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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
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Album review : NINA ANTONIA AND THE LUNAR MOTHS – Dropping Like Butterflies
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Album review – PALLAS – The Midas Touch Boxset (8CDs+DVD)
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Album review: TRACER – El Pistolero
Mascot Records [Release date: 06.05.13] Take one young retro sounding Australian band and send them to Europe to make a splash and build up a following. Sign them to a Dutch label and then record them in LA under the wing … Continue reading
DVD review: PETER FRAMPTON – Live In Detroit
When discussing the recording techniques of the six million selling ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ in the bonus interview section of this excellent DVD, Peter Frampton remembers asking: ‘Why release a live album if you can’t hear the audience?’ It was the … Continue reading
Album review: TAYLOR’S UNIVERSE – Worn Out
Marvel Of Beauty Records [Release date: 2013] There was time many years ago when Jazz-Rock was a new, vibrant and exciting musical form and north European countries provided some of the leading talents of the genre. It’s perhaps no big … Continue reading
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Tagged Burning Red Ivanhoe, Danish Rock, fusion, Hugh Steinmetz, Jacob Mygind, jazz fusion, Jazz rock, Jon Hemmersam, Karsten Vogel, King Crimson, Klaus Thrane, Louise Nipper, Marvel of Beauty records, Robin Taylor, Taylor's Universe, Zappa
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Album review: BARISH KEPIC – Addiction
Independent/TSM – [Release date 05.03.13] Turkish/German guitarist, composer, song writer and producer Barish Kepic is best known for his work with the likes of Powerworld, Jaded Heart, Evidence One and Faro and this album is everything you would expect from … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Axel Rudi Pell, Barish Kepic, Chitral Somapala, Evidence One, Faro, Ferdy Doernberg, Firewind, German Rock, guitar music, guitar shredding, instrumental music, instrumental rock, Jaded Heart, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Michael Bormann, Powerquest, Powerworld
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Album review: BLONDE BLUES – Envision Nu Blues
Self-released Blonde Blues hail from the blues heartland of North Carolina and ‘Envision Nu Blues’ finds the band having a decent stab at honing their own style. It’s an album that has its moments, but for the most part flickers … Continue reading
Album review: STEVE BONINO – Peace Rocks
Self release – www.stevebonino.com – out now They say you should always start with your best and balance things out afterwards. Well Steve Bonino obviously missed that initial piece of advice, as this excellent album builds from an inauspicious opener … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's rock, harmony vocals, Peace, Peace Rocks, Progressive Rock, psychedelia, rock, Steve Bonino, The Beatles, Tod Rundgren
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Album review: THE LIVING – The Jungle Is Dark But Full Of Diamonds
Self release [Release date: 01.12.12] In their own words,Vancouver band The Living try to: ‘bridge the gap between Western art music and popular styles, mixing traditional rock instrumentation with classical instruments’. Their challenging music and adventurous goals are … Continue reading
Interview with blues rock guitarist DANNY BRYANT (April 2013)
Blues-rocker Danny Bryant started playing guitar at 15 years old. He turned pro 3 years later and became Walter Trout’s protégé. In the intervening years he followed the old school route to build a rock solid fan base on the … Continue reading
Album review: DANNY BRYANT – Hurricane
Jazzhaus Records [Release date 06.05.13] If ‘Night Life – Live in Holland’ confirmed Danny’s raw ability, then ‘Hurricane’ is a step up and completes his right of passage from a protégé to a fully fledged blues rocker. Having … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Danny Bryant, guitarist, Hurricane, Jazzhaus, John Hiatt, Richard Hammerton, rock, Walter Trout
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Album review: SAVOY BROWN – Songs From The Road
RUF Records [Release date 03.13] They say if you stick around long enough your time will come. In truth, Savoy Brown have probably enjoyed at least three come backs in their 45 year career, but their last … Continue reading
Gig review: ERIC JOHNSON – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 3 April 2013
An Eric Johnson gig is a bit like stumbling on a secret society. He surreptitiously slunk on to the Empire stage to fill the venue with a rush of notes and an array of magical tones to restore the faith … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 April 2013, blues, Eric Johnson, fusion, gig, guitar, jazz, review, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Album review: DOUG MACLOUD – There’s A Time
Reference [Release date 13.05.13] The blues must be in reasonably good shape if there’s room for a great album like this. Doug MacLeod has lived, breathed, played, sang and written the blues for longer than most of … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 March 2013
Having spent the best part of a year planning this four-gig, four-set and four-band career retrospective, Joe Bonamassa was entitled to look a little weary after completing his London residency, performed to a grand total of 14,000 people. Given tonight’s … Continue reading
