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! review last autumn.
Even curiouser, the inner liner photo – taken on Immanuel’s bed looks like it could have been shot at the same time as the Dotted Lines album cover – the booze bottles arrayed behind her headboard look unmoved, although this time her bandmates Feadora Morris (guitars, banjo, feedback), Blanche Ellis (vocals, washboard, thimbles), Maya McCourt (cello, vocals, single bass) and Hjordis Moon Badford (cajon, foot tambourines, feathers) are spread in states of mock(?) inebriated disarray across Immanuel’s bedcovers.
Once again produced by George Malamas, Come With Me was recorded live-ish in the studio, and made up of three new Immanuel numbers, revisitings of her solo releases (three of Dotted Lines’ eight tracks, and three from her 2011 debut Character Assassination), and a cover of ‘Viva Las Vegas’.
While it provides some current ‘product’ to pedal on a string of dates that span June to October, I’m not convinced that the re-workings, although I can only comment on those from Dotted Lines, add much (if anything) to the originals. But for the uninitiated, Come With Me is a good starting point for exploring Immanuel’s quirky brand of blues-cum-bluegrass-cum-Americana-come pop. ***
Review by Pete Whalley
EVE SELIS See Me With Your Heart Hippy Chick Twang [Release date 08.07.16]
GRTR!’s last encounter with Eve Selis was back in 2012, with release of Family Tree which we concluded, while breaking no new ground, was a ‘mainstream’ album packed with radio friendly tunes, some fantastic playing and great vocals.
4 years and several more independent releases down the track, it’s a formula that Selis continues to repeat on her 9th studio album, produced by produced by Grammy winning producer / guitarist Kenny Greenberg (Allison Moorer, The Mavericks, Joan Baez) and his team of top Nashville session players.
There’s everything here from the Fleetwood Mac lite opener ‘Fearless Heart’, a Tina Turner style belter – the steamy’Still Have a Long Way To Go’ – Don Henley-style country (‘See Me With Your Heart’, ‘Can’t See Past Myself’ and ‘Beautiful Dreams’), gospel balladry (‘Already Gone’), and a honky-tonk boogie that manages to combine elements of The Stones, Belinda Carlisle, and Shania Twain (‘Slow Down’).
It’s flawlessly constructed and played, and impeccably sung. It’s a surprise, therefore, that Selis – who has won countless San Diego Music Awards, isn’t more widely known. The problem, one suspects, is that it’s also very ‘safe’. Nothing wrong with that, but it does mean that it’s likely to appeal, in the main, to the sensible, and well-heeled, middle-aged. ***
Review by Pete Whalley
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK
Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.
Next session: Sunday 19 January
Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio
David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 1 December 2024.
UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 3 December 2024.
How to Listen Live?
Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop)
Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”
Listen via other media player (eg. VLC) Click or tap here and “open file”
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is also in iTunes under Internet Radio/Classic Rock
Listen in via the Tunein app and search for “Get Ready to ROCK!” and save as favourite.
More information and links at our radio website where you can listen again to shows via the presenter pages: getreadytorockradio.com
Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024
In this sequence we play ‘The Best of 2024′ GRTR! reviewer selections
Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024
09:00-12:00 The Best of 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)
PDF - you can delete unwanted sections
