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Gig review: GRAHAM GOULDMAN – Cadogan Hall, London, 20 March 2025
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Gig review: THE DARKNESS – G Live, Guildford, 11 March 2025
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Gig review: FISH – O2 Academy, Glasgow, 9 March 2025
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Gig review: WILL WILDE- 100 Club, London, 4 March 2025
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Gig review: URIAH HEEP – London Palladium, 26 February 2025
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Album review : MAGGIE E. ROGERS – Chasing Sunsets
‘Chasing Sunsets’ is a lyrically strong and musical versatile album rooted in the folk, singer songwriter and storytelling tradition. Significantly subtitled; ‘ Songs of love, life…and the sun’, the 11 tracks gather a momentum through M.D. Mike King’s inventive arrangements … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Chasing Sunsets, Damien Nolan, funk, jazz, Maggie E Rogers, Mike King, Mirco Altenbach, Noel Harrison, review, rock, Roger Inniss, singer, songwriter, Tom Waits
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live at The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra
J&R Adventures [Release date 21.06.24] Joe Bonamassas’s ‘Live at The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra’ is a triumph of ambition and execution, as a well chosen catalogue of songs are inbued with fresh energy and a bigger musical sweep. You’d be … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barbra Streisand, blues, Bob Ezrin, Bobby Bland, British Blues Invasion, Calvin Turner, Chris Whitley, guitar, Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Led Zeppelin, Lemar Carter, Live at The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra, Michael Kamen, orchestra, Pink Floyd, Rashawn Ross, Reese Wynans, review, rock, Warren Haynes
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Album review: ROB TOGNONI – Rebel
MIG Music [Release date 18.01.24] Seemingly always a “Rebel”, it’s curious that it’s taken Aussie rocker Rob Tognoni until something like his 27th album to embrace the outsider theme as an album title. Ever since outgrowing the “latest big thing” … Continue reading
Album review : JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Heavy Soul
Journeyman Records [Release date 07.06.24] Joanne Shaw Taylor’s ‘Heavy Soul’ is a decent album with a handful of good songs, some fluid guitar playing and moments of intuitive band interplay, but the inclusion of 3 covers and the overall aim … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alison Prestwood, Anton Fig, Beth Neilson Chapman, Bob Clearmountain, Carmen Vandenberg, funk, guitar, Joan Armatrading, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kenny Gamble, Kevin Shirley, Leon Huff, review, rock, soul, Van Morrison
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Album review: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – V
J&R Adventures [Release date 14.06.24] After a 7 year hiatus, the Anglo-American super group Black Country Communion return with an album that rocks hard. There’s plenty of intensity, spirit and a handful of decent tunes with plenty of early 70’s … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/ DC, album, Angus Young, Black Country Communion, blues, Deep Purple, Derek Sherinian, funk, Glenn Hughes, guitar, Jason Binham, Joe Bonamassa, JOE COCKER, Kevin Shirley, Led Zepplein, Paul Kossoff, review, rock, Stevie Wonder, vocal
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Album review: RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS – The Hits Keep Coming
Alligator Records [Release date 08.03.24] It’s five years since Rick Estrin & the Nightcats cut an album signifantly called ‘Contemporary’. And as if too illustate his almost unique standing as a conduit between old school blues and his current groundbreaking … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Charlie Baty, Charlie McCoy, Derrick ‘D’Mar’ Martin, Dobie Strange, Frank Zappa, harp, Kid Andersen, Leonard Cohen, Lorenzo Farrell, review, Rick Estrin, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Sons Of The Soul Revivers, vocal
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Album review: THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Are You The Person You’ve Always Wanted To Be / Photoshoot
Self release [Release date 29.09.23] Richard Townend is an indefatigable singer-songwriter, guitarist and band leader of The Mighty Bosscats, who never let rust sleep. His consistent output has the feel of a diarist who needs to get the minutiae of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Are You The Person You've Always Wanted To Be, Billy Preston, funk, JJ Cale, Johnny Cash, Latino, Mark Hall, Mark Knopfler, Matt Gillam, Paul Simon, Photoshoot, Pink Floyd, review, Richard Townend, Roy Orbison, singer, songworter, The Beatles, The Mighty Bosscats, Tony Sales, Webb Wilder
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Album review: ROCKY ATHAS – Livin My Best Life
