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Album review: HOYT BINDER – Prayrie Go Round
Self release [06.11.13] From the opening sustained and hypnotic note of ‘This Is Why’ to the extended violin work out on the closing title track, ‘Prayrie Go Round’ is an adventurous musical journey that meanders its way through multi genres … Continue reading
Album review: RICH ROBINSON – The Ceaseless Sight
The End [Release date 03.06.14] Rich Robinson’s ‘The Ceaseless Sight’ gently washes over you, invites you to immerse yourself in its deep textures and lyrical reflection, leaving you with a gentle uplifting feeling of having shared Rich’s heartfelt feelings and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amy Helm, country rock, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Fleet Foxes, guitar, Jackson Brown, Joe Magistro, Leon Helm, Litte Feat, Marco Benevento, Neil Young, review, Rich Robinson, Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, The Ceaseless Sight
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – August 2014 highlights
August 2014 Highlights More information at the dedicated website Check back here as we add new features throughout the month. All times, BST (GMT+1) Photo: Mark Hughes/MHP Tuesdays 19:00 Pete Feenstra Rock & Blues Pete signposts upcoming and established artists … Continue reading
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Tagged album, August 2014, Bernie Marsden, blues rock, book, Chris Daughtry, Coco Montoya, Ducks Deluxe, feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, guitar, guitarist, interviews, Jethro Tull, Marillion, Martin Barre, radio, Sean Tyla, Shine, Steve Hogarth, The Invisible Man, Tyla Gang, Whitesnake
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Album review: THE PASS OUTS – Dead Technology
Self release [Release date 06.06.14] The Pass Outs hail from Mebourne in Australia, where they have built up a following strong enough to sell out a 250 capacity venue on the launch of their debut album ‘Dead Technology’. A loosely … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Australian rock, Bret Woods, Chris Wahl, David Sirianni, Dead Technology, grunge, guitar, REM, rock, The Edge, The Pass Outs
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Album review: CARL VERHEYEN – Mustang Run
Cranktone Entertainment [Release date 17.03.14] Carl Verheyen is perhaps most familiar as the latter-day-Supertramp guitarist. He’s also had a parallel session and instructional career and ‘Mustang Run’ is an excellent introduction to this quality musician. He’s also enlisted the help … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bill Evans, blues, Carl Verheyen, fusion, Gregg Bissonette, guitar, guitarist, jazz, Jerry Goodman, John Helliwell, Mustang Run, review, Simon Phillips, Stu Hamm, Supertramp
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Album review: JOHN LUTTRELL – The Dream Exchange
www.johnluttrell.com [Release date 15.05.14] In the mid-late 1980s there was a fad for what was termed ‘new age’ music which produced ambient albums in their abundance and presaged the “chill-out” genre a decade later. Some nasty critics likened the genre … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, guitar, guitarist, instrumental, John Luttrell, new age, review, The Dream Exchange
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Album review: BRIAN MAILLARD – Reincarnation
www.brianmaillard.com [Release date: 01.02.14] Brian Mailliard is an accomplished guitarist who came to wider attention with the band Solid Vision and perhaps more widely with the ill-fated if rather good Dominici albums (2005-7) fronted by original Dream Theater vocalist Charlie … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Maillard, Dominici, Dream Theater, fusion, guitar, guitarist, instrumental, Reincarnation, review, rock, Solid Vision, Swiss
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Album review: RICHARD THOMPSON – Acoustic Classics
Beeswing/Proper Records [Release date 21.07.14] Amazingly this is the first acoustic release (excluding live recordings) in over thirty years. This collection of his most famous songs newly recorded in acoustic form provides the perfect accompaniment to his solo acoustic shows. … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Acoustic Classics, album, Fairport Convention, folk, guitar, guitarist, Linda Thompson, review, Richard Thompson
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News: P-A-U-L LAMB and BERNIE MARSDEN featured in weekly rock and blues show (July 2014)
Pete Feenstra Rock & Blues Show, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Tuesday 8 July, 19:00 (P-A-U-L Lamb interview) Tuesday 15 July, 19:00 (Bernie Marsden feature) GRTR! Features Editor Pete Feenstra has recently expanded his weekly rock and blues show by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Marsden, blues, blues rock, Detroit Breakdown, feature, guitar, guitarist, interview, Moody Marsden.Shine, P-A-U-L lamb, radio, rock, Whitesnake