Album review: SIDONY BOX – Rules
Sidony Box play what they call, ‘music of the moment’, revelling in free- form spontaneity which leaves the listener wondering just where they will go next. Nothing is predictable, except perhaps the opening blast of cacophony and … Continue reading
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Tagged albumj, alto sax, Arhthur Narcy, avant garde, drums, Elie Dalibert, Ex-tension records, free=from, guitar, imorov, jazz, Manuel Adnot, percussion, progressive, review, rock, Rules, Sidony Box, spontaneity
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Album review: BLUES TRAVELER – Suzie Cracks the Whip
Freeworld Records Blues Traveler was always a blues based jam band at heart, but with an eye on the main chance, and not much has changed on ‘Suzie Cracks the Whip’. There’s plenty of great playing, and … Continue reading
Album review: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – 25th Anniversary Concert
Voiceprint Recorded back in 1992 at the Town & Country Club in London, this 25th anniversary concert isn’t quite ‘an absolute must for any Barclay James Harvest fan’ as suggested by the brief liner notes. The budget … Continue reading
Album review: THE NEW GROOVE – Quit Bitchin’
The New Groove Records [Released 10:12) If passion and commitment equated money, The New Groove would be millionaires. ‘Quit Bitchin’ delivers 10 belting rhythm and blues related tracks that mix hot playing and meaningful lyrics with … Continue reading
Album review: ALAN HEWITT – High Fidelity
Angel Song Records With a playing and production background spanning Earth Wind & Fire, Warrant, and more recently The Moody Blues, as well as high profile TV and film soundtrack work, keyboard playing vocalist Alan Hewitt’s … Continue reading
Album review: JIMMIE VAUGHAN – Reissues
Repertoire Records [Release date 05:2013] Perhaps only Jimmy Vaughan could cut a trio of albums that started with a nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album Award (‘Strange Pleasure’) , nearly won the Best Rock Instrumental Performance Award for … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, blues, Dr John, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Fonzi Thornton, Greg Piccalo, Greg Sain, instrumental music, Jimmie Vaughan, Johnny Guitar Watson, Little Richard, Lou Ann Barton, Nile Rogers, R&B, Repertoire, Robert Cray, soul, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Blues, Tyrone Vaughan
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Album review: DOUBT! – Mercy Pity Peace & Love
Moonjune records DouBt is a bristling trio of free form players who wrap their spontaneous playing in fusion and funky clothing, but ultimately return to their chosen style of playing. ‘Mercy, Pity, Peace & Love’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Maguire, Chic Corea, David Minjauw, DouBt, electronics, Frank Zappa, free from improv, George Duke, jazz, jazz fusion, Jimi Hendrix, John Abercormbie, King Crimson, Mercy Pity Peace Love, Micel Delville, Moonjoon records, progrock, rock, Tony Bianco
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Album review: MAHOGANY FROG – Senna
Moonjune Records Mahogany Frog is an exciting, challenging, hard hitting, innovative and progressive Canadian band. They draw from the same progressive, electronic and symphonic arc as Erik Norlander’s Rocket Scientists, but much like their gate fold art … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Rudolph, Canadian Prog Rock, Canadian psychedelic band, Canadian Rock, electronic music, Eno, Eric Lussier, Erik Norlander, Graham Epp, Hawkwind, Jesse Warkentin, John Paul Peters, Krautrock, Mahogany Frog, Moon June records, Nectar, New Order, Progressive Rock, rock, Rocket Scientists, Scott Ellenberger, Senna, Soft Machine, Tangerine Dream, The Beatles
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Album review: DEREK DAVIS – Re Volt
Apocalyse Records Former BabylonA.D. vocalist Derek Davis describes his music as ‘Balls out heavy rock with some revolutionary angst’, and it’s hard to argue with his sentiments, though you do wonder just what he’s angry about. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse records, Babylon AD, Derek Davis, Eric Pacheco, hard rock, Jamey Pacheco, Loren Turner, metal, Re Volt, rock
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Album review: SWAMP TRAIN – Premium Selection
Swamp Train [Release date 30.03.13 ] Swamp Train take their name from their own brand of down-home rhythms. Armed with cigar box guitars, washboard and harps they impressively carve out their own take on the blues. … Continue reading
Album review: JO HARMAN – Dirt On My Tongue
Chief [Release date 12.03.13] Jo Harman is a ‘singer’s singer’. Everything about this album is tied up with her evocative phrasing, pristine diction and a husky voice that swamps the lyrics in honey. ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ is a surprisingly … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, jazz, Jo Harman, Mike Davies, rock, singer songwriter, soul, vocalist
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
Provogue 2-CD set/2-DVD/Bluray [Monday 25.03.13] ‘An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House’ finds Joe Bonamassa playing to his strengths in an unplugged mode. Together with a carefully chosen multi instrumental quintet, his playing is eloquent, … Continue reading
