-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
Latest Album Reviews
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: PAUL McCARTNEY- 02 Arena, London, 18 December 2024
-
Gig review: BLACK EYED SONS- The Lexington, London, 16 December 2024
-
Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Thames Side Brewery, Staines, 8 December 2024
-
Gig review: STRAY – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 7 December 2024
-
Gig review: THE SHEEPDOGS, THE COMMONERS – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 December 2024
-
Gig review: GUN – Barrowlands, Glasgow, 14 December 2024
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Album review: RAMSEY LEWIS – Funky Serenity, Solar Wind, Sun Goddess (reissue)
-
Album review: MIKE ROSS – Third Eye Open
-
Album review: STEELEYE SPAN – Live At The Rainbow Theatre 1974
-
Album review: CHUCK WRIGHT – Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky
-
Album review: ALAN PARSONS – The Secret
-
Album review: AMELIA COBURN – Between The Moon And The Milkman
-
Features
Interviews
Single & EP Reviews
DVD Reviews
Book Reviews
News
Author Archives: GRTR! HQ
News: A Year in Rock – 2015 (Rock Photography)
Over the years Get Ready to ROCK! has gathered an enviable reputation for some of the best online rock photography, complementing its extensive coverage of gigs, festivals and tours. We’ve published a selection of some of the best shots in … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, NEWS, The Best Of 2015
Tagged blues, concerts, festivals, Get Ready to ROCK!, gigs, photography, progressive, rock, tours
Leave a comment
News: BEST OF 2015 rock radio special on Sunday 27 December
On Sunday 27 December, at 22:00 GMT David Randall presents a two-hour special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio featuring the Get Ready to ROCK! reviewer choices for ‘Best of 2015′. The show will also reflect the popular vote that … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS, The Best Of 2015
Tagged Best of 2015, Blackberry Smoke, blues, feature, FM, Get Ready to ROCK!, King King, melodic rock, Michael Schenker, progressive, radio, rock, special, Steve Rothery, Steven Wilson, Thunder, UFO
Leave a comment
Album review: ANDY SUMMERS – Metal Dog
Andy Summers Music/Cargo Records [Release date 15.01.16] A new solo album from Andy Summers? He of the heavily arpeggiated, chorused but always ear-friendly guitaring? He’s released a string of solo albums since ‘XYZ’ in 1987 and his last release was … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, ambient, Andy Summers, fusion, guitar, guitarist, instrumental, Metal Dog, Police, review, rock
Leave a comment
News: Melodic rockers FM top popular poll for top rock album of 2015
FM and Vintage Trouble scoop popular poll In the Get Ready to ROCK! end of year popular poll melodic rockers FM were voted top album with ‘Heroes And Villains’ whilst readers and listeners confirmed the reviewers rating by making Vintage … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, NEWS, The Best Of 2015
Tagged album, AOR, Best of 2015, FM, live act, melodic rock, poll, rock, Vintage Trouble, vote
Leave a comment
Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL IX – Hafan Y Mor, Pwllheli, Wales, 12-14 November 2015
Thursday When the line-up was announced for this year’s 9th chapter of the Hard Rock Hell journey there were the usual naysayers but to be fair it’s the same for every festival… However one thing that topped everything was the … Continue reading
News: Rock journeyman JAMES STEVENSON plays first solo gig, Thursday 17 December (Water Rats, London)
Guitarist/songwriter James Stevenson plays his first solo gig at Water Rats, King’s Cross, London on Thursday 17 December (19:15). James Stevenson has been an in-demand session player since his earliest outings with punk/new wave band Chelsea in the late 1970s. … Continue reading
Gig review: PLANET ROCKSTOCK – Trecco Bay, South Wales, 4-6 December 2015
Friday 4 December This is the third year for the Planet Rock annual festival and the second year at Porthcawl. I thought last year’s line-up would take some beating and, although thinking 2015 was a weak bill by comparison, I … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 4-6 December 2015, blues, Buffalo Summer, Crobot, Dan Patlansky, Danko Jones, festival, FM, Fozzy, gig, Heavens Basement, Inglorious, Planet Rockstock, review, Rival Sons, rock, Scorpion Child, South Wales, The Darkness, The Dead Daisies, Trecco Bay