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Album review: FRANK ZAPPA – Puttin’ On The Ritz
Gold Fish [Release date 02.06.14] Good news, bad news. Available on CD for the first time, ‘Puttin’ On The Ritz’ is a brilliant Zappa concert, described by Guitar Player magazine as the: ‘Best Concert Ever By … Continue reading
Album review: ERIC JOHNSON – Europe Live
Provogue [Release date 23.06.14] It’s 28 years since Eric Johnson’s head turning ‘Tones’ album and his signature tone remains a primary concern on the excellent ‘Europe Live’. It’s an album that showcases his exciting flowing style and pushes fusion tinged … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Chris Maresh, Eric Johnson, Europe Live, fusion, guitar, John Coltrane, review, Wayne Salzmann
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Album Review: IAN SIEGAL – Man & Guitar
Nugene Records [out now] Bluesman Ian Siegal is building a stout reputation. Emerging into the conscience of mainstream blues around 03-04 with some high profile tours, he has gone on to garner a clutch of blues Hall of Fame awards … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, guitar, guitarist, Ian Siegal, live, Man & Guitar, review, rock
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Book review: HENRY YATES AND WALTER TROUT – Rescued From Reality: The Life And Times of Walter Trout
MLG Publishing [Release date: 02.06.14] ‘Rescued From Reality’ is significantly subtitled ‘The Life And Times Of Walter Trout’. Compared to most anodyne biographies, Trout’s story is the real deal. It includes a very uncompromising account of rock & roll excess … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Mamma Thornton, blues, Bluesbreakers, book review, Canned Heat, Coco Montoya, Deacon Jones, Duke Ellington, guitar, Henry Yates, Jimmy Trapp, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Marie Trout, Rescued From Reality, rock, Walter Trout, Wilmont Mews
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Interview with JOHN ILLSLEY (Dire Straits) – 1 June 2014
John Illsley was a founder member, bass player and contributing vocalist to the 120 million album selling Dire Straits, until the group dissolved in 1995. Since then, he’s enjoyed a sporadic four album solo career, established himself as a painter … Continue reading
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Tagged Creek Touring & Records, Dire Straits, guitar, Guy Fletcher, interview, J.J. Cale, John Illsley, June 2014, Leonard Cohen, Mark Knopfler, Phil Palmer, Pick Withers, Robbie McIntosh, songwriting, Testing The Water, Tom Jones
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Gig review: COCO MONTOYA – Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, 22 May 2014
There are great blues players and then there is Coco Montoya. He’s a purveyor of a historic blues lineage that stretches back to his formative years with Albert Collins, but he transforms it into his own exciting blues hybrid, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, blues, Brant Leeper, Coco Montoya, funk, gig review, guitar, Laurence Jones, Nate Brown, Renee Beevers, soul, Walter Trout
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Gig review: JEFF BECK – Birmingham Symphony Hall, 20 May 2014
In my research recently for an interview with Steve Lukather I came across a 1986 video of him performing at a Japanese festival with Carlos Santana and Jeff Beck. Luke is arguably the least recognisable now, the poodle perm long … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 May 2014, Birmingham, fusion, gig, guitar, guitarist, Jeff Beck, Nicolas Meier, review, Rhonda Smith, rock, Symphony Hall
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Album review : WALTER TROUT – The Blues Came Callin’
Provogue [release date 02.06.14] The thing that distinguishes Walter Trout from his peers isn’t just his big tone, his passionate solos, his stagecraft or his distinguished career in the blues-rock field, but simply the fact he’s always searched for meaning … Continue reading
Album review : TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON – Angels of the Apocalypse
Frontiers [Release date 16.05.14] It doesn’t seem five minutes since Timo Tolkki released “The Land Of New Hope” and now he’s back with the next instalment under his Avalon moniker. Timo has come up with a bonkers storyline where “The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angels Of the Apocalypse, Epica, Floor Jansen, guitar, guitarist, Nightwish, power metal, review, Simone Simons, Stratovarious, Timo Tolkki's Avalon
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News: STEVE LUKATHER chats to GRTR!
