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Gig review: PETER FRAMPTON – Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado, USA, 31 July 2019
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Gig review: RUNRIG – The Last Dance DVD World Premiere – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 17 August 2019
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Gig review: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – Cherry Hinton Hall – 1-4 August 2019
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 3 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 21 July 2019
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 2 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 20 July 2019
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Tag Archives: blues
Quick plays: DUFFY & BIRD, DREW HOLCOMB, TIM GRIMM, BOB BRADSHAW, 3TIMES7
DUFFY & BIRD Spirit Level [Release date 20.09.19] You can’t go wrong with a voice and an acoustic guitar. That is, if you’ve a decent singer, a decent song, and decent player. It’s a formula as old as the hills. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3Times7, acoustic, album, Americana, blues, blues rock, Bob Bradshaw, Dragons, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, Duffy & Bird, Heart Land Again, Queen Of The West, Rain In Chicago, review, roots, singer songwriter, Spirit Level, Tim Grimm
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Album review: STATUS QUO – Backbone
earMusic [Release date 06.09.19] On the release day of this album I will be avoiding social media at all costs. The luddites and trolls will be out in force to decry this album as a travesty and a slur on the Quo legacy, produced, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Backbone, blues, CD, EarMusic, Francis Rossi, Frantic Four, Leon Cave, review, Rhino Edwards, Rick Parfitt, Ritchie Malone, rock, Status Quo
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Album review: SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE – Road Chronicles: Live!
Provogue [Release date 12.07.19] Supersonic Blues Machine ‘Road Chronicles: Live!’, is snapshot of an evolving band on one night at the end of a 10 date European run of dates, rather than the culmination of a lengthy tour as in … Continue reading
Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Laurence Jones Band
Top Stop Music [Release date 27.09.19] ‘Laurence Jones Band’ is a career departure for the former rock-blues hero who makes a major pitch for the pop market. They say the most significant thing about the blues genre is that historically … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bennett Holland, blues, Di Reed, Elvis Costello, funk, Gary Clark Jr, Greg Smith, John Mayer, Laurence Jones, Laurence Jones band, Paul Simon, Phil Wilson, pop, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Faces
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 3 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 21 July 2019
Andy Nathan writes: Sunday was another day when there was a chance to check out a band in the tent before the main stage opened. This time it was used as the ‘Grooverider’ stage- I have no idea whether this … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st July 2019, AIRBOURNE, Austen Gold, beth Hart, blues, Chantal McGregor, Chris Robinson, festival, Foreigner, Gin Annie, Inglorious, Jaime Kyle, Joel O'Keeffe, Lemmy, Living Colour, Maidstone, Matt Mitchell and The Cold Hearts, metal, Mick Jones, Mote Park, Ramblin' Man, Ramblin' Man Fair, Ritchie Kotzen, rock, The Black Crows
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Day 2 – Mote Park, Maidstone – 20 July 2019
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
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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
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone – Day 1 – 19 July 2019
Once again the rock hordes decended on Mote Park in Maidstone for another weekend of rock, blues, good beer and good company. GRTR! despatched Andy Nathan and Dave Atkinson to cover all the action, come rain or shine… Andy Nathan … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th July 2019, AC/DC, AOR, blues, FM, Ginger Wildheart, Justin Hawkins, Kris Barras Band, live, Maidstone, metal, Mote Park, Ramblin' Man, Ramblin' Man Fair, rock, Steve Overland, The Darkness, The Lazys, the Wildhearts
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Album review: THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND – Down To The River
BMG [Release 28.06.19] The Allman Betts Band don’t so much reinvent the wheel as relive subliminal snapshots of the band’s musical antecedents. They formed on the 50th anniversary of the first Allman Brothers gig and brought with them a weight … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Berry Oakley Jr., blues, Chris Williams, Chuck Leavell, Cisco Adler, Devon Allman, Down To The River, Duane Betts, Gregg Allman, Johnny Stachela, Pete Levin, rock, southern rock, The Allman Betts Band, The Allman Brothers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Masterpiece
Gulf Coast Records [Release 15.07.19] It’s often said that an artist discovers their best work when they find their muse. And when Albert Castiglia tells us that his new ‘Masterpiece’ album resulted from finding a daughter he didn’t know he … Continue reading
Rising Stars: HM JOHNSEN
In 2017 HM Johnsen released his debut album ‘Chased’, then in 2018 he was awarded the title “Norwegian Blues Union Artist” and now he has a new single Walk This Road out now. We caught up with HM Johnsen to … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Eric Johnson, guitarist, HM Johnsen, interview, Iron Maiden, Norway, Rising Stars, rock, single, Walk This Road
