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Tag Archives: blues rock
News: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR announce first headliner for two day event (30 June/ 1 July 2018)
Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced their first headliner for the event taking place 30 June – 1 July. British rock legends The Cult will play an exclusive festival set. Scottish rockers Gun (pictured) have been added to the main stage … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals & Large Events, NEWS
Tagged 1 July 2018, 30 June 2018, blues rock, classic rock, festival, Fish, Gov't Mule, Gun, Kent, line-up, Maidstone, Mote Park, news, Progressive Rock, Ramblin' Man Fair, Steve Earle, The Cult
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Gig review: JIMMY BARNES – Islington Academy, London, 13 December 2017
The unofficial title of the World’s Greatest Living Australian is up for grabs at the moment. Don Bradman departed a few years back to the great pavilion in the sky, where more recently Richie Benaud has delivered a laconic ‘morning … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 December, Aussie, Australian rock, blues rock, classic rock, Cold Chisel, Danny Spencer, gig, Islington Academy, Jimmy Barnes, London, review
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Album review: SKID ROW – Skid/34 Hours (reissues)
BGO [Release date: 21.07.17] 2 on 1 CD “I remember Paris in ‘49” … five words guaranteed to cue the leery lads of the night to grab and clinch their squeezes for that last, up close smooch in the smoke … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged 34 Hours, album, blues rock, Gary Moore, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Skid, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: BAD TOUCH/MOLLIE MARRIOTT- Islington Academy 2, London, 26 November 2017
The old saying that it takes years to become an overnight sensation was never truer in the case of Norfolk band Bad Touch. I’ve seen them play numerous support slots over the years but was unaware until singer Stevie Westwood … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Bad Touch, blues rock, gig, Mollie Marriott, review, Stevie Westwood
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! announce Best of 2017 – top albums, live acts
Pop rock revivalists Cats In Space and their second album ‘Scarecrow’ has been selected as Top Album of 2017 by popular music website Get Ready to ROCK! Reviews Editor Jason Ritchie wrote “Cats In Space have succeeded in taking their … Continue reading
The Best of 2017: top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
On Sunday 17 December on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, David Randall announced the popular poll results. This two-hour special includes artists voted for in the various categories: Top Albums, Top Live Acts, Top Breakthrough Acts. Every year we ask … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, NEWS, The Best of 2017
Tagged albums, Best of 2017, blues, blues rock, breakthrough acts, gigs, heavy rock, listing, live acts, melodic rock, metal, pop, progressive, reissues, reviewer, rock, selection, singer songwriter
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Quick plays: STEVE HILL, JARED JAMES NICHOLS
STEVE HILL Solo Recordings Volume 3 No Label Records [Release date 06.10.17] Steve Hill is a proper one-man band as his feet play bass drum, snare drum, hi-hats and with a drum stick fused to the head of his guitar, … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays
Tagged acoustic, album, Black Magic, blues, blues rock, Jared James Nichols, review, rock, Solo Recordings Vol.3, Steve Hill
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Album review: TOM KILLNER – Live
Cleopatra Records [Release date 02.06.17] Rotherham based blues rocker Tim Killner plays the blues the way he feels them. Uninterested in the disposable music that holds its thrall on many of his musical contemporaries, the young Killner taps into the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Chicago Blues, Cleopatra, guitar, guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, JOE COCKER, Muddy Waters, review, rock, southern rock, Steve Wonder, The Allman Brothers, Tom Killner, Tom Killner Live CD, Warren Haynes
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News: TEN YEARS AFTER – 50th Anniversary Box Set in November 2017
Chrysalis Records release a 50th Anniversary box set in November to coincide with the release of Ten Year’s After’s debut album in 1967. For the first time including albums from both the Deram and Chrysalis eras, between 1967 and 1974, … Continue reading
Quick plays: BRUCE COCKBURN, A BLUE FLAME, MORNING STAR
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
Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Before Dark Clouds
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
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Austin Gold, Before Dark Clouds, blues rock, hard rock, interview, review, rock
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Gig review: LEE AARON – Camden Underworld, London, 16 July 2017
In the testosterone-heavy rock climate of the 1980’s, women performers who held sex appeal for metal-loving youngsters were few on the ground. It was therefore unsurprising that the petite Canadian rocker Lee Aaron’s picture in Kerrang’s ‘Ladykillers’ feature must have … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged blues rock, gig, Lee Aaron, melodic rock, Neuronspoiler, review, Sean Kelly
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Album review: SNAKECHARMER – Second Skin
