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Album review : CRUZH – The Jungle Revolution

Posted on March 10, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 22.03.24] Welcome to The Jungle Revolution, third album on the Frontiers label from Swedish band, Cruzh, and their second with vocalist, Alex Waghorn, winner of Idol Sweden in 2017 (singing Journey’s ‘Faithfully’). Among their admitted influences … Continue reading →

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Gig review: 10cc – Bristol Beacon, 7 March 2024

Posted on March 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Graham Gouldman about his career. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 12 August 2018. I worked out it’s nearly fifty years since I last saw 10cc live, and this was at the height of … Continue reading →

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Album review : LORDS OF BLACK – Mechanics Of Predacity

Posted on March 8, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 15.03.24] The Lords Of Black are on their sixth album now, so they must be doing something right, Mechanics… is a thematically sound treatise on the human condition, in which they“embark on a profound exploration of … Continue reading →

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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years 1966-69 (5 CD boxset)

Posted on March 7, 2024 by brianmc

BMG/Sanctuary Records [Release date : 15.03.24] This 5 CD, Early Years boxset is one of the most interesting of the Status Quo back catalogue repackaging of recent times. It tracks us through the band’s startup moments in the early sixties, … Continue reading →

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Album review : LIPZ – Changing The Melody

Posted on March 6, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 15.03.24] Debut album from young Swedish quartet, Lipz, in which they attempt to breathe life into a dying genre, Glam Rock. We’re told. But how do you define “Glam Rock”? Would that be the early eighties, … Continue reading →

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EP review: EDIT THE TIDE – Reflections In Sound

Posted on March 4, 2024 by jason

Facebook [Release date 26.04.24] Bridgend’s Edit The Tide emerged in April 2023 and are now poised to make a big splash with their inaugural EP, ‘Reflections in Sound’ this April 2024. Comprising accomplished musicians who’ve shared stages with rock giants, their … Continue reading →

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Album review : ALTERIUM – Of War And Flames

Posted on March 4, 2024 by brianmc

AFM Records [Release date : 08.03.24] Alterium is a new Italian Symphonic Metal quintet led by Nicoletta Rosellini (ex. Kalidia), a talented artist who juggles several media related careers. She also fronts Goth Metal band, Walk In The Darkness. Of … Continue reading →

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Album review: CARL PALMER – Fanfare For The Common Man

Posted on March 3, 2024 by jason

BMG [Release date 05.04.24] Drummer Carl Palmer has had a long and distinguished career, most notably as a founder of prog rock super group Emerson Lake & Palmer. Prior to that he’d toured with Arthur Brown and co-founded Atomic Rooster, … Continue reading →

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Album review : TURBULENCE – Binary Dream

Posted on March 2, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 08.03.24] Third album from cutting edge Lebanese Progressive Metal band, Turbulence. Turbulence by name… this truly is a Prog Metal album for genre afficionados. We said that the band’s 2023 Frontiers debut, Frontal was “a defiantly bold … Continue reading →

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Album review: SAMI YAFFA – Satan’s Helpers War Lazer Eyes And The Money Pig Circus

Posted on March 1, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

SAMI YAFFA - Satan’s Helpers War Lazer Eyes & The Money Pig Circus

Livewire/Cargo [Release date 08.03.24] Friends will tell you that I am a huge fan of the Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue or Def Leppard, and they are right, but for me there is one band that will always remain … Continue reading →

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Album review : HEKZ – Terra Nova

Posted on March 1, 2024 by petefeenstra

BMH Audio [Release date: 03.11.23] ‘Terra Nova’ is a British prog rock band Hekz’s first release for 5 years and is a concept album that deals with overcoming different elements of the psyche to realize our potential and become who … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE END MACHINE – The Quantum Phase

Posted on March 1, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 08.03.24] Third album from George Lynch’s “new” band. (Interesting to note that Lynch has “retired” the Lynch Mob band name, admitting that the play on his surname was always “problematic,” but is now “inexcusable” because of its … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FRASER ANDERSON/EMILY FRASER – Junction 3, Cambridge, 24 February 2024

