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Album review : TRAPEZE – Don’t Stop The Music – Complete Recordings Vol 1 1970-1992 (6 CD Boxset)

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Cherry Red [Release date: 24.02.23] A cool, 6-CD boxset of high calibre Trapeze material. Three CDs of studio albums plus 3 CDs of live recordings, one as recent as 1992. CD1 : Trapeze (originally released 1970) The debut tends to … Continue reading

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Album review: CASEY MAUNDER – Until Your Heart Stops Beating

CASEY MAUNDER - Until Your Heart Stops Beating

Website Once again the musical hand of fate plays a blinder as Casey Maunder sent his debut album in for possible review and boy is it a good one! Casey plays all the guitars, vocals, bass, keys and wrote all … Continue reading

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Album review: ISSA – Lights Of Japan

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Frontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Issa Oversveen is married to James Martin, ex of Vega. With his brother Tom, he’s written the bulk of the material here. And you can tell. Even with the best efforts of guitarist Simone Mularoni and … Continue reading

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Album review: TEN – Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Frontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Here’s another Ten album title that will again appeal to the literati or the cinephiles among the band’s fans. It’s their sixteenth studio release since 1996. Ever present founder/ writer/ singer, Gary Hughes has gathered a … Continue reading

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Album review: JOHN BLEK – Until The Rivers Run Dry

JOHN BLEK - Until The Rivers Run Dry

Bandcamp [Release date 17.02.23] This is John Blek’s eighth album and an artist that had not crossed my musical radar until now. The album was recorded over ten days and features Cathy Davy (vocals) – who has appeared on albums … Continue reading

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Album review: RAIN – Radio Silence

RAIN - RADIO SILENCE

Giant Electric Pea    [Release date: 27.01.23] Another release on the Giant Electric Pea label – they’re getting quite prolific… For those not in the know, GEP is the label founded by IQ stalwarts Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in … Continue reading

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Album review: JD SIMO TRIO – Songs From The House Of Grease

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Crows Feet Records [release date: 13.01.23] An album of cover versions is always a risk. But the concept is no stranger to JD Simo. This is the guitarist chosen by renowned Film Director, Baz Luhrman to play all the guitar … Continue reading

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Album title: BEYOND THE BLACK – Beyond The Black

BEYOND THE BLACK

Nuclear Blast [Release date 13.01.23] Fifth album from Beyond The Black and the third since the 2014 revamped line-up which left vocalist Jenifer Haben as the sole original member. Beyond The Black is completed by lead guitarist Chris Hermsdörfer, rhythm … Continue reading

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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Nobody’s Fool

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - Nobody's Fool

Keeping The Blues Alive (KTBA Records) [Release date 28.10.22] Joanne Shaw Taylor has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, establishing herself as one of the most formidable blues/rock performers.  We’ve followed her rise and rise in the … Continue reading

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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Waiting For The Daylight

ERJA LYYTINEN - Waiting For The Daylight

Tuohi Records [Release date 07.10.22] Recent Erja Lyytinen albums have seen the Finnish guitarist mixing up the genres and moving away from the more defined blues/blues rock that characterised earlier offerings. Whether this is a natural development or a realisation … Continue reading

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Album review: HEROES AND MONSTERS

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Frontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Heroes and Monsters is Todd Kerns, Stef Burns and Will Hunt. Their names will be familiar to you. They are three gifted rock’n’roll craftsmen – highly motivated musicians whose CVs in themselves make great reading. A … Continue reading

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Gig review: DEWOLFF – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 January 2023

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New Album – Love, Death & In Between (Album Launch Party Gig) GRTR! has been trumpeting the extraordinarily versatile southern rock, psychedelic/blues uber-combo, DeWolff, for years now and they have really excelled themselves with their new album, “Love, Death & … Continue reading

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Single review: DUST RADIO – Problem & Remedy

Dust Radio - Problem & Remedy

Bandcamp [Release date: 23.11.22] ‘Problem & Remedy’ is that rare thing, a beautifully crafted single and a succinct slice of acoustic blues. It’s a delightful old fashioned single with real cinematic presence on which the music evokes the lyrical imagery and … Continue reading

