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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review : LILLIAN AXE – The Box Volume One Resurrection
Cherry Red / HNE [Release Date : 24.11.23] Lillian Axe is the thinking man’s heavy metal band. Even if you hadn’t heard the music, mainman Steve Blaze (writer/guitarist/producer) writes a cracking set of liner notes. Here is just a glimpse: … Continue reading
Album review: KLARK KENT
Kryptone Records/BMG [Release date 17.11.23] Best known as the drummer for the rock/reggae/punk band The Police, Stewart Copeland has had a long and successful career. Aside from Curved Air and The Police, he has released several solo albums and composed … Continue reading
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Tagged drummer, instrumental, Klark Kent, pop, reggae, reissued, review, rock, self-titled album, Stewart Copeland, the Police
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Album review: BERNIE MARSDEN – Working Man
Self release [Release date: 24.11.23] Bernie Marsden’s ‘Working Man’ is a song driven blue collar rock and roots album. There are plenty of guitar flourishes, counterweighted by a Nashville friendly Americana songwriting sensibility which makes it a worthy, but unexpected … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Bernie Marsden, blues, country, Dave Mason, David Crosby, funk, Jaime Kyle, Joe Bonamassa, review, rock, Roy Harper, Tom Leary, Whitesnake, Working Man
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Album review: MICK RALPHS – On The Run 1984-2013 (4 CD Clamshell)
Cherry Red [Release date : 24.11.23] Few musicians can claim to have been part of one world straddling rock band, never mind two. Mick Ralphs, guitarist and songwriter, recorded seven albums with Mott The Hoople, and six with Bad Company. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, blues rock, Box Burrell, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, On The Run, review, Simon Kirke
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Album review: WILL PIKE – Under A Delphic Moon
Pete Feenstra chatted to Will Pike about his music. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 26 November 2023 Self release [Release date : 05.11.23] Will Pike is a rock guitarist, ambient synth player and solo artists, who also … Continue reading
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Tagged album, electronica, funk, fusion, interview, Led Zeppelin, Pat Metheny, psychedelia, radio, review, Robert Fripp, rock, Spinout(UK), Steely Dan, Steve Hillage, Thudweil, Under A Delphic Moon, Will Pike
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Album review : GLENN HUGHES / ROBIN GEORGE – Overcome
Cherry Red [Release date : 24.11.23] Label wars resulted in the Glenn Hughes / Robin George 1990 album, Sweet Revenge, being confined to the dustbin of rock’n’roll history. Until now. Resurrected, remastered and retitled by the UK’s leading reissue label, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cannock, Cherry Red, funk, Glenn Hughes, Notorious, Overcome, review, Robin George, rock, Sweet Revenge
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Album review: CLASSIX NOUVEAUX – Battle Cry
Cherry Red [Release date 17.11.23] And suddenly it’s the 1980’s and the New Romantics all over again, as Classix Nouveaux reform for the first album in 40 years. Except that it’s not. The world has mercifully moved on and the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Battle Cry, BP Hurding, Caravan, Classix Nouveaux, David Sylvain, Eno, Gary Steadman, Japan, Mik Sweeny, Morrisey, New Romantics, New Wave, review, Roger Chapman, Sal Solo, Steve Hillage, The Blue Nile, ULTRAVOX
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Album review: THREE – Rockin’ The Ritz NYC 1988
Wienerworld [Release date 24.11.23] Three were a short-lived prog supergroup, featuring keyboard player Keith Emerson, drummer Carl Palmer (both ex-Emerson Lake & Palmer) and American bassist/vocalist Robert Berry, formed after the dissolution of Emerson Lake & Powell. Under the moniker … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carl Palmer, classic rock, ELP, Keith Emerson, prog rock, review, Robert Berry, Rockin’ The Ritz NYC 1988, Three
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Album review : STATUS QUO – Official Archive Series Vol 2
earMUSIC [Release date 24.11.23] World leading experts at mining their own back catalogue, Status Quo stake another claim with SQ Volume 2 (2 CDs/23 tracks). It’s a 2012 gig, recorded live at the O2 Arena, on the “Quo Festive” tour. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 CDs, Christmas, live, O2 Arena, Quo Festive Tour, review
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Album review: JULIANA HATFIELD – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO
American Laundromat Records [Release date 17.11.23] Juliana Hatfield has been making music since 1986, which has included a stint in the Lemonheads, along with numerous solo albums since 1992 and this, her third album of cover songs, following on from … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, classic rock, classic songs, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Juliana Hatfield, Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, melodic, pop, review, rock, the Lemonheads
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Album review : Looking For The Magic (American Power Pop in The Seventies 3CD boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date 17.11.23] American Power Pop In The Seventies found what it was looking for numerous times. Something of a cliché, but you could almost stick a pin in the chronologically curated tracklist of this 3 CD anthology … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Chilton, Andrew Gold, Badfinger, Carly Simon, Ian LLoyd, Linda Ronstadt, power pop, review, seventies, the Knack, Utopia
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Album review: MICHAEL CATTON – Point Of No Return
Mighty Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Point of No Return’ is the debut release British/Danish singer Michael Catton (formerly of Tainted Lady). He is joined by renowned producer and guitarist Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes), Chris Catton (keyboards, backing vocals), Michael Gersdorff (bass) … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's rock, album, hard rock, melodic rock, Michael Catton, Point Of No Return, review, Solo
