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Album review : ENBOUND – Set It Free (w/bonus CD)
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Album review: JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE – Punk Rock Fiesta!
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Album review: ERIC BASS – If I Had A Name
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Album review : VISION OF DISORDER – Vision of Disorder / Imprint (2 CD Deluxe Digipak)
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Album review : PERFECT PLAN – Heart Of A Lion
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Album review: GILLAN – 1978-1982
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Latest Gig Reviews
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Gig review: FM- Chelmsford Social Club, Chelmsford, Essex, 21 February 2025
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Gig review: BETH HART – Hammersmith Apollo, 20 February 2025
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Gig review: SPIKE- Half Moon, Putney, London, 16 February 2025
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Gig review: DAN BYRNE- Islington Academy 2, London, 9 February 2025
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 9 February 2025
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Gig review: H.E.A.T- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 31 January 2025
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Featured Album Reviews
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Album review: MANFRED MANN – EP Collection
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Album review: H.E.A.T. – Live at Sweden Rock Festival
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Album review: MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) – In The Rain Shadow
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Album review: THE OUTLAW ORCHESTRA – Pantomime Villains
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Glory For Salvation
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Album review: CASUALTIES OF COOL
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Gig review: FM- Chelmsford Social Club, Chelmsford, Essex, 21 February 2025
FM’s busy touring schedule took on a fresh twist when they announced an acoustic tour for the first part of 2025. it was not a totally new venture for them, indeed in the early nineties they released a successful live … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, AOR, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp, Steve Overland
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Gig review: SPIKE- Half Moon, Putney, London, 16 February 2025
The art of the raconteur, one who can tell stories about their life in an absorbing and amusing manner, is easy to attempt and difficult to carry off, as any of us who have had the misfortune to listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Chris Heilmann, Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, DEL BROMHAM, gig, Matty James Cassidy, Quireboys, Spike, Stray
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Gig review: DAN BYRNE- Islington Academy 2, London, 9 February 2025
A few years ago, two of the younger generation of classic rock bands who promised to break through were Revival Black and Bigfoot. Sadly, despite releasing two albums and one respectively they called it a day when seemingly still having … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigfoot, Dan Byrne, gig, Glenn Quinn, New Wave of Classic Rock, Revival Black, Sam Millar
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Album review: BLACK EYED SONS- Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits
Off Yer Rocka Recordings (Release date 31.01.25) After initially soldiering on as The Quireboys after dismissing Spike, the remaining band members wisely came to the realisation that the public would always associate the band with the roguish singer, and that … Continue reading
Gig review: H.E.A.T- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 31 January 2025
Photo: Les Linyard Nights like this do not come often enough in the UK for us lovers of melodic rock, with a touring triple bill of a newer generation of acts creating a fresh take on those sounds of the … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Art Nation, Chez Kane, Dave Dalone, gig, H.E.A.T., Jona Tee, Kenny Leckremo, melodic rock
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Gig review: BROTHERS OSBORNE- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 30 January 2025
The lines between the once separate worlds of rock and country continue to blur. Blackberry Smoke have for some years traded on their ‘too rock for country, too country for rock’ tagline and the same is true of Brothers Osborne. … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Brothers Osborne, country, country rock, Darius Rucker, gig, John Osborne, southern rock, TJ Osborne, Tyler Braden
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Gig review: MEDICINE HEAD- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 23 January 2025
Medicine Head may have had their moment in the (rising) sun with a number of unlikely hits in the early seventies, but singer John Fiddler is one of rock’s underappreciated names, respected enough to have been recruited by former Motts … Continue reading
Gig review: BAND OF FRIENDS – 229 Club, London, 12 January 2025
In the 30 years since his untimely death, the stock of the late Rory Gallagher continues to rise. Last year there was a new documentary shown on the BBC and hardly a week goes by without some form of tribute, … Continue reading
Gig review: PAUL McCARTNEY- 02 Arena, London, 18 December 2024
Whatever your musical preferences (and the Beatles were in no way one of mine growing up), an objective analysis of the most significant figures in 20th century popular music would have Paul McCartney right up at the top, possibly only … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, Bryan Ray, gig, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Wix Wickens, Rusty Anderson, Wings
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Gig review: BLACK EYED SONS- The Lexington, London, 16 December 2024
This debut gig by the Black Eyed Sons marked the start of something new, after one of the more ill-fated episodes in rock history. When the other members of the Quireboys dismissed Spike, whatever the ins and outs, without the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Clayton, Black Eyed Sons, Cowboys in Pinstriped Suits, gig, Guy Griffin, Keith Weir, Lee Vernon, Paul Guerin, Quireboys, Ria Hall
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Thames Side Brewery, Staines, 8 December 2024
The choice of several of this website’s writers, me included, as act of the year, I’ve seen Brave Rival many times over the past two years. Of all the venues, my favourite was the Thames Side Brewery, not too far … Continue reading
