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Album review: RAINBOW – Rarities
Demon/Edsel [Release date 27.11.26] Earlier this year Demon did a wonderful job with the Rainbow box Temple Of The King, taking in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’s first two album from 1975 and 1976, bonus tracks, and the three live in Germany … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Cozy Powell, hard rock, Limited Edition, Rainbow, rarities, Record Store Day, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Ronnie Dio, Vinyl
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Album review: GARRON FRITH – The Rub
Website [Release date 04.11.26] Garron Frith has already had one career, releasing his first album in 2007 called The Debut, and it’s follow up Away From The Bright Lights in 2012. After touring for the next six years, which included supports … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Al Stewart, album, folk, Garron Frith, melodic, review, singer songwriter, The Rub
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Album review: TAL RASHA – Luminology
Bandcamp [Release date 20.11.26] In these crazy days of AI-generated slop, isn’t it gratifying to know that some things, done in their most authentic and feral form, remain without equal. A four-piece comprised of drums, guitar, bass and lungs is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, classic rock, Free, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Luminology, review, rock, Tal Rasha
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Gig review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – The Louisiana, Bristol, 20 October 2026
Chantel didn’t let a temperamental TENS machine upset tonight’s gig although she claimed it buzzed over the PA during quiet bits. If it was part of the act it didn’t detract and merely contributed to the easy repartee from a … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 October 2026, blues rock, Bristol, Chantel McGregor, classic rock, gig, guitar, guitarist, hard rock, pop rock, progressive, review, The Louisiana
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Album review : THE STRAWBS – 50 Years On, Grave New World
Witchwood [Release date : 23.10.26] Grave New World Live comes a year after the release of an acclaimed remaster of The Bridge, an album recorded by the late David Cousins, and Brian Willoughby, recorded in 1993 with a little … Continue reading
Album review : JOHN DIVA and the ROCKETS OF LOVE – Your Favourite Drug
Frontiers Music [Release date : 16.10.26] Predominantly uptempo, John Diva and The Rockets fourth album, Favourite Drug, trades on the past, while displaying the self possessed optimism that fired up contemporary AOR variations like Reckless Love and Crazy Lixx. For … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Crazy Lixx, Eclipse, HEAT, John Diva, melodic rock, Reckless Love, review, Rockets Of Love!
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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Parallel Lines
Website [Release date 04.09.26] Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (HOGIA), namely Malcolm Galloway (lyrics, lead guitar, synths, mixing, mastering, producer) and Mark Gatland (bass, vocal engineer, additional guitars and synths, co-producer), are back with another album chock full of thoughtful … Continue reading
Album review: NAZARETH – The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980
BGO [Release date 16.10.26] Legendary Scottish rockers Nazareth, who are still touring, formed from the ashes of 60s ballroom cover band The Shadettes, and released their debut album through Pegasus in 1971. Although it took them an album or two … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Dan McCafferty, hard rock, Nazareth, Pete Agnew, review, rock, The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980
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Gig review: THE DUNWELLS – Harwell Village Hall, 16 October 2026
Great to see another sold out Big Ginger Tom Music promoted gig at Harwell Village Hall. Proof that you can still keep the grassroots scene going, although it is getting harder and harder to maintain. Roswell Road, ta duo consisting … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, folk, gig, harmonies, Harwell Village Hall, indie, Kathryn Priddy, October 16 2026, review, Roswell Road, singer songwriter, The Dunwells
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Album review: SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Framed
Madfish [Release date 17.10.26] The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were literally a sensation, and formed in Glasgow in 1972, combining blues and soul singer/ guitarist Alex Harvey and progressive/hard rock band Tear Gas. Alex had been active since the mid … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alex Harvey, classic rock, Framed, Madfish, reissue, review, rock, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Vinyl, Zal Cleminson
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Album review: WILL PIKE – Elevator
The Elastic Stage Store [Release date 13.10.26] Will Pike’s ‘Elevator’ is an impressive art rock and ambient concept album. It’s glued together by amoeba like soundscapes with a proggy undertow, and interestingly it’s an instrumental album with a sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, art rock, Caravan, David Gilmour, Elevator, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Pink Floyd, prog rock, review, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Will Pike
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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – The Trouble With Love
Journeyman Records [Release date 23.10.26] Joanne Shaw Taylor is my favourite of all the current blues guitar slingers around. I think one of the reasons is her pop sensibility in her song writing. She packs as much punch in one … Continue reading
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Tagged album, beth Hart, blues, guitarist, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, Orianthi, pop, review, rock, soul, The Trouble With Love
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Album review: CREDO – We The Disconnected
