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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Monthly Archives: July 2021
Album review: GEEZER BUTLER – Manipulations of the Mind – The Complete Collection/The Very Best of Geezer Butler
BMG [Release date: 30.07.21] Widely respected as the bassist that invented the heavyweight bottom-end of the metal genre, and rightly held in esteem for being the main lyricist of Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler’s solo material has been packaged into a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bass, best of Black Sabbath, Burton C Bell, Deen Castronovo, Doom, Geezer Butler, Industrial, metal, review
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Album review: SPEKTRA – Overload
Frontiers [Release date 06.08.21] Still mining Brazil’s rich seam of hard rock heroes, Frontiers latest South American hopefuls are Spektra, a melodic rock band built around the talents of the vocalist/ guitarist with no name, BJ. And like his countryman, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alirio, BJ, Boston, Edu Cominato, Foreigner, Jeff Scott Soto, melodic hard rock, review, Winger
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Album review: ALIRIO – All Things Must Pass
Frontiers [Release date 06.08.21] Alirio (Netto) is big in Brazil. Arguably, he’s paid his dues several times over, appearing on stage in several rock musicals through the years to considerable acclaim, as well as being the frontman for Khalice, Age … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Alirio, Brazil, Frontiers, hard rock, Icon Of Sin, Inner Stream, Journey, Raphael Mendes, review, Vera Ortiz
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Album review: LONG SHADOWS DAWN – Isle Of Wrath
Frontiers [Release date 06.08.21] Long Shadows Dawn is a new collaboration between vocalist extraordinaire Doogie White and guitarist Emil Norberg from power metal band Persuader. The guys have taken their musical cues from the classic rock of the late 70’s … Continue reading
Album review: DEE SNIDER – Leave A Scar
Napalm Records [Release date 30.07.21] Dee is back and he sounds angry, be afraid, very afraid! This album follows on from Dee’s last album ‘For The Love Of Metal’ released in 2018 and is once again produced by Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed fame. After the demise … Continue reading
Album review: TROY REDFERN – …The Fire Cosmic!
RED7 Records [Release date 06.08.21] ‘…The Fire Cosmic!’ is the album Troy has always wanted to make. It’s big, it’s loud, it’s proud, it rocks hard and he achieves his goal of making a big impact. His imperious power trio … Continue reading
Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Separate Paths Together (An Anthology Of British Male Singer/Songwriters 1965-75, 3 CD set)
Grapefruit [Release date 30.07.21] Hard to see how an anthology could get any more specific. And interesting that it’s a companion piece to 2017′s female version. Well, interesting that the female version came first. In those ten years that spanned … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Stewart, album, anthology, boxset, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Gerry Rafferty, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Graham Gouldman, Grapefruit Records, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Martyn, like Richard Thompson, Ralph McTell, review, Singer songwriters
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Album review: AMANDA LEHMANN – Innocence And Illusion
www.amandalehmann.co.uk [Release date 20.08.21] It must be nice to have such close supporters as Steve Hackett and, via his connections, Nick Magnus, Rob Townsend and Roger King. All heavyweights who will assure the sonic qualities of any enterprise. But it … Continue reading
Album review: EDDIE 9V – Little Black Flies
Ruf Records [Release date 28.05.21] The explosive Eddie 9 Volt (real name Brooks Mason), is a man on a mission. He’s the personification of a post Covid cathartic release. After all, what is there left to do after a year … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert King, album, blues, Brandon Boone, Chad Mason, Eddie 9V, George Thorogood, Hound Dog Taylor, Jackson Allen, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Little Black Flies, Mandi Strachota, R&B, release, Si Cranstoun. The Imperial Crowns, soul, Victor wainwright
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Album review: JAGGED EDGE – Fuel For Your Soul / Trouble (Remasters w/bonus tracks)
Bad Reputation [Release date 30.07.21] A cracking little package: 2 CDs remastered and laden with bonus material, from Eighties’ hard rock band, Jagged Edge, brought to us by French label, Bad Reputation. The band, formed by guitarist Myke Gray in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Reputation, bonus tracks, Matti Alfonzetti, melodic hard rock, Myke Gray, reissue, remaster, remasters, review
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) July 2021 – September 2021
Compiled by Jason Ritchie January-March 2021 April-June 2021 October-December 2021 July 2nd AT THE GATES ‘The Nightmare Of Being’ Century Media JIMMY BARNES ‘Flesh & Blood’ Bloodline Records RICHARD MARX ‘Stories To Tell: Greatest Hits And More’ (2CD inc. demos … Continue reading
Album review: LEE AARON – Radio On!
