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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Album review: SHEMEKIA COPELAND – America’s Child
Alligator Records[Release date 03.08.18] Shemekia Copeland’s ‘America’s Child’ is very much an album of our times. The title is an all enveloping concept that leads into a bunch of related, philosophical and at times analytical songs that shift from the … Continue reading
Album review: SEVENTH WONDER – Tiara
Frontiers [Release date 12.10.18] It has been eight years since Seventh Wonder’s last album ‘The Great Escape’, in part due to the commitments of vocalist Tommy Karevik in Kamelot, who he joined in 2012. One new member in the band since … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Kamelot, melodic, power metal, progressive, review, Seventh Wonder, Tiara, Tommy Karevik
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Gig review: ROCKINGHAM FESTIVAL – Nottingham Trent University Students Union, 19-21 October 2018
Now in its fourth year, anticipation had been steadily growing ever since the line up was announced in February for Rockingham, which accurately bills itself as ‘three days of the finest melodic hard rock from around the world’. Proof of … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Reflection, Ammunition, AOR, Bigfoot, Boulevard, Creye, Departed, festival, Find Me, gig, Glass Tiger, Mason Hill, Massive, melodic rock, Nelson, Pink Cream 69, Pretty Maids, review, Rockingham, Tokyo Motor Fist, Vixen, Warrant, White Widdow, Wildness
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Album review: CITY OF THIEVES – Beast Reality
Frontiers [Release date 12.10.18] City Of Thieves (who evolved out of Four Wheel Drive), are one of Frontiers much touted ‘new breed’ of up and coming rock & metal bands. Fair play to Frontiers as they try and find the next set … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, AIRBOURNE, album, Beast Reality, City Of Thieves, classic rock, debut, Mike Fraser, New Breed, review, rock, Toby Jepson
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Album review: ROBBEN FORD – Purple House
Ear MUSIC [Release date 26.10.18] There’s a lot to be said for a blues oriented guitarist willing to explore new directions deep into a lengthy career that has straddled rock-blues, jazz and fusion. Robben Ford makes much of the fact … Continue reading
Gig review: KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI – The Met, Bury, 26 October 2018
David Randall chatted to Kiki Dee in March 2015 for a two-part special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Part 2 covers the 1970s including her work with Elton John and her partnership with Carmelo Luggeri, bringing the story up … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 October 2018, acoustic, Bury, Carmelo Luggeri, Elton John, gig, interview, Kiki Dee, pop, review, singer, songwriter, The Met
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Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – Islington Academy, London, 18 October 2018
For all the quality of their recorded product, Wishbone Ash have always best been experienced in a live setting. It was therefore entirely appropriate that this year’s remarkable ‘Vintage Years’ box set included CD’s of no less than eight previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, gig, hard rock, Joe Crabtree, Mark Abrahams, melodic rock, review, twin guitars, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: JAWBONE – Jawbone
Pete Feenstra chatted to Marcus Bonfanti about Jawbone for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and playing tracks from the new album. Self Release [Release date 09.11.18] Jawbone take their name from a song from The Band’s self-titled 1969 second album, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Creedence Cleawater Revival, Evan Jenkins, funk, Jawbone, Little Feat, Marcus Bonfanti, Nash & Young, Paddy Milner, review, Rex Horan, rock, roots, Stills, The Band
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Album review: GALEN AYERS – Monument
Bombinate [Release date: 27.07.18] A confident debut here from this British US/Greece-based singer-songwriter, ‘Monument’ births short/sharp essays in personal values and beliefs in a swell of acoustic ambience. Cool to the point-of-chilly opener, ‘You Choose’ sets out her stall with … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, ambient, folk, Galen Ayers, Kevin Ayers, Monument, review, singer, songwriter
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Book review: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL by Kenney Jones
Blink Publishing [Publication date 31.05.18] Drummer Kenney Jones has penned an entertaining memoir, that covers his time in the Small Faces right up to the present with the Jones Gang, a collection of seasoned musicians who do the occasional gig, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blink Publishing, book, book review, Ian Mclagan, Kenney Jones, music, Paul Rodgers, pop, rock, Ronnie Lane, Small Faces, Steve Marriott, The Faces, THE WHO
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Gig review: PRIMAL FEAR – Biebob, Vosselaar, 12 October 2018
Ask me to compose a list with the best Metal albums for 2018 and you are almost certainly guaranteed to find Primal Fear’s latest studio effort “Apocalypse” somewhere near the very top. It may be a good two decades since … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 October 2018, Belgium, Biebob, gig, heavy metal, metal, Primal Fear, Ralph Scheepers, review, Riot V, Vosselaar
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Album review: TOM KILLNER – Get Back Up
OTE [Release date 26.10.18] Imagine an endless library of rock-blues CD’s, or perhaps a laptop full of similar audio files that are all of a certain standard and leave you scratching your head as you listen for something that really … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Quinn, blues, Get Back Up, Grateful Dead, guitar, Jo Cocker, Megan Franchez, Otis, Paul Butcher, review, rock, Santana, soul, southern rock, Tom Killner, vocal, Warren Haynes, Wesley Brook
