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Album review: LAYLA ZOE – Nowhere Left To Go

Pete Feenstra chatted to Layla Zoe for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast Sunday 27 December 2020. Self Release [Release date 08.01.21] Layla Zoe is back with ‘Nowhere Left To Go’, her 15th album in 15 years. And though … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged Alastair Greene, album, Bob Fridzema, Brandi Disterheft, Greg Sonnenberg, Guy Smeets, interview, Jackie Venson, James Stephens, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page, Layla Zoe, Neil Young, Nowhere Left To Go, review, Suzie Vinnick, vocal
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Feature: Albums that time forgot – VOODOO RAMBLE – That’s Why

Self Release [Release date 31.08.18] We’re currently in lockdown as I write this review. And having been encouraged to pen some reviews of albums that we may have missed for review – but have certainly played – there’s no better … Continue reading
Posted in Albums that time forgot, All Posts, FEATURES
Tagged album, Billy F. Gibbons, blues, boogie, Boris Dugi-Novacki, Boris Zamba, Captain Beefheart, Croatia, Drago Smokrovic Smokva. The Fig, funk, Gary Moore, gospel, Hrvoje Kralj, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Mario Klaric, Memphis International Blues Challenge, Memphis soul, Nikola Fabijanić, review, rock, soul, southern rock, Steve Winwood, That's Why, Voodoo Ramble, Walter Trout, ZZZ Top
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Album review: JIMMY PAGE & FRIENDS – Tribute To Alexis Korner

The Store For Music (released 6.12.19) Dubbed “The Godfather of British Blues”, Alexis Korner died, aged 55, on the first day of the year, 1984. His influence was felt by many. Without him, Fifties rock’n’roll in the UK would not … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues
Tagged album, blues, Charlie Watts, guitarist, Jack Bruce, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Paul Jones, review, rock, Tribute To Alexis Korner
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Interview: VINCE CONTARINO (Led Zeppelin Masters)

Marking fifty years since the release of Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album – and its follow-up, ‘Led Zeppelin II’ – Australia’s Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters will return to the UK for ten-dates in April 2019 as part of their … Continue reading
Album review: BERT JANSCH – Such A Simple Soul

BMG [Release date 26.10.18] The exquisitely talented Bert Jansch, the former Pentangle guitarist who died in 2011, has been inspiring musicians for decades – from Jimmy Page and Paul Simon to Johnny Marr and Graham Coxon. Indeed, it was another … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Bernard Butler, Bert Jansch, compilation, folk, Jimmy Page, Paul Simon, Pentangle, review, singer songwriter, Such A Simple Soul, Suede
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – British Blues Explosion Live

Provogue [Release date 18.05.18] ‘British Blues Explosion Live’ is the latest conceptual vehicle for the prodigiously talented Joe Bonamassa and his constant search for a meaningful context with which to keep the blues alive. Playing to a seated outdoor crowd … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alvin Lee, Anton Fig, blues, Bluesbreakers, British Blues Explosion Live, Cream, Eric Clapton, Free, George Harrison, guitar, Ian Anderson, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, John Martyn, Led Zeppelin, Liverpool, Reese Wynans, review, Robert Plant, rock, Rod Stewart, Rory Gallagher, Russ Irwin, Steve Winwood, The Cavern, The Yardbirds
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DVD review: JEFF BECK – Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story

Eagle Vision [Release date 18.05.18] The guitarist’s guitarist, Jeff Beck has been getting new notes and sounds out of his six strings since his rise to fame in the mid 60s, and this DVD tells the story, from comparing record … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged blues, classic rock, Cozy Powell, David Gilmour, DVD, Eagle, funk, fusion, guitarist, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, launch event, rock, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Still On The Run, The Yardbirds
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Gig review: LED ZEPPELIN MASTERS – London Palladium, 19 April 2017

Tribute bands often divide music fans as some see them as poor imitations of the original acts, however as time takes its toll on many musicians and bands, tribute acts keep the music of these classic bands alive and well. … Continue reading
Interview: RICH ROBINSON

Rich Robinson is most associated with the Black Crowes, a band who featured his brother Chris. Now that band have called it a day both brothers are busy pursuing their own musical paths. Rich Robinson has just released his new … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged Chris Robinson, country, Eagle Rock, Flux, interview, Jimmy Page, Rich Robinson, rock, Solo, The Black Crowes
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 3 July 2016

