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Album review: GILBY CLARKE – The Gospel Truth
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Album review: MARTY FRIEDMAN – Tokyo Jukebox 3
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Album review: THE TREATMENT – Waiting for Good Luck
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Album review: THE END MACHINE – Phase 2
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Album review: AMY SPEACE & THE ORPHAN BRIGADE – There Used To Be Horses Here
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Album review: MARY STOKES BAND featuring SARAH MICHELLE – Comin’ Home
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Latest Gig Reviews
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live Stream, Austin City Limits Live, Austin, Texas – Thursday April 1, 2021
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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
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Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
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Gig review: COLLATERAL – Leo’s, The Red Lion, Gravesend, Friday 4 September 2020
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Featured Album Reviews
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Features
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Feature: Collectible Collections – FAMILY – Old Songs New Songs (The Definitive Box Set)
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Feature: Collectible Collections – CAMEL – Rainbow’s End An Anthology 1973-1985
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Feature: Collectible Collections – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – 40th Anniversary Box Set
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Feature: Albums that time forgot … NATIVE CAIN – The Primitive Soul
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…EUROPE – Secret Society
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…JAMES LABRIE – Elements Of Persuasion
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Tag Archives: R&B
Album review: THE FLEUR DE LYS – Circles: The Ultimate
Countdown Records / Acid Jazz [Release date 26.3.21] Formed in Southampton in 1964, The Fleur De Lys had an ever-changing line up during their short lifetime, the mainstay being drummer Keith Guster who has assisted with this new 25 track … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circles, Fleur de Lys, Keith Guster, pop, R&B, review, soul, The Ultimate'
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Album review: JULIAN TAYLOR BAND – Desert Star
Julian Taylor chatted to Pete Feenstra on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 28 March, 20:00 GMT including tracks from ‘Desert Star’. Aporia Records [Release date 28.05.21] Julian Taylor Band’s ‘Desert Star’ is the album that refuses to lie down. … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Canada, Desert Star, funk, Joey Landreth, John Mayer, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Prince, R&B, review, rock, roots, soul, Stevie Wonder, Toronto
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Feature: Collectible Collections – FAMILY – Old Songs New Songs (The Definitive Box Set)
Mystic MYSCD191 (2005) Don McKay and Martin Darvill at Mystic have done a great service to the name and legacy of Family and Roger Chapman. ‘Old Songs New Songs – The Definitive Box’ is their latest offering and, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Collectible Collections, FEATURES
Tagged album, anthology, box set, Charlie Whitney, classic rock, collection, compilation, Family, music, Old Songs New Songs, prog, Progressive Rock, R&B, review, Roger Chapman
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Album review: DUKE ROBILLARD & FRIENDS – Blues Bash
Pete Feenstra interviewed Duke Robillard for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 13 December 2020. Stony Plain Records [Release date 20.11.20] You don’t need to have paid your blues dues for 50 years or more to be able to … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Blues Bash, Chris Cote, Doug James, Duke Robillard, Duke Robillard & Friends, Greg Piccolo, guitar, interview, jazz, Jimmy Vaughan, Jump, lefty bates, Mark Hummel, Michelle ‘Evil Gal’ Wilson, R&B, Rich Lataille, swing, T-Bone Walker
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Album review: THE SHARPEEZ – Live At Leo’s Red Lion
Black Frog Records [Release date 01.11.20] The Sharpeez ‘Live at Leo’s’ is a celebratory live album full of vim and vigour, despite being recorded outside and at short notice under socially distanced circumstances. The Sharpeez are song driven outfit with … Continue reading
Album review: SANDRA BOUZA – Falling Away From Me
