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Album review: PROGedia – Dioscuri

PROGedia - Dioscuri

R&S Records [Release date: 24.03.23 - Digital 24.04.23 - Physical] If you want a great groove to start the New Year, head this way.  Fed Conti is an Italian producer and multi instrumentalist and his latest project is quite wonderful. … Continue reading

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Album review: MIKE CAMPESE – Reset

MIKE CAMPESE - Reset

www.mikecampese.com [Release date 11.11.22] I’m sorry but Mike Campese exhibits all the worst aspects of “guitar virtuoso”.  Guitarists may well acknowledge his technical mastery (and he has featured in several big guitar mags) but for the average listener this is … Continue reading

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Album review: CERI JUSTICE – Walk In Shadow

CERI JUSTICE - Walk In Shadow

www.cerijustice.rocks [Release date 15.04.22] Here at GRTR! it doesn’t really matter that we are reviewing an album nearly 12 months old.  If it comes to our attention belatedly and is meritorious, we do it.  It was Pete Feenstra playing a … Continue reading

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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – CHANTEL McGREGOR (February 2023)

The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

Chantel’s down to earth Yorkshire lass delivery has endeared her to fans as much as her musicianship… Photo: David Randall Yorkshire singer/songwriter/guitarist Chantel McGregor first came to our attention in May 2010 when Pete Feenstra reviewed her debut London gig … Continue reading

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News: CHANTEL McGREGOR enters “The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness” (February 2023)

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Rock website Get Ready to ROCK! has announced the second artist to be inducted in its “GRTR! Grotto of Greatness”. The website’s version of the “Hall of Fame” is part of its 20th anniversary celebrations in 2023.  A different artist/band … Continue reading

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Album review: LIV KRISTINE – River Of Diamonds

LIV KRISTINE - River Of Diamonds

Metalville [Release date 21.04.23] Since 1998, and during an acrimonius split from her band Leaves’ Eyes and partner, Liv Kristine has released a series of excellent pop rock albums.  We chronicled these in our radio special in 2022 when we … Continue reading

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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Nobody’s Fool

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - Nobody's Fool

Keeping The Blues Alive (KTBA Records) [Release date 28.10.22] Joanne Shaw Taylor has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, establishing herself as one of the most formidable blues/rock performers.  We’ve followed her rise and rise in the … Continue reading

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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Waiting For The Daylight

ERJA LYYTINEN - Waiting For The Daylight

Tuohi Records [Release date 07.10.22] Recent Erja Lyytinen albums have seen the Finnish guitarist mixing up the genres and moving away from the more defined blues/blues rock that characterised earlier offerings. Whether this is a natural development or a realisation … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 – The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – THE DARKNESS (January 2023)

The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

The band that put the fun back into rock… Photo: Darren Griffiths Launching our anniversary series in January 2023, a band whose rise we followed from 2003 when they released their debut album ‘Permission To Land’.  A year later the … Continue reading

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News: Get Ready to ROCK! announces first band in the Grotto of Greatness (December 2022)

The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

Rock website Get Ready to ROCK! has announced the first band to be inducted in its “GRTR! Grotto of Greatness”. The website’s version of the “Hall of Fame” is part of its 20th anniversary celebrations in 2023.  A different artist/band … Continue reading

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News: Albums of the Month (October – December 2022)

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DYNAZTY Final Advent (AFM Records) What it does is incrementally fine tune the sound that’s now established as their MO. Their epic, keyboard driven symphonic/melodic metal just bursts with energy and invention, pushing them streets ahead of every other band … Continue reading

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News: The Best of 2022 – Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers choose their Top Albums of the Year

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Marillion made several lists for their album releases and UK tour in 2022 Finally, in 2022, there was something like a return to normality for live music, although more latterly the economic crisis impacted on punters’ disposable income and therefore … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Progressive Rock – Primer

GRTR!@20

There has been a resurgence of interest in prog in the millennium.  Alan Jones chronicles some of the artists and bands who continue to fly the flag for the genre.  Warning: Steven Wilson looms large … Back in the day, … Continue reading

