Tag Archives: Tony Visconti

Album review: STEVE GIBBONS BAND – Rollin’-The Albums 1976-78 (5CD boxset)

Posted on January 6, 2022 by brianmc

Pete Feenstra chatted to Steve Gibbons for Get Ready to ROCK! radio. First broadcast 16 January 2022. Cherry Red [Release date 07.01.22] The Steve Gibbons Band family tree has so many branches, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s an … Continue reading →

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Album review: RALPH McTELL – Hill Of Beans

Posted on September 12, 2019 by jason

Leola Music [Release date 20.09.19] ‘Hill Of Beans’ is Ralph McTell’s first album of originals since 2010’s ‘Down The Road’. This album also sees McTell reunited with producer Tony Visconti, who worked on his earlier albums. Another link to the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SPARKS Album Launch Party – ICA, The Mall London, 7 Sept 2017

Posted on September 8, 2017 by petefeenstra

In many respects the ICA provides the perfect backdrop for the album launch party of ‘Hippopotamus’, Sparks’ 23rd album. The LA based brothers Ron and Russell Mael have long reached beyond the simple rock and roll format to realize their … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Album Launch, Bob Harris, electro, funk, Hippopotamus, ICA, Joseph Wallace, Matt Everritt, Muff Winwood, opera, review, rock, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, SPARKS, spoken word, Tony Visconti | Leave a comment

Book review: Metal Guru – The Life and Music of Marc Bolan by Paul Roland

Posted on August 21, 2017 by jason

Extraction Publishing [Publication date 04.09.17] Paul Roland has already written four biographies on Marc Bolan and this latest one is published just before the 40th anniversary of Bolan’s death. There is one spooky part about Marc Bolan in that he knew … Continue reading →

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Album review: JESSICA LEE MORGAN – Around The Block

Posted on April 11, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 16.06.17] Another ‘next generation’ release – this time from the daughter of Mary Hopkin and Tony Visconti. I’ve yet to be convinced of the merits of following in the family footsteps’, although it has to be said Lisa … Continue reading →

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Gig review: HOLY HOLY – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 30 March 2017

Posted on March 31, 2017 by jason

“He’s fucking sacked us,” Spiders bass player, Trevor Bolder, was seen to mouth when David Bowie announced at the Hammersmith Odeon in October 1973 that it would be the final Ziggy show ever. Tragically, like Bowie, Bolder and his former … Continue reading →