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Album review: THE PROG COLLECTIVE – Worlds On Hold

Cleopatra Records [Release date 16.12.20] The latest iteration of The Prog Collective is ever more relevant in these times of artist lockdown and lack of live. A project started in 2012, and spearheaded by Yes bassist Billy Sherwood, the idea … Continue reading
Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – A Wizard A True Star, Live

Cleopatra Records, USA [Release date 25.09.20] Eleven Years ago this month, Todd Rundgren and his band, suitably garbed in white “coat’n’tails” played “A Wizard, A True Star” in its entirety, at the Akron Ohio Civic Theatre, one of the last … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wizard A True Star, CD, Cleopatra Records, DVD, live, melodic, review, rock, soul, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: SON OF MAN – State of Dystopia

Pete Feenstra chatted to George Jones for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, getting the background to the new album ‘State Of Dystopia’. First broadcast on 5 April 2020. Cherry Red Records [Release date 27.03.20] Son Of Man’s ‘State of Dystopia’ … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Asia, Badfinger, Bob Richards, Deke Leonard, Frank Zappa, George Jones, Glenn Quinn, John Wetton, Jon Anderson, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, review, Richie Galloni, rock, Son Of Man, State Of Dystopia, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty, Uriah Heep, Yes
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Album review: DAVID HASSELHOFF – Open Your Eyes

Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.09.19] David Hasselhoff, or the Hoff to his many fans, is no stranger to the recording studio having released his first album way back in 1985. He has always been big in Germany, indeed this album … Continue reading
Album review: TODD RUNDGREN’S UTOPIA – Live At The Chicago Theatre (CD/DVD/Bluray)

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 26.04.19] CD/DVD/Bluray Utopia was Todd Rundgren’s progressive/pop fusion vehicle and can sometimes get overlooked or misunderstood in his varied back catalogue. The band had split by 1986 but there was a brief reunion nearly 10 years … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, Kasim Sulton, Live At The Chicago Theatre, pop, Progressive Rock, review, Todd Rundgren, Utopia
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Album review: THE TUBES – The A&M Albums

In Part 1 (above) of a two-part special, Fee Waybill chats about the formative years of The Tubes. (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 28 June 2015) Part 2 (above) discusses the band’s progress from the early-1980s to … Continue reading
Album review: JONNY LANG – Signs

Provogue [Release date 25.08.17] Jonny Lang’s ‘Signs’ is his first album for 4 years and it’s a marriage of convenience. He’s still wedded to the soulful approach to be found on ‘Fight For My Soul’, but he replaces some of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, Gary Clark Jr, gospel, guitar, Jonny Lang, review, rock, Signs, soul, Todd Rundgren
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News: TODD RUNDGREN: New album and interview (May 2017)

The full version of this interview is broadcast as part of the 500th ‘Assume The Position’ presented by David Randall on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Repeated Monday 29 May, 22:00 GMT and Friday 2 June, 22:00 GMT (5:22) Now … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, interview, may 2017, radio, Todd Rundgren, White Knight
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – White Knight

The full version of this interview is broadcast as part of the 500th ‘Assume The Position’ presented by David Randall on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Repeated Monday 29 May, 22:00 GMT and Friday 2 June, 22:00 GMT (5:22) Now … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Daryl Hall, Donald Fagen, Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh, review, Robyn, rock, Todd Rundgren, Trent Reznor, White Knight
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – An Evening With Todd Rundgren (Live At The Ridgefield)

Purple Pyramid Records [Release date 26.08.16] CD/DVD With a Todd Rundgren live album, as with any tour, it’s all about the set list. Will it include the “hits”, more recent stuff, or something more obscure? Will Todd play electric guitar? … Continue reading
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Tagged album, An Evening With, Kasim Sulton, Live At The Ridgefield, Nazz, pop, Prairie Prince, review, rock, soul, Todd Rundgren, Utopia
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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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Album review: Various – Keep Calm And Salute The Beatles (feat ANN WILSON, TODD RUNDGREN and others)

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 27.04.15] Cleopatra are experts in coordinating themed compilations, invariably curated by one-time Yes guitarist/keyboard player Billy Sherwood, and usually featuring a roster of well known artists. This time they lend their collective hands to a selection … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Gold, Ann Wilson, Billy Sherwood, David Clayton-Thomas, Felix Cavaliere, Helen Reddy, Howard Jones, Jack Bruce, John Wetton, Judy Collins, Keep Calm And Salute The Beatles, Leo Sayer, Liz Madden, Martha Davis, review, Stephen Bishop, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – Global

Esoteric Antenna [Release date 13.04.15] I think it’s fair to say that with the release of a new Todd Rundgren album no-one – not even his hardcore fans – quite know what to expect. In the case of ‘Global’ Rundgren … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Global, Kasim Sulton, pop, review, rock, Todd Rundgren
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News: THERAPY?, JIM PETERIK, JOE SATRIANI – Tuesday 3 February 2015

THERAPY? (Their new album ‘Disquiet’ is out on March 23rd) Fri March 27 BRISTOL Marble Factory Sat March 28 GLOUCESTER Guildhall Tue March 31 BRIGHTON Concorde 2 Wed April 01 LONDON Scala Sun April 12 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms Mon April … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, AOR, Dave Matthews Band, Frontiers, Jim Peterik, Joe Satriani, Korn, Melissa Etheridge, melodic, news, rock, Survivor, Therepy?, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – Runt, Initiation, Hermit Of Mink Hollow (reissues)

Edsel [Release date 08.09.14] Can the market really stand further reissues of three Todd albums from the 1970s? Looking back at our GRTR! archive, Edsel reissued the albums as part of their Rundgren reissue campaign in 2011/2. So what’s new … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus tracks, deluxe edition, Hermit Of Mink Hollow, Initiation, pop, progressive, psychedelic, reissue, review, rock, Runt, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – Reissues

Edsel Records [Release date 19.05.14] Just when you thought it was safe to avoid further Todd Rundgren re-issues, along come another three. The first thing to say is that Edsel always do a marvellous job with their packaging. Yes these … Continue reading
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Tagged A True Star, A Wizard, album, pop, reissue, review, rock, Something Anything, Todd, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – State

Esoteric Antenna [Release date 08.04.13] Todd Rundgren’s chameleon nature is at once the perpetual conundrum. A musician who will not be pigeon-holed and as such adored by his loyal fanbase for his constant stretching of the envelope. For the faithful … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amsterdam, Deluxe, Limited Edition, Metropole Orchestra, review, rock, State, Todd Rundgren
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