Tag Archives: singer

Album review: ASHLEIGH FLYNN – A Million Stars

Posted on September 25, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Sheryl Crow’s got a new album out soon, but judging by the lead single it’s going to be slushy, sentimental pap. Shame, as she used to be one of the leading singer songwriters who could comfortably straddle the country/rock divide. … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KIP WINGER- The Borderline, London, 21 September 2013

Posted on September 23, 2013 by andynathan

The overused media format ‘an evening with’ was for once an appropriate one to describe Kip Winger’s solo show with a difference, from the moment he came on stage with a routine more suited to stand up comedy before strapping … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: KAYLEIGH LEITH, KIMMIE RHODES, BAND OF SISTERS, THE BEAUBOWBELLES

Posted on September 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

KAYLEIGH LEITH This Woman Looking for a Nashville ‘new country’ sound on her second album, young American singer songwriter Kayleigh Leith turned to one of Nashville’s top songwriters Rob Crosby (Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride). Her debut album Miles Away (2011) … Continue reading →

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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio launches sessions series

Posted on September 10, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Get Ready to ROCK!’s dedicated radio station has launched a new series ‘In Session for GRTR!’ showcasing both new and established artists. The series was launched by UK-based blues rockers ALBANY DOWN and since then the specially recorded sessions have … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: RUSTY SHACKLE, STEPHEN KELLOGG, THE DUNWELLS, ROD PICOTT

Posted on September 7, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Rusty Shackle – The Bones Rusty Shackle appear to have tripped over the ‘difficult second album’ stepping stone with the follow up to their 2012 debut album Wash Away These Nights which was a more varied offering than the ‘pedal … Continue reading →

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Album review: TONY McLOUGHLIN – The Contender

Posted on September 7, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

He may look uncannily like Billy Connolly’s long lost brother, but opening with strains of Muhammad Ali getting ready to ‘rumble in the jungle’, Tony Mcloughlin’s fifth album The Contender is a glorious Telecaster-infused slab of Tom Petty/Springsteen inspired Americana. … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAGGIE REILLY – Heaven Sent

Posted on August 29, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Red Berry Records [Release date 11.11.13] www.maggiereilly.co.uk Maggie Reilly frequently features in our singer-songwriter sequence on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and , since 2009 when we interviewed her, she has become a firm favourite. Her solo albums are always worth … Continue reading →

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Album review: PARTHENON HUXLEY – Thank You Bethesda

Posted on August 13, 2013 by jason

www.parthenonhuxley.com Parthenon Huxley is fine purveyor of pop rock tunes and over here in the UK maybe best known as the guitarist in The Orchestra, the band that features former ELO members (one of these, Eric Troyer helps out on … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILLIE NILE – American Ride

Posted on August 9, 2013 by petefeenstra

Blue Rose Records [Release date 24.06.13] Willie Nile is a true blue collar troubadour with a poet’s eye for colourful analytical prose. He’s worked every bar, club and theatre in town, world-wide and he’s excited audiences big and small with … Continue reading →

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Album Reviews: DODSON & FOGG – Dodson & Fogg,Derring Do,Sounds Of Day And Night

Posted on August 3, 2013 by alanjones

Wisdom Twins Records [Released 2012/2013] wisdomtwinsbooks.weebly.com/dodson-and-fogg.html Despite having a name that sounds like an engineering firm making flanges for the automotive industry, Dodson & Fogg are essentially one person. His name is Chris Wade – a multi-instrumentalist par excellence who … Continue reading →

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Album review: AOIFE O’DONOVAN – Fossils

Posted on July 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Yep Roc [Release date 24.06.13] Aoife (pronounced Ee-fuh)’s debut solo album at the age of 30 is already making something of a splash on the other side of the pond. With a wealth of experience already under her belt as … Continue reading →

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Album review: DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS – Good Light

Posted on July 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Magnolia Music [Release date 26.08.13] Being something of a female vocalist ‘junkie’ I was rather hoping Drew was the blonde on the album cover. But it turns out that’s Drew’s wife and band mate Ellie. Drew’s the foot-clapping guy who … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMILY MAGUIRE – Bird Inside A Cage

