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Feature: Gigs of the Millennium – ROCK FEST 2003, Wisconsin, USA

Andy Nathan has caused much teeth-gnashing and fist-clenching amongst the GRTR! team with his enviable sorties to the States sometimes taking in a couple of festivals in one visit. These include Summerfest and Moondance Jam. Here he recounts a particularly … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, FEATURES, Gigs of the Millennium
Tagged .38 Special, 2003, Alice Cooper, Boston, Def Leppard, Dokken, Eddie Money, festival, Firehouse, gig, gig of the millennium, Grand Funk Railroad, Heart, Jackyl, Loverboy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, melodic rock, Night Ranger, Rick Springfield, Rock Fest, Sammy Hagar, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Wisconsin
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Album review: STONEWIRE – Life As We Know It

Independent [Release date 01.11.19] Step aside Anne and Nancy, there’s a new Favorite Bitch in town – big-lunged Sky Hunter and her cohorts who testify as StoneWire and they kick up one helluva sandstorm. This is an outstanding album of … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, debut, hard rock, Heart, Life As We Know It, review, rock, Sky Hunter, StoneWire
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Album review: ANN WILSON – Immortal

BMG [Release date 14.09.18] One of the most gifted female rock singers of her generation, Immortal sees Heart’s Ann Wilson continue her dalliance with cover versions – a journey she began on her last solo outing Hope & Glory (2007). … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Covers, Heart, Immortal, pop, review, singer, soft rock, songwriter
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Album review: ROADCASE ROYALE – First Things First (Nancy Wilson, Liv Warfield)

Loud & Proud Records [Release date 22.09.17] When the first track released by Roadcase Royale was circulating earlier this year it became an instant favourite on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and bode well for the band’s debut album. ‘Get … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, AOR, First Things First, Heart, Liv Warfield, Nancy Wilson, Prince, R&B, review, Roadcase Royale, rock, Ryan Waters, soul
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Album review: HEART – Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Eagle Records [Release date 25.11.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Call me Mr. Cynical. Heart announced their first UK dates since 2004 and we all waited in eager anticipation. Come the actual tour, we saw them in Manchester and noted the criminally short one … Continue reading
Album review: HEART – Beautiful Broken

UMC [Release date 08.07.16] Heart’s sixteenth studio album is their first since Fanatic (2012) and finds the Wilson sisters serving up a mix of old, new, and borrowed material with Metallica’s James Hetfield duetting with Ann Wilson on the title … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, AOR, Beautiful Broken, hard rock, Heart, melodic rock, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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Gig review: HEART – O2 Apollo, Manchester – 30 June 2016

In 2014 GRTR!’s David Randall chatted to Ann Wilson about her influences and Heart (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 23 March 2014) One of the the main trends in the topsy-turvy music industry in the past 10 … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged 30 June 2016, Ann Wilson, AOR, FM, gig review, hard rock, Heart, interview, Manchester, Nancy Wilson, O2 Apollo, rock, Steve Overland
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Album review: EPIC – Like A Phoenix

Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 22.04.16] Never judge a book (or in this case CD) by its cover, as the band’s name Epic and cover artwork on this album may have you expecting a power or melodic metal album. It … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, epic, Escape Music, Heart, Like A Phoenix, melodic, review, rock, Witness
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News: QUEEN, TNT, HEART – Sunday 4 January 2015

Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ moves up to number 42 in the UK album charts this week following their New Year’s Eve gig with Adam Lambert. The album has now chalked up 501 weeks in the UK album charts. Vocalist Tony Harnell … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Band Entrees & Exits, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Adam Lambert, classic rock, gigs, Heart, news, Queen, Tour
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Album review: HEART & FRIENDS – Home For The Holidays

Frontiers [Release date 10.11.14] www.frontiers.it I am not normally a fan of these seasonal type efforts, particularly if they have been recorded in June, and even worse if it is somewhere warm and sunny like the Bahamas (a la most … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Christmas, Frontiers, Heart, Home for The Holidays, Pat Monahan, review, Richard Marx, Sammy Hagar, seasonal, Shawn Colvin, Train
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News: ANN WILSON (Heart) Interview Special, Sunday 23 March 2014 – Get Ready to ROCK! Radio

Ann Wilson of the band Heart is the subject in the latest Songwriters special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this hour-long feature David Randall tracks the history of the band, chatting to Ann about her career and playing … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged 23 March 2014, Ann Wilson, AOR, feature, hard rock, Heart, interview, melodic rock, radio, special
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Album review: HEART – Magazine (Hybrid SACD)

Audio Fideltiy [Release date 18.03.14] Heart’s album ‘Magazine’ had a chequered history. After the initial success with ‘Dreamboat Annie’ the band fell out with the small label Mushroom Records. A legal dispute ensued as they tried to get out of … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues
Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Audio Fidelity, Heart, Magazine, Nancy Wilson, reissue, review, rock, SACD
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Album review: HEART – Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum

Ann Wilson chats about her career in the Songwriters series, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 23 March, 13:00 GMT. More information Frontiers Records (CD and DVD Deluxe Edition) [Release date 24.02.14] Heart’s 15th studio album, Fanatic, released in October … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged album, Ann Wilson, AOR, CD, DVD, Fanatic Live At Caesars Colosseum, Heart, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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Album review: SAMMY HAGAR & FRIENDS – S/T

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Sammy Hagar has had an amazing career when you look back at it from Montrose, through to Van Halen, coupled with a successful solo career and more recently the supergroup Chickenfoot. This album with all its guests … Continue reading
Gig review: HEART, JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE – Toronto, Canada, 23 July 2013

Molston Canadian Amphitheatre While Heart came to the attention of the majority of UK fans for their big power ballads and soft focus videos in the eighties, the band prefer to see themselves in their earlier guise in which, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Wilson, Canada, gig, Heart, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Molston Canadian Amphitheatre, Nancy Wilson, review, Toronto
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HEART – Fanatic

What the hell are Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson on? The Lance Armstrong performance enhancement programme? It must be something with one hell of a kick, because they just aren’t sticking to the script. Artists who’ve been treading boards … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Fanatic, Heart, music, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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Bad Company, Heart, Big Country & more tour dates

HEART Fri 06/29/12 Saint Paul, MN Myth Fri 07/06/12 Hammond, IN The Venue At Horseshoe Casino Fri 07/20/12 New Lenox, IL New Lennox Commons @ Moondance Jam Sat 07/21/12 Walker, MN Moondance Events Thu 07/26/12 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE Fri … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Bad Company, Big Country, Feeder, Heart, Mike & the Mechanics
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