Gargoyle Records [Release date 23.10.26] Credo are back with their fourth studio album and their first new release in 15 years. It is a double-CD album, written by all the band members Tim Birrell (guitar), Mark Colton (vocals), Gerald (Mully) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Credo, Mark Colton, melodic, Mike Varty, prog rock, progressive, review, We the Disconnected
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Album review: SHOGUN MOJO
Frontiers [Release date: 30.10.26] Here’s an unlikely coupling. Tommy Thayer KISS guitarist since 2002 and Dan Reed from Dan Reed Network. The common denominator seems to be their geographic origins: Portland, Oregon. To these ears it’s like another Dan Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk, funk rock, hard rock, Kiss, review, Shogun Mojo, Tommy Thayer
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Album review: TRACK DOGS – Still At The Music
Mondegreen Records [Release date 06.11.26] I can’t believe the Track Dogs have been together twenty years, released 11 albums and played Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall and I’ve never heard of them. Mind you, they are unlike anything Ive … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cuban, folk, latin, melodic, pop, ragtime, review, Still at the Music, Track Dogs, world
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Album review: GREY DELISLE – Don’t Turn Around
Hummingbird Records [Release date 13.11.26] While a lot of artists at the moment are pulling on the 70’s for inspiration, Grey Delisle harks right back to the 50’s and Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lyn territory, with a dash of Lefty … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's music, album, country, Don't Turn Around, Grey DeLisle, review, singer songwriter
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Book review: ZAPPA THE HARD WAY (Revised & Expanded Edition) by Andrew Greenaway
Wymer Publishing [Publication date 17.08.26] Andrew Greenaway’s revised and expanded ‘Zappa The Hard Way’ is a meticulously researched and even handed account of what proved to be Frank Zappa’s last tour. The 1988, 12 piece band (including a 5 piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Greenaway, Arthur Barrow, Bennett Glotzer, book, Candy Zappa, Ed Mann, Frank Zappa, Gail Zappa, Howard Kaylan, Ike Willis, John Smothers, Mark Volman, Mike Keneally, Pauline Butcher, review, Scott Thunes, Sergio 'Milo' Albonico, The Mothers, Tommy Mars, Zappa The Hard Way
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Album review : SATAN – Out Of The Fire 1981-85 (4 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 9.10.26] Leaders rather than followers, Newcastle metal band, Satan grew up alongside Venom, Raven, and The Tygers Of Pan Tang. But while these bands made a few waves, Satan didn’t get the attention they deserved. … Continue reading
Album review: BRONA McVITTIE – Supernatural
State 51/Company of Corkbots [Release date 16.10.26] Ulster singer‑songwriter, harpist and biologist Bróna McVittie returns with ‘Supernatural’, her fourth solo album. Released to coincide with Samhain, the ancient Irish festival when the veil between worlds grows thin, ‘Supernatural’ stands at … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bróna McVittie, electronica, folk, harpist, melodic, review, Supernatural, Thomas Gandey, traditional
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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – Passive/Aggressive
Rock Company Records [Release date 21.10.26] Seriously, does Phil Vincent ever sleep?! This is Phil’s second solo album of the year, and third overall when Tragik are included. Phil Vincent never skimps on value either, as the CD adds two … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, hard rock, melodic rock, Passive/Aggressive, Phil Vincent, review, rock
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Album review: SHADES OF PLATO – The Golden Ratio
Platonic Arrangements [Release date 13.11.26] shadesofplato1.bandcamp.com ‘Welcome To The Carnival’ is a fitting entree for this, the fourth “in an occasional series” of what the band term “Tull/Sisters(of Mercy)/Stranglers mash ups”. The album is a heady mixture of influences, mostly of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, goth, New Wave, progressive, punk, review, rock, Shades Of Plato, The Golden Ratio
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Album review: DAVE PACKHAM – The Wedding Dance
Self release [Release date 11.04.25] Dave Packham is a singer song writer based in Shoreham-by-Sea East Sussex, who uses emotional turmoil as creative energy, on an album that I somehow overlooked on its release well over a year ago. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Mead, Dave Packham, David Coomber, funk, Julian Tardo, Monophonics, Nick Drake, R&B, review, rock, roots, soul, The Wedding Dance
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Album review: SARI SCHORR – Running Wild
Provogue Records / Artone Label Group [Release date 09.10.26] We’ve been following Sari Schorr’s musical progress since at least 2016 with Pete Feenstra an early supporter, calling her “one of the finest blues-rock singers of our era”. Sari’s most recent album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, classic rock, R&B, review, Running Wild, Sari Schorr, singer, songwriter
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Album review : BAD INFLUENCE – Celebrating 40 Years
Self release [Release date : 07.06.26] Bad Influence’s ‘Celebrating 40 Years’ double album is a timely reminder of the melodic qualities of one of South London’s finest rock and blues bands. The 28 tracks span 4 studio albums, an early … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Influence, blues, Chas Cronk, Chris Childs, country, Danny Bowes, Harry James, Neil Kay, Peter Stroud, review, Richard Hayes, rock, southern rock, Thunder, Val Cowell
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Album review: 25 YEAR SCREAMER – …And From The Deep, There Is A Light…
White Knight Records [Release date 25.09.26] We’ve followed 25 Yard Screamer since their formation in 2002 and their onward trajectory has reflected our own since that time. We were mightily impressed with their third album ‘Cassandra’ in 2007, took over … Continue reading
