Yearly Archives: 2017

Quick plays: EMPIRE, LAST BULLET, TOM RUSSELL, DICK

Posted on July 21, 2017 by jason

EMPIRE The Raven Ride Pride & Joy Music [Release date 18.08.17] Pride & Joy Music continue their Empire re-issues and here we have the band’s third album which was originally released in 2006. Former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin sang … Continue reading →

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Album review: INSATIA – Phoenix Aflame

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Davoski

Pitch Black Records. [Release date 23.06.17] This is a very accessible, well produced power/symphonic metal follow up to Insatia’s debut album ‘Asylum Denied’ in 2014. The band is based around vocalist and founder member Zoë Federoff. The album has been … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LEE AARON – Camden Underworld, London, 16 July 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by andynathan

In the testosterone-heavy rock climate of the 1980’s, women performers who held sex appeal for metal-loving youngsters were few on the ground. It was therefore unsurprising that the petite Canadian rocker Lee Aaron’s picture in Kerrang’s ‘Ladykillers’ feature must have … Continue reading →

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Album review: MILES HUNT & ERICA NOCKALLS – We Came Here To Work

Posted on July 20, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Good Deeds Records [Release date 09.09.17] I can’t say that I’m overly ‘au fait’ with The Wonder Stuff. They’ve always struck me as one of those ‘almost’ bands with a small but fanatical fan base, who – despite a number … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE SPIRITUAL MACHINES – Awake, Alert, Alive, almost

Posted on July 20, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Would Work Sound [Release date 14.02.17] Sometimes reviewers can get lost underneath a sea of review copies waiting to be sorted, waiting for evaluation. They seek refuge in other music eras, rediscovering their lost youth, whilst avoiding the present. Anything … Continue reading →

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Interview: METAL CHURCH (Mike Howe)

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Yiannis

Mike Howe is very happy man these days and it shows. Having returned to Metal Church after a twenty year period gap, the Michigan-born singer has help Kurdt Vanderhoof and Co create in “XI” one of the most impressive comeback … Continue reading →

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Album review: EDGUY – Monuments

Posted on July 20, 2017 by jason

Nuclear Blast [Release date 14.07.17] Edguy are celebrating their 25th anniversary in style with this 28 song compilation that has an added live CD and DVD. Edguy main man Tobias Sammet never does things by halves and there are five … Continue reading →

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Interview: THE TANGENT (Andy Tillison)

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Yiannis

Andy Tillison is a man I had the pleasure of talking to a couple of times in the past so when I was asked whether I would be interested in having a chat with him with regards the release of … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GREG IZOR & T.BO & THE LIGHTNIN’ ROCKETS + DeRobert & The Half Truths – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, France, 19 July 2017

Posted on July 19, 2017 by petefeenstra

When Texan harp player Greg Izor was booked to appear at the Relache Festival in Bordeaux, he could hardly have imagined the weather conditions to be a home-from-home combination of blistering heat and fork lightning. The big toned harp player … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STANLEY CLARKE BAND – Manchester Gorilla, 18 July 2017

Posted on July 19, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Stanley Clarke chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio ahead of his UK tour dates. This hour special looks at his career, with tracks from the 1970s to the present. First broadcast on 16 July 2017. (Listeners in the USA … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRUCE “MISSISSIPPI” JOHNSON – The Deal Baby

Posted on July 18, 2017 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date 26.05.17] Bruce ‘Mississippi’ Johnson is a singer with a colourful past. As his nick name suggests, he hails from Mississippi, and aside from being a marine, he learnt his craft in Paris with veteran B.B. King … Continue reading →

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News: JON STEVENS announces new album Starlight (September 2017)

Posted on July 18, 2017 by jason

On September 15th Jon Stevens returns with his new solo album, ‘Starlight,’ out on BMG. ‘Starlight’ is 11-track collection bursting with soulful artistry and honesty, masterfully crafted by one of Australia’s most prolific rock stars. Different as they are, each track overflows with … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALL 4 1 – The World’s Best Hope

