Tag Archives: Black Stone Cherry

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Wembley Arena, London, 23 November 2024

Posted on November 27, 2024 by andynathan

As they mentioned from the stage, Black Stone Cherry have been on tour for the best part of two years, touring their latest album ‘Screaming At The Sky’. Seemingly their favourite territory, the UK has seen them no less than … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ayron Jones, Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, Jen Ledger, John Cooper, John Fred Young, Skillet, southern rock, Steve Jewell | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Islington Assembly Hall, 29 September 2023

Posted on October 8, 2023 by andynathan

Black Stone Cherry have for the last decade been big enough to headline arenas in the UK- in contrast to their still middle ranking status back home. The Kentucky foursome are constantly on tour here and must be up there … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, John Fred Young, southern rock, Steve Jewell | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS – Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023

Posted on February 8, 2023 by andynathan

When this joint headline arena tour was announced, my first thoughts were that Black Stone Cherry and The Darkness were not natural bedfellows- the earnest blue collar southern rockers from Kentucky and the eccentric English band from East Anglia who … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, Dan Hawkins, Danko Jones, Frankie Poullain, gig, John Fred Young, Justin Hawkins, southern rock, The Darkness | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Royal Albert Hall, London, 29 September 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by andynathan

Black Stone Cherry have a unique relationship with the UK. The Kentucky rockers broke big over here while still young and their home country to this day has struggled to catch up. Their popularity has continued through hard work and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, hard rock, John Fred Young, Kris Barras, Kris Barras Band, southern rock | Leave a comment

Album review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – The Human Condition

Posted on November 14, 2020 by jason

Mascot Records [Release date 30.10.20] Amazing to think Black Stone Cherry (BSC) celebrate their twentieth anniversary next year, with ‘The Human Condition’ being the band’s seventh studio album. Black Stone Cherry have certainly built up an impressive following here in … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, ELO, melodic, modern rock, review, rock, southern rock, the Human Condition | Leave a comment

EP review: THE GEORGIA THUNDERBOLTS

Posted on August 1, 2020 by jason

Mascot Records [Release date 21.08.20] The Georgia Thunderbolts hail from Rome, Georgia, and comprise vocalist TJ Lyle, Riley Couzzourt (guitar), Logan Tolbert (guitar), Zach Everett (bass, harmony vocals, keys), and Bristol Perry (drums). Friends since high school, the band have … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, blues, classic rock, EP, Lynyryd Skynyrd, review, Richard Young, rock, southern rock, the Georgia Thunderbolts, The Kentucky Headhunters | Leave a comment

EP review: BOOTYARD BANDITS – The Very Best Of

Posted on April 8, 2020 by jason

Facebook [Release date 17.04.20] The Bootyard Bands may play country rock/Wild West music and give the impression they hail from the US, when in fact they are from Worcester UK. Touring wise they have supported the likes of Massive Wagons … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, Bootyard Bandits, country rock, EP, Massive Wagons, review, rock, very best of | Leave a comment

Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 2 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 20 July 2019

Posted on August 2, 2019 by david.wilson

Andy Nathan writes: Saturday at the Fair saw the full range of stages. When Ramblin’ Man started they had a dedicated prog stage attracting such heavy hitters as Marillion and Family, but that genre has been steadily marginalised. Saturday was … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 20th July 2019, Allman Betts Band, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Cheap Trick, Collateral, festival, Grand Slam, Gregg Allman, Jimmy Barnes, Kent, Lawrence Archer, Maidstone, Mote Park, Outlaw Orchestra, Phil Lynott, Ramblin' Man, Ramblin' Man Fair, Raven Eye, Robert Jon And The Wreck, rock, Ryders Creed, Scardust, The Temperence Movement, Thin Lizzy, Toby Jepson, UGLY KID JOE, Wayward Sons | Leave a comment

News: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Cheap Trick added to Saturday line-up (19-21 July 2019)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

FOREIGNER - Manchester Apollo, 12 May 2018

In this festival preview, tracks from Foreigner, Austin Gold and Elles Bailey. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 21 April 2019 (13:03) Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced their Saturday main stage headliners at this year’s event (19-21 July … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals & Large Events, NEWS | Tagged Black Stone Cherry, blues, classic rock, country, festival, Foreigner, July 2019, Maidstone, Mote Park, Progressive Rock, Ramblin' Man Fair, The Darkness | Leave a comment

Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – Donington Park, 8-10 June 2018

Posted on June 17, 2018 by david.wilson

It was 30 years ago that I attended Donington for the first time for a Monsters of Rock festival (as it then was) that was summed up by the contemporary Kerrang! headline ‘The Triumph and the Tragedy’. A record crowd … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 2018, Axl Rose, Black Stone Cherry, Brent Smith, Donington Park, Download Festival, Greta Van Fleet, Guns 'N' Roses, Inglorious, metal, Monster Truck, Myke Gray, No Hot Ashes, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, Shinedown, Slash, Temperence Movement, The Struts, Thunder, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons | Leave a comment

Album review: KRIS BARRAS – The Divine And Dirty

Posted on February 16, 2018 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 23.03.18] If there’s a dichotomy at the heart of ’The Divine And Dirty’ – Kris Barras’s debut album for Provogue – it’s probably a reference to his first hand knowledge of what to takes to make it. … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, blues, guitar, Julian Sas, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kris Barras, Nickelback, review, rock, Steely Dan, The Divine & Dirty, Walter Trout | Leave a comment

