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Album review: CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS – Shoulder To Shoulder

Posted on August 3, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Fat City Records [Release date 16.09.16] The one thing you’re assured of with a Chris While and Julie Matthews release – Shoulder To Shoulder is their tenth studio album – is some of the finest folk music and female singing … Continue reading →

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EP review: ROBBIE RANSOM – Rocks In My Pocket

Posted on August 2, 2016 by jason

On Sunday 4 September, at 21:00 Robbie Ransom is featured in the “In Session” series, exclusively for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio More information Rubber Meets The Road Records [Release date 29.07.16] www.robbieransom.xyz Debut EP release from a highly talented … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE ESKIES, CIRCULINE, THE DEEP HOLLOW

Posted on July 12, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

THE ESKIES After The Sherry Went Round Parochial Dancehall Records [Release date 26.08.16] The debut from this Dublin based quintet is a rip-roaring unhinged concoction of sea soaked gypsy folk. They’re like The Coral and the Mumfords rolled into one … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LUKE ELLIOT – Aces and Eights, London, 21 June 2016

Posted on June 22, 2016 by jason

Small underground bar and an intimate atmosphere with subdued lighting, candles and gilt lined mirrors – bit like being in a Sherlock Holmes story. The upstairs is a pizza/bar fashioned on 1950′s rock ‘n’ roll era. All in all an … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: DANA IMMANUEL, EVE SELIS

Posted on June 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

DANA IMMANUEL & THE STOLEN BAND Come With Me [Release date 05.08.16] A curious release, coming reasonably hot on the heels of banjo-toting, whiskey-drinking north London based singer-songwriter Dana Immanuel’s last album Dotted Lines which attracted a 4 star GRTR! … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAY WILSON – Song For A Friend

Posted on June 7, 2016 by jason

Jaggy D Records [Release date 03.06.16] What a beauty of an album this is! Stiltskin frontman and ex-Genesis lead singer, Ray Wilson’s fifth solo album, “Song For A Friend” oozes quality and empathy – epitomizing heart-felt balladry throughout. Lots of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MICHAEL McDERMOTT, ANNIE KEATING, MISS RABBIT

Posted on June 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

MICHAEL McDERMOTT Willow Springs Having only just reviewed The Westies – Six On The Out, a vehicle for singer songwriter Michael McDermott, it was something of a surprise to find his 10th solo album land a matter of only weeks … Continue reading →

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Album review: JON KENZIE – From Wanderlust

Posted on June 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Membran [Release date 01.07.16] Way back in 2009 I reviewed the eponymous debut by Beggar Joe a promising Manchester quintet that fell into the blues jazz genre, tempered by a side salad of rock and soul. A ‘late night/early hours’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILD PONIES – Radiant

Posted on June 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

No Evil Records [Release date 10.06.16] Essentially a Nashville-based duo of Doug (guitars and vocals) and Telisha (bass and vocals) Williams, Radiant is Wild Ponies sophomore release, coming on the back of their well-received Ray Kennedy-produced debut Things That Used … Continue reading →

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Album review: JAKE MORLEY – The Manual

Posted on June 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Sandwich Emporium [Release date 10.06.16] You sense London based acoustic singer/songwriter Jake Morley tolerates the music industry, and all the hype that goes with it, rather than embraces it. His 2011 debut Many Fish To Fry found favour with Radio … Continue reading →

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Album review: DOUG ABRAHAM – Better Late Than…

Posted on June 1, 2016 by petefeenstra

BBM [Release date 27.10.15] Doug Abraham is a fine Liverpudlian singer-songwriter and confident guitarist who has a solid background in instrumental music and funk rock, though this album goes well beyond those genres. The title of the album ‘Better Late … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BIG BOY BLOATER & THE LIMITS – 100 Club, London, 15 May 2016

Posted on May 17, 2016 by petefeenstra

In a world of unrelenting hype and instant downloads there’s something reassuring about seeing Big Boy Bloater at the 100 Club. Perhaps it’s the perfect match of an unpretentious artist holding court at a venue that has outlived just about … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRASER ANDERSON – Under The Cover Of Lightness

