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Album review: VOODOO SIX – Songs To Invade Countries To
Spinefarm Records [Release date 27.05.13] Back in 2008 I chatted to Tony Newton of Voodoo Six in the now defunct Limelight Club, Crewe. Five years on and it has taken perhaps a little longer than he or the band may … Continue reading
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Tagged album, heavy rock, review, Songs To Invade Countries To, Tony Newton, Voodoo Six
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Album review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – All Hell Breaks Loose
Nuclear Blast [Release date 27.05.13] I’ve always considered Scott Gorham to be the least talented of the classic Thin Lizzy line up, and his continued trading on the name hasn’t endeared either. It’s one thing to keep the legacy alive, … Continue reading
Gig review: DAMES OF DARKNESS Festival,Robin 2,Bilston,11 May 2013
So on a wet Saturday afternoon you would think there would be nothing to do in Bilston, west of Birmingham? Dames of Darkness festival was the brainchild of David Homer and Paul Collins of ‘Apparition’ who back in 2007 decided … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 May 2013, Apparition, Bilston, Chemikill, Dames Of Darkness Festival, Delain, gig, Incarna, review, Robin 2, Visions Of Atlantis, Whyzdon
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Gig review: PENDRAGON – Leamington Assembly, 2 May 2013
Luckily for myself and fellow Midlands rock fans Pendragon seem to have taken a shine to the Assembly holding a number of their rare UK performances at the venue, luckily they have a loyal following prepared to travel to see … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 May 2013, Assembly, Clive Nolan, Gary Chandler, gig, Jadis, Leamington, Nick Barrett, Pendragon, prog, progressive, review
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Gig review: RIVAL SONS, THE GRAVELTONES, Leeds Met, 15 April 2013
We have been waiting for tonight’s gig for a while now. Yes the Rivals Sons are headlining and are one of my current favourite bands but this is also the first chance to see The Graveltones as since being introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 April 2013, gig, Graveltones, Leeds Met, review, Rival Sons, Ulysses
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Album review: DELAIN – Interlude
Interview edit: Charlotte Wessels of Delain, 1 May 2013 First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 5 May 2013 The full version of this interview is available as a podcast (You can sign up to receive alerts of podcast … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Charlotte Wessels, Delain, Interlude, metal, review, rock, symphonic
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Quick plays: STEVE MAYONE,KEVIN DOHERTY,CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING
The Cousins Project Steve Mayone & Kristina Stykos – Beautiful Blood In 2006 singer songwriters Steve Mayone and Kristina Stykos met by chance at a gig and discovered they were second cousins. Fate had led them down similar paths – … Continue reading
Album review: Various – Get Up! Stand Up! (Human Rights Concerts 1986-1998)
Highlights From The Human Rights Concerts 1986- 1998 (Eagle Rock) CD & DVD [Release date 27.05.13] Live Aid in 1985 started something of a trend for the great and good of pop / rock coming together to raise awareness and … Continue reading
Gig review: THEA GILMORE, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 10 May 2013
This promotional gig for Thea’s excellent new album Regardless, complete with supporting string quartet, proved at least one thing – there’s no finer British vocalist/singer songwriter on the scene at present. Finding local ‘talent’ to open the set – a … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 May 2013, folk, Liverpool, Nigel Stonier, Philharmonic Hall, pop, rock, singer, songwriter, Thea Gilmore
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Gig review: SAXON, Nottingham Rock City, 20 April 2013
First a rant, tonight’s gig followed the current trend to start gigs earlier and earlier so they can tag on a club night after. This means that people finishing work at normal times miss out or have to make arrangements … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 April 2013, Biff Byford, gig, heavy metal, Nottingham, Quireboys, review, Rock City, Saxon
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Album review: CHASING VIOLETS – Jade Hearts
AOR Records [Release date 14.06.13] I think producer Frederic Slama compromised Chasing Violets’ debut album ‘Outside Heaven’ (2012) by re-using the songs (and the backing tracks) for his own project album ‘LA Temptation’. Slama is a respected LA-based AOR mover … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Chasing Violets, Fontaine, Frederic Slama, Goran Edman, Jade Hearts, Melissa, melodic, Paul Sabu, review, rock, Sarah, Tommy Denander
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Album review: THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT – Sense Of Time, At Your Service
Sense Of Time (2011) Norwegian bassist Jan Holberg has a good philosophy outlined in his liner notes to 2011′s ‘Sense Of Time’: that with music there should be no boundaries. So in his first ‘solo’ venture he explores AOR and … Continue reading
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Tagged Age Sten Nilsen, album, At Your Service, funk, fusion, Jan Holberg Project, Joe Lynn Turner, Rainbow, review, rock, Sense Of Time, Tony Carey, Wig Wam
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Album review: JOE SATRIANI – Unstoppable Momentum
Interview edit: Joe Satriani, 24 May 2013 First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 6 June 2013 Epic [Release date 06.05.13] With guitar instrumentals, in fact guitar rock per se, it nearly always comes back to Satch. Well, nearly always. How … Continue reading
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Tagged album, guitar, guitarist, Joe Satriani, Mike Keneally, review, rock, Unstoppable Momentum, Vinnie Colauita
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Album review: SHADOWQUEEN – Don’t Tell
Bad Reputation [Release date 13.05.13] I realised recently – and unplanned – that the first half-hour of my weekly radio show was made up of several Aussie acts, including Tracer and original AC/DC vocalist Dave Evans. Along with bands like … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australia, Don't Tell, hard rock, review, Shadowqueen
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE: Now What?!
