-
-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders". The search will also be slower.
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the artist or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Switch site
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Latest Album Reviews
-
Album review : DEAR MR.FANTASY Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic (2cd+DVD remaster)
-
Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Smell The Roses
-
Album review : RUSS BALLARD – Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired (2CDs)
-
Album review: PYLON POETS – Demise of the Divine
-
Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Money & Power
-
Album review : HAREM SCAREM – Chasing Euphoria
-
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: JOHN REILLY AND LEWIS NIKITMAN- Crazy Coqs, London, 16 April 2025
-
Gig review: THEA GILMORE – Nantwich Civic Hall, 17 April 2025
-
Gig review: MATT PEARCE AND THE MUTINY /JACK J HUTCHINSON- The Grace, London, 12 April 2025
-
Gig review: SWEET – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 April 2025
-
Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER- The Garage, London, 28 March 2025
-
Gig review: SOUTH OF SALEM – Thekla, Bristol, 27 March 2025
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Album review : BRIX SMITH and MARTY WILLSON-PIPER – Lost Angeles
-
Album review: CINDERELLA – The Mercury Years
-
Album review: MARIANNE FAITHFULL – Negative Capability
-
Album review: STATUS QUO – The Vinyl Collection 1972-1980
-
Album review: WALTER TROUT – Battle Scars
-
Album review: BETH HART – Live From New York: Front And Center (CD/DVD)
-
-
Features
-
Interviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
-
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Tag Archives: Ed Clarke
Album review: BRAVE RIVAL- Fight or Flight

Independent (Release Date 16.08.24) Brave Rival have become one of my favourite live bands over the past 18 months, with brilliant dual female vocals, excellent musicianship and a warm hearted stage show. 2022’s impressive debut album ‘Life’s Machine’ was … Continue reading
Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Thames Side Brewery, Staines,18 February 2024

One of my biggest discoveries of 2023 was Brave Rival (a belated one, I know, as this website first marked them as a band to watch in 2019). I saw them three times during the year but the one that … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick
Leave a comment
Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Tropic at Ruislip, London, 5 March 2023

In an ever more crowded field of new acts, particularly in the world of blues rock, it is hard to sort out the exceptional talent from the merely good. As a shortcut through this minefield, I tend to rely on … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick, Tropic at Ruislip
Leave a comment