Posted on July 18, 2017 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 07.07.17] All 4 1 are another Frontiers project, with this one overseen by Alessandro Del Vecchio, who produced the album as well as playing keys and co-writing a few songs. The band consists of half of Alliance (about time … Continue reading →

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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Scarecrow

Posted on July 17, 2017 by jason

www.catsinspaceband.com [Release date 25.08.17] Cats In Space’s debut album ‘Too Many Gods’ was released in 2015 and rightly won the band many rave reviews. Since then they have toured supporting Thunder, done a joint headline tour with Space Elevator, appeared … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – The Thomas Moore Project

Posted on July 17, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

MOSCODISC [Release date o4.08.17] First the history lesson – Thomas Moore was an 18/19th century Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer. Once celebrated, but largely overlooked today, Eleanor McEvoy looks to put that right by taking some of his best … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE TANGENT – The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 21.07.17] When Andy Tillison, leader and founding member of the Prog Rock ensemble The Tangent, first started putting together material for his 2003 debut “The Music That Died Alone”, little did he know that what started … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEN – Gothica

Posted on July 16, 2017 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 07.07.17] Album number thirteen from the enduring melodic rockers Ten, which also sees them back on Frontiers in a multi-album deal. They have hit a purple patch these past few years, helped no doubt by the same line-up … Continue reading →

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Album review: BITCHES SIN – Predator

Posted on July 16, 2017 by jason

Dissonance Formed in 1980, Bitches Sin were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and have since issued a number of classic metal albums, including Invaders, Uduvudu, The Rapture and First Temptation. It’s a genuinely great catalogue. This, … Continue reading →

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News: JUDIE TZUKE – new album, tour, exclusive radio play (July 2017)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

JUDIE TZUKE - The Lowry, Salford, 10 May 2015

Singer songwriter Judie Tzuke releases a new album – ‘Peace Has Broken Out’ – on 1 September, ahead of a series of UK tour dates. On Sunday 16 July at 22:00 GMT on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio there was … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CHEAP TRICK – The Forum, London, 27 June 2017

Posted on July 15, 2017 by andynathan

The term ‘cult act’ is widely used, but applies more than most to Cheap Trick, at least in the UK. In a distinguished career of over 40 years they only once troubled the top 40 singles charts, and yet their … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MR.SIPP – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 10 July 2017

Posted on July 13, 2017 by petefeenstra

It seems like every year there’s a new contender for the saviour of the blues and as soon as the yearly polls are announced the arguments begin. So rather than raking over old coals, let’s celebrate the up and coming … Continue reading →

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News: More Hot Fun: STANLEY CLARKE – UK Tour and radio interview (July 2017)

Posted on July 13, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

STANLEY CLARKE - Manchester Gorilla, 18 July 2017

On Sunday 16 July on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio at 18:00 GMT, Stanley Clarke chats about his career ahead of the UK dates (Repeat: Thursday 20 July, 22:00 GMT) In this extract he sets the scene for the UK … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MATISYAHU, DAVID RAMIREZ, MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ

Posted on July 12, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

MATISYAHU Undercurrent Fallen Sparks/Thirty Tigers [Release date 19.05.17] Reggae, hip hop, rap and beatboxing. Four musical styles I’d cross the road to avoid. Period. Add in Orthodox Jewish themes, and Matisyahu should be a big no, no, no, no, NO. … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHRIS JAGGER – All The Best

Posted on July 12, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

BMG [Release date 01.09.17] “OK class, hands up who’s familiar with the works of Chris Jagger?” “Michael Eavis put your hand down, and take 100 lines: ‘I will put more rock acts on at Glasto”’. Yes, Chris Jagger ‘ Mick’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRYAN ADAMS – Wembley 1996 Live

Posted on July 12, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 30.06.17 ] Back in 1996 Bryan Adams was riding the crest of a wave, some might say a tsunami. The placement of ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves … Continue reading →