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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – From The Vault
Eagle Vision [Release date 30.10.15] I am pleased to say that those very nice people at Eagle have delivered the goods once again and the latest releases in The Rolling Stones “From The Vault” series are from Tokyo in 1990 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, 1990, classic, DVD, From The Vaults, Keith Richards, Leeds, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Tokyo
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Gig review: PLANET ROCKSTOCK – Trecco Bay, South Wales, 4-6 December 2015
Friday 4 December This is the third year for the Planet Rock annual festival and the second year at Porthcawl. I thought last year’s line-up would take some beating and, although thinking 2015 was a weak bill by comparison, I … Continue reading
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Tagged 4-6 December 2015, blues, Buffalo Summer, Crobot, Dan Patlansky, Danko Jones, festival, FM, Fozzy, gig, Heavens Basement, Inglorious, Planet Rockstock, review, Rival Sons, rock, Scorpion Child, South Wales, The Darkness, The Dead Daisies, Trecco Bay
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Album review: RYAN McGARVEY – The Road Chosen
Justforkicks-Deu [Release date 07.11.14] Here’s an album that almost slipped through the cracks, but given it was released in late November last year and consequently missed ‘the best of’ lists, I think we’re allowed to sneak into the 2015 reviews. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Chris Duarte, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, funk, grooves, guitar, Joe Bonamassa, review, rock, Ryan McGarvey, The Road Chosen
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Album review: FISCHER’S FLICKER – Fornever And Never
Lavender Kartydid Music [Release date 15.08.15] ‘Fornever And Never’ by Chicago Fisher’s Flicker is a bewildering musical journey that reflects its leader’s Scott Fischer’s eclectic musical background. Described by his PR as a ‘a vast musical amusement park’, Scott Fischer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Fischer's Flicker, Frank Zappa, Graham Parker, prog, R&B, review, rock, Scott Fischer, soul, Steely Dan, The Band, Todd Rundgren
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Quick plays: MY FAIR FIEND, ARI AND THE ALIBIS, LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND, EUREKA
MY FAIR FIEND Making Monsters ‘Quirky’ is an oft used description in the singer songwriter world, but it does describe the sophomore release from Utah-based My Fair Fiend a vehicle for the talents of singer songwriter Callie Crofts. Musically, the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Ari And The Alibis, Dirty Little Secret, Eliza Carthy, Eureka, fusion, Gret Escapes, Jenny Hill, Locust Honey String Band, Making Monsters, My Fair Fiend, Never Let Me Cross Your Mind, prog, progressive, review, rock, roots, RPWL, songs of separation, Yogi Lang
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Album review: DOUG WAHLBERG BAND – Flying Under The Radar
www.dougwahlberg.com [Release date 29.09.15] It’s a shame this album runs out at only 8 tracks spread over a miserly 32 minutes, but in terms of quality it’s irreproachable. Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter described East Coast guitarist and singer / … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doug Wahlberg, Doug Wahlberg Band, Flying Under The Radar, review, rock
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Album review: SINCE EVER, SMELL MY PILLOW, MIDORI & EZRA BOY
SINCE EVER Isolation Does the world need another symphonic metal band? Discuss. When symphonic rock burst onto the scene it sounded fresh, vibrant, and most importantly gave rock something ‘different’. But for some inexplicable reason, the genre has become formulaic, … Continue reading
Album review: THE RAVEN CHARTER – Reset
Do It For Records [Release date 26.09.15] Founded in Denton, Texas, in 2005 The Raven Charter are something of an enigma. Proggers? Melodics? Or Rockers? Their debut long player suggests they could be all three. And very fine ones at … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Reset, review, rock, The Raven Charter
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DVD review: THE WHO – Live In Hyde Park
Eagle Vision [Release date 13.11.15] The archetypal rockers The Rolling Stones returned to Hyde Park to celebrate their 50 years in 2013. In the summer of 2015 mod icons The Who did the same. Perhaps it should be renamed Jurassic … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, DVD, Live In Hyde Park, Pete Townsend, review, rock, Roger Daltrey, THE WHO