earMUSIC [Release date: 29.04.13] I remember seeing Purple on their 2009 tour and, between albums, it all seemed a bit lack-lustre with a perfunctory trawl through the familiar golden nuggets. Fast forward to their 19th studio album and the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Deep Purple, Don Airey, hard rock, Iain Paice, Ian Gillan, Now What?!, review, Roger Glover, Steve Morse
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Quick plays: CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON, ERICA NOCKALLS, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,DERRIN NAUENDORF
Craig John Davidson – The Last Laugh (Fat Hippy Records) [Release date: 29.04.13] Being on Fat Hippy Records is somewhat appropriate in the case of this 4th solo album from acoustic troubadour Craig John Davidson. Not because he’s fat, because … Continue reading
Album review: THE BEAUTIFUL OLD – Turn Of The Century Songs
Doubloon Records [Release date 03.06.13) Who of those baby boomers amongst us can't immediately recall the strains of the [the man on] ‘The Flying Trapeze’ – a staple on Children’s Favourites? This loving re-visiting of parlour songs from the 1823 … Continue reading
Album review: RUTH MOODY – These Wilder Things
A six day residency at The Royal Albert Hall (albeit opening for Mark Knopfler) says a lot about the rising status of Ruth Moody, founder and current member of Billboard topping band The Wailin’ Jennys. Produced and engineered by David … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Mark Knopfle, review, rock, roots, Ruth Moody, singer, songwriter, These Wilder Things
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Album review: ALANIS MORISSETTE – Live At Montreux 2012
Eagle Rock The fact that Alanis Morissette has sold over 60 million albums is pretty impressive. The fact that over half have been her been her monumental 1995 ‘debut’ album Jagged Little Pill, suggests that it’s a career highpoint that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, album, DVD, Jagged Little Pill, Live At Montreux 2012, review, rock
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Album review: THEA GILMORE – Regardless
Fulfill [Release date 14.05.13] Thea Gilmore is nothing if not prolific – Regardless is her 14th album in as many years, but look a little more deeply at her recent output and you’ll see that her last two offerings have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Regardless, review, rock, singer songwriter, Thea Gilmore
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Gig review: SAXON, The Quireboys, Leamington Assembly, 18 April 2013
A couple of years ago Biff announced from the Assembly stage that he was so impressed with the venue and the audience that he promised to bring the band back on the next tour. Many things get said within the … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 April 2013, Biff Byford, gig, heavy metal, heavy rock, Leamington Assembly, Redline, review, Saxon, The Quireboys
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Gig review: WORLD PARTY, RNCM, Manchester,15 April 2013
The RNCM main concert hall provided a suitably majestic setting for what was to be an evening of wonderful music, the stage arranged on the hexagon floor had the backdrop of the rather impressive Hradetsky Concert Organ and the theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 April 2013, gig, Karl Wallinger, Manchester, pop, review, RNCM, rock, singer, songwriter, Todd Dorigo, World Party
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Gig review: IL NINO, SACRED MOTHER TONGUE, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 4 April 2013
It beckoned to be a good night, the advertised line up was very strong and the venue was a good one for the crowd. However it soon became apparent that the lineup had changed but no notification of this was … Continue reading
Album review: WOLF PEOPLE – Fain
Interview edit: Jack Sharp, 30 April 2013 First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 5 May 2013 Jagjaguwar [Release date: 29.04.13] Not to be confused with Wolfmother, this four-piece recorded their second album proper in an isolated house in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Fain, prog, progressive, psych, psychedelic, review, rock, Wolf People
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Album review: DORIS BRENDEL & LEE DUNHAM – Not Utopia
Sky-Rocket Records [Release date 07.01.13] www.dorisbrendel.com The late Eighties/early Nineties weren’t a great time for up and coming bands. Many crashed and burned as the major labels applied the brakes to investment in new talent. Liverpool four-piece River City People … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doris Brendel, Not Utopia, pop, review, rock, Violet Hour
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