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio: “The Guitarists” Sunday 18 May, 22:00 GMT (repeated Mon 19 and Fri 23, 22:00 GMT) Legendary guitarist Steve Lukather chats about his career, including sessions, solo and Toto. GRTR!’s David Randall caught up with him … Continue reading
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Tagged All Starr Band, career, guitar, guitarist, interview, Live In Poland, May 2014, radio, Ringo Starr, session, Solo, Steve Lukather, Toto
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Album review : NEAL SCHON – So U
Frontiers [release date 19.05.14] When the record label description uses the words “unique” and “jazz and blues-inspired” in the promotional material the alarm bells started ringing in my head. Blues I can live with but Jazz… Neal Schön (what’s with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Deen Castronova, fusion, guitar, guitarist, Jazz rock, Journey, Marco Mendoza, Neal Schon, review, rock, Santana, So U
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Gig Review: DAVE DAVIES – The Barbican, London, 12 April 2014
Given Dave Davies current spiritual bent, he’s probably a firm believer in karma. And it is that principle of causality that works for him at The Barbican tonight, a venue not totally unfamiliar with rock music, but still lacking any … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Davies, gig, guitar, Ray Davies, review, rock, Teddy Freese, The Jigsaw Seen, The Kinks, The Move, Tom Currier
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Album review: COEN WOLTERS BAND – Illumination
Crying Tone [Release date 20.01.14] Coen Wolters motto is, ‘let it rip and don’t be shy about it’. ‘Illumination’ is a hard hitting, well played and produced slice of funky tinged acid blues-rock. It’s an album that blows away the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blind Dog Smokin, blues, Coen Wolters, guitar, Illumination, Lance Johnson, Oli Brown, review, rock, Stoney Curtis, The Hoax
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Album review: JOHNNY WINTER – True To The Blues
Sony 4-disc set [Release date 24.02.14] In a year that sees the legendary blues guitarist – John Dawson Winter III – reach septuagenarian status, a 4-disc retrospective befitting of his stature. From the late-1960s, Winter has been influencing his peers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, box set, compilation, concert, Dan hartman, Derek Trucks, guitar, guitarist, Johnny Winter, live, Muddy Waters, review, Rick Derringer, True To The Blues
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News: Eric Rivers of Swedish melodic hard rockers H.E.A.T. – interview on Sunday 16 March 2014
Sunday 16 March 2014, 22:00 GMT Get Ready to ROCK! Radio ERIC RIVERS of H.E.A.T. Swedish melodic hard rockers H.E.A.T. release their fourth album on 14 April 2014 via earMUSIC. The band’s guitarist Eric Rivers chats to David Randall about … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 March 2014, Eric Rivers, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, guitar, guitarist, H.E.A.T., hard rock, HEAT, interview, melodic, radio, Sweden, Tearing Down The Walls
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Gig review: CAMEL – Parr Hall, Warrington, 13 March 2014
Andy Latimer talks about the second leg of the UK tour. An edited version of this interview – which featured in a two-part special on our radio station – is now available as a podcast More information If we had … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 March 2014, Andy Latimer, Camel, gig, guitar, guitarist, Kayak, Parr Hall, prog, progressive, review, rock, Ton Scherpenzeel, Warrington
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