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Monthly Archives: March 2021
Album review: SAXON – Inspirations
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Silver Lining [Release date 19.03.21] Four decades into a career that has seen them conquer the globe, there seems to be no stopping the mighty Saxon, their own brand of Heavy Metal Thunder still ringing out loud and proud. Whilst … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Biff Byford, Black Sabbath, Covers, Inspirations, Motorhead, review, Saxon, The Beatles, Thin Lizzy
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EP review: RINGO STARR – Zoom In
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[Release date 19.03.21] Very few people can generate the goodwill and love that Ringo Starr does globally. Sure, when you’ve been a member of the biggest band ever, you’re bound to have some support, but he just keeps putting out … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews
Tagged Ben Harper, classic rock, Corrine Bailey Ray, Dave Grohl, EP, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney, pop, review, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crowe, Steve Lukather, The Beatles, Zoom In
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Album review: THE ALARM – War
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The Alarm [Release date 26.02.21] The Alarm are back with a new album, written and recorded in isolation, which physically arrived with fans six weeks from its inception thanks to a special limited edition blank CD-R they can burn themselves. … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, alt rock, Benji Webbe, Massive Attack, Mike Peters, punk, review, rock, Skindred, The Alarm, War
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Album review: RONNIE ATKINS – One Shot
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Frontiers Records [release date 12.03.21] Ronnie Atkins, founding member of Denmark’s Pretty Maids, bows out with his one and only solo album, One Shot. Ronnie has recently been diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. So the album title is … Continue reading
Album review: TOUCH – Tomorrow Never Comes
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Escape Music [Release Date 26.03.21] Here’s a reunion few ever expected to see. Touch are most famous to the wider world as the band that opened the first ever Monsters of Rock at Download in 1980. Many years later I … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Craig Brooks, Doug Howard, Glenn Kitchart, Mark Mangold, melodic rock, pomp rock, Touch
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Album review: STEPHEN CRANE- Kicks
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AOR Heaven (Release Date 26.03.21) The rock world is littered with hard luck stories of people failed by the record industry. One such is Stephen Crane. Already a seasoned figure on the Texas music scene, he was signed to MCA … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Jai Winding, Kicks, melodic rock, Richard Page, Stephen Crane, Steve Lukather, Tom Kelly
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Album review: PARIS- 50/50
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AOR Heaven (Release Date 26.03.21) France is hardly a hotbed of melodic rock but Paris, essentially the duo of Frederic Dechevanne and Sebastien Montet with some guest musicians, have now released three albums. They follow in a distinguished line of … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frederic Dechevanne, melodic rock, Paris, Sebastien Montet
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Album review: THE EQUALS – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
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Cantare [Release date 26.2.21] In the continued absence of the original recordings by The Equals on digital platforms, and with previous CDs long deleted, this collection of tracks recorded for radio broadcast is most welcome. One of the few racially … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged 60s music, album, BBC, Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys, Brian Matthew, Covers, Eddy Grant, pop, review, soul, the Equals
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Under A Mediterranean Sky
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Inside Out [Release date: 22.01.21] Being the modest chap that he is, Steve Hackett would probably not describe himself as a virtuoso. However, in a career spanning getting on for fifty years from the early days of Genesis through his … Continue reading
Album review: SUZI QUATRO – The Devil In Me
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SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 26.03.21] Suzi Quatro is back with her new album ‘The Devil In Me’, which like 2019’s ‘No Control’ album is a joint effort between her and son Richard Tuckey. As Suzi Quatro explained “Starting spring 2020, almost … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cherie Currie, classic rock, glam rock, hard rock, review, Richard Tuckey, rock, Suzi Quatro, The Devil In Me
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Album review: VINCENT FLATTS FINAL DRIVE – Back In The Saddle
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Pete Feenstra chatted to Steve “Bertie” Burton for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in July 2019. Self release [Release date 01.06.20] Vincent Flatts Final Drive’s ‘Back In The Saddle’ is a barn burner of an album. You flick the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Americana, Back In The Saddle, BB Chung King, Bernard Allison, Bertie, blues, boogie, Coco Montoya, Delbert McClinton, funk, Gary Harper, Joe Louis Walker, Jules Benjamin, Phil Booth, review, Rich Shelton, rock, Russ Cook, Steve Burton, The Starfighters, The Temptations, Tony Spinner, Vincent Flatts Final Drive
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Feature: Collectible Collections – FAMILY – Old Songs New Songs (The Definitive Box Set)
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Mystic MYSCD191 (2005) Don McKay and Martin Darvill at Mystic have done a great service to the name and legacy of Family and Roger Chapman. ‘Old Songs New Songs – The Definitive Box’ is their latest offering and, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Collectible Collections, FEATURES
Tagged album, anthology, box set, Charlie Whitney, classic rock, collection, compilation, Family, music, Old Songs New Songs, prog, Progressive Rock, R&B, review, Roger Chapman
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Album review: JOSEPH PARSONS – At Mercy’s Edge
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Blue Rose Records [Release date 01.01.21] Joseph Parsons is a new name to me, however, he has been playing his musical trade for over thirty years now, including releasing thirteen solo albums prior to this one, and a further ten … Continue reading
Album review: WINDING ROAD- s/t
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AOR Heaven [Release Date 26.03.21] The thriving Scandinavian melodic rock scene is not just one for young bucks. Winding Road are a new band in which three musicians with a long list of credits in their native Sweden have come … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Jonas Tyskhagen, Magnus Akerlund, melodic rock, Winding Road
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Album review: GHALIA VOLT – One Woman Band
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Ruf Records [Release date 29.01.21] ‘One Woman Band’ is much more than it says on the tin. Ghalia Volt is a force of nature, who lets nothing stand in her way to fulfilling her musical vision. You’ll either buy into … Continue reading
Album review: STEVEN WILSON – The Future Bites
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SW Records [Release date: 29.01.21] There’s a body of music fans who, if their favourite artist dares to stray from their favoured genre, castigate said artist with the tired (and tiresome) clichés “sold out”, “going mainstream”, “chasing the Yankee dollar”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackfield, No-Man, Porcupine Tree, review, rock, Steven Wilson, The Future Bites
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Book review: ROY WOOD, KANSAS (On Track…)
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Sonic Bond Publishing Roy Wood: The Move, ELO & Wizzard by James R Turner The ‘On Track…’ series gets to one of my musical heroes, Roy Wood. An interesting musician to cover, as although he still tours, Roy Wood has … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged AOR, book, classic rock, ELO, glam rock, Jeff Lynne, Kansas, Kerry Livgren, melodic rock, On Track, pomp rock, prog rock, review, rock 'n' roll, Roy Wood, Steve Wlash, The Move, Wizzard
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Album review: LEAGUE OF LIGHTS – Dreamers Don’t Come Down
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Eightspace Records [Release date 12.03.21] League Of Lights, the husband and wife duo of Richard (also a member of prog metal band Threshold) and Farrah West, return with their third album. As Farrah explains, “The album is about the past, … Continue reading