwriter, Steve Hewitt
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Album review: SUSY WALL – Black Lights
Bandcamp [Release date 05.09.25] The Black Country, England’s Midlands, home of Black Sabbath. And Susy Wall, but Susy Wall is not heavy metal, she is more delicate porcelain, with a voice like crystal glass, pure and refined, and dare I say … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Black Lights, folk, review, singer songwriter, Susy Wall
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Album review: GLENN HUGHES – Chosen
Frontiers [Release date: 05.09.25] It’s been nearly a decade since Glenn Hughes’ last solo album. But he’s no slouch. He’s contributed to any number of albums by other artists not least Black Country Communion (BCC). This does beg the question: … Continue reading
Album review: FM- Brotherhood
Frontiers Records (Release Date 05.09.25) You can set your watch by the fact that FM will release a new album every other year since 2018, no mean feat considering they seem to be perpetually on tour. Given that the live … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Brotherhood, FM, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Steve Overland
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Album review : SWEET FREEDOM – Blind Leading The Blind
Frontiers [Release date : 29.08.25] Swedish band Sweet Freedom is the real deal. Head and shoulders above most others walking the Classic Rock road nowadays (even if occasionally going off tangentially). The band: founder member Jorgen Schelander’s background is in … Continue reading
Album review: ROULETTE – Go!
Black Lodge Records [Release Date 25.07.25] Swedish melodic rockers Roulette have had a chequered history- around since the eighties, they never got as far as releasing an album till 2008. It was another eleven years before a very well received … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Go!, melodic rock, review, Roulette, Thomas Lundgren
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Album review : ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL: The UK Pop Explosion 1967-69
Cherry Red [Release date 22.08.25] All Things Bright And Beautiful comprises of 82 tracks and 3 CDs. Several of the songs in the boxset were used to launch the first hour of the BBC’s pop music flagship, Radio One, in … Continue reading
Album review: LUKE MORLEY – Walking On Water
Website [Release date 01.08.25] Thunder guitarist Luke Morley has been a busy chap whilst Thunder remains on hiatus as frontman Danny Bowes continues his recovery from a stroke in 2022. Morley returned to his solo career with his second solo … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, guitarist, Luke Morley, melodic, Quireboys, review, rock, Solo, Thunder, Walking On Water
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Album review: WALTER TROUT – Sign Of The Times
Provogue [Release date 05.09.25] Walter Trout’s ‘Sign of the Times’ is an uncompromising rock album with a bluesy heart and insightful lyrics penned by himself and his partner Marie Trout. It’s an album rich in story telling, unflinching social observation … Continue reading
Album review: FIRST LIGHT – Elemental
Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 25.07.25] There are not enough British AOR bands around, so it is always a pleasure when one arrives with some pedigree. First Light released an EP a couple of years ago and, on top … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Carl Sharples, Dave Hardman, First Light, melodic rock, Phil Manchester, Warren Passaro
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Album review: BEN GRANFELT – It’s Personal
Pete Feenstra chatted to Ben Granfelt for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album ‘It’s Personal’. First broadcast 27 July 2025. A1 Records [Release date 30.05.25] ‘Its Personal’ is Ben Granfelt’s 21st solo album and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Stewart, album, Ben Granfelt, blues, fusion, Gringos Locos, guitar, Guitar Slingers, interview, It's Personal, Jari Saminen, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, JJ Cale, Los Bastardos Finlandeses, Masa Maijanen, Pink Floyd, review, Robin Trower, rock, soul, Stoney Curtis, The Leningrad Cowboys, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: STAR CIRCUS – From The Wreckage
Renaissance Records [Release date 13.06.25] There’s a big debate going on about the use of AI and whether it compromises modern music making and musicians. After a lifetime of exposure to classic rock I for one am receptive. Time and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, From The Wreckage, melodic rock, review, Star Circus
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Album review: VOODOO RAMBLE – In The Heart Of The City
www.voodooramble.com [Release date 01.07.25] Slowly but surely over the past few years our Blues Rock/Features Editor Pete Feenstra has been supplying lyrics and melodic ideas to a number of significant artists in the current blues rock scene. This is Pete’s … Continue reading
