-
-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders". The search will also be slower.
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the artist or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Switch site
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Latest Album Reviews
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: SOUTH OF SALEM – Thekla, Bristol, 27 March 2025
-
Gig review: JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE – The Underworld, Camden, March 13 2025
-
Gig review: GRAHAM GOULDMAN – Cadogan Hall, London, 20 March 2025
-
Gig review: THE DARKNESS – G Live, Guildford, 11 March 2025
-
Gig review: FISH – O2 Academy, Glasgow, 9 March 2025
-
Gig review: WILL WILDE- 100 Club, London, 4 March 2025
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Features
-
Interviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
-
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 3 July 2016

Without doubt Joe Bonamassa is one of the biggest blues stars in the world at the moment. Over the last few years he has grown a large and very loyal following who turn out in numbers whenever he rolls into … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 3rd July 2016, Anton Fig, blues, british blues explosion, Clyde Auditorium, Eric Clapton, gig, Glasgow, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, live, Mike Rhodes, Reese Wynans, review, Russ Irwan
Leave a comment
Album review: ROADHOUSE – City Of Decay

This hour long special was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 17 July. Gary Boner chats to Pete Feenstra about the band and new album. Krossborder [Release date 15.07.16] In a career spanning over 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged AC/DC, album, Americana, Bill Hobly, blues, City Of Decay, country, Danny Gwylim, Gary Boner, Krossborder, Mandy G, review, Roadhouse, rock, Roger Hunt, Sarah Harvey Smart
Leave a comment
Album review: URIAH HEEP – The Classic Rock Years (6 Disc Box Set)

In June 2014 David Randall chatted to Bernie Shaw for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and in this exclusive edit Bernie chats about setlists and his own early involvement with the band. (6:21) The Store For Music [Release date 24.06.16] … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview, Reissues
Tagged Acoustically Driven, album, Bernie Shaw, Between Two Worlds, box set, DVD, heavy rock, Ian Anderson, interview, John Lawton, Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake, live, Live In Sofia, Live In The USA, Mick Box, Phil Lanzon, review, Sailing The Sea Of Light, The Classic Rock Years, The Magician's Birthday Party, Thijs van Leer, Trevor Bolder, Uriah Heep
Leave a comment
Album review: STEVE SUMMERS – Rainmakin’

Casket Music [Release date 22.04.16] Steve Summer is a veteran studio guitarist with an enduring love for the niche British rock/blues market. ‘Rainmakin’ is strong on riffs, bursting solos, well crafted material and exuberantly played covers, that will appeal to … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged blues, Bob Pearce, Eric Clapton, Frankie Miller, Gary Moore, guitar, Peter Green, Rainmakin', review, Robin Trower, rock, Snowy White, Steely Dan, Steve Summers, Vic Martin
Leave a comment
Album review: THE KORGIS – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (The Complete Rialto Recordings 1979-1982)

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
Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 10-12 June 2016

My last visit to Donington was back in 1988 when – as ‘Monsters Of Rock’ – it also featured Megadeth and headlined by Iron Maiden. I never really embraced the three day event and with not enough bands of interest … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 10-12 June 2016, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Donington Park, Download, festival, gig, Halestorm, Inglorious, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Rammstein, review, Rival Sons, Shinedown, Sixx:AM, The Amorettes, The Temperance Movement, the Wildhearts
Leave a comment
Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Take Me High

Ruf [Release date 22.07.16] It’s often said that an artist’s second album can be a problematical one. And while Laurence Jones has barely paused for breath to even consider a sophomore slump, he suddenly find himself cutting his fourth album in … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, blues, blues rock, guitar, guitarist, Laurence Jones, Mike Vernon, Paul Jones, Phil Wlison, review, rock, Roger Inniss, Take Me High
Leave a comment
Gig review: HEART – O2 Apollo, Manchester – 30 June 2016

In 2014 GRTR!’s David Randall chatted to Ann Wilson about her influences and Heart (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 23 March 2014) One of the the main trends in the topsy-turvy music industry in the past 10 … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged 30 June 2016, Ann Wilson, AOR, FM, gig review, hard rock, Heart, interview, Manchester, Nancy Wilson, O2 Apollo, rock, Steve Overland
Leave a comment