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News: ERJA LYYTINEN – UK tour starts 18 March and new album

Pete Feenstra chatted to Erja Lyytinen in March 2016 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. A further interview is available via Mixcloud (September 2017) with tracks from then current album ‘Stolen Hearts’. Award winning Finnish guitarist Erja Lyytinen will release … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Another World, blues rock, Erja Lyytinen, Finland, gigs, guitar, guitarist, March 2019, rock, Tour, uk
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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Stolen Hearts

Tuohi Records [Release date 07.04.17] Given the rigorously defined nature of the blues scene in some people’s eyes, Erja Lyytinen probably wouldn’t thank anyone for suggesting that over the course of the last few years she’s become a beacon on a … Continue reading
Gig review: RECKLESS LOVE – The Garage, Highbury, London, 11 December 2014

Colourful Finnish glam metal revivalists Reckless Love have built quite a following in England despite a paucity of mainstream rock media coverage, and indeed the house full signs were up as I arrived at the Garage for the last stop of … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Finland, gig, glam rock, Hessu Maxx, Jerne Valle, melodic rock, Olli Herman, Pepe, Reckless Love
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Album review : DOG DAYS REVOLUTION – Overloaded

Turenki Records (Release date – out now) Rock ‘n’ Roll and Finland have long gone hand in hand for some reason, maybe it’s the long dark nights? The latest addition to Finland’s rock heritage are Dog … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged AC/DC, album, CD, Dog Days Revolution, Finland, Overloaded, review, rock
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Album review: BEN GRANFELT – Melodic Relief

Supersounds Music [Release date 02.11.12] Ben Granfelt used to partner Andy Powell in Wishbone Ash and it’s no surprise that fellow Finn (and former bandmate in Gringos Locos) Muddy Manninen and Powell contribute to one track, ‘New 7’. It may … Continue reading