Album review: KILL THE ROBOT – S/t
Dark Lab Recordings [Release date 18.07.25] New band Kill the Robot, although main man Stephen Gibb has an impressive band CV including spells in Saigon Kick, Crowbar, Black Label Society and more. Oh, and his dad is Barry Gibb of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, Electronic Rock, gothic, indie rock, Kill the Robot, melodic, metal, Pink Floyd, review, Stephen Gibb
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Album review: ALICE COOPER – The Revenge Of Alice Cooper
EarMUSIC [release date 25.07.25] In much the same vein as Jake and Elwood Blues, Alice has decided to get the band back together, not sure he is on a mission from God though on this occasion! This album has brought … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th July 2025, album, Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies, blues, Bob Ezrin, CD, Dennis Dunnaway, EarMusic, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, review, rock, Schools Out, The Blues Brothers, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper
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Album review: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – 20 Years Of Five Finger Death Punch – Best Of Volume 1
Better Noise Records [Release date 18.07.25] Over the past 20 years Five Finger Death Punch have become a band that can headline arenas and festivals worldwide, but world domination hasn’t come without it’s share of trials and tribulations. No matter … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 Years Of Five Finger Death Punch, album, Bad Company, Battle Born, Best of volume 1, Better Noise Records, CD, Five Finger Death Punch, Gone Away, In This Moment, Ivan Moody, Jason Hook, Maria Binks, metal, rock, Under and Over It, Zoltan Bathory
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Album review : SEALS & CROFTS – Gold and Rainbows – The Warner Bros Years 1969-78 (5-CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 18.07.25] Harmony rock and pop duo Seals and Croft’s biggest hit single came early on in their career. 1972’s ‘Summer Breeze’ (later covered by the Isley Brothers) was the title track from the duo’s fourth … Continue reading
Feature: Albums that time forgot…PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG – Time Is The Key (1979)
Arista SPARTY 1105 (1979) When most people think of Gong they think of “Flying Teapot”, a quirky, idiosyncratic approach by long-time leader Daevid Allen and maybe Steve Hillage’s passage to wider attention. What sometimes gets overlooked are the later years … Continue reading
Album review : V/A – American Power Pop 1980-89 (3-CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 18.07.25] Almost 80 tracks over 3 CDs…the third and final volume of Eighties’ American Power Pop will be released on the Cherry Red label later this month. Once again it’s a treasure trove of material. … Continue reading
Album review: STYX- Circling From Above
Alpha Dog 2T/UMe (Release Date 18.07.25) While many ‘heritage’ classic rock acts on both sides of the pond have chosen to give up on writing new material and rely on their legacy catalogue, in recent years Styx have proved a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, James 'JY' Young, Lawrence Gowan, melodic rock, pomp rock, Styx, Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
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Album review: ALIEN – When Yesterday Comes Around
Pride and Joy Music (Release Date 21.03.25) Its nearly five years since Alien’s last album, ‘Into The Future’, an attempt at a heavier sound that was a major disappointment – reviewing for GRTR! my verdict was ‘the experiment with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alien, AOR, Jim Jidhed, melodic rock, Tony Borg
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Album review: COMING UP ROSES – How Did We Fall So Far?
Bandcamp [Release date 20.06.25] Coming Up Roses are a London-based quartet fronted by singer/bassist Emily Sera, who relocated from Singapore to the UK in late 2022 together with guitarist Darius Oon so they could pursue their dream of being in a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Coming Up Roses, How Did We Fall So Far, indie, review, rock, shoegaze
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Album review: WHITE WIDDOW – Reissues
Pride & Joy Classix [Release date 27.06.25] White Widdow were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2008 and centred around the Millis brothers Jules (vocals) & Xavier (keyboards) with guitarist Enzo Almanzi. They have released five studio albums to date, with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Crossfire, melodic rock, pomp rock, Pride & Joy Music, reissues, review, Serenade, White Widdow
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