Posted on June 24, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

GRTR! only ‘discovered’ British born singer songwriter Emily Maguire with the release of her third album – ‘Believer’ – in 2009. As a calling card it was a sufficiently strong hand to make me browse her back catalogue and the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAY & LATTA – Beauty In Chaos

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Avid GRTR! browsers may have spotted our 2009 review of Brit female fronted heavy rockers Exoterik’s ‘Butterfly In Your Hand’ – an album we saw as throwing down a gauntlet to the Evanescence pop / rock dynasty. We noted then, … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: RUSS DWARF, THE LOOK, BLEEDING HANDS, SCOTT COOK

Posted on June 11, 2013 by jason

RUSS DWARF – Wireless www.russdwarf.com Singer Russ Dwarf found success in the 80’s fronting the Killer Dwarfs and their 1986 album ‘Stand Tall’ is one of those classic hard rock albums (I still have my vinyl copy!). This new solo … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANOUSCHKA – Hollywood Ending

Posted on June 8, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

My review of Anouschka’s My Kind Of Heartbreak album (2007) pretty much said all you need to know about a US army brat with a Swedish mother who by 16 had seen a lot of the world and started her … Continue reading →

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Album review: TESS OF THE CIRCLE – Thorns

Posted on June 8, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Cadiz Music [Release date 15.07.13] While British male singer songwriter Tess Jones’ debut Magpie (2010) was an introspective acoustic based set, his follow up sees the addition of ‘the Circle’ – a collective of musicians that bring the ‘sounds of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: STEVE MAYONE,KEVIN DOHERTY,CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING

Posted on May 11, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

The Cousins Project Steve Mayone & Kristina Stykos – Beautiful Blood In 2006 singer songwriters Steve Mayone and Kristina Stykos met by chance at a gig and discovered they were second cousins. Fate had led them down similar paths – … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THEA GILMORE, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 10 May 2013

Posted on May 11, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

This promotional gig for Thea’s excellent new album Regardless, complete with supporting string quartet, proved at least one thing – there’s no finer British vocalist/singer songwriter on the scene at present. Finding local ‘talent’ to open the set – a … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON, ERICA NOCKALLS, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,DERRIN NAUENDORF

Posted on April 23, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Craig John Davidson – The Last Laugh (Fat Hippy Records) [Release date: 29.04.13] Being on Fat Hippy Records is somewhat appropriate in the case of this 4th solo album from acoustic troubadour Craig John Davidson. Not because he’s fat, because … Continue reading →

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Album review: RUTH MOODY – These Wilder Things

Posted on April 23, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

A six day residency at The Royal Albert Hall (albeit opening for Mark Knopfler) says a lot about the rising status of Ruth Moody, founder and current member of Billboard topping band The Wailin’ Jennys. Produced and engineered by David … Continue reading →

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Gig review: WORLD PARTY, RNCM, Manchester,15 April 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

The RNCM main concert hall provided a suitably majestic setting for what was to be an evening of wonderful music, the stage arranged on the hexagon floor had the backdrop of the rather impressive Hradetsky Concert Organ and the theatre … Continue reading →

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Album review: MELISSA GREENER – Transistor Corazon

Posted on April 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Music has been a part of Melissa Greener’s life from day one. Raised in Detroit by her Playboy Club lounge singer mother and politically bent hippie father, her musical roots are in the soulful 1960′s Laurel Canyon scene. Her two … Continue reading →

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Album review: BARRY PALMER – Night Thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

(Hold Your Horses Records) Something of a well-kept secret, Barry Palmer is singer whose presence has permeated pop and rock since the 1970′s, and whose principal ‘claim to fame’ is being Mike Oldfield’s singer of choice on the 1984 ‘Crime … Continue reading →

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Album review: BARNEY BENTALL – Flesh & Bone

Posted on March 23, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Three independent and seven studio albums into a career that kicked off in 1978, it’s a wonder that the name Barney Bentall – a Vancouver based singer songwriter – has never registered on the GRTR! radar. Those with an encyclopaedic … Continue reading →