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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 14 March 2026
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Review: 4th EUROPEAN BLUES EXPO – Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, SW France, 11 July to 31 Aug 2015
The European blues scene is often over shadowed by its American counterpart and the 4th European Blues Expo gives you a clue as to why. For while the venue is refreshingly new and the photographic exhibition showcasing the work of … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th European Blues Expo, Aija Puurtinen, Alain Hiot, Candye Kane, Charlie Hussey, Chef Kivimäki, Drunk Lamb, European Blues Union, Fred Zicazic Delforge, Honey B & T-Bones, John Bull, Lefty Leppänen, Micke Björklöf, Norbert Schneide, Perti Nurmi, photo exhibition, SKAtomaTTO, The Travellin’ Brothers, Veronica Sbergia
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Album review: THORNE – At The Edge
CD Baby [Release date 20.06.15] Thorne is an international combo spanning three continents, whose members have never met. They are a prog and classic rock band with psychedelic edges, who met on line via the music collaboration site http://www.kompoz.com and … Continue reading
Album review: DAN DOIRON – Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud This Thing Gets
Dan Doiron [Release Date 14.05.15] Every once in a while you stumble across a blues album that makes you wonder why you hadn’t come across the artist before. And with a title like ‘Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud … Continue reading
Album review: FUSONIC – Fields Of No Man’s Land
DMI Records [Release Date 22.06.15] Fusonic is a Dutch symphonic prog rock band whose second album draws on the prog rock giants of the past and reaches for a new musical vocabulary for the present. The fact they don’t quite … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camel, ECM, Eno, Fields of No Man's Land, Focus, Frank Zappa, Fusonic, Harry Ickelsheimer, Paul van der Feen, Pink Floyd, review, Ronald Hoogwourt, Teo
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Album review: ROBERT CRAY – 4 Nights of 40 Years Live
Mascot [Release date 04.09.15] In an age where volume, speed and showmanship dominate, Robert Cray is here to remind us of the value of heartfelt lyrics, a resonant tone and a soulful singer’s ability to explore every nuance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 Nights of 40 Years Live, Albert Collins, album, B.B. King, blues, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, David Porter, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Isaac Hayes, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Louis Walker, Kim Wilson, Otis Rush, review, Richard Cousins, Robert Cray, Sam Cooke, soul, Steve Jordan, Willie Mitchell
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Album review: BRET COATS – Music For The People
Bret Coats [Release date 04.07.15] ‘Music For The People’ finds respected sideman Bret Coats in unfamiliar territory as a poacher turned gamekeeper. He cleverly draws on diverse, but related music styles to shape his own … Continue reading
Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ & BLUE COMMOTION – I’ll Be Your’s Tonight
33 Records [Release date 01.06.15] With 3 studio albums under their belt and a busy gig sheet, Zoe Schwarz & Blue Commotion have established themselves as a sophisticated blues band with their own unique selling point. … Continue reading
Gig review: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE, LA BASTARD, GRYS GRYS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 5 Aug 2015
There’s nothing quite like standing in the middle of a big French festival crowd while Welsh duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe light the fuse with an incendiary show that transforms a sense of anticipation into the second coming. Sandwiched between the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aled Clifford, Anna Lienhop, blues, Brennig Clifford, gig, Grys Grys, Henry's Funeral Shoe, Hound Dog Taylor, Jon Spencer Blues, Julia Watt, Keith Moon, La Bastard, Noel Gallagher, Relache Festival, review, rock, Rory Gallagher, The Dirt Bombs, The Pretty Things, Tom Waits
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Album review: CONSIDER THE SOURCE – World War Trio Parts II & III
Techne Records [Release date 02.06.15] Creative, inspirational and intense, but with enough subtlety and light and shade to tap into the true elements of Prog Rock, ‘World War Trio (Parts 11 & 111)’ is an essential purchase of all true … Continue reading
Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – One More For The Fans
earMUSIC [Release date 24.07.15] There’s nothing quite like an enduring back catalogue and a whiff of nostalgia to bring out the fans. And seeing as Bob Dylan, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers etc., have … Continue reading
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Tagged Artimus Pyle, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Drive By Truckers, Gov't Mule, Gregg Allman, Jamey Johnson, Jason Isbell, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Johnny Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, One More For The Fans, Peter Frampton, Randy Houser, Robert Randolph, Ronnie Van Zandt, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Warren Haynes
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Gig review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD, CANDY KANE BAND, TEXAS CANNONBALLS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 12 July 2015
As Candy Kane tells the crowd, the French have always supported music and the arts, and tonight it seems they are supporting an American blues export drive it. Texas Cannonballs do what it says on the tin. You can take … Continue reading
Album review: BACHMAN – Heavy Blues
Linus Entertainment [Release date 13.04.15] There’s no better time than in the autumn of your career to go back to the musical roots that inspired you in the first place, and so it is that the former Guess Who and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anna Ruddick, Bachman, Bachman Turner Overdrive, blues, Bo Diddley, Dale Anne Brendon, Guess Who, Heavy Blues, Jeff Healey, Joe Bonamassa, Keith Moon, Kevin Shirley, Luke Dourcet, Neil Young, Pete Townsend, Peter Frampton, Randy Bachman, review, Robert Randolph, rock, Scott Holiday
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Album review: DIXIE REPUBLIC – Redneck Way
Dixie Republic Music [Release date 30.01.15] Dixie Republic is a Nashville based trio with a big sound and a retro bent, who pen heartfelt songs that mirror both their culture and beliefs. However, once they stated their outlook as on … Continue reading
Album review: JEFF FETTERMAN – Bottle Full Of Blues
Green Tea Music [Release date 2015] Jeff Fetterman ticks all the right boxes on ‘Bottle Full Of Blues’, a rock solid blues-rock album that works hard to convince you of its stature. Jeff’s a tasty guitarist, decent songwriter who leads … Continue reading
Album review: 4th LABYRINTH – Quattro Stagioni
4th Labyrinth Music [Release date 04.09.15] Described as classic progressive rock & pop band, 4th Labyrinth is much more than that. They are a band that reaches well beyond the 4 seasons concept of the album title. And while … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 4th Labyrinth, album, ambient, Claudia McKenzie, Colin Blunstone, Daryl Hall, John Harper, Marcel Kunkel, Phil Spector, pop, prog, Quattro Stagioni, review, rock, The Motors, Tom Winch
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DVD review: LOST SONGS: THE BASEMENT TAPES CONTINUED
Eagle Vision [Release date 25.05.15] ‘The Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued’ is a publishers dream. Take a bunch of recently discovered and unrecorded Dylan songs from the legendary ‘Basement Tapes’ era, get a bunch of cross-generational roots artists and … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Bob Weir, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dawes, DVD, Elvis Costello, folk, Jerry Garcia, Jim James, Marcus Mumford, Mumford & Sons, review, Rhiannon Giddens, roots, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Goldsmith, The Band, The Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued, Woody Guthrie
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Album review: DAVID SINCLAIR FOUR – David Sinclair Four
The Pete Feenstra Feature – David Sinclair (27 December 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Critical Discs [Release date 11.05.15] David Sinclair has assiduously built up a catalogue of impressive songs and raised his profile to the … Continue reading
Gig review: LEAD BELLY FEST – Royal Albert Hall, London, 15 June 2015
