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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: DEL BROMHAM – White Feather
In February 2019 Pete Feenstra chatted to Del Bromham for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from ‘White Feather’. Estoteric Antenna [Release date 12.10.18] After a 50 odd year career, ‘White Feather’ finally reveals who … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, album, blues, Brinsley Schwarz, DEL BROMHAM, George Harrison, George Martin, guitar, interview, Jamie Masters, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Latino, Long John, Nat Turner, NICK LOWE, Paul Buckmaster, pop, psychedelia, rap, review, Ringo Starr, rock, Rolling Stones, Stray, The Beatles, The Hollies, White Feather
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Album review: CURVED AIR – The Second British Rock Meeting 1972
Curved Air [Release date: 05.10.18] Dawn breaks grey on the last day of the 1972 Second British Rock Meeting at Germersheim, Germany. The festival has included sets from Pink Floyd, Humble Pie, The Strawbs, Savoy Brown, Lindisfarne and many other … Continue reading
Album review: EMPIRE CIRCUS – Ti
Paper Scissors Rock [Release date 01.02.19] Empire Circus formed in 2012 and released their self-titled debut album the following year. The line-up remains that of Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar), Neil Eurelle (bass, vocals), David Walsh (guitar, keyboards) and Brian Ellis … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Empire Circus, indie, indie pop, melodic, pop rock, review, singer songwriter, Ti
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Quick plays: DEAD MAN’S WHISKEY, HIGH TREASON, HARBOTTLE & JONAS
DEAD MAN’S WHISKEY – Under The Gun Reloaded McCall Records [Release date 01.02.19] I was surprised to find out that Dead Man’s Whiskey are a British band as their sound is more aligned with the likes of Black Stone Cherry … Continue reading
Album review: STATE OF SALAZAR- Superhero
Release Date 07.12.18 Its four years since State of Salazar released their debut album, and also became the opening band at the very first Frontiers Rock Festival in Italy (to my frustration I was stuck en route waiting for non-existent … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Kevin Hosford, Marcus Nygren, melodic rock, State of Salazar
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Album review: PALACE – Binary Music
Frontiers [Release Date 07.12.18] Alongside a fast rising reputation as contributing songwriter and guitarist to a number of melodic rock releases, Michael Palace has a career of his own. 2016’s ‘Master of the Universe’ was an impressive debut but for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Daniel Flores, melodic rock, Michael Palace, Palace, pop rock
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Album review: GLENN SHORROCK – Glenn Shorrock Sings The Little River Band
Social Family Records [Release date 08.03.19] Although Little River Band (LRB) still exists, there are no original members in the band and the owner of the business name refuses to allow the founding members to perform with any sign of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, country, Glenn Shorrock, LITTLE RIVER BAND, melodic, pop rock, review, Sings The Little River Band, soft rock
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Album review: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – The End Of Chaos
AFM Records [Release date 19.1.19] My infatuation with Flotsam And Jetsam and their unique brand of Metal began sometime in the late fall of 1988 – that is when, while watching a late-night episode of the now legendary, Baily Brothers … Continue reading
Album review: KANE ROBERTS – The New Normal
Frontiers [Release date 25.01.19] Guitarist Kane Roberts – who first came to light as part of Alice Cooper’s band in the mid-80s – returns with a new solo album and one that is certainly a mixed musical bag. The album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Arch Enemy, Kane Roberts, metal, review, rock, the New Normal, Winger
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Album review: THRASHIST REGIME – Carnival Of Monsters
Fat Hippy [Release date 28.4.18] You return home from work tired, you had people yelling at you all day, your kids are crying because you didn’t bring them the new Lego with the millennium falcon expansion, the wife is giving … Continue reading
Album review: BEAST IN BLACK – From Hell With Love
Nuclear Blast [Release date 08.02.19] Beast In Black hail from Finland and were formed in 2015 when guitarist and songwriter Anton Kabanen left his previous band Battle Beast. They released their debut album ‘Berserker’ in 2017 and now they are … Continue reading
Album review: PINN DROPP – Perfectly Flawed
Music & More Records [Release date: 18.01.2019] When I saw Pinn Dropp were another progressive band from Poland – home to some of the finest progressive music released in the last ten years – I was hoping Riverside, Believe, Satellite. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Perfectly Flawed, Pinn Dropp, Poland, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: THE THREE TREMORS – s/t