Posted on April 29, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Membran [Release date 06.05.16] Fraser Anderson is something of a well-kept secret. Unless you’re a regular Bob Harris listener. A Scot, who relocated to the southwest of France, Fraser Anderson’s 2003 debut ‘… and the girl with the strawberry’ was … Continue reading →

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Gig review: COLIN BLUNSTONE – Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, 19 April 2016

Posted on April 20, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Colin Blunstone - The Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, 19 April 2016

The first part of a two-part radio feature was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 3 April. The second part is also available via Mixcloud It must be an age thing, but increasingly I am being … Continue reading →

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Album review: NERINA PALLOT – The Sound And The Fury

Posted on April 15, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

INgrooves/Idaho Records [Release date 11.09.15] It’s almost a decade since GRTR!’s last dalliance with the hugely underrated Nerina Pallot. 10 years ago it seemed that with her sophomore release, Fires, she was on the verge of becoming one of Britain’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: SANDS HALL – Rustler’s Moon

Posted on March 31, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 01.08.14] Better known as a writer, theatre director, and actor, Sands Hall has played the guitar since the age of 16, but it’s taken her until her sixties to release her first album. Inspired since an early age … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: HORSE PARTY, ELIZA NEALS, CHRISTA COUTURE

Posted on March 23, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

HORSE PARTY Horizons REPEAT Records [Release date 01.04.16] Bury St Edmunds three-piece rockers, fronted by guitarist/singer Ellie Langley have been getting plenty of plaudits over the past 12 months from the likes of 6music, Radio One, and Radio X. Formed … Continue reading →

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Album review: JUDITH OWEN – Somebody’s Child

Posted on March 16, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Twanky Records [Release date 06.05.16] Pianist-singer-songwriter Judith Owen has come up with just about the perfect ‘easy listening’ album. Genre hopping, from the influences of the very best from Laurel Canyon to Stevie Wonder and everything in between, she puts … Continue reading →

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News: COLIN BLUNSTONE UK Tour Dates April 2016 and Interview

Posted on March 15, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

On Sunday 3 April (Part 1) and Sunday 10 April (Part 2) at 18:00 GMT Colin Blunstone chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! about his career, with tracks from The Zombies and his solo albums. This interview edit discusses recent … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: SOUTHERN COMPANION, RACKHOUSE PILFER, MATT WOOSEY

Posted on March 9, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

SOUTHERN COMPANION 1000 Days Of Rain [Release date 23.02.15] On first listen you’d be forgiven for thinking The Southern Companion were from across the pond with their soulful brand of blues / rock infused Americana / country. In fact, you … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE STRUTS, CORINNE WEST, PETE LASHLEY

Posted on March 8, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

THE STRUTS Everybody Wants I’ve always had a weakness for camp, bubblegum rock. It’s a long line that stretches back to the Sweet, through Queen, and perhaps most recently evident in The Darkness. Derby four-piece, The Struts are the latest … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: TIM HOCKENBERRY, JOSH HARTY

Posted on February 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

TIM HOCKENBERRY Tim Hockenberry [Release date 04.03.16] You know with an ex-America’s Got Talent performer (Hockenberry made the semi-finals in 2012) you’re going to get a decent vocal performance. And his debut release doesn’t disappoint in that respect – his … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: ELVIS COSTELLO – Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Posted on February 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 12.02.16] Elvis Costello brought his Detour (scouse for ‘the tour’) show ‘home’ to the Liverpool Phil in June 2015. Performing solo with just guitar or piano (apart from when joined by Larkin Po sisters Rebecca and … Continue reading →

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News: DONOVAN announces 70th Birthday Show

Posted on February 9, 2016 by jason

DONOVAN’S 70TH BIRTHDAY PARTY CONCERT IN ‘BEAT CAFÉ’ AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM ON 6th MAY 2016 Donovan, ‘60s legend, icon, poet and one of our most enduring singer-songwriters, celebrates his 70th birthday with a special concert at The London Palladium … Continue reading →

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Album review: JENNIFER WARNES – The Well

Posted on February 4, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

BMG [Release date 04.03.16] It comes to something when it takes a fifteen year old album – getting its first UK release – to highlight just how sterile and bland the singer songwriter scene has become. Warnes’ eighth studio album, … Continue reading →