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Album review: DANNY BRYANT – Means Of Escape
Pete Feenstra chatted to Danny Bryant about the album ‘Means Of Escape’ in August 2019. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 4 August 2019. (30:31) Jazzhaus [Release date 20.09.19] It’s tempting to view Danny Bryant’s ‘Means Of Escape’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Danny Bryant, guitar, John Mellencamp, Means Of Escape, review, rock, songs, Stevie Watts, Walter Trout
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News: FREE FESTIVAL – Upton Blues Festival, Upton On Severn, Worcestershire, 18-21 July 2019
In this hour special for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Pete Feenstra previews some of the artists appearing at this year’s Upton Blues Festival, including Big Boy Bloater, Kyla Brox, Wily Bo Walker, Rainbreakers and Danny Bryant. For reviews/interviews of … Continue reading
Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – Great Tew, Oxfordshire, 5-7 July 2019
Friday 5 July Arriving onsite just in time to catch the tail end of former Supergrass singer/songwriter Gaz Coombes set. Being a bit of a local musical hero his set was well received although he may have missed a trick … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Tone, 80's music, Alfie Boe, Billy Lockett, blues, Chris Difford, Cornbury, Echo And The Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks, festival, folk, gig, Hothouse Flowers, indie, Keane, Paul Carrack, pop, Rainbreakers, review, rock, ska, Steeleye Span, The Beach Boys, The Specials, Trevor Horn
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Album review: SAMANTHA FISH – Kill Or Be Kind
Rounder [Release date 20.09.19] There’s no denying the natural vivacity, or the cigar box guitar driven grooves and songcraft of Samantha Fish. Since bursting on the rock-blues scene a decade ago, she’s cut 6 solo albums of which the last … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, funk, guitar, Kill Or Be Kind, Mike Zito, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, R&B, review, rock, Samantha Fish, singer, songwriter
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Gig review: GARY CLARK JR. – Albert Hall, Manchester, 18 June 2019
Gary Clark Jr. is a man out of time, resplendent in battered denim and wide brimmed hat he is the embodiment of the classic blues man. Immediately launching into 2012 single ‘Bright Lights’ and demonstrating deep, smoking guitar chops that … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 June 2019, Albert Hall, blues, blues rock, Gary Clark Jr, gig, Manchester, review
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Album review: INA FORSMAN – Been Meaning To Tell You
Ruf [Release date 25.01.19] ‘Been Meaning To Tell You’ is a challenging cross genre album that suggests Ina Forsman will be a musical force to be reckoned with. The low key vocal and piano intro to the opening ‘Be My … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Been Meaning To Tell You, blues, Chris Maresh, Eartha Kitt, Finnish, funk, Ina Forsman, Kaz kazanoff, Laura Chavez, pop, R&B, Red Young, Samantha Fish, soul, vocals
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Album review: JOOST DE LANGE BAND – Lonesome Wolf
Pete Feenstra chatted to Joost de Lange for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from ‘Lonesome Wolf’. First broadcast 7 July 2019. Self release [Release date 01.03.19] Joost de Lange Band’s ‘Lonesome Wolf’ is a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Belgian, blues, Deep Purple, funk, George Thorogood, grunge, Guido Aalbers, Guisound studio, guitar, interview, Joost de Lange, Joost de lange Band, Lonesome Wolf, Mitchell Goor, power trio, Ramses Donvil, review, rock, Rory Gallagher, Walter Trout
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Quick plays: BEN HEMMING
BEN HEMMING The Devil Beside Me [Release date 31.05.19] ‘Nu-blues’ man Ben Hemming opens his latest release with the impressively broody/ doomy Dead Man Blues which reminds me (strangely) of PJ Harvey circa Bring Your Love To Me. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Hemming, blues, review, roots, singer, songwriter, The Devil Beside Me
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Gig review: VINCENT FLATTS FINAL DRIVE – Kings Head Theatre, London, 7 June 2019
There ‘s something indefinable about the true spirit of rock and rock. And whatever it is, Vincent Flatts Final Drive front man Steve “Bertie” Burton has it in buckets. It’s not just the spontaneous humour, the belligerent phrasing, the way … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, blues, boogie, Captain Beefheart, Edgar Broughton, Frank Zappa, funk, Gary Harper, gig, Joe Louis Walker, Michael Katon, Noddy Holder, review, Rich Shelton, rock, Russ Cook, southern rock, Steve "Bertie" Burton, Texas, Vincent Flatts Final Drive, vocals
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Gig review: ERIC GALES – Nell’s Jazz & Blues, London, 5 June 2019
An evening with Eric Gales is like a rock-blues therapy session. Every song is analysed, the crowd’s response is measured, the autobiographical stories are analytical in nature and the short burst of incendiary guitar are the proof of his God … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Oyster Cult, blues, Byron Carter, electronica, Eric Gales, funk, guitar, hip hop, jazz, Jimi Hendrix, LaDonna Gales, psychedelia, rock
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