Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS

Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Big Dog

Posted on September 3, 2016 by petefeenstra
Albert Castiglia - Big Dog

On Sunday 11 September in the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Pete chats to Albert Castiglia about his music with tracks from ‘Big Dog’ More information Ruf [Release date 20.05.16] ‘Big Dog’ is a bulldozer of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: SAGA, SEVEN, SETH LAKEMAN

Posted on September 1, 2016 by jason
Seven - Shattered

SAGA Live In Hamburg  earMUSIC [Release date 02.09.16] Fans may have many of the songs on here as it compiles the live songs that have been dotted over the recent reissues of the band’s studio albums which started last year. … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY HOEY – Dust & Bones

Posted on September 1, 2016 by petefeenstra
Gary Hoey - Dust & Bones

Provogue [Release date 29.07.16] ‘Dust & Bones’ is guitarist Gary Hoey’s 20th album, 12 of which are instrumental. It’s all  you might expect from a rock-into-blues guitarist who has made his name by re-invigorating favourite 70’s rock songs with metal … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: ANNA ELIZABETH LAUBE, THE O’s

Posted on September 1, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
ANNA ELIZABETH LAUBE - Tree

ANNA ELIZABETH LAUBE Tree  Ahh…Pockets! Records [Release date 21.10.16] Her last album – Anna Laube (2015) may have taken five years to complete, but the fourth album from Seattle-based Anna Elizabeth Laube has followed in just over 12 months.  But … Continue reading →

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Album review: RACHAEL YAMAGATA – Tightrope Walker

Posted on September 1, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
RACHAEL YAMAGATA - Tightrope Walker

Frankenfish Records [Release date 04.11.16] Virginia based singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata’s 4th studio album, to be supported by US and European tour dates, is something of a departure on a number of levels. Inspired by the ‘there is no why’ philosophy … Continue reading →

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Album review: CAIRO – Say

Posted on September 1, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
CAIRO - Say

[Release date 03.10.16] www.cairorocks.com Following his departure from Touchstone, keyboardist and founder member Rob Cottingham has chosen not to resurrect his Captain Blue solo persona, but to throw himself into a new project with a new band – Cairo. Much … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANIELE LIVERANI – An Innocent Challenge

Posted on September 1, 2016 by jason

Lion Music [Release date 26.08.16] Danielle Liverani was last seen with the rather good guitar instrumental album ‘Fantasia’ and now he has come back with a piano concerto! Classical and rock music have always been linked, with many rock musicians … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANTOINE FAFARD – Sphere

Posted on August 31, 2016 by petefeenstra
Antoine Fafard - Sphere

Timeless Momentum [Release date 01.09.16] From the purposeful opening of ‘Renaissance Man’ – Gary Husband’s introductory synth and bristling drums lock in with Antoine Fafard’s fretless bass and guitarist Jerry De Villiers Jr.’s sonorous theme – we’re quickly into tension … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEVON ALLMAN – Ride Or Die

Posted on August 28, 2016 by petefeenstra
DEVON ALLMAN – Ride Or Die

Ruf [Release date 16.09.16] ‘Ride Or Die’ is a proud statement of just who Devon Allman is. He’s a southern rocker with a wide musical outlook who over the last decade has carved out his own rootsy niche. ‘Ride Or … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARILLION – FEAR

Posted on August 27, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
MARILLION - FEAR

This hour special was broadcast in the first hour of David Randall’s weekly show ‘Assume The Position’ on Sunday 18 September at 22:00 GMT on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. More information earMUSIC [Release date 23.09.16] Is it really nearly … Continue reading →

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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – An Evening With Todd Rundgren (Live At The Ridgefield)

Posted on August 27, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
TODD RUNDGREN - An Evening With Todd Rundgren (Live At The Ridgefield)

Purple Pyramid Records [Release date 26.08.16] CD/DVD With a Todd Rundgren live album, as with any tour, it’s all about the set list.  Will it include the “hits”, more recent stuff, or something more obscure?  Will Todd play electric guitar?  … Continue reading →

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Album review: GENERAL GREED – Rectifying For Justice

Posted on August 25, 2016 by david.wilson
GENERAL GREED – Rectifying For Justice

Mountain Side Records [Release date 08.04.16] Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that are the best. Far too often people overcomplicate matters and turn straight forward situations into major dramas. General Greed approach their music with a similar outlook, … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOXICROSE – Total Tranquility