In this exclusive interview edit, containing non-broadcast material, Lee Aaron chats about her “return” to a hard rock format in 2016. The full interview, first broadcast 1 August 2021, includes a selection of tracks from her earliest albums to the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, hard rock, interview, Lee Aaron, melodic, radio, Radio On!, review
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Album review: BERNIE MARSDEN – Kings
Bernie Marsden is the subject of a two-part special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, celebrating the release of a new album and his addition to the station’s exclusive “Featured Artists” section. Part 1 (above) was first broadcast on 25 … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert King, album, BB King, Bernie Marsden, Big Bill Broonzy, Billy F. Gibbons, blues, Chess, Don Airey, Don Nix, Freddie King, Gary Moore, interview, Jerry Beach, Kings, Leon Russell, Peter Green, records, review, Robben Ford, Rory Gallagher, The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Diamonds (The Best Of)
Harmony Factory [Release date 10.09.21] The last time I saw CiS was in December 2019 – little did we know that a few months later the live music scene would change dramatically. A pre-Xmas gig it certainly emphasised just how … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cats In Space, compilation, Diamonds, pop rock, review, The Best Of
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Album review: TOBY HITCHCOCK- Changes
Frontiers Records (Release Date 09.07.21) Less than a year after the latest Pride of Lions album and only two after his ‘Reckoning’ release, powerhouse singer Toby Hitchcock is back in fairly short order with his third solo album. After using … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro Del Vecchio, AOR, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, Toby Hitchcock
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Album review: BRITISH BLUES INVASION TO RUSSIA FESTIVAL – On-line Invasion Anthology
Pete Feenstra chatted to Boris Litvintsev in July 2021 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio featuring several tracks from the new compilation. Hot Draft Productions [Release date 26.05.21] “It’s 9 o’clock in Moscow, 7pm in London….” Boris Litvintsev’s time check … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wilson, Bex Marshall, blues, Boris Litvintsev, boxset, Brent Hutchinson, British Blues Invasion To London, Classic Rock Legends, Dave Ellis, Dobie Gray, Dom Martin, Freddie King, Hot Draft Productions, interview, Jack J. Hutchinson, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy C, Jimmy Coletsis, John Martyn, Jon Amor, Julian Burdock, Krissy Matthews, live, Mark Knopfler, Matt Long, Mike Ross, Owen Houlston, radio, review, Richard Townend, Ron Sayer, Rory Gallagher, Steve Earle, Troy Redfern, Zoom
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Album review: BLACKTHORNE – Afterlife and Don’t Kill The Thrill (2-CD package)
In October 2021, Pete Feenstra chatted to Jimmy Waldo about Blackthorne for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 3 October 2021. The Store For Music [Release date 23.07.21] Blackthorne is probably one of the more obscure Graham (Rainbow/MSG/Alcatrazz) Bonnet … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alcatrazz, Blackthorne, Bob Kulick, Chuck Wright, Frankie Banali, Graham Bonnet, hard rock, interview, Jimmy Waldo, Kiss, MSG, New England, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, review, WASP
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Album review: 38 SPECIAL – Wild Eyed Southern Boys and Special Forces (2021 Vinyl Remasters)
Snakefarm Records [Release date 30.07.21] In 2008, a major fire in Universal Studios’ Hollywood Warehouse devastated the company’s music archives. 38 Special were one of the bands to suffer a significant loss…and if nothing else, that gives these releases added … Continue reading
Album review: TANTRIC – The Sum Of All Things
Cleopatra Records [Release date 23.07.21] Tantric have been around since 1999 and have more ex-members (especially drummers) to give Spinal Tap a run for their money! Vocalist/rhythm guitarist Hugo Ferreira is the sole remaining original member joined by bassist, backing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cleopatra Records, grunge, Hugo Ferreira, metal, modern metal, nu-metal, review, Sum Of All Fears, Trantric
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Album review: MR BIG- Lean Into It (30th anniversary reissue)
EvoXS (Release Date 23.07.21) While their debut appeared a couple of years earlier, it was their sophomore effort, ‘Lean Into It’ in 1991 that marked melodic rock supergroup Mr Big’s finest hour. It is of course remembered for their worldwide … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Sheehan, Eric Martin, Lean Into It, Mr Big, Paul Gilbert, reissue
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Book review: Decades – FLEETWOOD MAC in the 1970s by Andrew Wild
SonicBond Publishing [Publication date 14.05.21] No band survived the seventies with a more spectacular transformation than Fleetwood Mac. They began it as a successful British blues band who were about to be left reeling by the departure of their founder … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Wild, book, Decades, Fleetwood Mac, review
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Album review: HARDLINE – Heart, Mind and Soul
Frontiers [Release date 09.07.21] Album number seven from melodic hard rockers Hardline who still feature sole remaining original member vocalist Johnny Gioeli. The rest of Hardline is guitarist Mario Percudani, bassist Anna Portalupi, drummer Marco Di Salvia and on keyboards, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frontiers, hard rock, Hardline, Johnny Gioeli, melodic hard rock, review
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Gig review: SPIKE- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 15 July 2021
There can hardly be a rock fan who has not seen the Quireboys at some point in the last 35 years and whatever their view of the band, warmed to the bibulous, twinkly, laddish charms of singer Spike. The Quireboys’ … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Cavern, Christian Heilmann, gig, Quireboys, Spike
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Album review: BARENAKED LADIES – Detour de Force
Raisin’ Records [Release date 16.07.21] It has been four years since Barenaked Ladies released their excellent ‘Fake Nudes’ and like many artists it was started before the outbreak of the pandemic, which delayed its completion and has played havoc with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barenaked Ladies, BNL, Detour de Force, folk, pop, pop rock, quirky pop, review
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EP review: SEETHER – Wasteland – The Purgatory EP
Fantasy Records [Release date 30.07.21] Seether’s new EP will certainly appeal to existing fans of the band as it features three never-before-heard tracks and an alternate take of ‘Wasteland’ (along with the original album version). The EP gets a limited … Continue reading
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Tagged alt metal, EP, grunge, nu-metal, review, Seether, Wasteland - The Purgatory
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