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Yearly Archives: 2017
Album review: FICTION SYXX – Tall Dark Secret
MeldodicRock Records [Release date 21.08.17] Fiction Syxx is the brain child of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Mark Allen Lanoue who has had these musical ideas for some time now. To help him realise his musical vision he is joined by guitarist JK Northrup (King … Continue reading
Album review: NICOLE ATKINS – Goodnight Rhonda Lee
Single Lock Records [Release date 21.07.17] Nicole Atkins returns with her fourth album and one recorded against a backdrop of personal issues as she stopped drinking and finding out her dad as lung cancer. Often such life changing events can … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Isaak, country, crooner, Goodnight Rhonda Lee, Nicole Atkins, pop, review, singer songwriter, soul
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Album review: PICTUREHOUSE – How Do I Explain How This Came To Be?
Vinyl/digital release This album is not so much a best of more a collection of songs, some previously unreleased, that PictureHouse recorded between 1995 and 1998. There are twelve songs in all, with a couple drawn from the ‘Shine Box’ (1996) and ‘Karmarama’ … Continue reading
Quick plays: SNAFU, BELL XI, ADRENALINE MOB
SNAFU Live Nottingham 1976 Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk [Release date 04.08.17] Snafu featured vocalist Bobby Harrison and guitarist Micky Moody amongst their ranks, although Micky Moody left the band shortly after the tour this gig was recorded from and joined Whitesnake. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenaline Mob, album, Arms, Bell XI, blues, Bobby Harrison, Duane Forrest, indie pop, Live In Nottingham 1976, metal, Micky Moody, review, rock, Russell Allen, Snafu, Symphony X, The Climb, We Are The People
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Album review: LIONHEART – Second Nature
AOR Heaven [25.08.17] Blimey, it has been a few years since Lionheart last released an album – over thirty to be precise! Their sole studio album to date was 1984′s ‘Hot Tonight’, rightly revered among many rock fans. They split-up in 1986 with Dennis … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dennis Stratton, Iron Maiden, Lee Small, Lionheart, melodic, Praying Mantis, review, rock, Second Nature, Steve Mann
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Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Comes
[Release date 28.07.17] There are few musicians as iconic in image as Barry Graham Perkis, aka Thunderstick, who originally found fame as the masked and caged drummer for NWoBHM band Samson. Previously a short lived drummer for Iron Maiden, he … Continue reading
Gig review: THE PRETTY THINGS & THE IMPERIAL CROWNS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 7 July 2017
There’s a lot to be said for the art of performance. And tonight The Imperial Crowns front man Jimmie Wood works hard to preach the blues to a sun drenched crowd initially cowering on the edges of the festival square, … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Champagne Sullivan, blues, Bo Diddley, Bordeaux, David Lynch, Dick Taylor, festival, France, Frank Holland, funk, gig, gospel, Jimmie Wood, Jimmy Reed, JJ Holiday, John Popper, Jon Avilla, Phil May, psychedelia, R&B, Rachel C.Wood, Relache Festival, review, rock, S.F. Sorrow, The Electric Banana, The Imperial Crowns, The Pretty Things
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Live (Ladies And Gentlemen, Some Girls, Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records [Release date 16.06.17] Eagle Records are releasing several live CD’s from The Rolling Stones, each following their successful release on DVD. Each is taken from a different point in the band’s history and finds them at a high … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Checkerboard Lounge: Live in Chicago 1981, classic rock, Eagle Rock, Keith Richards, Ladies and Gentlemen, live, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, reissue, review, rock, Some Girls: Live in Texas’78, The Rolling Stones
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Gig review: GREEN DAY – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, 1 July 2017
Green Day’s headlining slot on the first Saturday of the first British Summer Time bonanza was sandwiched between Phil Collins the previous evening and Justin Bieber the night after. Interesting schedule. A rose between two thorns? A fart between two … Continue reading
Album review: TODD ANTHONY JOOS AND THE REVELATORS – The Burden
[Release date 18.04.17] Depending on what publicity shots – past or present – you’re looking at, Todd Anthony Joos looks like one scary sort of a guy – either Breaking Bad Walter White’s crazed, bad ass, alter-ego Heisenberg in ‘don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged album, review, rock, The Burden, Todd Anthony Joos And The Revelators
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Album review: HEDERSLEBEN – Orbit
Cleopatra Records [Release date 19.05.17] There’s a time and place in everyone’s life for a little space rock. For many of us, that was around 1971 to 1973, but if you fancy reliving your youth (or indeed, were too young … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alicia Previn, Hedersleben, Nicky Garratt, Nik Turner, Orbit, prog, progressive, review, space rock, UK Subs
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Album review: KENDRA GALE BAND – Kicking And Screaming