Frontiers Records [Release Date 12.05.17] If their 2013 debut album of original compositions was an unexpected twist for a band that started out paying homage to vintage Whitesnake with two former members, Snakecharmer’s follow up is perhaps even more of … Continue reading
Gig review: SNAKECHARMER – Islington Academy, London,14 May 2017
Progressively Snakecharmer are leaving behind their origins, celebrating old-school Whitesnake, in the same way Black Star Riders are laying aside the ghost of Thin Lizzy. Four years after the release of their excellent self-titled and self-penned album, this was my … Continue reading
News: PAUL RODGERS captures the Spirit of Free on tour in May 2017
In April 2011 David Randall chatted to Paul Rodgers for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio’s “Heroes” series. In this exclusive edit, Paul chats about Paul Kossoff, the formation of Free and the hit single ‘All Right Now’. (11:23) Paul Rodgers … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged blues rock, classic rock, Deborah Bonham, Free, interview, may 2017, Paul Rodgers, radio, Tour
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) April-June 2017
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 30.05.17 March 3rd RICHARD BARBIERI ‘Planets + Persona’ Kscope BLAZE BAYLEY ‘Endure And Survive (Infinite Entanglement Part II)’ BLINK ‘A Map of rhe Universe’ (re-issue) Garage Records BROTHER FIRETRIBE ‘Sunbound’ DANKO JONES ‘Wild Cat’ AFM … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, NEWS, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged albums, April-June 2017, blues rock, CD, DVD, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: ROBIN BIBI – No More A Secret
Ashwood Records [Release date 08.07.16] For a musician with a stellar CV and a solid back catalogue, it come as something of a surprise to realise that this is Robins Bibi’s first set of original songs. ‘No More A Secret’ … Continue reading
Album review: ASH WILSON – Broken Machine
Wilson Brothers Music [Release date 21.04.17] There’s nothing ‘broken’ about this debut from Lincolnshire based singer-songwriter/ blues guitarist Ash Wilson. One of a growing band of a new blues generation, with brother Phil not only contributing drums and percussion, but … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Ash Wilson, blues, blues rock, Broken Machine, review, rhythm & blues
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EP review: PROWESS, BACKBONE CAST
BACKBONE CAST Power Within Ourselves EP Scandinavian blues rock anyone? Based around the Hannah’s soulful vocals and Hata Salmi’s evocative guitar work, with the sound filled out by Jony Oittinen (drums), Sami Vataja (bass) and Jani Kemppinen (Hammond and piano), … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Single and EP reviews
Tagged Backbone Cast, blues rock, EP, Headfirst, metal, Power Within Ourselves, Prowess, review, rock
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Album review: WILLE AND THE BANDITS – Steal
Jigsaw [Release date 20.01.17] With three self-released albums to their name, hardworking three piece Wille And The Bandits have built a reputation way beyond their Cornish roots, with extensive touring, including with the likes of Deep Purple, Quo, and Bonamassa … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, review, rock, Steal, wille and the bandits
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News: POPA CHUBBY UK tour dates 18-29 January 2017
Pete Feenstra chatted to Popa Chubby for his Feature show broadcast on 11 December 2016 on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Thos sequence includes tracks from ‘The Catfish’ The self-proclaimed ‘King Of The New York City Blues’ plays UK dates … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged blues rock, classic rock, gigs, guitar, guitarist, January 2017, live, Popa Chubby, rhythm & blues, soul, The Catfish, Tour, uk
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Album review: JODY GRIND – Reissues
Esoteric [Release date 25.11.16] Some readers may remember a motley band of musicians who – back in the late seventies – masqueraded under that sometimes irksome banner “supergroup”, Hinkley’s Heroes. At various times they included Mel Collins, John Halsey and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged album, Bernie Holland, blues rock, Boxer, Far Canal, Hinkley's Heroes, Jazz rock, Jody Grind, One Step On, Patto, Pete Gavin, prog, progressive, reissue, review, rock, Tim Hinkley
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! launches popular poll for top rock album and live act of 2016
Popular review website Get Ready to ROCK! has launched a popular poll so that readers and listeners can vote for their favourite album, live act and breakthrough act of 2016. Since 2003 the website (www.getreadytorock.com) has published the reviewers’ selections … Continue reading
Gig review: KING KING – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 29 November 2016
In an even more crowded than ever November gig schedule, it was still important to find time for this enticing double bill of two up and coming bands, both offering a fresh take on blues-influenced rock. If 2015 was when … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 November 2016, Alan Nimmo, blues, blues rock, Broken Witt Rebels, gig, Islington Assembly Hall, King King, review
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News: Melodic rockers VEGA and classic rockers BAD COMPANY named in Best of 2016 poll
Melodic rockers Vega (Top Album) and classic rockers Bad Company (Top Live Act) have been named in Get Ready to ROCK!’s end of year reviewer poll. Vega, who play a series of headlining dates in the UK from 30 November … Continue reading
