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Tag Archives: Prince
Album review: POPA CHUBBY – It’s A Mighty Hard Road

Dixie Frog Records [Release date 14.02.20] Popa Chubby’s ‘It’s A Mighty Hard Road’ is the self proclaimed ‘Beast From The East’s 30th anniversary album. It’s a song driven set encompassing rocking blues shuffles, funky feels and surprisingly soulful moments, all … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Captain Beefheart, Ernie Isley, funk, guitar, It's A Mighty Hard Road, Latino, Leon Russell, Popa Chubby, Prince, review, rock, vocal
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News: Albums of the Month (April 2019 – June 2019)

January-March 2019 July-September 2019 October-December 2019 ERJA LYYTINEN Another World (Tuohi Records) [Release Date 26.04.19] From the tension building intensity and a harmony guitar break of ‘Hard As Stone’ to the gently paced ‘Without You’, with its angst filled and … Continue reading
Album review: PRINCE – Originals

Warner Brothers Records [Release date 07.06.19 exclusively on Tidal, 21.06.2019 CD, vinyl, streaming] In this multi-platform, content driven age it would be hard to imagine an artist ever producing too much material but such were his prolific studio habits, that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, funk, Kenny Rogers, Originals, pop, pop rock, Prince, rarities, review, rock, Sinead O'Connor, synth pop, The Bangles, The Time
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Album review: DE WOLFF – Live & Outta Sight II

Mascot Records [Release date 14.06.19] Dutch rock band De Wolff is a contemporary cross-genre band who tap into the moment to produce a varied, but coherent live album with plenty of innovation and spark. Variously described … Continue reading
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Tagged country, De Wolff, drums, Gov't Mule, Grateful Dead, Greta Van Vleet, guitar, Hammond, jam band, Jerry Garcia, Josh Kiszka, keys, Led Zeppelin, Live & Outta Sight 11, Luka van de Poel, Nektar, Pablo van de Poel, Prince, prog rock, Psychedelic Rock, Robert Plant, Robin Piso, rock, THE DOORS
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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
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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: NIKKA & STRINGS – Underneath And In Between

Metropolis Recordings [Release date 02.6.17] Despite a background as a teen star, a high profile backing singer and a songwriter who has worked with the likes of Clapton and Prince, Nikka Costa still has a way to go before carving … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Eartha Kitt, Erc Clapton, Frank Sinatra, funk, Jeff Buckley, Motown, Nikka & Strings, Nikka Costa, pop, Prince, review, soul, Underneath And In Between
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Album review: GREGG KOFI BROWN – Rock ‘n’ Roll And UFO’s

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 05.02.16] Gregg Kofi Brown’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll And UFO’s is an archtypal summer album, with a broad based appeal stretching from the beach to the dance floor. The career anthology by the Osibisa vocalist is full … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afro, album, Billy Cobham, Bomb Da Bass, disco, Dominic Miller, Elton John, Fela Kuti, funk, Gregg Kofi Brown, JOE COCKER, Osibisa, Pauline Henry, Pete Townsend, Peter Green, Prince, review, Rock ‘N’ Roll And UFO’s, soul, The Chimes, vocals, War
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Album review: MOJO ASSASSINS – Mojo Assassins

Artwork Media, Inc. [Release date 24.11.15] The Mojo Assassins are a power trio comprising Ronny Griffin drums, Tony Calhoun on bass and vocals and David Zychek on guitar and vocals. Their collective pedigree includes Night Ranger, Stallion, Frankie Lee and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, David Zychek, Frank Zappa, Frankie Lee, funk, Funkadelic, guitar, Johnny Guitar Watson, Mojo Assassins, Night Ranger, Parliament, Prince, review, rock, Ronny Griffin, Stallion, Tony Calhoun
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Gig review: RICHIE KOTZEN – 02 Academy, Islington, London, 16 September 2014

On Sunday 21 September at 19:00 GMT on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Pete Feenstra chats to Richie Kotzen as part of an hour-long special. More information Richie Kotzen’s current European tour is to promote ‘The Essential Richie Kotzen’, a … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, fusion, gig, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Jonny Lang, Prince, review, Richie Kotzen, rock, Terry Reid, The Essential Richie Kotzen
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Single reviews: PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL, LISBEE STAINTON, PICTUREHOUSE, JOHN LENNON McCULLAGH

PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL – Pretzelbodylogic www.3rdeyegirl.com Prince has been playing a series of last minute gigs in London under the ‘Hit And Run’ moniker, ranging from intimate venues to the larger Shepherd’s Bush Empore. This is his new musical project, … Continue reading
Album review: JONNY LANG – Fight For My Soul

Provogue [Release date 02.09.13] It’s a measure of Jonny Lang’s maturity that he’s slowly but surely repositioned himself in the music scene as a dance friendly, contemporary white boy soul singer at the ripe old age of 32. I say … Continue reading
Interview with JONNY LANG – 26 June 2013

Jonny Lang is back after a 7 year hiatus with a groundbreaking new album ‘Fight For My Soul’, which falls back on his formative influences of R&B and soul. Judged simply in terms of relentless road work – that is … Continue reading
Album review: HAMILTON LOOMIS – Give It Back

Ham-bone Records [Release date 06.13] Some artists spend their whole careers trying to nail their sound to label and package it. Hamilton Loomis is a fiercely independent musician who stridently walks away from all that. He even left his blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, album review, blues, Bo Diddley, Bob Marley, funk, guitar, Ham-bone records, Hamilton Loomis, harp, horns, James Cotton, Jamie Little, Johnny Copeland, Michael Hedges, Prince, R&B, Sly & The Family Stone, soul, Stevie Wonder, Texas, Tommy Sims, Victor Wooten
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