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Album review: SEMISONIC – Little Bit of Sun
Pleasuresonic [Release date 03.11.23] It’s only been twenty two years since Semisonic last released a full studio album (we had the EP ‘You’re Not Alone’ in 2020). Mind you, its not as if mainman Dan Wilson has been idle penning … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, Dan Wilson, Jason Isbell, Little Bit of Sun, melodic, My Morning Jacket, pop, pop rock, review, rock, Semisonic, Tom Petty
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Album review : DGM – Life
Frontiers Music [Release date : 17.11.23] Hugely underrated Italian Prog Metallers, DGM, continue to provide reasons why they should be underrated no longer. On their eleventh album now since the debut in 1997, they’ve seen the inevitable lineup changes that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DGM, Italian, Marco Basile, Prog Metallers, progrock, review, Simone Mularoni
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Album review: D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS – Sophomore
InsideOut Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Sophomore’ is the aptly named second album release from the trio comprising three of the biggest names in prog rock, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio and Ross Jennings. Their first album ‘Troika’, which was released in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anywhere The Wind Blows, Big Big Train, CD, D'Virgilio Morse and Jennings, Haken, Insideout Music, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio, review, Ross Jennings, Sophomore, Spock's Beard, Tiny Little Fires, Transatlantic, Troika
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Album review: SHOW OF HANDS – Roots 2
Hands On Music [Release date 06.11.23] Show Of Hands, who have been around since 1986, are stopping touring “for an indefinite break”, after a trio tour this year (when Miranda Sykes joins them) and shows as a duo early next … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, folk, folk rock, Miranda Sykes, Phil Beer, review, Roots 2, Show Of Hands, Steve Knightley, Track Dogs, traditional
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Album review : CARE OF NIGHT – Reconnected
Frontiers [Release date : 17.11.23] Third album from rising Swedish AOR/Melodic Rock band, Care Of Night. Vocalist Calle Schonberg, guitarist Ostrom Berg and producer, Erik Wigelius have shifted the band’s sound up several notches. There’s a strong and welcome resemblance … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Care of Night, Chicago, Erik Wigelius, Johnny Hates Jazz, melodic rock, Peter Cetera, review, Work Of Art
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Album review: HONEY AND THE BEAR – Away Beyond The Fret
www.honeyandthebear.co.uk [Release date 03.11.23] Album number three from Honey and the Bear, the husband and wife duo of Lucy and Jon Hart. Like 2021′s enjoyable ‘Journey Through the Roke’, this latest album is based on Suffolk folklore and indeed ‘fret’ in … Continue reading
Album review : SECRET SPHERE – Blackened Heartbeat
Frontiers [Release date 10.11.23] Blackened Heart is the tenth studio album from the EU’s Power Metal poster boys, Secret Sphere. It’s also the second with original vocalist, Roberto Messina, who reunited with the band on 2021’s Lifeblood, after an 8 … Continue reading
Album review: FRANCIS DUNNERY – The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery, Vol.1
Pete Feenstra chatted to Francis Dunnery about his blues album for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 5 November 2023. Francis Dunnery Music [Release date 15.09.23] Francis Dunnery’s ‘The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery Vol 1’ is a concept that … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, album, blues, Chicago Blues, Climax Blues Band, Francis Dunnery, funk, guitar, horns, interview, It Bites, jazz, Jump, radio, review, ska, swing, The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery, vocal, Vol. 1
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Album review: EMILY WOLFE – The Blowback
Crows Feet Records [Release date 20.10.23] Third album from Emily Wolfe, with her 2021 release ‘Outlier’ still getting regular plays by this reviewer. On this album Emily Wolfe wrote or co-wrote most of the tracks with bassist Evan Nicholson, as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, alternative, Emily Wolfe, indie, punk, review, singer songwriter, The Blowback
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Album review: REMEDY – Something That Your Eyes Won’t See
S-Rock Music [Release date 16.12.22] Remedy hail from Sweden, home of many a fine melodic rock and AOR band, and Remedy follow on in this grand tradition. The band’s line-up is Robert van der Zwan (vocals, guitars), Roland Forsman (guitars), … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, hard rock, melodic rock, Remedy, review, Scandi rock, Something That Your Eyes Won't See
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Album review: DORO – Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud
Nuclear Blast [Release date 27.10.23] Doro Pesch is one of metal’s most consistent performers, both on stage and in the studio, having lost none of her vocal range and power, as opener ‘Children Of The Dawn’ ably illustrates. The Queen … Continue reading
Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown
Roulette [Release date 20.10.23] Renowned Samson (and former Iron Maiden) drummer is not one to rest on his laurels, and since resurrecting his eponymous band in 2017, he’s kept rocking and entertaining. And this new album has kept the standards … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, drummer, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, lockdown, metal, NWOBHM, review, Samson, Thunderstick
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Album review : VENOM – Live From The Hammersmith Odeon (CD/DVD Deluxe Digipak)
Cherry Red [Release date : 27.10.23] Formed in England’s industrial North East in 1979, there was none heavier, none more extreme and indeed none more influential in the heavy metal genre than Venom. The band’s reputation was born out of … Continue reading
