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Album review: DENNIS CHURCHILL-DRIES – Crazy Is This Life
AOR Blvd Records [Release date 30.01.26] Former White Sister and Tattoo Rodeo vocalist Dennis Churchill-Dries is back with another album packed full of classy melodic rock. He’s joined by Steve Newman on guitar & keys, along with Newman drummer Rob … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, AOR Blvd Records, Dennis Churchill Dries, hard rock, melodic rock, review, rock, Steve Newman, Tattoo Rodeo, White Sister
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Quick plays: AVALANCHE, UUHAI
AVALANCHE Armed to the Teeth [Release date 13.02.26] Avalanche are husband & wife duo Steven Campbell on lead vocals & bass, and Veronica ‘V’ Campbell on lead guitar, who are joined by Blake Poulton on rhythm guitar and drummer Bon … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Armed to the Teeth, Avalanche, classic rock, folk, Human Herds, indie, metal, Quick Plays, review, rock, The Hu, traditional, Uuhai
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Album review: PETRA – Hope
Girder Records [Release date 12.01.26] 2026 could well be the year of the comeback and one highly anticipated is this new album from Petra, their first studio album since 2003’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’. Petra have been touring on and off … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Bob Hartman, Christian rock, Hope, John Schlitt, melodic rock, Petra, review, rock
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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ – Colourful House
Website [Release date 31.10.25] Are they Blues? Are they jazz? Are they psychedelic? What the hell does it matter when they are are all fused together in such a seamless and powerful way. The Zoe Schwarz Blues Commotion release their … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Blues Commotion, Colourful House, jazz, Pete Feenstra, psychedelic, review, Rob Koral, rock, THE DOORS, Zoe Schwarz
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Album review: ROSS HARDING – The Blood and the Blues
Website [Release date 14.11.125] I have reviewed Ross’s two singles from this album, Revelator Blues and Lucifer and Me. And I must admit on first listening of Revelator Blues, I fell in love with him, in a bro sort of way … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, dark blues, guitarist, review, rock, Ross Harding, The Blood and the Blues
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EP review: AXMINSTER – Mad Hatters
Website [Release date 25.07.25] Axminster first started out in 1983 – then known as Axminster Molly – and they were indeed named after the carpet/rug manufacturer based in the UK town of the same name! Only vocalist/guitarist Steve Sera remains … Continue reading
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Tagged Axminster, EP, hard rock, Mad Hatters, melodic hard rock, review, rock
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Album review: DEWOLFF – Fuego!
Website [Release date 05.12.25] What do Redbone, Leon Russell, Lowell George, Bad Company, Link Wray, Henri Garella, Cray Fox and Dr. John have in common ? They all crafted masterpieces which have inspired the ridiculously fertile imaginations of Dutch blues/soul/psychedelic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, DeWolff, Fuego!, Leon Russell, psychedelic, review, rock, southern rock
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Album review : THE MEL OUTSIDER REFORMATION – Mel Goes Funky
Planet Records UK [Release date : 26.09.25] The 8 piece Mel Outsider Reformation is one of the most potent and original big band outfits in the UK. Their music is riff driven, exhilarative and has a jam like quality. It’s … Continue reading
Single review: SPENCER MACKENZIE – Frozen Hearts
JUNO nominated and Maple Blues Award winner Spencer MacKenzie has just dropped his third single from his forth coming album Empty Chairs, which coincidentally was produced mixed and engineered by Ross Hayes Citrullo guitarist from The Commoners whose single I … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Frozen Hearts, guitarist, JUNO, review, rock, single, Spencer MacKenzie, the Commoners
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Single review: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Everything I Need
Facebook Written in response to the audience reaction on their last UK tour, American roots rockers Caitlin Krisko And The Broadcast drop their fourth single in as many months – Everything I need from their forthcoming album Heirloom. From the … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Caitlin Krisko, Everything I Need, melodic, review, rock, single, the Broadcast
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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Just Watch Me
The Commoners, a Canadian band from Toronto, lay their southern style rock on us in big layers with this brand new single Just Watch Me. An engaging guitar riff brings the song to life courtesy of Ross Hayes Citrullo, who … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, hard rock, Just Watch Me, review, rock, single, the Commoners
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Single reviews: PYLON POETS, FOARN, FORGE HOUNDS, CHOLE CHADWICK
Pylon Poets – Not to Blame (feat. Call Yourself Karma) Big fans of Pylon Poets here at GRTR! and following the release of their album ‘Demise of the Divine’ in Jun, Pylon Poets have teamed up with Call Yourself Karma … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, blues, Call Yourself Karma, Chole Chadwick, Christmas, country, Foarn, Forge Hounds, indie, Paulie Boy, pop, pop rock, power pop, punk, Pylon Poets, review, rock, singles
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Single review: THE SIDESHOWS – Brand New
European Phonographic Sami Yaffa has been the bass player for some mighty fine bands over the years – Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Michael Monroe Band, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and several more. He has now teamed up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Brand New, Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe Band, review, Rich Ragany, rock, rock 'n' roll, Sam Yaffa, single, The Sideshows
