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Album review: GWYN ASHTON – Solo Elektro
Pete Feenstra chats to Gwyn Ashton and plays tracks from ‘Solo Elektro’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (repeated, Tuesday 15 August 21:00 GMT) More information Fab Tone Records [Release date 01.09.17] Having established himself worldwide as power-house rock-blues guitarist, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australian rock, Black Sabbath, blues, fuzz, Gary Allen, guitar, Gwyn Ashton, Howlin Wolf, Jack White, Peter Green, Phil Spector, Psychedlelic rock, review, Solo Elektro, stoner rock, The Beatles, The Black Keys, The Pretty Things
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Album review: WALTER TROUT – We’re All In This Together
Pete Feenstra chatted to Walter Trout in October 2017 for his Sunday Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this hour special Walter chats about the album with several tracks featured. Provogue Records [Release date 01.09.17] ‘We’re All … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Charlie Mussellwhite, Chuck Leavell, Edgar Winter, Eric Corne, Eric Gales, funk, guitar, interview, Jimmy Trapp, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, John Nemeth, Jon Trout, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mike Zito, Randy Bachman, review, Robben Ford, rock, Sammy Avila, Sonny Landreth, The Allman Brothers, Walter Trout, Warren Haynes, We're All In This Together
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Album review: KING KING – Exile & Grace
Manhaton [Release date 06.10.17] King King’s ‘Exile & Grace’ doesn’t so much attempt reinvent the wheel, as musically re-market old wine in new bottles. For while the CD comes stamped through with the band’s signature sound – sharp riffs, boisterous … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Alan Nimmo, album, Audley Freed, Bad Company, blues, Bob Fridzema, Cry Of Love, Exile & Grace, funk, King King, Paul Rogers, review, rock, Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Thin Lizzy, Thunder, Whitesnake
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Album review: JONNY LANG – Signs
Provogue [Release date 25.08.17] Jonny Lang’s ‘Signs’ is his first album for 4 years and it’s a marriage of convenience. He’s still wedded to the soulful approach to be found on ‘Fight For My Soul’, but he replaces some of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, Gary Clark Jr, gospel, guitar, Jonny Lang, review, rock, Signs, soul, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS – Groovin’ In Greaseland
Alligator Records [Release date 18.08.17] Rick Estrin has lived a lifetime of the blues. He’s old enough to have known Muddy Waters and came within a missed phone call of working for him. But he’s also young enough to pen … Continue reading
Album review: ANTHONY ROSANO AND THE CONQUEROOS – Anthony Rosano And The Conqueroos
Self release [Release date 11.04.17] Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos hail from Virginia, so presumably the decision to hook up with producer/guitarist Mike Zito and high profile engineer David Ferrell and record in New Orleans was in the hope that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Anders Osborne, Anthony Rosano, Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos, blues, David Ferrell, funk, Jeremy JB Bustillos, Johnny Sansone, Michael Harvey, Mike Zito, Paul Warren, review, rock, roots, Scott Smith, southern rock, The Band, The Rolling Stones
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Album review: BLACKWATER CONSPIRACY – Shootin’ The Breeze
Bulletproof 20/20 Records [Release date 09.06.17] Still barely 2 years old, Blackwater Conspiracy is a Northern Irish band whose debut album ‘Shootin’ The Breeze’ boasts their own take on classic rock, which they play with drive, purpose, passion, and deliver … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, Blackwater Conspiracy, Brian Mallon, Chuck Leavell, country, Guns 'N' Roses, hard rock, James Wilson, Kevin Brennan, Led Zeppelin, Phil Conalane, Phil May, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Sean Douglas, Shootin' The Breeze, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones
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Single review: DANIELLE MORGAN – Shy
Fatdan Productions [Release date 7.07.17] You don’t have to be a Christian rocker to have an exclusive claim to focused, emotionally driven music, but I guess it helps. Either way, Danielle Morgan delivers her music with passion and an effortless … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Road, Christian rock, Danielle Morgan, John Merrigan, Jonathan Essick, Nashville, RealJohnSmith, review, rock, Shy, single, vocals