[Release date 01.04.17] Kicking and screaming is a pretty apt summation of this self-released release from Canadian duo Kendra Gale (guitar/vocals) and Warren Beatteay (drums). With five previous albums under her belt, this being the third under the ‘Band’ banner, … Continue reading
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Album review: SUSAN CATTANEO – The Hammer & The Heart
Jersey Girl Music [Release date 25.08.17] Now that’s something you don’t see many of these days – a double album! Although, in truth The Hammer and The Heart (the two ‘albums’) would have fitted on a single CD!! Cattaneo’s fifth … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter, Susan Cattaneo, The Hammer & The Heart
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Album review: STACKRIDGE – The Final Bow, Bristol 2015
In late-June 2017 David Randall chatted to James Warren for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special features Stackridge highlights and tracks from James’ solo career. First broadcast 25 June 2017. (58:12) Angel Air Records [Release date 14.07.17] Stackridge … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Davis, Bristol 2015, James Warren, live, Mutter Slater, pop, progressive, review, rock, Stackridge, The Final Bow
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Quick plays: UNISONIC, RON POPE
UNISONIC Live at Wacken earMUSIC [Release date 21.07.17] Unisonic are the band formed by ex-Helloween members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen (of Gamma Ray fame), joined by Denis Ward (Pink Cream 69 and many production credits), Mandy Meyer (Asia/Krokus) and … Continue reading
Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 28 June 2017
When I was a teenager getting seriously into rock and metal in the early 80s I was lucky enough to see some of the biggest acts around: AC/DC, Sabbath, Quo, Ozzy etc. One band I never got to see, however, … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN OTWAY – Montserrat
Red Bowler Records [Release date: 01.05.17] There will surely always be a place for John Otway in the rock & roll firmament, as only an anarchic character such as him could have conceived of an album like this in 2017. … Continue reading
News: BLACK SABBATH – Ten Year War Box Set (September 2017)
Heavy metal legends release a limited edition vinyl box set on 27 October via BMG. ‘The Ten Year War’ brings together their eight Ozzy-fronted albums, plus many other rarities, all housed within exclusive artwork created by renowned street artist, graphic … Continue reading
Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Time And Emotion
Manhaton [Release date: 04.08.17] Imagine those moments when you are at the water’s edge as the tide comes in, and for a passing moment your footprint leaves a lasting impression as the waves recede. Robin Trower’s musical style is very … Continue reading
Album review: DON BARNES – Ride The Storm
MelodicRock Records [Release date 20.06.17] Hats off to MelodicRock Record’s Andrew McNeice who finally got this long lost album released. Don Barnes, of southern rockers .38 Special fame, recorded this album back in 1989, however due the time honoured label … Continue reading
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Tagged .38 Speical, album, AOR, Don Barnes, melodic, MelodicRock Records, review, Ride the Storm, rock, southern rock
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Single and EP reviews: JOSH TAERK, SLYDIGS, PETER DONEGAN
JOSH TAERK Rock N Roll On Josh Taerk has released a new single digitally and it has been a little while since we heard anything new from him. ‘Rock N Roll On’ is a classy upbeat rocker, complete with … Continue reading
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Tagged country, EP, How Animal Are You?, Josh Taerk, Lonnie Donegan, melodic, Peter Donegan, pop, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Rock N Roll On, single, Slydigs, Superman
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 11 June 2017 (Part 2)
Photo: Andy Nathan Sunday The phenomenal attendances at Download are a tribute to the enduring if underground popularity of the broad church we call metal and hard rock, even if the site seemed a touch smaller this year. From the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 June 2017, Aerosmith, AIRBOURNE, ALTER BRIDGE, Donington Park, Download, festival, gig, metal, review, rock, Steel Panther, The Dead Daisies
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 9-10 June 2017 (Part 1)
Friday My expectation for the first two days of Download was somewhat low in terms of the line-up, given my predeliction for the classic rock era. However the stunning weather went some way to raising the spirits and Blackwater Conspiracy … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-10 June 2017, Biffy Clyro, Donington Park, Download, festival, Five Finger Death Punch, gig, metal, Prophets Of Rage, review, Rob Zombie, rock, Tax The Heat
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Album review: THEA GILMORE – The Counterweight
WMW/Cooking Vinyl [Release date 02.06.17] So what’s a girl to do? She’s got bills to pay just like the rest of us, so is this the moment that Thea Gilmore drifts into the mainstream? From the release of the bile-spitting … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Nigel Stonier, pop, review, rock, Singer/Songwriter, The Counterweight, Thea Gilmore
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Interview: CORNERSTONE
We caught up with Alina Peter (Vocals/Guitars) and Michael Wachelhofer (Bass/Keyboards/Vocals) of Cornerstone to see what they have planned for this year and beyond, plus how their latest album ‘Reflection’ has been doing… Have you been pleased with the response … Continue reading