Gig review: STRAY – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 7 December 2024
My sixth and final trip of the year to the Cavern which has been keeping the flag flying for live music ‘Sarf of the River’ was, fittingly, for a true rock legend. Stray founding member and guitarist Del Bromham has … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Kempster, DEL BROMHAM, gig, Karl Randall, Simon Rinaldo, Stray, The Cavern
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Gig review: THE SHEEPDOGS, THE COMMONERS – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 December 2024
By coincidence, for the second week running, Islington Assembly Hall played host to a pair of bands playing music inspired by the sounds of the American south, yet based thousands of miles apart. On the heels of Robert Jon and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian, Chris Medhurst, Ewan Currie, gig, Ricky Pacquette, Shamus Currie, southern rock, the Commoners, The Sheepdogs
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Gig review: ROBERT JON AND THE WRECK – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 28 November 2024
On Thanksgiving Day, what could be more appropriate to go to than a gig, from a California based band peddling the very best in southern rock? Luckily in recent years Robert Jon and the Wreck seem to have constantly been … Continue reading
Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY – Wembley Arena, London, 23 November 2024
As they mentioned from the stage, Black Stone Cherry have been on tour for the best part of two years, touring their latest album ‘Screaming At The Sky’. Seemingly their favourite territory, the UK has seen them no less than … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayron Jones, Ben Wells, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Robertson, gig, Jen Ledger, John Cooper, John Fred Young, Skillet, southern rock, Steve Jewell
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Gig review: SQUEEZE – Roundhouse, London, 22 November 2024
It’s a tribute to the virtue of good songwriting and refusing to follow fashion that Squeeze have joined the select group of bands to be celebrating their 50th birthday (albeit with a few breaks apart). And yet, as Glenn Tilbrook … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 November 2024, Badly Drawn Boy, Chris Difford, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, London, Melvin Duffy, Roundhouse, Simon Hanson, Squeeze, Stephen Large
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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
Of all the new bands on the scene, Cardinal Black seem to be among those on the verge of a big commercial breakthrough. On this autumn tour, the London venue was at the Shepherds Bush Empire, though I couldn’t make … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Cardinal Black, Chris Buck, gig, New Wave of Classic Rock, soul, Tom Hollister
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
After too long sharing a bill on revival shows or out of the touring spotlight altogether, the last couple of years have seen the welcome return of Suzi Quatro as a headline live act, cementing her legacy as a trailblazing … Continue reading
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Tagged gig, glam rock, Jez Davies, Suzi Quatro, Tim Smith, Tommy Schneller
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
This show, one of the occasional live spinoffs from the Blues Power shows on one of GRTR!’s fellow radio stations, ticked a lot of boxes for me. I’ve steadily been getting more into When Rivers Meet but my ambition to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Bond, blues, blues rock, Chantel McGregor, gig, Grace Bond, When Rivers Meet, Xander and the Peace Pirates
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
One of the new generations of artists that has somehow managed largely to pass me by to date is Elles Bailey. I’d seen her name on tours and festival bills and social media, but never yet managed to see her … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, blues rock, Cinelli Brothers, country, Demi Marriner, Elles Bailey, gig, Joe Wilkins, Jonny Henderson, roots rock
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Gig review: KING KING, THESE WICKED RIVERS – Sub 89, Reading, 27 October 2024
King King’s extensive touring schedule has included this autumn jaunt to some new places including what Alan Nimmo suggested was their first ever visit to the County town of Berkshire. With no London date, a trip on the Elizabeth line … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, Arran Day, blues, blues rock, gig, John Hartwell, Jonny Dyke, King King, Stevie Nimmo, These Wicked Rivers
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Gig review: FM – The Carlisle, Hastings, 17 October 2024
Recently in the news, we heard how tours have shrunk and cover fewer towns and cities than they did 30 years ago. For FM the opposite seems to be the case – as well as playing the established big cities, … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, melodic rock, Steve Overland, The Carlisle, White Skies
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Gig review: THE NEW ROSES- The Black Heart, Camden, London, 16 October 2024
On the very same day Thomas Tuchel was announced as the English football team’s new coach, some other Anglophiles from Germany were the musical attraction. The New Roses are on an extensive UK tour as they now seem to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Attracted to Danger, gig, Leonie Jakobi, New Wave of Classic Rock, the New Roses, Timmy Rough
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Gig review: FIREFEST – Manchester Academy, 11-13 October 2024
For a decade through to 2014, Firefest built a reputation that most festivals would kill for. It wasn’t just the stellar line ups of melodic hard rock acts, from the rising stars through to long dormant bands from the eighties … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Atlantic, Cats In Space, Coney Hatch, festival, Firefest, Gabrielle de Val, gig, Grand Prix, Heavy Pettin', Hurricane, Jaded Hard, Jelusick, Kingdom Of Madness, Lionheart, Lost Weekend, Mad Max, melodic rock, Michael Bomann, Midnite City, Oliver's Army, Overland, Quiet Riot, Robin McAuley, Skagarack, Supremacy, Touch
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Gig review: SCARLET REBELS- The Garage, London, 8 October 2024
In our healthy British rock scene Scarlet Rebels are one of our shining lights. The Llanelli quartet now have two top 20 albums under their belt with the result that this extensive UK tour featured a London show at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Oag, Chris Jones, Gary Doyle, gig, Morganway, New Wave of Classic Rock, Scarlet Rebels, The Hot One Two, Wayne Doyle
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