Sabucedo Records [Release date 18.09.20] If Toronto has provided a creative backdrop to the recent renewed interest in all aspect of soul, Sandra Bouza takes things a step further with a cross genre, radio friendly album that is refreshingly lyrically … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Canadian soul, Falling Away From Me, funk, Hill Kourkoutis, Janis Joplin, jazz, Joni Mitchell, Motown, R&B, review, Sandra Bouza, soul, Toronto, vocal
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Album review: KAT RIGGINS – Cry Out
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 14.08.20] ‘Cry Out’ is a high energy album full of heartfelt lyrics, stylistic diversity and booming arrangements that gives Kat Riggins the best possible context for her gritty and soulful vocals. The album’s arts work … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, album, blues, boogie, Cry Out, gospel, Gulf Coast records, Johnny Sansone, Kat Riggins, Mike Zito, R&B, review, rock, soul, vocals
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Album review: CONNOR BRACKEN AND THE MOTHER LEEDS BAND – Nightbird Motel
[Release date 25.09.20] Based in Astbury Park, New Jersey, Connor Brand (lead guitar and vocals) has a whiff of a look of a young Springsteen. But hometown aside, that’s about where the similarities end – MLB being a blues rock … Continue reading
Album review: ERIC ROBERSON – Erro Live: Vol. UK
Blue Erro Soul [Release date 16.03.20] “We celebrating music tonight and we celebrating those who have made music and made art”. So proclaims Eric Roberson, he might also proclaim that he’s celebrating those who make music independently. In the age … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Eric Roberson, Erro Live: Vol. UK, live, melodic, R&B, review, soul
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Album review: JAMES OLIVER BAND – Twang
Pete Feenstra chatted to James Oliver for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in April 2020. The Last Music Company [Release date 03.04.20] When it comes to the concept of ‘Twang’, Deke Leonard’s last book about guitarists, ‘The Twang Dynasty’, may … Continue reading
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Tagged ALBERT LEE, album, and roll, Big Joe Turner, blues, Brian Setzer, country, Deke Leonard, Dick Dale, Dr. Feelgd, Elmore James, guitar, James Oliver Band, Link Wray, Mick Green, R&B, reviw, rock, rockabilly, Roy Orbison, surf, The Del Tones, Twang, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: BYWATER CALL – Bywater Call
Gypsy Soul Records [Release date 21.11.19] Toronto is suddenly becoming a hothouse for new music with the enterprising 7 year old Gypsy Soul label at its heart. While the emphasis is on the familiar foundations of southern roots rock, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Hindle, album, Aretha Franklin, blues, Bywater Call, Canada, Canadian soul, Dave Branes, funk, Gypsy Soul Records, jam band, Julian Nalli, Julian Taylor Band, Meghan Parnell, New Orleans, R&B, review, rock, roots rock, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, soul, Tedeschi Trucks, The Band, Toronto, Van Morrison
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Album review: SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR – Run To Me
Gypsy Soul Records [Release date 27.04.18] Released in Canada in 2018, but finally gaining some overdue promo in Europe now, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar’s ‘Run To Me’ is a deeply wrought album full of heartfelt lyrics (3 originals and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Canadian, Dracy Yates, funk, gospel, Muscle Shoals, R&B, review, Run To Me, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, soul, Stax
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Album review: ALBERT CUMMINGS – Believe
Provogue Records [Release date 14.02.19] ‘Believe’ is Albert Cummings debut album for Provogue records. It’s a surprisingly understated affair full of quality musicianship, but a few songs short of being a definitive album. Indeed, some of the best moments are … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, Albert Cummings, album, BELIEVE, blues, Freddie King, funk, guitar, horns, Memphis soul, Muscle Shoals, R&B, review, rock, Sam & Dave, soul, Van Morrison, Willie Dixon
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Album review: BILLY PRICE– Dog Eat Dog
Gulf Coast records [Release date 02.08.19] Billy Price’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ is a well crafted slice of contemporary soul. This is the peerless soul singer’s 17th album and he surrounds himself with an intuitive band, a killer horn section and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Mike, album, Billy Price, blues, Bobby Byrd, Curtis Mayfield, Dog Eat Dog, funk, Gulf Coast, Jim Pugh, Kid Andersen, Mike Zito, Motown, Otis Clay, Philly, R&B, review, Rick Estrin, Roy Buchanan, soul, Willie Dixon
