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Album review: NORTHWARD – s/t
Nuclear Blast [Release date 18.10.18] The cover art image of the two main protagonists here – Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen, and Pagan’s Mind guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad – photoshopped head to head, jaws agape and bawling at each other, offers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Floor Jansen, hard rock, Jørn Viggo Lofstad, melodic rock, metal, Nightwish, Northward, Pagan's Mind, review
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Album review: LUNA ROSSA – Atropa
Firefly Music [Release date 19.11.18] Three albums in, and the latest chapter in Panic Room acoustic side project of Jonathan Edwards (keyboards) and Anne-Marie Helder (vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute) finds them at a crossroads. The main stay of both … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Anne-Marie Helder, Atropa, Jonathan Edwards, Luna Rossa, Panic Room, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Gig review: DAN REED NETWORK – Live Rooms, Chester, 17 November 2018
This archive interview from April 2009 catches Dan Reed at the start of his more recent musical journey when the idea of reforming Dan Reed Network seemed less likely… (20:46) Get Ready to ROCK! Radio celebrated its 10th anniversary this … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 November 2018, Chester, classic rock, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk rock, gig, hard rock, Live Rooms, Mason Hill, review
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Album review: 41POINT9 – Mr. Astute Trousers
The Highlander Company Records (19.10.18) 41point9 is a fascinating mix of prog and pop from a couple of guys who evidently don’t feel constrained by genre. Bassist Bob Madsen and vocalist Brian Cline first collaborated in 1995 but it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 41Point9, album, AOR, Bob Madsen, Brian Cline, classic rock, Enchant, Mr.Astute Trousers, pop, progressive, review, rock
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News: Albums of the Month (October 2018 – December 2018)
Albums of the Month 2018 January – March 2018 April – June 2018 July – September 2018 URIAH HEEP Living The Dream (Frontiers) “…to their credit ‘Living The Dream’ remains wholly relevant to any rock audience, young or old. On … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (July 2018 – September 2018)
Albums of the Month 2018 January 2018 – March 2018 April 2018 – June 2018 October 2018 – December 2018 SARI SCHORR Never Say Never (Manhaton) “…an album that goes a long way to establishing her own niche…this album does … Continue reading
Album review: GRYPHON – Raindances (The Transatlantic Recordings 1973-1975)
Esoteric [Release date: 24.08.18] Folk rock sipped at diverse sources in its late 60s evolution; the traditional ale-house song was most prominent, probably because it was relatively simple to repurpose, while the music of the medieval court was less so, … Continue reading
Album review: KARMAMOI – The Day Is Done
Sonicbond [Release date 30.11.18] The fourth album from Italian proggers Daniele Giovannoni (drums, keys) and Alex Massari (guitars) aka Karmamoi is a concept album inspired by the story of two Syrian boys, one of whom died in the Grenfell Tower … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Italy, Karmamoi, prog, progressive, review, rock, The Day Is Done
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Album review: THUNDER – Please Remain Seated
BMG [Release date 19.01.19] Let’s be quite clear: ‘Rip It Up’ was one of the best albums of 2017, a vibrant, relevant chapter in the modern-day Thunder storybook. It must surprise the band themselves that they have been allowed to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Danny Bowes, Luke Morley, Please Remain Seated, review, Thunder
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Album review: ALBIE DONNELLY’S SUPERCHARGE – Get Hip
3MS Music [Release date 18.01.19] On a number of occasions back in the early 1970s, fellow scribe David Randall and I would venture to the Sportsman Bar in Liverpool, often post gig, to catch Albie Donnelly’s Supercharge. The band – … Continue reading
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Tagged Albie Donnelly, album, Get Hip, R&B, review, soul, Supercharge
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Album review: SLASH – Living The Dream
Roadrunner [Release date 21.09.18] For me, things have gone consistently ‘downhill’ since Slash released his eponymous debut with a plethora of guest vocalists back in 2010. Every track on that album was an absolute peach. Since then he’s stuck with … Continue reading
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Album review: LARKIN POE – Venom & Faith
In March 2011 David Randall interviewed Larkin Poe for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio during one of their earliest UK tours. This exclusive edit provides insight at an early point in the duo’s career. (9:45) Proper Music [Release date 09.11.18] … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, interview, Larkin Poe, review, roots, Venom & Faith