Pete Feenstra chatted to Rocky Athas for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from the album ‘Living My Best Life’. First broadcast 12 May 2024. Cherryburst Records [Release date 10.03.24] ‘Living My Best Life’ is Rocky … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Dylan, Buddy Miles, Don Nix, Double Trouble, Freddie King, Free, Gary Moore, Glenn Hughes, guitar, Jared Watson, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Larry Samford, Leon Russell, Leslie West, Lightning, Livin My Best Life, Mick Jagger, Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, review, Robin Trower, Rocky Athas, Roky Athas11, Walter Watson
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Album review: T BEAR – The Way Of The World
Pete Feenstra chatted to T Bear for his feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and featuring tracks from the new album ‘The Way Of The World’. First broadcast 19 May 2024. Quarto Valley Records [Release date 22.03.24] ‘Way … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Dr John, funk, interview, Laurence Juber, Leon Russell, Paul Rogers, radio, Randy Newman, review, Richard T Bear, rock, singer, songwriter, Steely Dan, T. Bear, The Beatles, Tony Braunagel, Walter Trout, Way of the World
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Gig review: WALTER TROUT – The Alhambra Theater, Paris, 30 April 2024
Walter Trout in Paris is an opportunity not to be missed and so it proves as Walter and his road tested band bring a capacity seated audience to its feet On a personal note it’s 35 years since I first … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, ballads, beth Hart, blues, boogie, Brett Smith-Daniel, Canned Heat, Dee Snider, Don Nix, Floyd Lee, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall Blues Breakers, Jon Avila, Michael Leasure, review, rock, Roland Bakker, The Alhambra Theater, Walter Trout
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Album review: QUINN SULLIVAN – Salvation
Provogue [Release date 07.06.24] Quinn Sullivan’s “Salvation” is a guitar driven white boy soul album, with jagged edged funk and fleeting blues influences. It’s a well crafted album that pushes Quinn Sullivan further into a singer-songwriter direction with a broad … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Delbert McClinton, Earth Wind & Fire, Eric Gales, funk, Hall & Oates, Jimi Hendrix, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Michael Jackson, Michael McDonald, Quinn Sullivan, review, rock, Salvation, soul, Steve Ray Vaughan, Ten Years After, Walter Trout
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Album review: DAVE KELLY – Sun On My Face
Repertoire [Release date 13.02.24] ‘Sun On My Face’ could easily be a metaphor for the veteran British blues artist Dave Kelly, who in the slipstream of The Blues Band’s retirement, can now enjoy exploring the formative influences that have helped … Continue reading
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Tagged acapella, album, Arthur Crudup, blues, Bob Hall, Brinsley Schwartz, cngwrter, Cole Porter, country, Dave Kelly, Dog Cox, folk, funk, Hank Williams, Homer Kelly, Joann Kelly, John Denver, Lou Stonebridge, Paul Jones, Pete Emery, review, Rob Millis, Sam Kelly, Smoky Robinson, Steve Simpson, Sun In My Face, Sun On My Face, The Blues Band, Tony McPhee
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Album review: JJ GREY & MOFRO – Olustee
Alligator [Release date 23.02.24] JJ Grey & Mofro’s tenth album ‘Olustee’ is a heartfelt journey through the musical swamp lands of North Florida, though the various story telling themes routed in the past, present and fired by his fertile imagination, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, gospel, J.D. Loudermilk, JJ Grey & Mofro, JJGrey, R&B, review, rock, Sly Stone, soul, Todd Rundren, vocal
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Album review: BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE – Hot Nostalgia Radio
Grow Vision [Release date 03.05.24] And suddenly everybody is rediscovering their pop roots. In many ways Beaux Gris Gris’s ‘Hot Nostalgia Radio’ is the perfect title for an album which celebrates the art of songwriting and is fuelled by the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, blues, county, Craig Cunningham, ELO, Greta Valenti, Hot Nostalgia Radio, review, Robin Davey, rock, Sam Robertson, Smokey Robinson, soul, Stephen Mildwater, The B 52's, Tom Rasulo
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Album review : SON OF MAN – Gaslight
Pete Feenstra chatted with George Jones about the new album and development of Son Of Man. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 7 April 2024. Esoteric Antenna [Release date : 26.04.24] ‘Gas Light’ is Son Of Man’s third … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, AOR, Bob Richards, classic rock, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Gaslight, George Jones, interview, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, Ray Jones, review, Richie Galloni, Son Of Man, The Eagles, The Fixx, THE WHO, Yes
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Album review : HEKZ – Terra Nova