Leave a comment
Album review: GET WELL SOON – Love
Get Well Soon is a vehicle for the talents of German singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Konstantin Gropper. A deep-thinker, his previous three releases – which have garnered critical acclaim in the mainstream press – have been influenced by folk, classical … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Get Well Soon, Konstantin Gropper, Love, review
Leave a comment
Quick plays: MY FAIR FIEND, ARI AND THE ALIBIS, LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND, EUREKA
MY FAIR FIEND Making Monsters ‘Quirky’ is an oft used description in the singer songwriter world, but it does describe the sophomore release from Utah-based My Fair Fiend a vehicle for the talents of singer songwriter Callie Crofts. Musically, the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays
Tagged album, alternative, Ari And The Alibis, Dirty Little Secret, Eliza Carthy, Eureka, fusion, Gret Escapes, Jenny Hill, Locust Honey String Band, Making Monsters, My Fair Fiend, Never Let Me Cross Your Mind, prog, progressive, review, rock, roots, RPWL, songs of separation, Yogi Lang
Leave a comment
Album review: DOUG WAHLBERG BAND – Flying Under The Radar
www.dougwahlberg.com [Release date 29.09.15] It’s a shame this album runs out at only 8 tracks spread over a miserly 32 minutes, but in terms of quality it’s irreproachable. Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter described East Coast guitarist and singer / … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Doug Wahlberg, Doug Wahlberg Band, Flying Under The Radar, review, rock
Leave a comment
Album review: SINCE EVER, SMELL MY PILLOW, MIDORI & EZRA BOY
SINCE EVER Isolation Does the world need another symphonic metal band? Discuss. When symphonic rock burst onto the scene it sounded fresh, vibrant, and most importantly gave rock something ‘different’. But for some inexplicable reason, the genre has become formulaic, … Continue reading
Album review: THE RAVEN CHARTER – Reset
Do It For Records [Release date 26.09.15] Founded in Denton, Texas, in 2005 The Raven Charter are something of an enigma. Proggers? Melodics? Or Rockers? Their debut long player suggests they could be all three. And very fine ones at … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Reset, review, rock, The Raven Charter
Leave a comment
DVD review: THE WHO – Live In Hyde Park
Eagle Vision [Release date 13.11.15] The archetypal rockers The Rolling Stones returned to Hyde Park to celebrate their 50 years in 2013. In the summer of 2015 mod icons The Who did the same. Perhaps it should be renamed Jurassic … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged concert, DVD, Live In Hyde Park, Pete Townsend, review, rock, Roger Daltrey, THE WHO
Leave a comment
DVD review: THE RITCHIE BLACKMORE STORY
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 30.10.15] 2016 marks the return of Ritchie to the rock arenas and so this 2 hour plus documentary is timely. He’s known as one of rock’s more reticent subjects when it comes to interviews, so … Continue reading
Album review: GRAHAM GREENE – Down Devils Road
www.grahamgreene.com.au [Release date 01.04.15] It’s increasingly difficult for guitarists to come up with a wholly instrumental album. Where do you start? Inevitably they tend to run of ideas, they’re not that good a player, or there’s a definite sense of … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Australian, Down Devils Road, fusion, Graham Greene, guitar, guitarist, review, rock
Leave a comment
News: Readers and listeners vote for their favourite albums and live acts – Best of 2015
Every year the reviewers at Get Ready to ROCK! choose their Top Albums and Live Acts. Their selection covers a range of genres from rock to blues and progressive and reflects the musical spread of the well-respected website. The reviewers … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, NEWS, The Best Of 2015
Tagged albums, Best of 2015, Blackberry Smoke, blues, King King, melodic rock, poll, progressive, readers, Renaissance, rock, The Tubes, Thunder, Vintage Trouble, vote