Steel Cartel [release date: 18.01.19] If your mojo is shaken and stirred by high octane falsetto metal shrieking, then this album will put it through a nutribullet. The Three Tremors is a fearsome triumvirate of lung-busting vocal power, headed by … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Harry Conklin, Judas Priest, power metal, review, Sean Peck, Tim 'Ripper' Owens
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – The Eighth Mountain
AFM Records [Release date 22.02.19] Italian power metal band return with their latest album, cementing the new/current line-up. Formed in the mid 90 as Rhapsody, RoF made the genre of symphonic power metal their own. Founder members keyboard player Alex … Continue reading
Quick plays: MIKAEL ERLANDSSON, SLUG COMPARISON
MIKAEL ERLANDSSON Capricorn Six AOR Heaven [Release date 22.02.19] This is the sixth solo album from vocalist/keyboards player Mikael Erlandsson, who may be more familiar to fans of melodic rock as the frontman of Last Autumn’s Dream, who have released … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN DIVA & THE ROCKETS OF LOVE – Mama Said Rock Is Dead
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 08.02.19] Bouncy anthemic keyboards, smooth melodic riffs and catchy sing-along choruses John Diva & The Rockets of Love celebrate and take their cues from that mid-80s era of rock when the likes of Van Halen, Whitesnake (the … Continue reading
Album review: CULTURAL WARFARE – Warmageddon
M-Theory Audio [Release date 14.9.18] Stop the press. There is a new player in Metal City that deserves your immediate and utmost attention. Hailing from Oakland US, this four-piece outfit takes a shot at making a Thrash Metal record and … Continue reading
Album review: STEVE HACKETT – At The Edge Of Light
Inside Out [Release Date: 25.01.19] I mentioned in my 2015 GRTR! review of Steve Hackett’s ‘Wolflight’ album how his star has been in the ascendency as a result of his wonderful live shows showcasing the Genesis back catalogue. Such has … Continue reading
Album review: CRANSTON – II
Rock Company [Release date 20.11.18] Cranston is vocalist Phil Vincent (the man who never seems to be out of a recording studio!), melodic rock legend Paul Sabu and B.F. D’Ercole (whose own self-titled band Phil Vincent sings for – told … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cranston, D'Ercole, hard rock, II, melodic rock, Paul Sabu, Phil Vincent, pop rock, review, rock
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Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Yesterday And Today (A 50th Anniversary Tribute to Yes)
RecPlay [Release date: 02.11.18] I once read of a Genesis tribute band that released an album in tribute to another Genesis tribute band. The only step up is to tribute yourself and in essence that’s what this is all about. … Continue reading
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Album review: TRISTAN MACKAY – Invisible Light
Website [Release date 14.02.19] Following the incredibly good ‘Out Along the Wire’, with its breezy Eric Clapton unplugged vibe which was a showcase for Tristan Mackay’s electric guitar playing and the second album ‘Wire and Wood’, which was a darker … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Ed Sheeran, Eric Clapton, guitarist, Invisible Light, melodic, review, rock, singer songwriter, Tristan Mackay
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Album review: JESS KLEIN – Back To My Green
Blue Rose Records [Release date 22.02.19] With 11 albums over two decades to her name, native New York singer songwriter Jess Klein will have no better opportunity to broaden her appeal than with the seemingly insatiable current demand for Americana. … Continue reading
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Album review: ERIC GALES – The Bookends
Provogue [Release date 08.02.19] Back in his psychedelic rock days, I always used to think that it was Eric Gales’s second solo that defined both the song itself and the guitarist’s signature style. Just like a boxer he bobbed, weaved … Continue reading
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Tagged album, B.Slade, beth Hart, blues, Bobby McFerrin, Doyle Bramhall 11, Eric Gales, Frank Zappa, funk, fusion, guitar, Jeff Beck, Matt Wallace, metal, Nina Simone, review, rock, soul, SPARKS, Stevie Wonder, The Bookends, vocal, Wired
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Album review: JOHN SLOMAN – El Dorado
Facebook Slogger Records [Release date 04.02.19] John Sloman is known to rock fans of a certain age for his singing in Lone Star and the ‘Conquest’ album by Uriah Heep. He has released a series of solo albums starting with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, country, El Dorado, former Uriah Heep, gospel, Lone Star, melodic, review, rock, vocalist
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Quick plays: VIANA, FERNANDO PERDOMO, JET RED
VIANA Forever Free Escape Music [Release date 25.01.19] Stefano Viana is an Italian guitarist, songwriter and producer who released his self-titled debut album in 2017. For album number two he has signed with Escape Music and enlisted vocalist Bryan Cole … Continue reading
