Tag Archives: Stackridge

Book review: On track…STACKRIDGE by Alan Draper

Posted on August 11, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.08.22] One of the really positive personal aspects of reviewing and interviewing for Get Ready to ROCK! over a twenty year period is the discovery of bands you missed earlier. Or maybe had given you the … Continue reading →

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Book review: BICKERSHAW FESTIVAL 50th ANNIVERSARY – Featuring Grateful Dead by Chris Hewitt

Posted on April 25, 2022 by petefeenstra

Dandelion Records & Books [Publication date 30.06.22] Author Chris Hewitt has carved out his own niche in rock and roll history as an author, archivist, record label and resource for period pa gear. The broad context for this book is … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KORGIS – Kartoon World

Posted on August 2, 2021 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to James Warren about the album Kartoon World for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 1 August 2021. https://thekorgis.com/ [Release date 16.07.21] ‘Kartoon World’ is the first proper studio album since 1992. And it marks a … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE JOHN WILLIAMS SYNDICATE – Out Of Darkness

Posted on May 21, 2021 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to John Williams for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 30 May 2021. Wulfrun Records [Release date 06.04.21] ‘Out Of Darkness’ is an exercise in aesthetics. Everything from the name of his Wulfrun label which connects … Continue reading →

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Album review: JAMES WARREN – Innocent Bystander

Posted on September 30, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to James Warren in June 2017 about his career. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 25 June 2017. Angel Air Records [Release date 13.10.17] It’s a good time at the moment for eighties-based music. With … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview | Tagged 80s, album, Innocent Bystander, interview, James Warren, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Stackridge, The Kogis | Leave a comment

Album review: STACKRIDGE – The Final Bow, Bristol 2015

Posted on July 3, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

In late-June 2017 David Randall chatted to James Warren for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special features Stackridge highlights and tracks from James’ solo career. First broadcast 25 June 2017. (58:12) Angel Air Records [Release date 14.07.17] Stackridge … Continue reading →

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News: STACKRIDGE release The Final Bow (July 2017)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Pop prog rockers Stackridge played their “Farewell” Tour in late 2015 and their gig at The Fiddlers Club, Bristol on 19 December 2015 is released on 14 July by Angel Air Records. The band appeared at the formative Glastonbury Festival … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KORGIS – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (The Complete Rialto Recordings 1979-1982)

Posted on July 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

In March 2013 David Randall chatted to The Korgis’ Andy Davis and in this exclusive edit he discusses their major hit and the later album ‘This World’s For Everyone’ released in 1992 and subsequently reissued by Angel Air Records. (4:19) … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview, Reissues | Tagged album, Andy Davis, compilation, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, interview, James Warren, pop, review, Stackridge, The Complete Rialto Recordings 1979-1982, The Korgis | Leave a comment

Album review: KINVER – The Stone House

Posted on August 6, 2013 by petefeenstra

Eye-Pea [Release date 19.03.13] The doomed romanticism and fragility of Nick Drake has a lot to answer for in term of contemporary folk music. His biographer Trevor Dann pointed to a foreboding and fatalism at the heart of his work … Continue reading →