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Album review: BLUES CARAVAN 2019 (Katarina Pejak, Ina Forsman, Ally Venable)
David Randall chatted to Katarina Pejak in November 2019 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special includes tracks from her earlier albums as well as the latest – ‘Roads That Cross’ – and the Blues Caravan 2019 live … Continue reading
Gig review: BLUES CARAVAN 2019 (Ina Forsman, Ally Venable, Katarina Pejak), The Iron Road, Pershore, 13 September 2019
Friday 13th may have seemed more than ominous to the girls in the Blues Caravan with a six hour journey from Scotland taking fourteen hours. But that didn’t seem to quell their enthusiasm for the South Midlands stop on a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 September 2019, Ally Venable, blues, Blues Caravan 2019, blues rock, gig, Ina Forsman, Katarina Pejak, Pershore, R&B, review, rhythm and blues, roots, ruf records, singer, songwriter, The Iron Road
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News: MARGATE RHYTHM & ROCK, 6-8 September 2019 with headliners LINDISFARNE, WILKO JOHNSON & STEVE HARLEY
This preview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 25 August featuring two of the bands appearing at the three-day Margate event: Curved Air and Man. (12:16) Margate Rhythm & Rock 2019 takes place 6th – … Continue reading
Album review: SAMANTHA FISH – Kill Or Be Kind
Rounder [Release date 20.09.19] There’s no denying the natural vivacity, or the cigar box guitar driven grooves and songcraft of Samantha Fish. Since bursting on the rock-blues scene a decade ago, she’s cut 6 solo albums of which the last … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, funk, guitar, Kill Or Be Kind, Mike Zito, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, R&B, review, rock, Samantha Fish, singer, songwriter
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Album review: INA FORSMAN – Been Meaning To Tell You
Ruf [Release date 25.01.19] ‘Been Meaning To Tell You’ is a challenging cross genre album that suggests Ina Forsman will be a musical force to be reckoned with. The low key vocal and piano intro to the opening ‘Be My … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Been Meaning To Tell You, blues, Chris Maresh, Eartha Kitt, Finnish, funk, Ina Forsman, Kaz kazanoff, Laura Chavez, pop, R&B, Red Young, Samantha Fish, soul, vocals
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Album review: KYLA BROX – Pain & Glory
Pigskin Records [Release date 29.03.19] Kyla Brox’s ‘Pain & Glory’ is the perfect showcase for one of the great blues singers of her generation. From the striking artwork to the the nascent songcraft of Kyla and her bass playing partner Danny … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Blues Train, Clive Mellish, Danny Blomeley, funk, John Ellis, Kyla Brox, Leonard Cohen, Pain & Glory, Paul Farr, R&B, review, Sam Brox, Santana, soul, Steely Dan, Tony Marshall, Victor Brox, vocal
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Gig review: THE SHARPEEZ/Deep Blue Sea/Spinout UK – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 22 February 2019
The 3rd Boom Boom Rocking R&B Festival might not win many prizes for it’s strap line, but The Sharpeez, DeepBlue Sea and Spinout Uk more than make up for that with three engagingly varied and well received sets. All 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd Boom Boom Rocking R&B, Bruce Spingsteen, Deep Blue Sea, Dregas, funk, Gary Roberts, Graeme Wheatley, Hawkwind, Iago Banet, Jack Casady, Len Surtees, Loz Netto, psychedelia, R&B, rock, Spinout Uk, Stereophonics, stoner rock, The Edge, The Sharpeez, U2, Will Pike, William Mead
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Album review: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Signs
Concord [Release date 15.02.19] ‘Signs’ is the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s 6th album and it finds them unwittingly embracing middle age with mature songs, deep emotion and intricate playing. What it lacks is a sense of equilibrium, as there’s surfeit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, Barrett Strong, blues, Bobby Bland, Butch Trucks, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, funk, Gregg Allman, Jackson Brown, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Oliver Wood, R&B, rock, Signs, Sly Stone, soul, Susan Tedeschi, Tammy Terrell, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Warren Haynes
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Album review: IAN PARKER – Spoonful Of Gold (Blues For Willie)
Eye Pea Records (Release date 23.10.17) It’s over 15 years since Ian Parker originally signed to Ruf records and confounded his fans and probably his record company too by cutting a deeply introspective album that became a best seller. Since … Continue reading