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Album review: TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAIN KILLERS – Method To My Madness
Alligator [Release date 23.10.15] Tommy Castro’s ‘Method To My Madness’ is a slow burning, bluesy crossover album that is big on grooves, incisive solos, rich melodies and tight band interplay, but lacks killer songs. ‘Method To My Madness’ is a … Continue reading
Gig review: SARI & THE ENGINE ROOM – Surya, London, 7 December 2015
New York vocalist Sari Schorr has the effortless range and sense of drama to give any song real purpose and tonight she connects with her showcase crowd as if delivering a personal message face to face. And it’s her unabashed … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, gig, Innes Sibun, jazz, Joe Louis Walker, Kevin Jefferies, Lead Belly, Mhpstudios, Michael Jackson, Mike Vernon, Popa Chubby, Quincy Jones, Ram Jam, review, Robert Plant, rock, Rosanne Cash, Sari & The Engine Room, Sari Schorr, soul, The Engine Room, vocals
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Album review: LESLIE WEST – Soundcheck
Provogue [Release date 27.11.15] ‘Soundcheck’ is probably more of a significant album title than you might originally realize, if only because the arrangements on this album sounds like something Leslie West might tinker with in that dead time just before … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Arielle Pizza, Brian May, guitar, Jack Bruce, Leslie West, Mike Goldberg, Peter Frampton, Rev Jones, review, rock, Soundcheck, The Beatles, Tracy Chapman
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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The First Twenty Years
Inside Out [Release date 20.11.15] This has been a busy year for Spock’s Beard with a new studio album, ‘The Oblivion Particle’ and subsequent tour and now this, the band’s first best of album. It covers all twelve studio albums … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Morse, album, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio, prog, progressive, review, rock, Spock's Beard, Ted Leonard, the First Twenty Years
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Album review: GRAHAM GREENE – Down Devils Road
www.grahamgreene.com.au [Release date 01.04.15] It’s increasingly difficult for guitarists to come up with a wholly instrumental album. Where do you start? Inevitably they tend to run of ideas, they’re not that good a player, or there’s a definite sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australian, Down Devils Road, fusion, Graham Greene, guitar, guitarist, review, rock
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News: Readers and listeners vote for their favourite albums and live acts – Best of 2015
Every year the reviewers at Get Ready to ROCK! choose their Top Albums and Live Acts. Their selection covers a range of genres from rock to blues and progressive and reflects the musical spread of the well-respected website. The reviewers … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Best of 2015, Blackberry Smoke, blues, King King, melodic rock, poll, progressive, readers, Renaissance, rock, The Tubes, Thunder, Vintage Trouble, vote
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Album review: BABAJACK – Babajack Live Summer 2015
Self release [Release date 10.1o.15] ‘Babajack Live’ starts out as a blues album – all wailing harp, rough-hewn slide and hypnotic rhythms on homemade instruments – but quickly develops organically into a body of music with more depth. The background … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Bertenshaw, album, Babajack, Babajack Live Summer 2015, Becky Tate, blues, Julia Palmer Price, Paul Long, rap, review, rock, roots, Tosh Murase, Trevor Steger
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Album review: ROB TOGNONI – Birra For Lirra
Blues Boulevard [Release date 27.11.15] Australian guitarist Rob Tognoni’s website suggests that his three elemental musical concepts are power, passion and presence. And while ‘Birra for Lirra’ undoubtedly embodies all three alongside his consistently good guitar playing, his material lacks … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Australian rock, Birra For Lirra, blues, guitar, review, Rob Tognoni, rock, Rory Gallagher, Th Doors, The Shadows
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The Best of 2015 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
