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Album review: KELLI BAKER – Mother
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 13.11.26] ‘Mother’ is a well honed and passionately sung conceptual rock-blues debut album from a New York based, Arizona raised vocalist, who makes the most of some cross-genre impulses to broach funk, soul and Americana. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, beth Hart, blues, Bonnie Raitt, Dana Fuchs, funk, Keb Mo, Kelli Baker, Layla Zoe, Mother, Noé Socha, Peter Levin, Pink Floyd, review, rock, Sari Shorr, Sass Jordan, soul, Susan Tedeschi, Teresa James, The McCrary Sisters, Zach Allen
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Album review: ADAM SWEET – Mortuary Blues
Mortuary Music [Release date 02.10.26] Adam Sweet’s 3rd album ‘Mortuary Blues’ (he’s also released 2 EP’s), is a well crafted roots rock album which straddles classic rock, blues, funk and occasional hints of Nashville. The album title is not the … Continue reading
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Tagged ADAM SWEET, album, Alex Hart, Bad Company, blues, Deep Purple, funk, Gary Kroll, Hugh Moffatt, Jas Scott, Mortuary Blues, Neil Young, Paddy Blight, Phoebe Little, review, rock, roots, southern rock, Steve Stills, Thomas Hughes
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Album review: SHOGUN MOJO
Frontiers [Release date: 30.10.26] Here’s an unlikely coupling. Tommy Thayer KISS guitarist since 2002 and Dan Reed from Dan Reed Network. The common denominator seems to be their geographic origins: Portland, Oregon. To these ears it’s like another Dan Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk, funk rock, hard rock, Kiss, review, Shogun Mojo, Tommy Thayer
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Album review: DAVE PACKHAM – The Wedding Dance
Self release [Release date 11.04.25] Dave Packham is a singer song writer based in Shoreham-by-Sea East Sussex, who uses emotional turmoil as creative energy, on an album that I somehow overlooked on its release well over a year ago. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Mead, Dave Packham, David Coomber, funk, Julian Tardo, Monophonics, Nick Drake, R&B, review, rock, roots, soul, The Wedding Dance
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Foreign Tongues
Polydor [Release date 10.07.26] I know, I know, I can’t give six stars. Well in that case this definitely gets a big cheeky bombastic five. Kicking off with ‘Rough And Twisted’ the B-side of the first single ‘In The Stars’, … Continue reading
Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 10.07.26] Which came first the music or the album title? Either way, ‘Grits & Glory’ is an excellent rock-blues record forged by the sort of perseverance, determination and will to succeed alluded to in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, album, Bill Murray, blues, British blues, Cliff Moore, Dave Gross, funk, Graham Wood Drout, Grits & Glory, John Lennon, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Mike Zito, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Hangen, review, rock, soul
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Album review : BURNING ROPE – Dissolution
Self Release [Release date : 29.05.26] ‘Dissolution’ is an album which diligently works its way round the theme of broken relationships, with plenty of musical variety (rock, prog, funk and blues), tough riffs and emotionally honest songs. It’s a notable … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, Adam Pyke, album, Alex Voysey, blues, Burning Rope, Dissolution, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, funk, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, Mitch Weaving, Paul Long, prog, review, rock, Stray
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Album review : THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Live At Hotel Cecil
Provogue Records [Release date 19.06.26] Recorded in their home town of Copenhagen, Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado’s ‘Live At Hotel Cecil’ is a superb album on which they reclaim blues as exciting, lyrically strong and musically adventurous. They draw on … Continue reading
Album review: SCOTT ARCHIBALD the id project – Sol Caravan
Bandcamp [Release date 05.12.25] ‘Sol Caravan’ is a ground breaking debut album by Scott Archibald’s the id project which strikes the perfect balance between jam band interplay, rock related intensity, subliminal percussive rhythms and timeless musical traditions. It’s a conceptually … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, Arthur DeCossette, Dan Neale, Frank Zappa, funk, fusion, Gong rock, Haleshla, Hawkwind, Howard Gill, Jam, jazz, John Baggot, Jukka Virri, Justin Adams, Maghreb, Mouna Eddrou, Pierre Moerlen, psych, review, rock, Scott Archibald, Simon Webster, Steve Evans, theidproject, trance
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Album review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD – Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues
Alligator Records [Release date 27.03.26] Selwyn Birchwood’s ‘Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues’ is everything you want from a contemporary blues album. It’s a well crafted, emotively sung and self produced masterpiece from a young blues artist who explores deeply felt, socially … Continue reading
Gig review: EMERALD MOON – Le Marquee, Peyrignac, Dordogne, SW France, 7 March 2026
Emerald Moon is an impressive French retro rock band with unashamed 70’s antecedents, sprinkled with elements of Classic Rock, rock-blues and harmony guitar arrangements which owe much to Thin Lizzy and even Wishbone Ash. They also employ a funky undertow … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Wilson, Anthony Prudent, beth Hart, blues, Blues Pills, classic rock, Dana Fuchs, Deep Purple, Dordogne, Emerald Moon, Fabrice Dutour, funk, Heart, Laurent Falso, Le Marquee, Leif De Leeuw Band, live, Michaal Benjelloun, Pat Benatar, review, rock, Susan Tedeschi, Thin Lizzy, Vanessa Di Mauro, Wishbone Ash
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News: Albums of the Month (October-December 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
Album review: CYTRUS – Duality
www.cytrusband.com [Release date 14.11.25] Cytrus are described as a psychedelic funk band, so the listener might immediately think of Parliament or more specifically Funkadelic, purveyors of the genre since 1968. This eight-piece band from Seattle are actually far more accessible … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cytrus, Duality, funk, Progressive Rock, psychedelic, Psychedelic Rock, review
