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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
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Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
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Album review: Catfish – Exile – Live In Lockdown

Self release [Release date 01.12.20] With their first gig in 5 months, with no rehearsals, a new drummer in Kev Hickman and just their own frisson to feed the adrenalin for a live stream, Catfish join the ranks of bands … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Pyke, album review, blues, Catfish, Exile-Live In Lockdown, grunge, guitar, Joe Bonamassa, Kev Hickman, live album, Matt Long, Paul Long, rock, The Hoax
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Quick plays: AUTUMN’S CHILD, ALABAMA SLIM, LONELY THE BRAVE

AUTUMN’S CHILD Angel’s Gate AOR Heaven [Release date 26.02.21] Mikael Erlandsson used to release albums like clockwork (every January) with Last Autumn’s Dream and now his new band Autumn’s Child are back with album number two, a year after the … Continue reading
Album review: HENRIK FREISCHLADER – Missing Pieces

Cable Car Records [Release date 04.12.20] Henrik Freischlader returns with ‘Missing Pieces’ another exquisitely woven blues album full of restrained playing, whispered sprechgesang and deep blues. The album title could almost refer to his own artistry, which though full of musical … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, blues, Caroline Sandmayer, funk, guitar, Henrik Freischlader, Marco Zügner, Missing Pieces, review, Roman Babik
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Album review: MARK VENNIS & A DIFFERENT PLACE – Fighting On All Fronts

Cadiz Music [Release date 27.11.20] Moviehouse MD and modern day renaissance man, Mark Vennis, fresh from producing acclaimed documentary, Rebel Dread, has just released his third album, Fighting On All Fronts. It’s an album Vennis recorded primarily with long time … Continue reading
EP review: HM JOHNSEN – Serenity

EP link [Release date 27.11.20] Norwegian singer songwriter HM Johnsen certainly has an interesting backstory as his 2017 debut album ‘Chased’ was funded by a small community in western Norway, which allowed the album to be mastered at Abbey Road. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, alt rock, blues, EP, HM Johnsen, jazz, melodic, review, Serenity, singer songwriter
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Album review: RICH YOUNG – Nonsense of the Heart

North Star Music [04.09.20] We often miss the big picture whilst staring directly at one aspect. In that way we may see a particularly bright colour whilst failing to notice the multitude of hues that also make up the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amerciana, blues, folk, Nonsense of the Heart, review, Rich Young, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: KEVIN BROWN – Six Strings And A Dream

Pete Feenstra chatted to Kevin Brown for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 6 December 2020. Doodah Records [Release date 18.11.20] Kevin Brown’s ‘Strings and A Dream’ is a reminder that somewhere in between the avalanche of PR … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Charlie Patton, guitarist, Howlin Wolf, interview, Jackson Brown, JJ Cale, Joe Boyd, Kevin Brown, Mark Knopfler, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, review, Ry Cooder, Six Strings And A Dream, Son House, Willie Brown
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Album review: STORM WARNING – Different Horizons

Lightnin’ Fingers [Release date 06.11.20] Different Horizons is that rare thing, a finely honed mature album by a heritage rock- band, full of spark, creativity and inspired playing. It’s an adventurous rock album with an enveloping wall of sound, salient prog … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bob Moore, David Gilmour, Derek White, Different Horizons, guitar, Ian Salisbury, jazz, Mark Knopfler, Martin Atkinson, Pink Floyd, prog, review, Robert Cray, rock, Rory Gallagher, Russ Chaney, Storm Warning, Stuart Maxwell
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Album Review: KING KING – Maverick

Channel 9 Music [Release date 06.11.20] With a second lockdown, miserable British weather and little sign of something vaguely resembling normality returning any time soon a new King King album is probably just the antidote we need. Driving rhythms, fat … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, album, blues, blues rock, King King, Maverick, melodic, review, rock, Sreve Nimmo
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Album review: MUDDY MANNINEN – River Flows

Pete Feenstra chatted to Muddy Manninen about the album ‘River Flows’ for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 8 November 2020. (45:38) Presence Records [Release date 23.10.20] Muddy Manninen’s ‘River Flows’ is an aptly titled album that has a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Captain Beefheart, Chris Melhuish, Frank Zappa, Free, funk, fusion, Gregg Sutton, Gregory Wilson-Cobb, guitar, Hipkiss, Ian Harris, interview, Jerry Soffe, Kev Moore, Little Feat, Long Player, Lowell George, Mark Butler, Melanie Denard, Muddy Manninen, review, Richard Johnson, River Flows, Robin Trower, rock, Shaun Murphy, Simon Kirke, soul, Tom Gilkes, Tomi Malm, Wishbone Ash, Wolfman
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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – The Rhythm of Love and Dysfunction

Website [Release date 20.09.20] The Livesays are a five-piece rock band fronted by the band’s namesake singer/songwriter/guitarist Billy Livesay, who spent 12 years performing, recording and touring with E-Streeter Clarence Clemons’ band Temple of Soul. Drummer Howard Goldberg was a … Continue reading
Album review: DORIS BRENDEL & LEE DUNHAM – Mass Hysteria

Sky Rocket Records [Release date 01.09.20] A new Doris Brendel album is a bit like Christmas coming early. That moment when your Aunty Doris invites you to dip blindfold into a tub of Quality Street, only to discover she’s mixed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, art rock, blues, Doris Brendel, Lee Dunham, Mass Hysteria, pop rock, progressive, review
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Album review: IKER PIRIS & HIS DUAL ELECTRAS – Electra

El Toro Records Spanish bluesman Iker Piris releases his debut album with the Dual Electras – Abdell B. Bop (upright bass) and Andy Martin (drums). Piris has previously released a solo album and been involved with various blues artists in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, boogie, Electra, guitarist, Iker Piris, review, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: GEOFF EVERETT BAND – Swamp Frog

Facebook [Release date 12.08.20] It was only a matter of time before Kent’s-own blues aficionado, Geoff Everett, got deep and dirty in the Garden of England, disappeared into the swampland and emerged with a gunny sack full of lush slide-dripping … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Geoff Everett Band, guitarist, review, rock, Swamp Frog
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020

Of course it’s trivial compared to those who have lost loved ones or their own livelihoods, but one of the biggest effects of the Coronavirus pandemic has been cutting live music dead in its tracks. Having been to over 80 … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Blues Band, Eel Pie, Gary Fletcher, gig, Nick Ritchie, singer songwriter
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Album review: MIKE ROSS – The Clovis Limit, Pt 2

Taller Records (Release date: 30.10.20) Talented Brighton-based blues/americana merchant Mike Ross is back with a follow up to last year’s ‘The Clovis Limit, Pt 1’. Durham-born Ross has been a busy chap, releasing albums in each of the last three … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, country, Mike Ross, The Clovis Limit
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Rising Stars: HM JOHNSEN

HM Johnsen is an experimental Indie/Rock Artist from Norway– a singer-songwriter who embraces many styles whilst still managing to stay true to himself and his musical and lyrical vision. On September 4 he released his latest single ‘Stay Within Range’ … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rising Stars
Tagged blues, EP, HM Johnsen, indie, interview, Rising Stars, rock, Serenity, single, Stay Within Range
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