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Album review: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO – The Crossing

Yep Roc Records [Release date 14.09.18] Alejandro Escovedo’s ‘Burn Something Beautiful’ was one of last year’s better albums and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck helped out on that one. Now we have ‘The Crossing’, Alejandro’s first ever concept album telling the story of two … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Alejandro Escovedo, blues, concept album, Don Antonio, MC5, punk, review, rock, Tex Mex, The Crossing, the Only Ones, Wayne Kramer
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Gig review: THE CRUNCH & JOE STRUMMER TRIBUTE BAND – KOKO, London, 25 March 2015

This was part of Koko’s occasional Rock ‘n’ Roll Cinema series, tonight featuring the biopic of Joe Strummer’s Spanish sojourn in the mid-80’s: ‘I Need a Dodge – Joe Strummer on the Run’. And all the stops had been pulled … Continue reading
DVD review: WILKO JOHNSON – Live At Koko

Cadiz Music [Release date 18.12.13] The biggest weight of expectation on a night of high emotion probably lay in the lap of the multi-camera crew, rather than the band themselves. For on a night that happily didn’t turn out to … Continue reading
Album Review: THE IT*MEN – Greatest Hits

Stow House Records [Release Date 2013] Such is the unlikely life story and desperate pun off the album title, that you do start to wonder if the whole The It* Men thing is a spoof, or a thinly disguised reference … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Gmetro, Bo Diddley, Dr Feelgood, garage rock, Greatest Hits, Iron Butterfly, Jim Morrison, Ken Janssen, MC5, Motorhead, review, The It*Men, The Tubes
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Video interview: WAYNE KRAMER (MC5) – 27 June 2013

The legendary MC5 guitarist talks to GRTR! Features Editor Pete Feenstra about his career on the eve of his appearance at Glastonbury. The latest Facebook Live session from Canadian singer-songwriter Josh Taerk Sunday 24 January, 16:00 EST, 21:00 GMT … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 June 2013, Glastonbury, guitar, guitarist, interview, MC5, rock, Wayne Kramer
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News: Wayne Kramer plays Glastonbury warm-up show on 28th June

The incendiary guitarist from MC5, affectionately known as Brother Wayne Kramer, will play a Glastonbury warm-up show with Danish psych-surfmongers The Good The Bad at London’s Blues Kitchen on Friday 28th June. It’s the first duel between the two artists … Continue reading
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Tagged gig, Glastonbury, MC5, the Blues Kitchen, The Good The Bad, Wayne Karner
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