Posted on August 25, 2016 by david.wilson

City Of Light Records [Release date 16.05.16 ] Toxicrose hail from Stockholm in Sweden and were formed back in 2010. Melodic metal is the order of the day here, sound wise the band remind me of Black Veil Brides but … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE DEVILS MUSIC – The Devils Music

Posted on August 25, 2016 by david.wilson
THE DEVILS MUSIC – The Devils Music

Coffee Jingle Records [Release date 02.09.16] There is an old saying that you should never judge a book by its cover. The same can be said for review CD’s, take this release for example, a copied CD with hand written … Continue reading →

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Album review: STORMTROOPER – Pride Before A Fall (The Lost Album)

Posted on August 25, 2016 by david.wilson
STORMTROOPER – Pride Before A Fall (The Lost Album)

Bristol Archive Records [Release date 19.08.16] This album dates back to the glory days of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal when so many great rock bands emerged on the UK scene. Some went on to worldwide fame and … Continue reading →

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Album review: SARI SCHORR – A Force Of Nature

Posted on August 25, 2016 by petefeenstra
SARI SCHORR – A Force Of Nature

This interview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 28 August 2016.  Pete Feenstra chatted to Sari Schorr about her music and played tracks from her debut album. More information Manhaton [Release date 02.09.16] ‘A Force Of … Continue reading →

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Album review: SESSION AMERICANA with Jefferson Hamer – Great Shakes

Posted on August 20, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
SESSION AMERICANA with Jefferson Hamer - Great Shakes

[Release date 14.10.16] Session Americana are a Boston area collective formed in 2003 with six previous releases and a significant number of local area nominations and awards.  And while guitarist/ singer Jefferson Hamer has been an integral part of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAVNI – Windswept

Posted on August 20, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
FAVNI - Windswept

[Release date 20.05.16] With a name change from Fauns (primarily because of the clash with the British band The Fauns) marking the introduction of new electric guitarist Thomas Glase and vocalist, flautist and fiddler Kirsten Middeke, this five-piece from Berlin … Continue reading →

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Album review: BURNT BELIEF – Emergent

Posted on August 20, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
BURNT BELIEF - Emergent

Alchemy Records [Release date 09.09.16] I must be getting old; from the opening chords of ‘The Bubble Bursts’ the lead track on an album featuring Porcupine Tree bassist and founder member  Colin Edwin I was sucked in.  Recalling the fusion … Continue reading →

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Album review: JULIAN SAS – Coming Home

Posted on August 20, 2016 by petefeenstra
Julian Sas - Coming Home

Cavalier [Release date 18.03.16] ‘Coming Home’ is an aptly titled,  solid rock-blues album with southern rock edges and spiritual references. It incorporates Holland’s leading rock-blues guitarist Julian Sas’s penchant for gritty vocals, evocative guitar playing and anthemic blues balladry. It … Continue reading →

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Album review: SABATON – The Last Stand

Posted on August 18, 2016 by jason

Nuclear Blast [Release date 19.08.16] Sabaton are a new band to these ears, although I have read about them previously and their stage show which is slightly OTT at times. Their new album focuses as the title suggests on famous … Continue reading →

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Album review: KARMAKANIC – Dot

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Yiannis
KARMAKANIC – DOT

Inside Out – Out Now. Fans of Progressive Rock music really need not be told who Jonas Reingold is. Most of the bands that this tall and highly talented Swede has been involved in (see Kaipa, The Flower Kings, The … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Sour Grapes

Posted on August 16, 2016 by jason
HOUSE OF SHAKIRA - Sour Grapes

MelodicRock Records [Release date 26.08.16] Time doesn’t half fly as House Of Shakira have been around since 1991 and their classic ‘Lint’ album was released back in 1994 – every rock fan’s home should have a copy of that album … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: CHANGE OF HEART, THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE

Posted on August 16, 2016 by jason
CHANGE OF HEART - Last Tiger

CHANGE OF HEART – Last Tiger Escape Music [Release date 22.07.16] Change Of Heart first appeared back in 1998 and released their last album way back in 2005 ‘Truth Or Dare’. They are back with their polished Brit AOR/melodic rock … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRIJITTE WEST & THE DESPERATE HOPEFULS – From NY With Love

Posted on August 16, 2016 by jason
BRIJITTE WEST & THE DESPERATE HOPEFULS - From NY With Love

www.pledgemusic.com Pledge Music is becoming the best way for bands to connect with fans and new album ‘From NY With Love’ from Brijitte West & The Desperate Hopefuls is a great example of an album funded by the people who … Continue reading →

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