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Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – The Tivoli, Buckley, 3 November 2018
David Randall chatted with Andy Powell in October 2012 for “The Guitarists” series on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special discusses the development of the band and includes live tracks from 1977, 1988 and 1995. Andy Powell/Wishbone Ash … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 November 2018, Andy Powell, Buckley, classic rock, gig, interview, melodic rock, review, The Tivoli, Wishbone Ash
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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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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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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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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: URIAH HEEP – Living The Dream
Frontiers [Release date 14.09.18] We really have no right to expect – in 2018 – a tremendously vital album from a “heritage” band with an average age of 60 and who celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2019. But that’s exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernie Shaw, hard rock, Living The Dream, Mick Box, Phil Lanzon, progressive, review, Uriah Heep
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Album review: THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – Dissolution
Kscope [Release date 31.08.18] I know, it’s easy to confuse The Pineapple Thief with Porcupine Tree. This perception is only reinforced by the presence of now regular drummer Gavin Harrison. Similarities might normally end there, but in fact Pineapple Thief … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Soord, Dissolution, Gavin Harrison, prog, Progressive Rock, review, The Pineapple Thief
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Album review: BIRDSONG AT MORNING – Signs And Wonders
Blue Gentian Records [Release date 22.08.18] ‘Signs And Wonders’ is a remarkably ambitious album from a band based around singer/songwriter/vocalist Alan Williams. But then this is a band that released a 4-CD box set debut in 2011. This time the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5.1, acoustic, album, Birdsong At Morning, Blu-ray, Marillion, orchestral, review, rock, Signs And Wonders
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Album review: RIVERSEA – The Tide
[Release date 23.04.18] available at bandcamp.com and at riversea-band.com Quite how Riversea – an outstanding Northern Powerhouse of a ‘combo’ – have evaded the Get Ready to ROCK! net thus far is something of a mystery. But it’s amazing where … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Olivia Sparnenn, progressive, review, Riversea, rock, The Tide
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Album review: MARK ROWEN – Radiance
[Release date: 01.09.18] available at bandcamp.com Anyone remember Breathing Space, featuring ex-Mostly Autumn’s Iain Jennings and Olivia Sparnenn? The band produced a clutch of excellent melodic semi ‘prog’ albums in the ‘noughties’, including Coming Up For Air (2007) and Under … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Breathing Space, Mark Rowen, pop, progressive, radiance, review, rock, Stolen Earth
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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – Forgotten Dreams
Chasing The Dragon Audiophile Recordings [Release date: 08.18] available at chasingthedragon.co.uk We’ve had Alone (2011) and its companion release Naked Music (2016) – albums that saw Irish singer songwriter Eleanor McEvoy retire to the sanctuary of a sleepy Norfolk studio … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, audiophile, Chasing The Dragon, classical, direct cut, Eleanor McEvoy, folk, Forgotten Dreams, hi-fi, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: GREENSLADE (remastered and expanded)
Esoteric [Release date 28.09.18] When Warner Brothers’ then-fledgling UK arm scored a hit debut with Curved Air’s ‘Airconditioning’ it was clear there was something in this new progressive rock music and the London office A&R scouts duly sallied forth to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson, Greenslade, prog, prog rock, Progressive Rock, radio, review, sessions, Tony Reeves
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News: GLENN HUGHES tour gets underway with more dates to follow in 2019
Glenn Hughes performing Classic Deep Purple Live has started his UK tour with special guest Laurence Jones. The gig on 15 October has been switched to London’s Electric Ballroom due to construction work at the Koko. As bassist and co-vocalist … Continue reading
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