Yearly Archives: 2023

Gig review: MIDNITE CITY – The Black Heart, Camden, London, 17 June 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by andynathan
MIDNITE CITY- The Black Heart, Camden, London, 17 June 2023

Touring their freshly released fourth album ‘In at the Deep End’, I was delighted that Midnite City’s schedule included a relatively rare London date at the Black Heart. Perhaps as a result of long running festivals at places like Wigan … Continue reading →

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Album review : BIG COUNTRY – Driving To Damascus (Deluxe 4CD boxset)

Posted on June 24, 2023 by brianmc
BIG COUNTRY

Cherry Red [Release date: 30.6.23] The late great Stuart Adamson and his band, Big Country, made an indelible musical mark on UK popular culture before the man’s untimely demise. The history is well documented. The nineties was a hugely fertile … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEAH WAYBRIGHT – Dreamed

Posted on June 22, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
LEAH WAYBRIGHT - Dreamed

Invasion Merch [Release date 17.07.23] One of the great things about GRTR! as we reflect on our twenty year lifespan is the eclectic nature of our brief.  We don’t ever feel compelled to review the latest Jethro Tull or Yes … Continue reading →

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Album review: MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) – In The Rain Shadow

Posted on June 22, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) - In The Rain Shadow

www.markvickness.com [Release date 17.05.23] “Sit back, pour a glass of your favourite tipple, and let this album wash over you.”  That’s what I wrote about ‘Interconnected’ in 2020 making it one of my “best ofs” that year.  And it could … Continue reading →

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Album review : ROBIN GEORGE – Ace In My Hand (2CD)

Posted on June 21, 2023 by brianmc
Robin George - Ace In My Hand

Cherry Red [Release date 23.06.23] What can you say about Robin George that hasn’t already been said? He seems to have been circling under rock’n’roll’s radar forever, ready to land, but never making that last critical step. Considering that the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BLOODYWOOD – The Mash House, Edinburgh – 12th June 2023

Posted on June 21, 2023 by david.wilson
Bloodywood

My phone pinged and the text read ‘Hi pal, do you fancy going to see Bloodywood in Edinburgh’. I must admit my first reaction was ‘who?’, but the answer was ‘yup, let#s rock!’. So, it was a night out in … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIDNITE CITY – In At The Deep End

Posted on June 20, 2023 by andynathan
MIDNITE CITY- In At The Deep End

Pride and Joy Music [Releaae date 23.06.23] This is an impressive fourth release in under six years from Midnite City, confirming them as one of the most enduring of the select band of UK melodic rock acts.  It doesn’t mess … Continue reading →

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News: MARILLION enter The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness in July 2023

Posted on June 20, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

The latest inductees to “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” are prog rockers Marillion. A major retrospective tracing Marillion’s progress in the millennium will be published on 1 July by rock website Get Ready to ROCK! and throughout the month Get … Continue reading →

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Album review: V/A – We’re An American Band – US Hard Rock Scene 1967-73 (3 CD Boxset)

Posted on June 16, 2023 by brianmc
Grand Funk

Cherry Red Records [release date: 23.06.23] This 4 hour, 3 CD, 62 track package ends with Grand Funk’s ‘We’re An American Band’ (1973). A game changing challenge to the music establishment of the time. A band of the people, a … Continue reading →

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Album review: JAN JAMES – Time Bomb

Posted on June 16, 2023 by jason
JAN JAMES - Time Bomb

www.janjames.com [Release date b28.07.23] Jan James 2020 release ‘Justify’ was a decent set of blues & soul numbers and now we have her latest release, again recorded and written with her partner Craig Calvert (who also plays guitar and bass … Continue reading →

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Singles review: JOSH TAERK, SUZI QUATRO, ALICE COOPER, DEGREED

Posted on June 16, 2023 by jason
Josh Taerk

JOSH TAERK Hold On Virginia AMG/Sony Music Josh is well known to readers of this site, and indeed listeners of GRTR! Radio, as his monthly live sessions with his family have been a treat since 2020. Now we have a new … Continue reading →

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Backstage Heroes: DARREN JOHNSON

Posted on June 15, 2023 by jason
Slade in the 1970s

Author and reviewer Darren Johnson has three published books to date, with ‘Slade in the 1970s’ recently published by SonicBond Publishing. Here we find out more about his introduction to rock music, why he loves glam rock in particular, all … Continue reading →

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Album review: PRIDE OF LIONS – Dream Higher

Posted on June 14, 2023 by brianmc
PRIDE OF LIONS - Dream Higher

Frontiers [Release date 16.06.23] Seventh studio album from Pride Of Lions. The “Survivor” name has been purged from all official publicity associated with Peterik for legal reasons, but anyone who is at all interested in the genre well knows Peterik’s … Continue reading →

