Tag Archives: piano

Album review: RAMSEY LEWIS – Les Fleurs / Fantasy / Keys To The City (Remasters)

Posted on April 12, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

BGO Records www.bgo-records.com [Release date 31.03.23] BGO have done a great job releasing back catalogue from a number of big name artists and labels and packaging several albums on a couple of discs together with extensive liner notes in a … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged Earth Wind & Fire, fantasy, funk, fusion, instrumental, jazz funk, Keys To The City, Larry Dunn, Les Fleurs, Maurice White, piano, Ramsey Lewis | Leave a comment

Album review: AVAWAVES – Chrysalis (Anna Phoebe/Aisling Brouwer)

Posted on October 19, 2021 by GRTR! HQ

One Little Independent Records [Release date 08.10.21] The return of Anna Phoebe!! She contributed a track to our Rising Stars sampler in 2007. She has performed with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. She was special guest of Jethro Tull (2009) and gave Ian … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged Aisling Brouwer, album, ambient, Anna Phoebe, Avawaves, chill-out, Chrysalis, instrumental, piano, review, violin | Leave a comment

Album review: JOHN McLAUGHLIN – Liberation Blues

Posted on September 25, 2021 by petefeenstra

Abstract Logix [Release date 16.07.21] It was John McLaughlin who on being asked about his “loud” playing in the Mahavishnu Orchestra pricelessly responded: “Who said spiritual music should be quiet?” On the evidence of ‘Liberation Time’ he’s turned down, but … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, blues, Etienne M'Bappe, fusion, Gary Husband, guitar, jazz, John McLaughlin, Liberation Time, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Oz Ezzeldin, piano, Ranjit Barot, review, rock, Sam Burgess, Vinny Colaiuta | Leave a comment

Gig review: BILLY LOCKETT – O2 Academy 2, Oxford, 2 February 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 by jason

We have ventured into the Academy a few times but have never been to the more compact upstairs Academy 2, which was the venue for Billy Lockett’s show. He’s certainly taking a big step and gamble by going out on … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 2 February 2020, acoustic, Billy Lockett, gig, live music, Mabes, melodic, Oxford, piano, pop, review, singer songwriter | Leave a comment

Album review: VICTOR WAINRIGHT AND THE TRAIN – s/t

Posted on June 7, 2018 by petefeenstra

Ruf Records GmbH [Release date 09.03.18] Victor Wainwright is a musician in motion. Where once he led the ‘Wildroots’ and briefly settled on ‘Southern Hospitality’, he’s spreading his musical roots again with ‘Victor Wainright And the Train’. Newly signed to … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, BB King, blues, Doug Woolverton, funk, gospel, Josh Roberts, Mark Earley, Monster Mike Welch, Pat Harrington, piano, Reba Russell, review, Sam Cooke, soul, southern rock, Victor Wainright, Victor Wainright And The Train | Leave a comment

Album review: BETH HART – Live From New York: Front And Center (CD/DVD)

Posted on March 16, 2018 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 13.04.18] Beth Hart’s ‘Live From New York: Front And Center’ (sic) is her first live album for 13 years, and it’s essentially an update of a career that has taken off like a rocket in the last … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged ballads, beth Hart, blues, CD, DVD, Jon Nichols, live album, Live From New York - Front And Centre, piano, review, rock, Sonny Landreth, vocals | Leave a comment

Album review: WILL LAWTON & WEASEL HOWLETT – Fossils Of The Mind

Posted on March 1, 2018 by jason

Supermarine Music [Release date 26.01.18] Pianist Will Lawton and drummer Weasel Howlett have been working on this album since 2015 and it gets a release thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. On top of this they signed a deal with … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rising Stars | Tagged album, Fossils Of The Mind, interview, melodic, piano, review, Weasel Howlett, Will Lawton | Leave a comment

Album review: GLEB KOLYADIN – s/t

Posted on February 25, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

KScope [Release date 23.02.18] Gleb Kolyadin is one half of the highy-rated (and award-winning) Russian progsters iamthemorning. This, his first solo album, reveals his inspirations no more so than on the breezy opener ‘Insight’, ‘Kaleidoscope’ and ‘Echo Sigh Strand’. These … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Gavin Harrison, Gleb Kolyadin, Iamthemorning, Jordan Rudess, Nick Beggs, piano, prog, progressive, review, Steve Hogarth, Theo Travis | Leave a comment

Album review: MITCH WOODS – Friends Along The Way

Posted on February 16, 2018 by petefeenstra

eOne Music [Release date 29.09.17] It takes a brave musician to oversee a mostly unplugged, all star duo and trio compilation album spanning over 30 years. But West coast pianist Mitch Woods is as fearless as he is musically talented … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, blues, boogie, Champion Jack Dupree, Charlie Musselwhite, Cyril Neville, Elvin Bishop, Friends Along The Way, James Cotton, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Jump, Kenny Neal, Marcia Ball, Mitch Woods, piano, review, Ruthie Foster, Taj Mahal Joe Louis Walker, Van Morrison | Leave a comment

Album review: ERIC JOHNSON – EJ: Song Explorations on Acoustic and Piano

Posted on October 26, 2016 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 07.10.16] ‘EJ’ is a stripped down celebration of simplicity and feel, bolstered by Eric Johnson’s dazzling technical ability on original material and some imaginative arranged covers. Austin guitarist Eric Johnson pushes himself into new musical avenues by … Continue reading →

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Album review: BETH HART – Fire On The Floor

Posted on October 7, 2016 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Beth Hart for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, first broadcast 16 October 2016. This is an edited version. More information Provogue [Release date 14.10.16] Beth Hart’s ‘Fire On The Floor’ is a … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANIELE LIVERANI – An Innocent Challenge

Posted on September 1, 2016 by jason

Lion Music [Release date 26.08.16] Danielle Liverani was last seen with the rather good guitar instrumental album ‘Fantasia’ and now he has come back with a piano concerto! Classical and rock music have always been linked, with many rock musicians … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RIDES – Can’t Get Enough

Posted on July 11, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 26.08.13] It’s ten years since the release of the re-mastered ‘Super Session’ on CD, with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and it’s a startling 45 years since its original release. And while it would … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged Al Kooper, Barry Goldberg, blues, Buffalo Springfield, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, Elmore James, guitar, Iggy Pop, Jerry Harrison, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kevin McCormick, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, piano, review, Stephen Stills, Super Session, supergroup, Talking Heads, The Rides | Leave a comment

CHRIS SINGLETON & THE DISTRACTIONS gig review

Posted on October 18, 2012 by jason

Wilmington Arms, Islington Wednesday 17th October 2012 Chris Singleton and his band the Distractions were playing their first gig in two years as in-between times he has become a proud dad. The band are the same as when I last … Continue reading →