Leave a comment
The Best of 2015 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
The Best of 2015 with David Randall by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud In the end of year ‘Best of 2015′ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, David Randall featured many of the albums/artists that appear in the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged albums, Best of 2015, blues, December 2015, gigs, live act, melodic, music, progressive, review, rock, Thunder, Vintage Trouble
1 Comment
News: WINTER ROCKS FESTIVAL – Corporation, Sheffield, 5 December 2015
After the huge success of Winter Rocks Festival 2014, the rock all day event returns on Saturday 5 December with an even bigger line up of international and rising artists. Keeping to its Sheffield roots, the event will take place … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS
Tagged 5 December 2015, Buffalo Summer, Corporation, Crobot, event, Falling Red, festival, Fozzy, gig, Nonpoint, Scorpion Child, Sheffield, Skarlett Riot, Tax The Heat, The Dirty Youth, The Temperance Movement, Winter Rocks Festival
Leave a comment
Gig review: CROBOT/Scorpion Child – Live Rooms, Chester, 11 November 2015
Crobot and Scorpion Child are currently on a Europe-wide tour plying their groove laden rock and roll to many a welcoming fan and tonight The Live Rooms in Chester went back a few decades to when sideboards were on the … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 11 November 2015, Buffalo Summer, Chester, Crobot, gig, review, rock, Scorpion Child, The Live Rooms
Leave a comment
Gig review: TRACER/The Vitals – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 8 November 2015
The Aussie rockers have hit the UK for their headline tour straight off the back of a European support slot with Apocalyptica and are ready to promote and play tracks from their new album ‘Water For Thirsty Dogs’. Despite the … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 8 November 2015, gig, heavy rock, review, Slade Rooms, The Vitals, Tracer, Wolverhampton
Leave a comment
Gig review: VIRGINMARYS – Sugarmill, Stoke, 6 November 2015
Somehow I totally missed out on the Virginmarys, I’d heard of them and indeed was told many times to go and see them live but our paths never crossed until tonight where at the Sugarmill Stoke they play the first … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 6 November 2015, gig, review, Stoke, Sugarmill, Virginmarys
Leave a comment
Gig review: DORO – The Tivoli, Buckley, North Wales, 21 November 2015
On a cold, damp night in November it takes a damn good reason to entice ageing rockers out of their warm cocoon and weekly fix of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. But how could you miss the legendary Doro Pesch, still celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 21 November 2015, Buckley, Doro, Doro Pesch, gig, heavy metal, North Wales, review, Tivoli, Warlock
Leave a comment
Album review: SAM COULSON – Electric Classical
Self-release [Release date 20.11.15] This album is probably best described as “economical”. From the single sheet inlay to the 25 minute playing time. What is perhaps most surprising is that it is fashioned by young Sam Coulson who evidently feels … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged acoustic, album, Asia, classic, Electric Classical, guitar, guitarist, review, Sam Coulson
Leave a comment
Album review: NIK TURNER – Space Fusion Odyssey
Cleopatra Records [Release date 30.10.15] Nik Turner’s biography ‘The Spirit Of Hawkwind 1969-1976′ has just been published and chronicles the earlier sorties of this enduring space cadet. If you thought Nik Turner in Hawkwind parped away in search of a … Continue reading
Album review: THE DOORS – Other Voices/Full Circle (reissue)
Rhino [Release date 04.09.15] 2-CD After Jim Morrison’s death in July 1971, and without their charismatic frontman, the writing was on the wall for the remaining members of The Doors. But in the 2 years before they called it a … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged 2-CD, album, Full Circle, John Densmore, Other Voices, psychedelic, Ray Manzarek, reissue, review, Robby Kreiger, rock, THE DOORS
Leave a comment