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Album review : SPIRIT – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded and Remastered boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 28.11.25] Californian band, Spirit, blossomed in the fertile fields of psychedelic rock. They came together in 1967, the year of “The Summer Of Love”, a year later they released their self titled debut. Its febrile … Continue reading
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Tagged expanded, live, posthumous, Randy California, remastered, review, rock, Sea Dream, Spirit, studio
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Gig review: SAXON – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 November 2025
Mention Saxon to anyone and they will probably reply with ‘Ah, Wheels Of Steel!’. This song and album have become fixtures in any self-respecting rock fans collection and one of the defining albums from the NWOBHM period. The album has … Continue reading
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Tagged 9th November 2025, Accept, Balls To The Wall, Biff Byford, Brian Tatlet, Doug Scarrett, gig, live, metal, Nibbs Carter, Nigel Glockler, rock, Saxon, U.D.O, Udo Dirkschnieder, Wheels Of Steel
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EP review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash
Streaming [Release date 05.11.25] Oh my goodness what have we here – with a vocalist who makes Janis Joplin sound like Mary Poppins, a pair of duelling, weaving guitars, a bass player walking in John Entwistle’s footsteps, a Hammond organ player … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, EP, Hold the Mash, Parker Barrow, review, rock, southern rock
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Album review: D’ERCOLE – Reactance Theory
Rock Company [Release date 05.11.25] It’s album number eleven from D’Ercole and lost count of the number of albums featuring the talented & never seemingly out of the studio Phil Vincent! Joining him are the D’Ercole stalwarts – drummer B.F. D’Ercole, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, D'Ercole, hard rock, melodic hard rock, melodic rock, Phil Vincent, Reactance Theory, review, rock, Vince O'Regan
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Gig review: GONG – Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025
There are gigs you enjoy—and then there are gigs that leave you floating somewhere between dimensions. Gong’s performance at Bedford Esquires last night was firmly in the latter category. The support act Snorkel took the stage first, the evening promised … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 November 2025, ambient, Bedford, Esquires, gig, Gong, progressive, psychedelic, review, rock, Snorkel
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Gig review: SANANDA MAITREYA – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 November 2025
Sananda Maitreya, formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby, returned to the UK stage after a long hiatus, bringing his eclectic blend of soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia to a devoted London crowd. With a career spanning over three decades, this … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 November 2025, funk, gig, London, melodic, pop, psychedelic, review, rock, Sananda Maitreya, Shepherd's Bush Empire, soul, Terence Trent D’Arby, the Sugar Plum Pharaohs
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Single review: ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer
Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] Pass me that bottle of Jack Daniels and a full on red Marlboro smoke, Ross Harding is back in town, corrupting people again, as he peddles his bluesifer devil music. He even pleads guilty m’lord, he … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Me and Lucifer, review, rock, Ross Harding, single
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Album review: DRINK THE SEA – S/t
Website [Release date 03.10.25] It may seem an alien concept for some people, but being in a globally huge band can be tough going at times, the machine utterly taking over your life. Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has always … Continue reading
Album review: LAURA COX – Trouble Coming
earMusic [Release date 31.10.25] Album number four from Anglo-French guitarist and singer Laura Cox, who first came to wider attention via her YouTube channel in 2008. The album was mixed and engineered by Jean-Marc Pelatan, with tracks mastered by Ted Jensen … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, guitarist, Laura Cox, melodic, review, rock, Trouble Coming
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Album review: STEVE MORSE BAND – Triangulation
Music Theories Recordings [Release date 14.10.25] Steve Morse Band’s ‘Triangulation’ is a complex, intense and yet accessible virtuosic album which successfully evokes the conceptual ‘Triangulation’ album title. The ‘triangulation’ concept refers to geographically pinpointing your exact location at a specific … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dave LaRue, Dixie Dreggs, Eric Johnson, Flying Colors, funk, fusion, instrumental, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Petrucci, Kevin Morse, King Crimson, prog, review, Robert Fripp, rock, Scott Sim, Steve Morse, Steve Morse Band, Triangulation, Van Romaine
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Album review: JOHN LEES’ BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Relativity
Cherry Red Records [Release date 17.10.25] More than seven years in the making and some twelve years since the release of ‘North’ its 2013 predecessor, John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest’s second studio album, ‘Relativity’ proves that time well spent can … Continue reading
Album review: THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS – X’s For Eyes
Better Noise Music [Release date 03.10.25] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, since their formation in the early 2000s, has carved a unique space in the alternative rock scene. With the release of their new album it’s clear the band has continued … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, emo, gothic, My Chemical Romance, review, rock, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, X's For Eyes
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