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News: Cherry Red Records showcase on 21 September – win featured albums

Sunday 21 September, 21:00 GMT Tuesday 23 September, 16:00 and Thursday 25 September, 21:00 repeat Since 2012 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio have been showcasing the wide range of music from the Cherry Red group of labels, combining an hour-long … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged Cherry Red Records, Claudia Brucken, competition, funk, Inspiral Carpets, pop, progressive, psych, R&B, rock, showcase, soul, The Bevis Frond, Tin Spirits
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Album review: MICHELLE RENEE – Michelle Renee

Yelloweed [Released 14.07.14] Ideally you need a great voice and equally good material to make the transition from being a backing singer to establishing a solo career. Michelle Renee undoubtedly has a sultry voice, but her choice of material from syrupy … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Amanda Lear, disco, funk, John Legend, Michael Jackson, Michelle Renee, R&B, review, Rodney Shelton, soul, vocals
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News: Cherry Red showcase in July – win featured albums!

The latest showcase for the Cherry Red group of record labels offers listeners a chance to win six of the featured albums! Listen in and then follow the link to our competition page. Competition closes 23:59 BST (GMT+1) 27 July. … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Competitions, NEWS
Tagged album, Cherry Red Records, feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, July 2014, New releases, pop, prog, progressive, R&B, rock, showcase, soul
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News: Cherry Red label showcase on Sunday 30 March – win featured albums!

Sunday 30 March, 13:00 GMT Get Ready to ROCK! Radio The latest showcase for the Cherry Red group of record labels offers listeners a chance to win six of the featured albums! The hour-long special features recent releases from the … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged Cherry Red Records, competition, feature, March 2014, progressive, R&B, radio, rock, showcase, soul
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Album review: PAUL RODGERS – The Royal Sessions

429 Records [Release date 27.01.14] It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Paul Rodgers took himself off to Memphis in 2013 and recorded this homage to the golden age of soul, working with some of that genre’s legendary players. It … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Hi Records, Hi Rhythm Section, Memphis, Paul Rodgers, R&B, review, soul, The Royal Sessions
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News: CHERRY PICKIN’: Win six albums in our Xmas competition

Sunday 15 December, 18:00 (GMT) Tuesday 17 December, 16:00 (repeat) Thursday 19 December, 21:00 (repeat) Saturday 21 October, 17:00 (repeat) The latest of our Cherry Red Records showcases is broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio This hour long sequence … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Competitions, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged Cherry Red Records, New releases, pop, prog, psychedelic, R&B, rock, soul
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News: CHERRY PICKIN’ – Win six featured albums in our label showcase

Sunday 20 October, 18:00 (GMT) Thursday 24 October, 21:00 Saturday 26 October, 17:00 The latest of our Cherry Red Records showcases is broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio This hour long sequence signposts latest releases (August/September) from the Cherry … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Competitions, NEWS
Tagged BBR, Cherry Red Records, competition, esoteric, label, music, New releases, progressive, R&B, radio, reissue, rock, showcase, soul, Soul Music
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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
Gig review: BONNIE RAITT, Liverpool Empire, 22 June 2013

Bonnie Raitt brought some sunshine of her own to a grey and rainy Saturday night at Liverpool’s old Empire Theatre. Armed with her famous worn Stratocaster Bonnie played songs from her new ‘Slipstream’ album plus all the old classics and … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 June 2013, Bonnie Raitt, gig, guitar, guitarist, Liverpool Empire, R&B, review, rhythm & blues
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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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Album review: BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA – Seesaw

Provogue [Release date: 20.05.13] One part rock chick and one part soul singer, ‘Seesaw’ finds Beth Hart settling in as an MOR interpretive singer with a nice lines in story telling. She’s both emotive and evocative on some well sourced … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, album review, Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, beth Hart, Billy Holiday, blues, Etta James, funk, Janis Joplin, jazz, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, Melody Margot, R&B, rock, soul, vocal
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Album review: ROBERT PALMER – Heavy Nova,Don’t Explain,Ridin’ High,Honey – Reissues

Edsel Deluxe Editions [Release date 14.01.13] Edsel Records have done a neat job with these 2 in 1 packages, brigading together Palmer’s 1988 – 1994 output in slip case outers, extensive artwork and bonus tracks. But never mind the packaging, … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged Don't Explain, funk, Heavy Nova, Honey, jazz, R&B, reissue, Ridin' High, Robert Palmer, rock, Vinegar Joe
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