Tag Archives: Procol Harum

Album review: PROCOL HARUM – Something Magic

Posted on October 27, 2020 by jason

Cherry Red/Esoteric Recordings [Release Date 30.10.20] Procol Harum certainly needed to spin a spell or two after new US producers, Ron and Howie Albert, threw out half the songs they’d written for “Something Magic”, their 9th album. This was 1977. … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Coming Closer To The Day

Posted on March 4, 2019 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 22.03.19] Robin Trower’s conceptually titled ‘Coming Closer To The Day’ offers a big clue as to the introspective nature of an album on which his guitar playing makes the biggest impact. His vocal are a problem. He … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Time And Emotion

Posted on June 29, 2017 by petefeenstra

Manhaton [Release date: 04.08.17] Imagine those moments when you are at the water’s edge as the tide comes in, and for a passing moment your footprint leaves a lasting impression as the waves recede. Robin Trower’s musical style is very … Continue reading →

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Album review: PROCOL HARUM – Novum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Records [Release date 21.04.17] What do you think of when you hear the words “Procol Harum”? “Whiter Shade Of Pale”? Symphonic rock, maybe? Robin Trower was in an early incarnation? Perhaps this demonstrates the band’s eclectism over 50 years … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016

Posted on March 10, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

MICHAEL SCHENKER - Giants Of Rock, Minehead, Somerset, 29-31 January 2016

For the past two years Butlins’ Giants Of Rock and has lived up to that name with ease and has been host to some of the finest rock bands around and this, the third year, it seems to have hit … Continue reading →

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News: ROBIN TROWER interview and feature, Sunday 1 March 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday 1 March 2015, 16:00 GMT Robin Trower releases his latest studio album – ‘Something’s About To Change’ – in March and he’s touring in the UK later in the month. David Randall chatted to … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Something’s About To Change

Posted on January 18, 2015 by petefeenstra

Robin Trower Special – 1 March 2015 by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Our one-hour radio special was first broadcast on 1 March 2015. Robin Trower chats to David Randall about his career and chooses some of those … Continue reading →

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Album Review: ANDERS OSBORNE – Peace

Posted on October 8, 2013 by petefeenstra

Alligator [Release date: 08.10.13] There may be a significant gap between Alligator Records’ original mission statement of ‘genuine houserocking music’ and Anders Osborne deeply felt, confessional singer song-writing, but the contemporary blues scene has surely benefited from the liaison. It’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: TIME GRID – Life

Posted on May 4, 2013 by petefeenstra

Open Your Eyes Records [Release date: 21.01.13] Time Grid is French/Swiss prog metal band who have taken nearly a decade to realise their musical vision. ‘Life’ is by no means an unblemished slice of prog metal, but … Continue reading →