Posted on February 29, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Continuing my February foray to Cambridge’s acoustic gig offerings, the intimate club surroundings of Junction 3 – where the popular New Routes event has its home – hosts some of the very best acoustic and electric talent in the folk … Continue reading →

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Album review : HOLLY LERSKI – Sweet Decline

Posted on February 29, 2024 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Holly Lerski for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 3 March 2024. Laundry [Release date: 26.04.24] Holly Lerski’s ‘Sweet Decline’ works hard to capture lingering moments of inspiration as … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – The Circus And The Nightwhale

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alanjones

Inside Out [Release date: 16.02.24] As a recognition of 50 (ish) years in ‘the biz’, Steve Hackett, erstwhile guitarist of Genesis, has released not only a landmark 30th solo album, but also bookended his solo career by releasing a concept … Continue reading →

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Album review : ALBERT HAMMOND – Body Of Work

Posted on February 26, 2024 by brianmc

earMusic [Release Date : 01.03.24] There just can’t be any Classic Rock artist who can outdo prolific hit writer, Albert Hammond’s “been there, done that, got the Oscar/Grammy/Platinum Disc…” track record. And when you include the fact he wrote the … Continue reading →

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Album review : AMIGO THE DEVIL – Yours Until The War Is Over

Posted on February 23, 2024 by brianmc

Liars Club/Regime Music [Release date : 23.02.24] Interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine just prior to the release of his 2021 album, Born Against (a relevant and revealing play on words), Danny Kiranos explained his love of the music of Leonard Cohen … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAFAEL RIQUENI – Versatae

Posted on February 22, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Cleopatra Records [Release date 16.02.24] ‘Versatae’ marks something of a departure for the master flamenco guitar player who is held in the same esteem as players like Paco Pena and Paco de Lucia. Rafael Riqueni has lent his skills to … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ROBBIE MCINTOSH – The Sound Lounge, Sutton, Surrey 17 February 2024

Posted on February 21, 2024 by petefeenstra

In a world of over-hyped musicians and guitarists, Robbie McIntosh is a timely reminder of the virtues of taste, tone, lyrical ability and humility. Here’s a guitarist with a musical CV that many could only dream of (Paul McCartney, The … Continue reading →

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Album review: ZZEBRA – Hungry Horse (Live In Germany 1975)

Posted on February 19, 2024 by jason

MIG Music [Release date 13.12.23] Fusion/prog rock band Zzebra recorded two studio albums in the mid 70s (and a 3rd in 1975 that remained unreleased for 35 years), and some wonderful music that should have been much more in the public … Continue reading →

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Album Review: THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – It Leads To This

Posted on February 18, 2024 by alanjones

kScope [Release date: 09.02.24] The Pineapple Thief have been around since 1999 – initially on the periphery of progressive rock with their early albums on the legendary Cyclops label. They were chosen to re-launch the now esteemed kScope label with … Continue reading →

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Album review : CLIMIE FISHER – Coming In For The Kill (4CD Boxset)

Posted on February 18, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 23.02.24] Climie Fisher’s 1988 hit single ‘Love Changes Everything”, taken from their debut album, truly was a pop classic. Still is. None of the songs on Coming In For The Kill replicated its considerable chart success. … Continue reading →

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Album review: MEDICINE HEAD – Heartwork

Posted on February 17, 2024 by petefeenstra

John Fiddler chatted to Pete Feenstra about the album ‘Heartwork’ First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 18 February. Living Room Records (digital) Talking Elephant (CD) [Release date : 23.02.24] John Fiddler’s Medicine Head enjoyed a merited comeback … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ANDY SHARROCKS &The Incurable Romantics – 100 Club, London, 14 February 2024

Posted on February 17, 2024 by petefeenstra

If you invited your better half to spend St. Valentine’s night at London’s 100 Club, the chances are your relationship could soon be in trouble. Imagine my surprise then to discover a fair sprinkling of women as part of an … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, Tuesday 13 February 2024

Posted on February 16, 2024 by jason

Fairport Convention, Cropredy - 9 August 2014

“We became big fish in a very small pond” Simon Nicol says with usual modesty about Fairport Convention’s leap from the nascent folk band to suddenly becoming the poster children of the flourishing folk rock movement, brought about by a … Continue reading →