Without doubt Joe Bonamassa is one of the biggest blues stars in the world at the moment. Over the last few years he has grown a large and very loyal following who turn out in numbers whenever he rolls into … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 3rd July 2016, Anton Fig, blues, british blues explosion, Clyde Auditorium, Eric Clapton, gig, Glasgow, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, live, Mike Rhodes, Reese Wynans, review, Russ Irwan
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Gig review: JOE JAMMER’S ALL-STAR CHICAGO BLUES REVUE – London Jazz Festival, Bulls Head, London,16 November 2015

Joe Jammer’s All-Star Chicago Blues Revue appears in Barnes as part of the London Jazz Festival. And whatever the debate about whether jazz or blues came first, Joe Jammer makes sure that his blues show is both essential and fun! … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Aerosmith, Annie Wright, Bob Dylan, Bobby Womack, Chicago Blues, Doyle Bramhall, gig, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Jammer, Joe Jammer's All-Star Chicago Blues Revue, Joe Perry, John Scott, Ken Morland, Lamb Lamont, Led Zeppelin, London Jazz Festival, Olympic Runners, review, Robrert Cray, rock, Roger Daltry, Russell Gills, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Rolling Stones, THE WHO, Tom Brundage
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Video interview: ROGER MAYER, Guitar Effects Guru – 28 June 2014

Roger Mayer made his first effects unit back in 1964 and his designs influenced a whole generation of guitar players. In his 50th anniversary year, Roger tells Pete Feenstra about a career that took him from a research job in … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Video Interviews
Tagged 50th anniversary, Bob Marley, effects, fuzz, guitar, guitar effects, interview, Isley Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, June 2014, Octavia, Rocket, Roger Mayer, Stevie Wonder, video, Voodoo
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News: Guitar effects guru ROGER MAYER chats about his 50 year career

Photo: Connie Mayer Get Ready to ROCK! Radio The Pete Feenstra Feature, Sunday 31 August 19:00 Roger Mayer made his first effects unit back in 1964 and his designs influenced a whole generation of guitar players including Jimi Hendrix with … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged Axis Fuzz, Big Jim Sullivan, fuzz, guitar, guitar effects, guitarist, interview, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Octavia, radio, Rocket series, Roger Mayer, special, univibe, Voodoo series, Yardbirds
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Album review: CALIFORNIA BREED – California Breed

Pete Feenstra chats to Glenn Hughes, 1 April 2014 Frontiers Records [Release date 19.05.14] You could be forgiven for dismissing this three generational band as ‘old wine in new bottles’, but that would be to the underestimate bigger picture that … Continue reading
Book review: Led Zeppelin Then As It Was – At Knebworth 1979

(Fully revised & updated version) Tight But Loose Publishing www.tightbutloose.co.uk An updated version of the book chronicling Led Zeppelin’s two Knebworth gigs in August 1979 (the original book was published on the concert’s 30th anniversary in 2009). It was a … Continue reading
News: Final Led Zeppelin UK gigs at Knebworth chronicled as never before in new book…

Led Zeppelin Then As it Was – At Knebworth 1979 (Tight But Loose Publishing) – Written and compiled by Dave Lewis In August 1979, thousands of fans came to pay homage to Led Zeppelin as they performed what would be … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Books, NEWS
Tagged Dave Lewis, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Knebworth, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Then As it Was – At Knebworth 1979Tight But Loose Publishing, news, Robert Plant, Tight But Loose fanzine
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Interview with JIM McCARTY (The Yardbirds) – 3 January 2014

January 21st 2014 sees The Yardbirds play their first date of an exhaustive 2014 tour which celebrates 50 years of their existence and the British Blues Invasion that changed the course of rock history. The band initially split in ‘68, … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged Alan Glen, Alice Cooper, Andy Mitchell, B.B. King, Ben King, Boom Boom Club, Box of Frogs, Chis Dreja, David Smale, Eric Clapton, Giorgio Gomelski, Gypie Mayo, interview, Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, John Idan, Keith Relph, Paul Samwell-Smith, Rolling Stones, Sonny Boy Williamson, Steve Vai, Steven Tyler, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Top Topham, Wienerword
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Interview with DEL BROMHAM (Stray) – 24 December 2013

It’s hard to believe Stray founder member and guitarist Del Bromham recently reflected on his web site that 2013 has been a quiet year for him. This after all is the man who apart from deservedly receiving a ‘British Blues … Continue reading