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Album Review: RETURNED TO THE EARTH – Fall Of The Watcher

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Giant Electric Pea [Release date: 27.01.23] Written and recorded through lockdown between 2019 and 2021, ‘Fall Of The Watcher’ is Returned To The Earth’s fourth foray into the studio. Originally released in 2022 on BandCamp, Giant Electric Pea, the exemplary … Continue reading

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Album review: KING KRAKEN – MCLXXX

KING KRAKEN - MCLXXX

 Website [Release date 27.01.23] King Kraken are a 5 five piece from South Wales, formed in September 2018, who are taking the metal scene by storm, festival by festival, gig by gig. Their new album entitled ‘MCLXXX’ is just about … Continue reading

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Album review: HAMISH HAWK – Angel Numbers

HAMISH HAWK - Angel Numbers

Post Electric [Release date 03.02.23] Hamish Hawk’s 2021 album ‘Heavy Elevator’ turned this reviewer into a firm fan and expectations are high for this new album. Hamish Hawk again works with Rod Jones of Idlewind on the album. The title … Continue reading

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Book review: On Track…PEARL JAM – every album, every song (Ben L Connor)

Book review: On Track…PEARL JAM – every album, every song (Ben L Connor)

  SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 15.07.22] Pearl Jam are the last band standing from the grunge explosion of the 1990’s. But there’s so much more to them than that. The quality of their music has shone like a beacon down … Continue reading

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Book review: On Track…THE KINKS – every album, every song (Martin Hutchinson)

Book review: On Track…THE KINKS – every album, every song (Martin Hutchinson)

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 01.04.22] I remember picking up a 1970 Kinks double-vinyl compilation back in my student days from a junk shop and feeling like my horizons had been instantly expanded. I bought it for the string of mid … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 – The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – THE DARKNESS (January 2023)

The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

The band that put the fun back into rock… Photo: Darren Griffiths Launching our anniversary series in January 2023, a band whose rise we followed from 2003 when they released their debut album ‘Permission To Land’.  A year later the … Continue reading

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Album review: TANGERINE DREAM – The Bootleg Box Set Vol.2 (7 CDs, Remastered)

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Cherry Red [Release date 13.01.23] As the instigators of sequenced electronica, and pioneers of German ‘Kosmische’ music, Tangerine Dream have no equal. Add to that their 60 plus movie scores – cultural statements as well as music to match the … Continue reading

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Album Review: LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III – 2 Classic Albums on 1 CD

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Cherry Red [Release date: 13.01.23] A musical family where each member is a successful, well known artist in their own right is very rare. That’s the way it is with the Wainwrights… Loudon, daughters Martha and Lucy, son Rufus, and … Continue reading

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Album review: KELLY BAYFIELD – Wave Machine

Kelly Bayfield - Wave Machine

Self-released [Release date 27.01.23] ‘Wave Machine’ is the debut album from Kelly Bayfield following on from the release of two singles, ‘Vapour Trails’ and ‘John Mahoney’. The songs gathered on this album arrived at some of the most significant points … Continue reading

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Album review: AUTUMN’S CHILD – Starflower

AUTUMN'S CHILD - Starflower

Pride & Joy Music [Release date 20.01.23] Autumn’s Child return with their fourth album ‘Starflower’, the second one released by Pride & Joy Music. The band still features Michael Erlandsson on vocals, keyboards & guitars, Pontus Åkesson on lead guitar, … Continue reading

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Album review: DOKKEN – The Elektra Albums 1983-1987

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BMG [Release date 27.01.23] Formed in the late 70s by vocalist and guitarist Don Dokken, the band Dokken shot to fame in the 80s, with their very enjoyable (and successful) blend of hard rock, glam and AOR. BMG continue their … Continue reading

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Album review: URIAH HEEP – Sweet Freedom, Return To Fantasy (vinyl reissues)

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BMG [Release date  20.01.23] BMG continue their marvellous reissue campaign, and these heavyweight discs not only feel and look as good as they sound, but fit in perfectly with the current trend for some quality vinyl. Prog legends Uriah Heep … Continue reading

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