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Album review : STARDUST – Kingdom Of Illusion

Posted on June 12, 2023 by brianmc
STARDUST - Kingdom Of Illusion

Frontiers [Release date: 16.06.23] Hungarian band, Stardust kick off their album with ‘War’ as the opening track.  Given current events, there was always someone who’d climb on the bandwagon. Lets move on. There’s a welcome familiarity to Stardust’s melodic rock, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KIRA MAC – The Garage, Highbury, London, 4 June 2023

Posted on June 12, 2023 by andynathan
P1050693 - Copy

Kira Mac are a band on a rapid rise. They only started gigging a year ago but a buzz quickly started building, to the extent that this UK tour included what I thought was an ambitious London booking at The … Continue reading →

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Gig review: IAN MOSS – 100 Club, London, 3 June 2023

Posted on June 11, 2023 by andynathan
IAN MOSS- 100 Club, London, 3 June 2023

Cold Chisel are the musical equivalent of Victoria Bitter or TimTams – a legendary part of Australian life and culture, but rarely seen outside the mother country. While singer Jimmy Barnes, of whom I am a confirmed fan, has toured … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARDNER JAMES – No Strings

Posted on June 11, 2023 by brianmc
GARDNER JAMES - No Strings

Frontiers [Release date 09.06.23] Gardner James is Justin James, who has worked with Staind and Tyketto. And Janet Gardner, who was of course vocalist with Vixen. Their history is well documented online. A pithy rock band riff can be just … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE GUESS WHO – Plein D’Amour

Posted on June 11, 2023 by jason
THE GUESS WHO - Plein D'Amour

Deko Entertainment [Release date 07.07.23] The Guess Who’s 2018 album, ‘The Future IS What It Used to Be’, wasn’t bad at all, maybe a bit too AOR/melodic rock for diehard fans, possibly due to Styx’s Tommy Shaw having a large … Continue reading →

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Album review: GOV’T MULE – Peace…Like A River

Posted on June 11, 2023 by jason
GOV’T MULE - Peace...Like A River

Fantasy Records [Release date 16.06.23] Formed in the mid 90s as an offshoot of the reformed Allman Brothers, and led by guitarist Warren Haynes, this is the Mule’s 13th studio album. The band have long had a reputation of injecting … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Live Evil

Posted on June 11, 2023 by jason
BLACK SABBATH - Live Evil

WIN a copy of Live Evil! BMG [Release date 02.06.23] 1982, and twelve years after their debut, the fathers of heavy metal finally released their first official live album. And what a cracker it is. And the reason for releasing … Continue reading →

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EP review: THE UGLY GUYS – Rolling In The Deep

Posted on June 10, 2023 by jason
THE UGLY KIDS - Rolling In The Deep

Conquest Music [Release date 09.06.23] The Ugly Guys release this three track EP ahead of their album of cover versions, ‘Cover Your Tracks’, due out on August 25 on Conquest Music. Looking back to 2013 on this site this reviewer … Continue reading →

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Album review: DALLAHAN – Speak Of The Devil

Posted on June 10, 2023 by jason
DALLAHAN - Speak of the Devil

www.dallahanmusic.com [Release date 16.06.23] Dallahan base their sound not only on Scotland and Ireland’s traditional music scene, but drawing on the music of the Balkans and North America. Dallahan consists of Jack Badcock on guitar and vocals, Ciaran Ryan on … Continue reading →

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Album review : FALSE MEMORIES – Hybrid Ego System

Posted on June 10, 2023 by brianmc
False Memories - Hybrid Ego System

Frontiers [Release date: 09.06.23] Guitarist, Francesco Savino founded False Memories in 2015, but it was only when he recruited vocalist, Rossella Moscatelli in 2018 that the band’s career gained some momentum. We reviewed the debut, The Last Night Of Fall … Continue reading →

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Album review: EXTREME – Six

Posted on June 9, 2023 by david.wilson
EXTREME - Six

earMusic [Release date: 09.06.23] Extreme are back with their first album in 15 years, which is quite the hiatus by anyone’s standards. During that time the band have been working on and off and touring sporadically, but the guys are … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE PAT McMANUS BAND – Live In France

Posted on June 9, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
THE PAT McMANUS BAND - Live In France

The Store For Music [Release date 21.07.23] It’s about time we had a new live album from Pat McManus.  In August 2022 he recorded his gig as part of the Tribal Rock festival nestling above the Cote d’Azur in south-east … Continue reading →

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