The Best of 2015 with David Randall by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud In the end of year ‘Best of 2015′ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, David Randall featured many of the albums/artists that appear in the … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Best of 2015, blues, December 2015, gigs, live act, melodic, music, progressive, review, rock, Thunder, Vintage Trouble
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Gig review: VIRGIL & THE ACCELERATORS/Black Whiskey – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 27 November 2015
Pete Feenstra chats to Virgil McMahon on Sunday 6 December, 19:00 GMT on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio More information Virgil & The Accelerators unveil their new bass man, The River Chickens guitarist Joel Wildgoose. His powerful bass playing, big … Continue reading
Album review: LUXURIANT SEDANS – Born Certified
Seventh Son [Release date 08.09.15] From the opening heavy duty guitar squalls, power chords, growling vocal and interwoven guitar parts voiced over cymbal splashes, to the pounding conclusion of Jerry McCain’s ‘Stay Out Of Automobiles’, you know you are in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blues Came Callin, Born Certified, Captain Beefheart, Chicago Blues, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gino Grandinetti, guitar, harp, James Solberg, Jerry McCain, John Lennon, John Nemeth, Luther Allison, Luxuriant Sedans, Mike “Wezo” Wesolowski, review, Rob Slater, rock, Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Terry McMillan, Walter Trout
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Album review: NOAH WOTHERSPOON BAND – Mystic Mud
Noah Wotherspoon Band [Release date 16.07.15] The Noah Wotherspoon Band impress with the depth of their songs, their inspirational playing and cool use of dynamics. ‘Mystic Mud’ is a contemporary sounding crossover blues/roots set, but it’s the understated way in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Blind Willie McTell, blues, Booogie, Brian Aylor, Creedence Clearwater Revival, gig, Hound Dog Taylor, International Blues Challenge, Jessi Bair, John Fogerty, John Lennon, Noah Wotherspoon, Noah Wotherspoon Band, review, Rob Thaxton, Robin Trower, rock, slide guitar, Walter Trout
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Gig review: CROBOT/Scorpion Child – Live Rooms, Chester, 11 November 2015
Crobot and Scorpion Child are currently on a Europe-wide tour plying their groove laden rock and roll to many a welcoming fan and tonight The Live Rooms in Chester went back a few decades to when sideboards were on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 November 2015, Buffalo Summer, Chester, Crobot, gig, review, rock, Scorpion Child, The Live Rooms
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Gig review: SIMO – St.Moritz Club, London, 23 November 2015
Sometimes you just have to dip into the past to make sense of the present and such is the case with alt. Nahville’s psychedelic tinged improvisational jam trio Simo. Their intense improvisational spirit draws from a wide variety of classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Abrashoff, blues, Cream, Elad Shapiro, Fleetwood Mac, gig, J.D.Simo, JOE COCKER, Leo Lyons, Let Love Show The Way, Mike Bloomfield, Mountain, Nashville, Peter Green, Phish, Pink Floyd, psychedelia, review, rock, Simo, soul, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers. Grateful Dead, Umphrey McGhee, Vanilla Fudge, Widespread Panic
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Quick plays: AMBERIAN DAWN, SUNSPOT, LUKE GASSER
AMBERIAN DAWN – Innuendo Napalm Records [Release date 23.1.15] Second album from the Finnish symphonic metal band to feature vocalist Capri Virkkunen and she helps lift the band from another run of the mill metal band. To be honest it … Continue reading
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Tagged A Quest For Life, Abba, album, alternative, Amberian Dawn, Angel Air, Crsytal Gates, David Ellefson, Doll Skin, EMP Records, Innuendo, Love Affair, Luke Gasser, Megadeth, metal, review, rock, Steve Ellis, Sunspot, symphonic, Weirdest Hits
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Gig review: WALTER TROUT/Simo – 02 Forum, London, 21 November 2015
Perhaps only Walter Trout can transform the recollection of his own abject desperation and ill health into resonant blues-rock. Aside from completing his lengthy journey back to his rightful place in front of his adoring European fans – in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Elt, B.B. King, Battle Scars, blues, Danny Bryant, Don Nix, gig, JD Simo, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Griparic, Jon Trout, Luther Allison, Michael Leasure, Nicky Horn, review, rock, Sammy Avila, Simo, Walter Trout
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