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Album review: LETTUCE – Cook
(Lettuce Records) [Release date 03.12.25] As we mentioned in earlier reviews U.S. jazz-funksters Lettuce are firmly rooted in the late-sixties/seventies when artists such as James Brown/Maceo Parker and Tower of Power held sway. With the popularity of disco in the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cook, funk, jazz funk, Lettuce, R&B, review
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Album review : THE MEL OUTSIDER REFORMATION – Mel Goes Funky
Planet Records UK [Release date : 26.09.25] The 8 piece Mel Outsider Reformation is one of the most potent and original big band outfits in the UK. Their music is riff driven, exhilarative and has a jam like quality. It’s … Continue reading
Gig review: SANANDA MAITREYA – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 November 2025
Sananda Maitreya, formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby, returned to the UK stage after a long hiatus, bringing his eclectic blend of soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia to a devoted London crowd. With a career spanning over three decades, this … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 November 2025, funk, gig, London, melodic, pop, psychedelic, review, rock, Sananda Maitreya, Shepherd's Bush Empire, soul, Terence Trent D’Arby, the Sugar Plum Pharaohs
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Album review: STEVE MORSE BAND – Triangulation
Music Theories Recordings [Release date 14.10.25] Steve Morse Band’s ‘Triangulation’ is a complex, intense and yet accessible virtuosic album which successfully evokes the conceptual ‘Triangulation’ album title. The ‘triangulation’ concept refers to geographically pinpointing your exact location at a specific … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dave LaRue, Dixie Dreggs, Eric Johnson, Flying Colors, funk, fusion, instrumental, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Petrucci, Kevin Morse, King Crimson, prog, review, Robert Fripp, rock, Scott Sim, Steve Morse, Steve Morse Band, Triangulation, Van Romaine
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Album review: STRAPPS – Bound For Glory (Complete Recordings 1976-1979)
Cherry Red Records [Release date: 19.09.25] Strapps were a late 70s band with a wonderful straight ahead rock sound, and a raunchy (some said misogynistic) image. They formed in 1975 when former Episode 6 and Quatermass drummer Mick Underwood teamed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bound For Glory, box set, Complete Recordings 1976-1979, funk, Gillan, hard rock, Mick Underwood, review, rock, Strapps
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Album review: MAY THE MUSE – No Please, Yes Thank You
Bandcamp [Release date: 27.06.25] American/German singer/songwriter Désirée Mishoe who records under the name of May the Muse, has released an intriguing debut album full of musical variety. The album is produced by Justin Hawkins, who also plays most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, funk, Justin Hawkins, May the Muse, melodic, No Please, pop, review, rock, The Darkness, Yes Thank You
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Album review : CARL BALDASSARRE – Deep Grooves
CB Music [Release date : 12.09.25] You have to admire Carl Baldassarre’s honesty for treating this self produced album as an academic exercise rather than a labour of love, although love of music of whatever stripe is clearly his motivation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Baldassarre, funk, Jacob Dupre, Kool and the Gang, Nick D’Virgilio, review, Sly Stone, soul, Stevie Wonder
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Gig review: STEVIE WONDER – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, 12 July 2025
(Photo: Isha Shah) Legend of soul, songwriter of countless hits, but why you may ask is Stevie Wonder being reviewed in a website dedicated to rock music? Well, many of the top singers in our world, from Glenn Hughes to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 July 2025, British Summer Time, BST, Corinne Bailey Rae, festival, funk, gig, Hyde Park, London, soul, Stevie Wonder
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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Black & Gold
Pete Feenstra chatted to Joanne Shaw Taylor for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 31 August 2025. Journeyman Records [Release date 06.06.25] ‘Black & Gold’ is Joanne Shaw Taylor’s 10th album and it’s a defining roots rock release, as … Continue reading
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Tagged .Sav Madigan, album, Americana, Black & Gold, blues, funk, guitarist, interview, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kevin Shirley, Nashville, Philip Whitfield, review, Rick Ocasek, rock, singer, songwriter, the Cars, The Faces
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Album review: THE DAVIDSON TRIO – Cougar
Self Release [Release date: 14.03.25] The Davidson Trio’s ‘Cougar’ is a booming, well crafted, hard rock and blues album with a funky soulful heart. It’s a winning combination of timeless songs, great playing and ‘live in the studio’ organic feel. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barry White, Ben Bicknell, blues, Cougar, Ellis Brown, funk, Gary Moore, Glenn Hughes, Joe Walsh, Owen Davidson, review, rock, Rumour, The Davidson Trio, Trapeze, Uli Jon Roth
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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Smell The Roses
Pete Feenstra chatted to Erja for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 4 May 2025. Tuohi [Release date 28.03.25] ‘Smell The Roses’ is a refreshingly groundbreaking rock album that burst … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, classic rock, Erja Lyytinen, funk, guitar, John Bonham, John Fogerty, production, review, rock, Smell The Roses
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Gig review: MATT PEARCE AND THE MUTINY /JACK J HUTCHINSON – The Grace, London, 12 April 2025
There are so many musicians out there who are not household names, but significantly talented and with a love of their trade and a desire to bring their music to the people. Two who impressed me in the last year … Continue reading
