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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Yearly Archives: 2021
Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Royal Albert Hall, London, 29 September 2021
Black Stone Cherry have a unique relationship with the UK. The Kentucky rockers broke big over here while still young and their home country to this day has struggled to catch up. Their popularity has continued through hard work and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, hard rock, John Fred Young, Kris Barras, Kris Barras Band, southern rock
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Album review: PAUL McDONALD – Modern Hearts
Vacancy Records [release date 01.10.21] Alabama native and American Idol finalist, Paul McDonald was voted through to the Hollywood “play off” by no less than Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson. It was a mark of the man. Where … Continue reading
EP review: BILLY IDOL – The Roadside EP
Dark Horse Records [Release date 17.09.21] Billy Idol has recently released “The Roadside EP”, his first new material since 2014’s “Kings & Queens of The Underground”, and what a welcome return it is. The EP was produced by Butch Walker … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Idol, Butch Walker, classic rock, EP, melodic, review, rock, Steve Stevens, The Roadside EP
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Album review: KASIM SULTON – 2021
Deko Entertainment [Release date 17.09.21] If you were Kasim Sulton and had played bass and sung backing vocals on Meat Loaf’s 50 million selling Bat Out Of Hell, and had been an integral part of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia during ten … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bat Out Of Hell, Fountains of Wayne, Kasim Sulton, Meatloaf, review, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Weezer
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News: RODNEY MATTHEWS, DEPECHE MODE, LILLIAN AXE (October 2021)
Bryan Adams releases his latest album, ‘So Happy It Hurts’, on March 11. Alter Bridge enter the studio next April to start work on their new album. Battle Beast release their new album, ‘Circus Of Doom’, on January 21 via … Continue reading
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) October 2021 – December 2021
Compiled by Jason Ritchie January-March 2021 April-June 2021 July-September 2021 January-June 2022 October 1st ASKING ALEXANDRIA ‘See What’s On The Inside’ Better Noise Music RONNIE ATKINS (PRETTY MAIDS) ’4 More Shots’ (EP) Frontiers BLACK SABBATH ‘Technical Ecstasy’ (4CD, 5LP) BMG … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions, Upcoming (Tours & Releases)
Tagged alternative, AOR, blues, CD/DVD, folk, indie, melodic rock, metal, New releases, October 2021 – December 2021, pop, prog, rock, upcoming
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EP review: NAKED SUNDAY – Skeleton Keys
Facebook [Release date 03.09.21] Naked Sunday are a hard rock, 4 piece band from Stafford, they are the epitome of what we define as the new wave of classic rock genre in my humble opinion. The vocals, lyrics and heavy … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, debut, EP, Naked Sunday, NWOCR, review, rock, Skeleton Keys
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Album review: HARDWICKE CIRCUS – The Borderland
Website [Release date 23.07.21] This band hail from Carlisle, apparently Hardwicke Circus is the first roundabout in Carlisle, as a the band say, they are the “greatest band you’ve never heard of”, somehow I think that is all about to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Gaslight Anthem, Hardwicke Circus, modern rock, review, rock, Shinedown, The Borderland
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Album review: FICTION SYXX – Ghost Of My Fathers Past
MR Records [Release date 04.08.21 digital/28.09.21 physical] Here we have the third album from Fiction Syxx who have been pretty consistent in releasing a new album every couple of years since they started back in 2017. The band consists of … Continue reading
Album review: CARAVAN – It’s None Of Your Business
On Sunday 10 October 2021 Pete Feenstra chatted to Pye Hastings for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Madfish Music [Release date 8.10.21] Masters of the snappy album title, Caravan are yet another English Progressive Rock institution. For a band who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Canterbury, Caravan, interview, Progressive Rock, Pye Hastings, review
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Gig review: MASON HILL- Camden Underworld, London, 24 September 2021
Mason Hill have been making up for lost time in more ways than one. The young Scots full-length album seemed to have been ages in the making not least with record company politics, and then just as they were building … Continue reading
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Tagged Empyre, gig, Hollowstar, Jack Bonson, James Bird, Joe Bonson, Mason Hill, New Wave of Classic Rock, NWOCR, Phil Haines, Scott Taylor
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Album review: SPINOUT UK – Calling Out
Just Chillin Records [Release date 21.01.21] Spinout UK is a powerful Bournemouth based anthemic rock band fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Gary Roberts, known for his work with Denny Laine, Zak Starkey and John Lodge. ‘Calling Out’ builds on the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anthemic rock, Calling Out, Dave Gilmour, Denny Laine, drone, EBow, Gary Roberts, John Lodge, Len Surtees, My Kind Of People, Nashville Teens, Peter Green, Psychedelic Rock, review, Richard Roberts, rock, space rock, Spinout Uk, Will Pike, Zak Starkey
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News: Albums of the Month (July 2021 – September 2021)
