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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025
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Tag Archives: review
Album review: LEAVES’ EYES – Sign Of The Dragonhead
AFM Records [Release date 12.01.18] Back in April 2016 Leaves’ Eyes parted ways with singer Liv Kristine, which led to various accounts of how the departure came about surfacing on social media and ill feeling between both parties. So this … Continue reading
Album review: KAYAK – Seventeen
Inside Out [Release date 12.01.18] Kayak was founded in 1972 by keyboardist/composer Ton Scherpenzeel, who is the sole remaining original member, as the band release their seventeenth studio album. Ton is joined in Kayak by singer Bart Schwertmann and guitarist Marcel Singor, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Latimer, Camel, Kayak, melodic, prog, prog rock, Progressive Rock, review, Seventeen, Ton Scherpenzeel
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Album review: BLOOD RED SAINTS – Love Hate Conspiracies
AOR Heaven [Release date 26.01.18] Blood Red Saints return with their second album and joining the original trio of Pete Godfrey (vocals), Rob Naylor (bass) and Lee Revill (guitars) are guitarist Neil Hibbs (ex-Shy) and Andy Chemney on drums. There are a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blood Red Saints, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, hard rock, Love Hate Conspiracies, melodic, Paul Laine, review
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Album review: TONOCHROME – A Map In Fragments
Bad Elephant Music [Release date 02.02.18] The debut album from London based art rock quartet, has proggy undertones, but at heart is more rooted in jazz and ambient soundscapes. The brainchild of singer and main songwriter Andres Razzini, it’s an … Continue reading
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Tagged A Map In Fragments, album, ambient, art rock, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Tonochrome
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Album review: BILLION DOLLAR BABIES – First Ever Live Show Flint 1977
Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 17.11.17] The ill-fated Billion Dollar Babies project is something of a holy grail amongst acolytes of the original Alice Cooper band. And there are many, myself included. The last time this recording hit the streets was … Continue reading
Gig review: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Hammersmith Apollo, 4 January 2018
About time. Over six years on from their last shows, Black Country Communion were hitting the boards again. Just when we thought it was all over, the band put on a brace of shows full of zest and rediscovered comradeship … Continue reading
Album review: CHRIS BAY – Chasing The Sun
SPV [Release date 23.02.18] Vocalist and guitarist Chris Bay is best known as the founder and frontman of German power metal band Freedom Call (formed Nuremberg, 1998), whose sound has centred around catchy guitar melodies and big vocal harmonies. Inheriting … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chasing The Sun, Chris Bay, Freedom Call, metal, pop rock, review, rock, solo album
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Album review: STEVE LOGAN – Backstreets Of Eden
Moondragon Records [Release date 24.03.18] Steve Logan is a Welsh roots rocker, bordering on Americana, who explores a musical arc that merges the acoustic singer songwriter mode with what he terms “high octane rock”. He’s a song writer whose relationship … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Backstreets Of Eden, Bob Dylan, grunge, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Oasis, review, rock, singer, sonwriter, Steve Logan, The Beatles
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Album review: HEAVEN & EARTH – Hard To Kill
Quarto Valley Records [Release date 13.10.17] It would be cruel to say that ‘Heaven & Earth’ is Rainbow-by-numbers but, cripes, bandleader – UK-born Stuart Smith - looks like Ritchie (check the CD booklet!!) and apparently was mentored by him. The … Continue reading
Album review: ALMANAC – Kingslayer
Nuclear Blast [Release date 24.11.17] Second album from the band Almanac, which was formed by former Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, who utilises a trio of vocalists, namely Andy B. Franke (Brainstorm), David Readman (Pink Cream 69) and Jeannette Marchewka (Lingua Mortis … Continue reading
Album review: CHEAP TRICK – We’re All Alright!
Big Machine Records [Release date 16.06.17] Cheap Trick really are in a purple patch in their career at the moment, with 2016′s ‘Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello’ a real return to form and even their Christmas album wasn’t too shabby. ’We’re All Alright!’ is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cheap Trick, classic rock, pop rock, power pop, review, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, rock, We're Alright!