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Album review: THE JIVE ACES – Diggin’ The Roots Vol.1: Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues
Golden Age Recordings [Release date 23.06.17] The hi-energy, jump jive combo The Jive Aces have been around long enough to have been on Opportunity Knocks. But their chosen music predates even that show by several decades, as they raid the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Joe Turner The Big Town Playboys, blues, Cassidy Janson, Diggin' The Roots Vol.1: Rockin' Rhythm & Blues, Ian Clarkson, jive, John Fordham, Jump, Kit Packham Ray Gelato, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Red Prysock’, review, rockabilly, Ruth Brown, swing, The Chevalier Brothers, The Jive Aces, Vince Hurley, Wolfie Witcher
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Album review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Lay It On Down
Kenny Wayne Shepherd chatted to Pete Feenstra about his new album ‘Lay It On Down’. First broadcast 23 July on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. More information Provogue [Release date 04.08.17] When you sign a multi-album deal with Warner Brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, funk, guitar, Jackson Brown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Lay It On Down, Ledbetter Heights, Marshall Alltman, Nashville, Noah Hunt, R&B, review, rock, soul, Steve Stills, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Eagles, The Rides
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Gig review: GREG IZOR & T.BO & THE LIGHTNIN’ ROCKETS + DeRobert & The Half Truths – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, France, 19 July 2017
When Texan harp player Greg Izor was booked to appear at the Relache Festival in Bordeaux, he could hardly have imagined the weather conditions to be a home-from-home combination of blistering heat and fork lightning. The big toned harp player … Continue reading
Album review: BRUCE “MISSISSIPPI” JOHNSON – The Deal Baby
Self Release [Release date 26.05.17] Bruce ‘Mississippi’ Johnson is a singer with a colourful past. As his nick name suggests, he hails from Mississippi, and aside from being a marine, he learnt his craft in Paris with veteran B.B. King … Continue reading
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Tagged album, B.B. King, Barry White, Big Joe Turner, blues, Bruce "MIssissippi" Johnson, funk, Gil Scott-Heron, Herbie Hancock, Johan Dalgaard, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lou Rawls, Mississippi, review, Robert Cray, soul, The Deal Baby, vocals
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Gig review: MR.SIPP – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 10 July 2017
It seems like every year there’s a new contender for the saviour of the blues and as soon as the yearly polls are announced the arguments begin. So rather than raking over old coals, let’s celebrate the up and coming … Continue reading
Gig review: THE PRETTY THINGS & THE IMPERIAL CROWNS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 7 July 2017
There’s a lot to be said for the art of performance. And tonight The Imperial Crowns front man Jimmie Wood works hard to preach the blues to a sun drenched crowd initially cowering on the edges of the festival square, … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Champagne Sullivan, blues, Bo Diddley, Bordeaux, David Lynch, Dick Taylor, festival, France, Frank Holland, funk, gig, gospel, Jimmie Wood, Jimmy Reed, JJ Holiday, John Popper, Jon Avilla, Phil May, psychedelia, R&B, Rachel C.Wood, Relache Festival, review, rock, S.F. Sorrow, The Electric Banana, The Imperial Crowns, The Pretty Things
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Album review: JOHN OTWAY – Montserrat
Red Bowler Records [Release date: 01.05.17] There will surely always be a place for John Otway in the rock & roll firmament, as only an anarchic character such as him could have conceived of an album like this in 2017. … Continue reading
Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Time And Emotion
Manhaton [Release date: 04.08.17] Imagine those moments when you are at the water’s edge as the tide comes in, and for a passing moment your footprint leaves a lasting impression as the waves recede. Robin Trower’s musical style is very … Continue reading
Album review: BRENT HUTCHINSON BAND – Smoke And Mirrors
Self release [Release date: 01.04.17] There’s nothing deceptive about ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ or the expressive inner voice at the core of both the lyrics and melodies of 11 well written songs. The Brent Hutchinson Band impressively avoid obvious clichés with … Continue reading
Album review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD – Pick Your Poison