EDGE OF PARADISE The Universe (Frontiers) It’s passionate, articulate symphonic metal, occasionally conducting lightning raids onto hard rock terrain… ****1/2 Review by Brian McGowan AMANDA LEHMANN Innocence And Illusion (indie) Lehmann is not afraid to explore different moods on this … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Amanda Lehmann., August 2021, blues rock, classic rock, Edge Of Paradise, heavy rock, Iron Maiden, July 2021, melodic rock, metal, Progressive Rock, review, September 2021, Steve Hackett, symphonic metal, the Petal Falls, Tommy Castro
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Album review: THE PAT McMANUS BAND – Full Service Resumed
David Randall chatted to Pat McManus for his show ‘Assume The Position’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 3 October. The interview includes tracks from the new album. The Store For Music [Release date 01.10.21] Pat McManus is the … Continue reading
Gig review: MASSIVE WAGONS – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool, 25 September 2021
This was only my second gig with zero restrictions in place, what a venue the Grand Central Hall is. I have not been before, I will definitely be back – the venue team were well organised and entry was easy, … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 September 2021, Bastette, Chris Catalyst, classic rock, gig, Grand Central Hall, live music, Liverpool, Massive Wagons, NWOCR, review, rock, rock alt rock
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Surrender Of Silence
Inside Out [Release date: 10.09.21] A new album from Steve Hackett is always an event to look forward to, such has been his consistency in releasing work of the highest calibre, year on year, racking up over thirty albums and … Continue reading
Gig review: INGLORIOUS – Islington Assembly Hall – 22nd September 2021
The award for busiest band of 2021 might have to be Inglorious. They finally got to play material from the two albums they have already released on an extensive tour of 20 dates, taking in several places off the usual gig circuit. After contenting myself with local shows … Continue reading
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Tagged 22nd September 2021, Danny De La Cruz, gig, Inglorious, Islington Assembly Hall, live, London, Mercutio, metal, Nathan James, Phil Beaver, review, Rob Lindop, rock, Tim Prottey-Jones
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Album review: YES – The Quest
Inside Out Music [Release date: 01.10.21] Yes are a British institution. As much woven into the fabric of UK culture as many other artistic endeavours. An omnipresent rock band with a constantly changing line up, currently: Davison, Howe, Sherwood, Downes … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan White, album, Asia, Billy Sherwood, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, prog, review, Steve Howe, World Trade
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Album review: KK’S PRIEST – Sermons Of The Sinner
EX1 Records [Release date 01.10.21] Fans of the perennial metal gods Judas Priest have been lucky on the albums front in recent years. First we had two killer albums from Priest itself. Both 2014’s Redeemer of Souls (recorded after the … Continue reading
Album review: SPIERS & BODEN – Fallow Ground
Hudson Records [Release date 17.09.21] By the time John Spiers & Jon Boden had hung up their highly regarded hats as the Spiers & Boden duo in 2014 they had earned a place in the hearts of the folk audience … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, fiddle, folk, Gigspanner, Hudson Records, John Spiers, Jon Boden, review, traditional music
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Album review: JOHN McLAUGHLIN – Liberation Blues
Abstract Logix [Release date 16.07.21] It was John McLaughlin who on being asked about his “loud” playing in the Mahavishnu Orchestra pricelessly responded: “Who said spiritual music should be quiet?” On the evidence of ‘Liberation Time’ he’s turned down, but … Continue reading
Album review: DANNY DANZI – Tribulations
Escape Music [Release date 24.09.21] Danny Danzi is back with his third album (hardly prolific as his debut was released back in 1999!). His 2003 album ‘Danziland’ still gets regular plays by this reviewer. This album has been ten years … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Danny Danzi, Escape Music, hard rock, interview, melodic rock, review, rock, Tribulations
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Album review: ERIC BIBB – Dear America
Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group [Release date 10.09.21] Eric Bibb returns with possibly his most timely release to date, as Bibb explains the album “…a love letter, because America, for all of its associations with pain and its bloody history, has … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Americana, blues, Dear America, Eric Bibb, gospel, Lisa Mills, review, Shaneeka Simon, singer songwriter, soul
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…CALVERT FLEMING PROJECT – Shotgun Pixie
Amazing Radio 2021 ‘Shotgun Pixie’ is the ultimate album that time forgot, except it’s not been forgotten. This post psychedelic gem of an album by Ohio guitarist Jimmy Fleming and Robert Calvert’s grand daughter Maya Calvert is very much available … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Artie Kornfeld, Calvert Fleming Project, Chad Stout, Dan Smart, guitar, Hawklords, Hawkwind, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Fleming, Keith Richard, Led Zeppelin, Matt Moon, Maya Calvert, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Paul Kossoff, poetry, review, Robert Calvert, Rolling Stones, Sandy Denny, Shotgun Pixie, The Allman Brothers, Uncle Mont’s Quandary
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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Technical Ecstasy (Super Deluxe 5LP Vinyl Box Set)
WIN A CD or VINYL COPY! BMG / Sanctuary Records [Release date: 01.10.21] Following the superb ‘Super-Deluxe’ releases of ‘Paranoid’, ‘Volume 4’ and ‘Sabotage’ in the last couple of years, it is now the turn of ‘Technical Ecstasy’ to … Continue reading