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News: DAN REED NETWORK – Origins tour starts 7 November and new album
Dan Reed Network: UK dates and new album Dan Reed Network have announced their upcoming “Origins” tour in support of their new album released 23 November 2018 via Zero One Entertainment. The “Origins” tour is by direct result of Dan … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, gig, November 2018, Origins, Tour, uk
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Gig review: VOIVOD – Magasin 4, Brussels, 9 October 2018
There was a time in my young adult life where the prospect of attending a Voivod show felt less of a possibility to manning a mission for the purpose of exploring the environs of planet Mars, so it is indeed … Continue reading
Album review: COLIN JAMES – Miles To Go
True North Records [Release date 21.09.18] Canadian blues-rock artist Colin James recently reflected that : “Blues is the only genre where you can maintain a young profile at the age of 53.” And while there’s no doubting the veracity of … Continue reading
Quick plays: KRP, CHRIS POPE & THE CHORDS UK, THE BUZNIKS, CTP
KRP (KEITH REID PROJECT) In My Head Rockville [Release date 07.12.18] It has been ten year’s since former Procol Harum (he wasn’t involved in the band’s ‘Novum’ album released last year) member Keith Reid released the first Keith Reid Project album, ‘The Common Thread’. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Buzniks, Chris Pope & the Chords UK, Christian Tolle Project, classic rock, gothic, In My Head, Keith Reid, Keith Reid Project, KRP, melodic rock, Mr Lordi, Nowhere Land, Procul Harum, review, rock, Silver Dust, Squeeze
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Gig review: SAXON – Barrowlands, Glasgow,18 October 2018
Saxon, as Biff reminded us during tonight’s show, are rapidly approaching their 40th anniversary. With this in mind the band would be forgiven if they decided to slow down a bit and started taking things a bit easier. However, on tonight’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th October 2018, Barrowlands, Biff Byford, Denim And Leather, FM, gig, Glasgow, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Jim Kirkpatrick, live, Nigal Glockler, review, rock, Saxon, Steve Overland, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons, Wheels Of Steel
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Album review: SEMISONIC – Feeling Strangely Fine
UMC [Release date 09.11.18] Semisonic’s classic album ‘Feeling Strangely Fine’ gets the twentieth anniversary make-over that sees the album released on deluxe edition CD and digital, as well as a limited edition gold vinyl pressing, which marks the first time … Continue reading
Album review: SPIRITS BURNING & MICHAEL MOORCOCK – An Alien Heat
Gonzo/Multimedia [Release date 19.10.18] ‘An Alien Heat’ pairs Don Falcone’s innovative San Francisco band Spirits Burning with 70′s Hawkwind alumnus and sci-fi fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Best known for his work on Hawkwind’s 1975 album ‘Warrior on the Edge of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Bouchard, album, ambient, Amon Duul, An Alien Heat, Andy Shernoff, Ann Marie Castellano, Blue Oyster Cult, Bridget Wishart, Buck Dharma, Camel, Camper Van Beethoven, Don Falcone, Frank Zappa, Gilli Smyth, Gong, Hawkwind, Joe Bouchard, Jonathan Segel, Jsun Atoms, Michael Moorcock, Mick Slattery, review, Richie Castellano, Robert Calvert, rock, sci fi, space rock, Spirits Burning, synth rock, The Groundhogs
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Album review: JR HARBIDGE – First Ray Of Light
Absolute via Universal/Sony [Release date 05.10.18] Involved in the Midlands music scene since his teens, in bands such as the grunge-influenced Third Bullet as well as production work for a variety of outfits, a change of direction, together with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, First ray Of Light, JP Harbidge, review, singer songwriter, soulful
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Album review: SAXON – The Eagle Has Landed
BMG [Release date 19.10.18] To coincide nicely with their latest opus Thunderbolt, we get this reissue of Saxon’s classic 1982 live album. This rounds off the BMG reissues of the Carrere and Phonogram catalogue. Originally a single LP, this comes … Continue reading
Album review: WILLIAM SHATNER – Shatner Claus – The Christmas Album
‘ Cleopatra Records [Release date 26.10.18] Yes it’s that time of year again, when the Christmas album start appearing. But rather than the usual churning out of the same tracks, some other piss poor excuse for a compilation no different … Continue reading
Quick plays: THEM, SODOM, BROTHERS OF METAL
THEM Manor of the Se7en Gables SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 26.10.18] US/German thrash/power metal band return with their second album, a horror story featuring witchcraft, murder and they use a series of spoken word parts to keep the story moving along. … Continue reading
Album review: RENAISSANCE – A Symphonic Journey (CD/DVD)
Annie Haslam chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio shortly before Renaissance’s UK dates in April 2015. This hour special includes tracks from the band’s albums. Symphonic Rock Recordings [Release date: 14.09.18] Bands to have hurdled a half century’s performing … Continue reading
Album review: BIRDPEN – There’s Something Wrong With Everything
Jar Records [Release date 12.10.18] BirdPen are a duo hailing from Southampton – singer/songwriter Dave Pen and guitarist, keyboardist Mike Bird. They have been making music since 2003, with this being their fifth full studio album. Set in the now/near … Continue reading