Album review: ADAM ECKERLSEY BAND – The Second Album

Posted on March 4, 2017 by petefeenstra

Universal Australia [Release date 15.08.15] Although released some 18 months ago, this album seems to be getting a more belated push in Europe. The Adam Eckersley Band infuse harmony laden country rock with a southern rock feel in well crafted … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged Adam Eckersley Band, album, Allman Brothers, Australian, Benny Elliot, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Charlie Daniels, country, Dan Biederman, harmonies, Little Feat, Neil Young, Rascall Flatts, review, rock, Scotty Greenaway, soul, southern rock, The Second Album | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 December 2016

Posted on December 6, 2016 by petefeenstra

To say Black Stone Cherry deliver the kind of impassioned Southern tinged classic rock that their fans demand, is to grossly underestimate the versatility of a remarkable performance and the strength of their songs. Tonight they lyrically bare their soul … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, classic rock, Electric, George Thorogood, gig, John Lawhon, Rascal Flatts, REM, review, rock, southern rock, The Kentucky Headhunters, unlugged | Leave a comment

Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Davoski

Thunder - RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR - Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016

If the Day 2 line up was less immediately eye-catching and mouth-watering than Saturday, there was still so much to anticipate. I made straight for the Blues tent where a good crowd received Pat McManus enthusiastically. I’d been a fan … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 24 July 2016, AIRBOURNE, Black Stone Cherry, Devin Townsend, Dirty Thrills, festival, gig, Kentucky Headhunters, King King, live, Maidstone, Mote Park, Pat McManus, Procul Harum, Ramblin' Man Fair, review, Stone Broken, Tax The Heat, Thunder, Warren Haynes | Leave a comment

Album review: PLANET OF ZEUS – Loyal To The Pack

Posted on May 2, 2016 by jason

No prizes for guessing that Planet of Zeus hail from Greece and, having reviewed a couple of rather ear-catching things from that neck of the woods recently, it might just be time to go bar-hopping and check out the live … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, Clutch, Loyal to the Pack, metal, Planet of Zeus, QOTSA, review, rock | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY, SHINEDOWN, HALESTORM – SSE Arena, Wembley, London, 4 February 2016

Posted on February 18, 2016 by andynathan

Gig review: CARNIVAL OF MADNESS (BLACK STONE CHERRY, SHINEDOWN, HALESTORM) - SSE Arena, Wembley, London, 4 February 2016

‘The Carnival of Madness’, a well known USA touring concept which brings together three or four like-minded bands from the newer generation, was making a first trip to these shores, but the personnel involved were in very familiar circumstances. Black … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Brent Smith, Carnival of Madness, Chris Robertson, gig, Halestorm, hard rock, Highly Suspect, John Fred Young, Jon Lawhon, Lzzy Hale, Shinedown, southern rock, Wembley Arena, Zach Myers | Leave a comment

Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM, Walker, Minnesota, USA, 16-18 July 2015

Posted on July 23, 2015 by andynathan

I’ve been hooked on Moondance Jam ever since first arriving in this unspoiled part of the Minnesota countryside with its woods and lakes in 2009. The Jam plays host to a hedonistic four days of holiday relaxation and partying for … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 16-18 July 2015, Black Star Riders, Black Stone Cherry, classic rock, Doobie Brothers, festival, Finger Eleven, gig, Honeymoon Suite, Huey Lewis and the News, Jefferson Starship, Moondance Jam, Pat Travers, Peter Frampton, Pop Evil, Sammy Hagar, Shinedown, Thundherstruck, USA, Vixen | Leave a comment

Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 1,12 June 2015

Posted on June 20, 2015 by david.wilson

5am. Not the most rock ‘n’ roll of hours to rise on a Friday morning but when you have a 311 mile journey to the spiritual home of all things metal these sacrifices have to be made. What I do … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events | Tagged 12 June 2015, Baby Metal, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Blues Pills, Clutch, Corey Taylor, Donington Park, Download, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, gig, Glenn Tipton, Ivan Moody, Judas Priest, Lacuna Coil, live, metal, review, Ritchie Faulkener, Rob Halford, rock, SLIPKNOT, The Cadillac Three | Leave a comment

Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – The Hydro, Glasgow, 26 October 2014

Posted on October 27, 2014 by david.wilson

It was curiosity that led me to this gig as so far Black Stone Cherry are a band who have left me underwhelmed. I have only seen them live once before and that was a small acoustic session a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 26 October 2014, AIRBOURNE, Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, Glasgow, Joel O'Keefe, live, Lowlife, rock, Savages, The Hydro, Theory Of A Dead Man, Things My Father Said | Leave a comment

Album Review : HALIWEL – From The Inside

Posted on September 10, 2014 by david.wilson

Self Release (Release date – out now) Haliwel are a fivesome from Madison, Wisconsin and From The Inside is their first, self-produced album. The band created everything themselves, art work, website, videos, etc. Haliwel play hard … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged Black Stone Cherry, CD, From The Inside, Haliwel, Justin Schmitz, Killswitch Engage, Madison, metal, rock, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Gig Review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 1 – Donington Park,14 June 2013

Posted on June 18, 2013 by david.wilson

First a quick recap of last year’s Download festival, mud, mud and more mud, oh and some cracking rock music. After the mudfest of last year even the hardiest of rock fans must have thought twice before shelling out for … Continue reading →