BMH Audio [Release date: 03.11.23] ‘Terra Nova’ is a British prog rock band Hekz’s first release for 5 years and is a concept album that deals with overcoming different elements of the psyche to realize our potential and become who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, HeKz, Irina Markevich, Jethro Tull, Mark Bogert, Matt Young, metal, Moyano El Buffalo, prog, review, rock, Rush, Terra Nova, Yes
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Album review : HOLLY LERSKI – Sweet Decline
Pete Feenstra chatted to Holly Lerski for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 3 March 2024. Laundry [Release date: 26.04.24] Holly Lerski’s ‘Sweet Decline’ works hard to capture lingering moments of inspiration as … Continue reading
Gig review: ROBBIE MCINTOSH – The Sound Lounge, Sutton, Surrey 17 February 2024
In a world of over-hyped musicians and guitarists, Robbie McIntosh is a timely reminder of the virtues of taste, tone, lyrical ability and humility. Here’s a guitarist with a musical CV that many could only dream of (Paul McCartney, The … Continue reading
Album review: MEDICINE HEAD – Heartwork
John Fiddler chatted to Pete Feenstra about the album ‘Heartwork’ First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 18 February. Living Room Records (digital) Talking Elephant (CD) [Release date : 23.02.24] John Fiddler’s Medicine Head enjoyed a merited comeback … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americnana, Belinda Campbell, Bob Dylan, Dave Colwell, David Lindley, Dzal Martin, Heartwork, interview, Jackson Brown, John Fiddler, John Lennon, Mark Knopfler, Medicine Head, Neil Young, reggae, review, rock, roots
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Gig review: ANDY SHARROCKS &The Incurable Romantics – 100 Club, London, 14 February 2024
If you invited your better half to spend St. Valentine’s night at London’s 100 Club, the chances are your relationship could soon be in trouble. Imagine my surprise then to discover a fair sprinkling of women as part of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident On The East Lancs, Americana, Andy Sharrocks, Andy Sharrocks & The Incurbale Romantics, Calm Colin Chamberlain, Captain Beeheart, Country Rock & Roll N’ Durty Blues, Danny Bourassa, Est Of Reno, live, Michelle Turnbull, Mick Taylor, Pete Kosanovitch, review, Rolling Stones, The Hoosiers, Tom Waits
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Album review : PHILIP SAYCE – The Wolves Are Coming
Forty Below [Release Date : 23.02.24] Philip Sayce’s ‘The Wolves Are Coming’ is a slash and burn affair full of hard rocking, wild burning riffs, some angst ridden vocals, a cute sense of dynamics and a preference for a wall … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, John Lee Hooker, Led Zeppelin, Peter Green, Philip Sayce, review, rock, The Beatles, The Wolves Are Coming
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Album review : WALTER TROUT – Broken
Provogue [Release Date : 01.03.24] Walter Trout’s ‘Broken’ is an apt metaphor for a reflective, philosophical and at times groundbreaking album, which ultimately celebrates life through the sheer joy of making music. A stylistically varied set is topped and tailed … Continue reading
Album review : ALBERT CUMMINGS – Strong
Ivy Music Company [Release date : 16.02.24] Albert Cummings is back with his 11th album called ‘Strong’. It reaffirms his blue collar and rock-blues credentials, while breaking new ground by carefully balancing emotionally charged, guitar driven aggression with lyrically fuelled … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Albert Cummings, album, blues, country, funk, Jimmy Oden, John Fogerty, Paul McCartney, review, rock, Strong, The Beatles
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Book review: Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy by Tim Harrison
Good Life Publishing [Publication date:17.09.21] ‘Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy, The life And times of the Toby Jug pub, and the launch of David Bowie’s most famous character’ is a meticulously researched book that is at its best when covering Bowie … Continue reading
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Tagged and the launch of David Bowie's most famous character, book, Chicken Shack, David Bowie, Edgar Broughton, Family, Fleetwood Mac, Free, Gary Brewer, Hello Tolworth, I'm Ziggy: The life and times of the Toby Jug pub, Jethro Tull, JOE COCKER, Led Zeppelin, Little Sister, review, SavoyBrown, Stray, TASTE, Ten Years After, The Groundhogs, The Toby Jug, The Yardbirds, Tim Harrison
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Album review: THE PLEASURES – The Beginning Of The End
Self release [Release Date 04.08.23] The Pleasures are an Australian duo comprising Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan, supported by a fine rhythm section who always serve the song. The duo are the focal point throughout on 11 uncompromising, finely crafted … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Catherine Britt, country, Elton John, Guy Clarke, Hatfitz and Cara, Howlin Wolf, Lachlan Bryan, Monophonics, review, rock, roots, Samantha Fish, singer, singwriter, Steve Earle, The Band, The Pleasures
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