Photo: John Bull Rockrpix www.rockrpix.com As George Harrison once said: “No Lead Belly, no Lonnie Donegan. Therefore no Lead Belly, no Beatles.” Van Morrison later generalized the point when he said: “Lead Belly was not an influence, he was the influence. If it … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 June 2015, Billy Bragg, Charlie Hart, Chris Barber, Dana Fuchs, Dennis Locorriere, Eric Bibb, Eric Burdon, Fest, Gemma Ray, Geraint Watkins, Gwen Dickie, Huddie Ledbetter, Jools Holland, Lead Belly, Lead Belly Fest Marie Trout, London, Lonnie Donegan, Mick Rogers, Paul Jones, Royal Albert Hall, Ruby Turner, Slim Chance, Steve Simpson, The Beatles, Tom Paley, Van Morrison, Walter Trout
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Album review: BIG APPLE BLUES – Energy
The Pete Feenstra Feature – Big Apple Blues (21 June 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Stone Tone Records [Release date 18.06.14] ‘Energy’ is a hugely original instrumental album built round the visceral urban energy of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Admir Hadzic, album review, Anthony Kane, Barry Harrison, Big Apple Blues, blues, Bruce Tyler, Chris Emenizer, Energy, Frank Zappa, funk, interview, jazz, Jim Alfredson, Matt Becker, Stevie Winwood, Tom Papadatos, Zach Zunis
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Album review: SOLEY MOURNING – The Rocket Pool
Saltdog Records [Release date 29.06.15] West Midland hard rock band Soley Mourning draw on classic rock antecedents and well crafted, passionately played songs to shape their own brand of intense melodic hard rock. They are unafraid to tackle meaningful lyrics … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN LODGE – 10,000 Light Years Ago
This hour special was broadcast in the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 31 May 2015. John Lodge chats about the making of the album. (58:41) Esoteric Antenna [Release date 05.05.15] By his own admission ‘10,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 Light Years Ago, album, Bernard Sumner, Chis Spedding, Dave Gilmour, Django Reinhardt, John Lodge, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, Mike Pinder, Moody Blues, New Order, Pink Floyd, Ray Thomas, review, Stéphane Grappelli
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Album review: SPOOKY TOOTH – The Island Years (An Anthology) 1967-74
This is an edited version of the interview with Spooky Tooth keyboard player/vocalist Mike Harrison that appeared on the Pete Feenstra Feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 17 May 2015 (13:16) UMC [Release date 27.04.15] ‘The Island Years’ is a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amon Düül II, art, Brian Eno, Edgar Winter, Foreigner, Gary Wright, Hapshash And The Coloured Coat, Janis Ian, JOE COCKER, Luther Grosvenor, Mick Jones, Mike Harrison, Mike Kellie, Mike Patto, Paul Weller, review, Spooky Tooth, Steve Stills, The Doobie Brothers, The Grease Band, The Island Years, The Move, Uriah Heep, Val Burke, VIP's, White Trash
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Album review: THE MENTULLS – Reflections
ProgBlues Music [Release date 10.07.15] The curious thing about prog rock is that what once was a ground breaking musical genre now clearly defines a particular retro period of rock history – arguably the late 60’s to the early 70’s. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Pipe, Andy Powell, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, Eric Clapton, Focus, guitar, Jamie Pipe, Johnny Guitar Watson, Martin Turner, Nick Colman, Peter Green, prog, Reflection, review, Robin Trower, rock, The Mnetulls, Walter Trout, Wayne Proctor, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: SEAN TAYLOR – The Only Good Addiction Is Love
The Pete Feenstra Feature – Sean Taylor (14 June 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Sean Taylor Songs [Release date 15.06.15] ‘The Only Good Addiction is Love’ is Londoner Sean Taylor’s seventh album and is another step … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, blues, Danny Thompson, folk, interview, jazz, JJ Cale, John Martyn, Jose ‘Pepe’ Mujica, Leonard Cohen, Lorka, Mark Hallman, Niall McCormack, Nils Lofgren, Paul Klee, review, Rothko, Sean Taylor, singer, songwriter, The Only Good Addiction Is Love, Van Morrison, WB Yeates
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Album review: SAMANTHA FISH – Wild Heart
Ruf [Released by 29.06.15] ‘Wild Heart’ is a stylist departure for Samantha Fish, a young blues-rock artist who is flexible and young enough to soak up new and different influences and bring them to bear on her own mature song-writing … Continue reading