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Album review: JOAN BAEZ – Whistle Down The Wind
Proper Records [Release date 02.03.18] Joan Baez made her live debut back in 1959 at the Newport Folk Festival and now she is starting to wind down her career, touring wise at least as 2018 marks her last year of … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, folk, Joan Baez, Joe Henry, Josh Ritter, protest, review, singer songwriter, Tom Waits, Whistle Down The Wind
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Album review: GORDON GILTRAP – Peace Will Fall
Angel Air Records [Release date 12.01.18] A bit like the proverbial bus, Gordon Giltrap’s recent albums are few and far between and then two arrive within a relatively short space of time. Last year’s ‘The Last of England’ was a … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Carol Lee Sampson, Christian, folk, Gordon Giltrap, instrumental, Martin Green, Peace Will Fall, religious, review
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Album review: AUDREY HORNE – Blackout
Napalm Records [Release date 12.01.17] Norwegian hard rockers Audrey Horne return with their sixth album and first in three years since 2014′s ‘Pure Heavy’. Now that album and its predecessor, ‘Youngblood’ had some real first pumping anthems, however ‘Blackout’ lacks … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AUDREY HORNE, Blackout, classic rock, hard rock, Iron Maiden, Norwegian, review, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT, Wembley Arena, London, 15 December 2017
Arguably what we now think of as stadium or arena rock – big anthems designed for crowds to sing and sway along to and spectacular stage shows to match – can be dated back to 1977. After being overwhelmed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lambert, arena rock, Brian May, classic rock, gig, News of the World, pomp rock, Queen, review, Roger Taylor
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Gig review: The Choir Boy, A Bullet Belt & Lemmy by Tim Atkinson – Saffron Waldren, 28 December 2017
It is December 28th 2017 two years to the day of the passing of his lord Lemmy; after a treacherous walk uphill on sheet and black ice, a Jack Daniels and Coke is in my hand and I am compelled … Continue reading
Album review: MAGMA – Mekanïk Destruktï? Kommandöh
Seventh Records [Release date: 25.11.17] When the album ‘Mekanïk Destruktï? Kommandöh’ hit the racks in UK and US record stores in 1973, it was assumed to be a debut because nobody had heard of the band, and – judging by … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Christian Vander, Krautrock, Magma, Mekanïk Destruktï? Kommandöh, prog, progressive, reissue, review, rock
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Album review: THE GARDENING CLUB
Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 22.09.17] A lost prog classic? That might be applied to this reissue of an album originally released in 1983 and the work of UK-born, now Canadian resident Martin Springett. The album will appeal to fans of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camel, Don Geppert, Genesis, Martin Springett, prog, Progressive Rock, review, The Gardening Club
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Album review: SIMON PHILLIPS – Protocol 4
Phantom Recordings [Release date 27.10.17] We couldn’t resist ‘Protocol III’ with its fusion flavours and great musicality but arguably it is edged by the latest iteration. This time Simon Phillips (best known for his work with Toto) brings in guitarist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dennis Hamm, drummer, drums, Ernest Tibbs, funk, Greg Howe, jazz funk, jazz fusion, Protocol 4, review, Simon Phillips, Toto
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Gig review: JIMMY BARNES – Islington Academy, London, 13 December 2017
The unofficial title of the World’s Greatest Living Australian is up for grabs at the moment. Don Bradman departed a few years back to the great pavilion in the sky, where more recently Richie Benaud has delivered a laconic ‘morning … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 December, Aussie, Australian rock, blues rock, classic rock, Cold Chisel, Danny Spencer, gig, Islington Academy, Jimmy Barnes, London, review
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Album review: TOMMY EMMANUEL – Accomplice One
In January 2018 Tommy Emmanuel was Pete Feenstra’s special guest in his weekly Feature show first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this hour special Tommy discusses the new album and his career, with tracks from ‘Accomplice One’. … Continue reading
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Tagged Accomplice One, acoustic guitar, album, Amanda Shires, Australian, blues, Bryan Sutton, Charlie Cushman, Chet Atkins, Clive Carroll, David Grisman, Frank Vignola, Hot Club, J.D.Simo, Jerry Douglas, Jimi Hendrix, Jorma Kaukonen, Madonna, Mark Knopfler, Martin Taylor, Otis Redding, Pat Bergeson, review, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Crowell, Tommy Emmanuel, Vinny Raniolo
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Album review: THE TRANSPORTS – A Tale of Exile and Migration
Hudson Records [Release date 12.01.18] The Transports tells the tale of a family destroyed by poverty and crime, but resurrected by exile to Australia in the 1780s. The songs were originally penned by Peter Bellamy and have now been given … Continue reading
Gig review: EXTREME/Dan Reed Network – Bristol Academy, 18 December 2017
A double bill tour that not only sees the return of Extreme to these shores – capitalising soon after a headline slot headline at this summer’s Ramblin Man – but also the return of the groove masters in Dan Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 December, Bristol Academy, Dan Reed Network, Extreme, funk, Gary Cherone, gig, metal, Nuno Bettencourt, review, rock
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Gig review: FISH – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 15 December 2017
French prog rock band Lazuli had pulled their support slot appearances on these London shows after frontman Dominique Leonetti was hospitalised. There was no time to fix up a replacement and news hadn’t got through to all the punters. As … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 December 2017, Clutching at Straws, Fish, gig, Islington Assembly Hall, live, Marillion, prog rock, review, Weltschmerz
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Gig review: GUN – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 December 2017
2017 has been arguably the biggest year for Gun in the near decade since the Scots reformed, with a critically acclaimed new album, ‘Favourite Pleasures’, radio airplay, prestigious festival slots such as Stone Free, and finally this winter tour. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 December 2017, Dante Gizzi, Electric Ballroom, Favourite Pleasures, gig, Gun, InMe, Jools Gizzi, Lauren Harris, review, rock, Tommy Gentry
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