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Album review: LEE AARON – Elevate

LEE AARON - Elevate

Metalville [Release date 25.11.22] We’ve been impressed with the last few offerings from Canadian songstress (and one-time Metal Queen) Lee Aaron.  Over the past few years she’s been reasserting her role in female fronted hard rock. after going through a … Continue reading

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Feature: Box sets for life, not just for Christmas – LOVE, EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, MARILLION (2022)

Love - Expressions Tell Everything (Box set)

We had it first with CDs in the 1980s and 90s, more recently with resurgent vinyl.  The big record labels want us to rebuy our past!  And in many cases there are re-releases of re-releases.  Why, oh why, can’t they … Continue reading

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Book review: (Sonicbond Summary) – TOOL, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PINK FLOYD, VAN MORRISON, DONOVAN, BRIAN ENO (November 2022)

On track ... Pink Floyd (book)

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication dates: July-November 2022] Here’s our now traditional end of year round up for Sonicbond titles which again in 2022 have come thick and fast.  The usual caveats apply: very rarely based on primary sources but mostly reverential … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Metal – Primer

GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Metal – Primer

During the period 2003-2023 metal had morphed into various guises.  Brian McGowan tries to keep up with it and surveys the period… Heavy Metal is a musical phenomenon that continues to gain in strength and popularity, worldwide. It has the … Continue reading

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Album review: JOHN NORUM – Gone To Stay

JOHN NORUM - Gone To Stay

GAIN [Release date 28.10.22] In the absence of a Europe album (last sighted 2017) we have at least a new album from the band’s guitarist. Norum’s last solo outing in 2010 was called ‘Play Yard Blues’.  But as I said … Continue reading

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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL (HRH XV), Great Yarmouth, 3-5 November 2022

HARD ROCK HELL XV, Great Yarmouth, 3-6 November 2022

With many regular attendees – and there are many – this was the first HRH with an international line up since Covid 19 struck it’s blow to both music and travel industries. It’s refreshing to see that overseas bands are … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 – The Rising Stars Revisited – The Album

Get Ready to ROCK! - The Rising Stars

In 2007 Get Ready to ROCK! produced a CD showcasing 16 upcoming artists who had featured in early album and gig reviews.  The album was sold at the fledgling Cambridge Rock Festival that summer when we promoted a “Rising Stars” … Continue reading

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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Heaven And Hell/Mob Rules (2022 reissues)

BLACK SABBATH - Heaven And Hell

BMG [Release date 25.11.22] When we last reviewed these albums (in 2010) they were also reissues with bonus tracks. And in May that year Ronnie James Dio lost his battle with stomach cancer ahead of a major headlining gig lined … Continue reading

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Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Those City Lights

AUSTIN GOLD - Those City Lights

TMR Rock Records [Release date 04.11.22] It’s an interesting fact that many bands start out as blues rockers and then morph into something more classic rock/mainstream.  King King, Laurence Jones and even Joanne Shaw Taylor come to mind.  This is … Continue reading

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Album review: VOODOO RAMBLE – Can’t Write A Pop Song (When You’ve Got The Blues)

VOODOO RAMBLE - Can't Write A Pop Song (When You've Got The Blues)

Thoroughbred Music [Release date 10.22] In our reflections on two decades of rock it is a truism that out there are some wonderful bands and musicians who, for whatever reason, never hit critical mass.  This is usually down to a … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Eclectic – Primer

GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Eclectic - Primer

Over two decades Get Ready to ROCK! has demonstrated that it is a broad church and not just featuring the usual classic rock and metal.  The website content reflects the very wide tastes of the review team and so folk, … Continue reading

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Singer Songwriter – Primer

GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Singer Songwriter - Primer

Singer-songwriter editor Pete Whalley gives his considered view on 20 years of the genre with the emphasis on female performers … Long considered a ‘folk’ rooted domain, the boundaries of the singer songwriter genre have blurred over the GRTR! decades, … Continue reading

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