-
-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders". The search will also be slower.
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the artist or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Switch site
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Latest Album Reviews
-
Album review : RAVEN Screamin’ Down The House (4 CD set)
-
Album review : DEAR MR.FANTASY Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic (2cd+DVD remaster)
-
Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Smell The Roses
-
Album review : RUSS BALLARD – Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired (2CDs)
-
Album review: PYLON POETS – Demise of the Divine
-
Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Money & Power
-
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: JOHN REILLY AND LEWIS NITIKMAN- Crazy Coqs, London, 16 April 2025
-
Gig review: THEA GILMORE – Nantwich Civic Hall, 17 April 2025
-
Gig review: MATT PEARCE AND THE MUTINY /JACK J HUTCHINSON- The Grace, London, 12 April 2025
-
Gig review: SWEET – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 April 2025
-
Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER- The Garage, London, 28 March 2025
-
Gig review: SOUTH OF SALEM – Thekla, Bristol, 27 March 2025
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Features
-
Interviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
-
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Tag Archives: Ken Hammer
Album review: RONNIE ATKINS – Make It Count

Frontiers [release date: 18.03.22] When Denmark’s Paul Christensen founded the Pretty Maids with Ken Hammer, he changed his name to Ronnie Atkins. And this despite assurances that his birth name sounded pretty cool. None of this matters now, he lives … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, AOR, Chris Laney, Covid, eighties, Ken Hammer, melodic rock, pop, Pretty Maids, review, Ronnie Atkins
Leave a comment
Album review: PRETTY MAIDS – Kingmaker

Frontiers Records [Release date 04.11.16] “Kingmaker” is Pretty Maids’ 15th studio album if you include 2014’s superb “Louder Than Ever” which contained re-recordings of old tunes plus 4 newbies and it continues their run of high quality releases. The Danish … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Allan Tschicaja, Frontiers, hard rock, Ken Hammer, Kim Olesen, Kingmaker, Pretty Maids, Rene Shades, review, Ronnie Atkins
Leave a comment