Alligator [Release date: 19.05.17] Mentored by Sonny Rhodes and now some 7 years into his own solo career, Selwyn Birchwood’s second album ‘Pick Your Poison’ is a celebration of everything that makes him a unique presence on a blues circuit … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alligator, blues, Courtney “Big Love” Girlie, funk, gospel, guitar, Huff Wright, Pick Your Poison, Regi Oliver, review, Selwyn Birchwood, Sonny Rhodes, soul
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Gig review: GEORGE HARRISON – I Me Mine – Free Pop Up Exhibition, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London,16-18 June 2017
‘George Harrison – I Me Mine’, is a free pop up exhibition which exhibits in London on 16-18 June. It’s already done the rounds in LA where Ringo reputedly went to see it, and now its closer to home, giving … Continue reading
Album review: HAT FITZ AND CARA – After The Rain
Self release [Release date: 11.11.16] The Irish-Australian duo of Hat Fitz and Cara stand out among their contemporaries because of their hill country grooves, their bluesy minimalism, some well crafted folky songs, occasional great hooks and an essential contrasting dynamic … Continue reading
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Tagged After The Rain, album, Aretha Franklin, blues, Cara Robinson, folk, Govinda Doyle, guitar, Hat Fitz, Hat Fitz And Cara, hill country, metal, Peter Green, review, roots, vocal
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DVD review: DEEPLY VALE FESTIVAL– 40th Anniversary Weekend
Ozit/Dandelion [Release date: 23.06.17] Steve Hillage the big headliner at the groundbreaking 1978 Deeply Vale Festival describes the event as: “a legendary seminal event at an important moment in the development of British music culture in terms of free festivals.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 40th Anniversary Weekend, Brian John Lewis, Chris Hewitt, Crude Oil Inc, Deeply Vale, DVD, Gong, Graham Clark, Graham Massey, Guitar George Borowski, Here & Now, Jaki Windmill, Mark E. Smith, Mike Howlett, Miquette Giraud, Nik Turner, Ozit/Dandelion, Rev Mike Huck, review, Shankara Andy Bole, Spizz, Steffe Sharpstrings, Stephen Lewry, Steve Cassidy, Steve Hillage, The Beatles, The Drones, The Falls, The Psychedelic Furs, The Ruts, Victor Brox
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DVD review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At Carnegie Hall – An Acoustic Evening
Provogue [Release date 23.06.17] From the opening Manhattan rooftop shots to the individual band instruments, the familiar team of producer Kevin Shirley and director Philippe Klose cleverly draws us into the latest J&R Adventures extravaganza. ‘Live At Carnegie Hall – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bette Middler, blues, DVD, Eric Brazilian, Gary Pinto, guitar, Hossam Ramzy, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Bonamassa Live At Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening, Kevin Shirley, Philippe Klose, Reese Wynans, review, Tina Guo, unplugged, world music, Zeppelin
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Album review: SONNY LANDRETH – Recorded Live In Lafayette
Provogue [Release date: 30.06.17] Not so much a live career résumé – there’s no ‘Speak Of The Devil’ or ‘Congo Square’ – Sonny Landreth’s ‘Recorded Live In Lafayette’ is more of a dip into a re-invigorated past and a tip … Continue reading
Gig review: THUNDERPUSSY/The John Doe Trio – The Beaverwood, Chislehurst, 8 June 2017
While ‘booty’ may be in the eyes of the beholder, Thunderpussy, Seattle’s up and coming classic rock, indie and psychedelic musical hybrid, aren’t hanging around for any subjective evaluation. They know exactly who they are, where they are going and … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Fleetwood Mac, gig, GIRLSCHOOL, Kate Bush, Leah Julius, Led Zeppelin, Molly Sides, Peter Green, psychedelia, review, rock, Ruby Dunphy, Seattle, Stevie Marriott, The Beatles, THE DOORS, The John Doe Trio, The Runaways, Thunderpussy, Whitney Petty
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Album review: JFKBlue – Rough Round The Edges
Busy B [Release date: 05.05.17] ‘Rough Round The Edges’ is an impressive debut album with plenty of depth. It’s born of 11 strong and original tracks that jump out the grooves on the back of emotive vocals and fine band … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Wilson, album, Andy Fraser, blues, Canned Heat, Chris Elliott, Free, funk, Iago Banet, jazz, Jerry Garcia, JFKBlue, Jim Darby, leslie Fleischman, Paul Blunt, review, rock, Rough Round The Edges, Sol Ezra, The Faces, Warren Haynes
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