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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: NERINA PALLOT – The Sound And The Fury
INgrooves/Idaho Records [Release date 11.09.15] It’s almost a decade since GRTR!’s last dalliance with the hugely underrated Nerina Pallot. 10 years ago it seemed that with her sophomore release, Fires, she was on the verge of becoming one of Britain’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Nerina Pallot, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter, soul, The Sound And The Fury
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Album review: DAN PATLANSKY – Introvertigo
Caroline International P&D [Release date 06.05.16] Dan Patlansky tell us ‘Introvertigo’ is a concept album, but you’d have to delve into an urban dictionary to discover that the title means: “The dizzy feeling an introvert gets when he or she … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Audioslave, blues, Dan Patlansky, funk, Gary Moore, guitar, Introvertigo, Jimi Hendrix, Philip Sayce, review, riffs, rock, Theo Crous
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Album review: SANTANA – Santana IV
Santana IV Records [Release date 15.04.16] In the early 1970s, Santana ‘III’ was the soundtrack of my youth, an album when the band consolidated their Latin Rock credentials and arguably one of their strongest offerings. The album is awash with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carlos Santana, Greg Rolie, IV, latin, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Neal Schon, review, rock, Santana
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Album review: THUNDERSTONE – Apocalypse Again
AFM Records [Release date 01.04.16] Thunderstone are another one of AFM’s hidden treasures that I’ve never actually listened to before and now they return with their sixth studio release “Apocalypse Again”. Guitarist Nino Laurenne put the band together back in … Continue reading
Album review: VARIOUS – Heavy Psych Sounds
http://www.heavypsychsounds.com [Release date 08.04.16] Remember the days when you would go into your local record store and there would be just two categories of music – Rock and Pop, maybe if there was an upstairs or a downstairs, there might … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, acid rock, album, Black Sabbath, Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds Records, Heavy Pysch, psych rock, Retro Rock, review, rock, sampler, Sludge, space rock, Stoner
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Album review: HUMAN FORTRESS – Thieves Of The Night
AFM Records [Release date 18.03.16] “Thieves of the Night” is German melodic metal band Human Fortress’s follow up to the well-received “Raided Land”. The band deal in a genre populated by bands such as Kamelot, Avantasia and Virgin Steele according … Continue reading
Album review: ANTHONY PHILLIPS – Private Parts & Pieces I-IV, Wise After The Event, Sides (reissues)
This complete programme was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2015. Anthony Phillips chats to David Randall about his career, with tracks from his solo albums including “The Missing Links” series and his more recent collaboration … Continue reading
Album review: CHRIS OUSEY – Dream Machine
Escape Music [Release date 22.04.16] Chris Ousey has taken time out from fronting Snakecharmer to release his follow-up to his 2011 album ‘Rhyme & Reason’. He is joined by various guest musicians including fellow Snakecharmer Adam Wakeman, Tommy Denander and … Continue reading
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Tagged albuim, AOR, Chris Ousey, Dream Machine, Heartland, melodic, review, rock, Snakecharmer, Tommy Denander, Virginia Wolf
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Album review: ANDY FRASCO AND THE U.N. – Happy Bastards
Ruf [Release date 26.02.16] Often described as a party band full of ‘orchestrated chaos’, Southern Californian outfit Andy Frasco and the U.N. is no such thing on record. They are every bit as organized and astute as Zappa was in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Frasco, Andy Frasco And The U.N., blues, Frank Zappa, funk, Graham Parker, Motown, R&B, reggae, review, soul, Southside Johnny, Stax, The Tubes
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Album review: JOHN ILLSLEY – Long Shadows
Pete Feenstra chatted to John Illsley about his new album and his influences in a one-hour special broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 24 April. This is repeated on Thursday 28 April at 23:00 GMT. In this … Continue reading
Album review: CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Havok
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 18.03.16] Circus Maximus have been around since 2000 and this is album number four from them. Previously they have been more into straight ahead prog metal recalling bands like Kamelot and Symphony X, this time though … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circus Maximus, Havok, melodic, metal, prog, progressive metal, review, rock
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Album review: THE BLACK CIRCLES – Undone
Self Release [Release date 05.03.16] The Black Circles is a power trio from Warrington who made an initial splash with their ‘From The Top’ EP/CD, released about a year ago. Those 4 tracks are all included here and accurately reflect … Continue reading
Album review: CONNIE LUSH BAND – Renaissance
Boom Recordings [Release date 15.04.16] ‘Renaissance’ is easily Connie Lush’s best album as she embraces a new sophistication with strong songs, an intuitive production and subtle band support, all of which is illuminated the clarity of John Astley’s mastering. When … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bonnie Raitt, Connie Lush Band, John Astley, Renaissance, review, Roy Martin, Steve Wright, Terry Harris, vocals, Wayne Proctor
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Album review: BELLOWHEAD – Live The Farewell Tour
Navigator Records [Release date 08.04.16] Bellowhead formed in 2004 and since then they have headed major UK and international festivals, selling out tours of major concert halls and selling in excess of 250,000 albums. Their last studio album, ‘Revival’ debuted … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, folk, gigs, Live The Farewell Tour, Navigator Records, review
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Album review: KYLA BROX – Throw Away Your Blues
Pigskin Records [Release date 15.04.16] From the opening gospel feel of ‘If You See Him’ to the closing heartfelt love song ‘I Will Love You More’, this album reconfirms Kyla Brox as a peerless confessional – sometime torch singer – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Danny Blomeley, funk, Kyla Brox, Pablo Leoni, Paul Farr, review, soul, Throw Away Your Blues, vocals
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Album review: SANDS HALL – Rustler’s Moon
[Release date 01.08.14] Better known as a writer, theatre director, and actor, Sands Hall has played the guitar since the age of 16, but it’s taken her until her sixties to release her first album. Inspired since an early age … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, jazz, review, Rustler's Moon, Sands Hall, singer, songwriter
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Album review: SPIRITUAL BEGGARS – Sunrise To Sundown
Century Media [Release date 18.03.16] With so many bands taking the 1970s as their inspiration, it has become a crowded marketplace. The worst case scenario is when the listener feels it is simply easier to go back to source. But, … Continue reading
Album review: STATUS QUO – Deluxe Editions – On The Level, If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want
UCM [Release date 25.03.16] These three albums are the next to be given the ‘deluxe edition’ treatment following on from the last batch featuring the albums Hello!, Quo and Rockin’ All Over The World. The premise is the same with … Continue reading
Quick plays: ALMANAC, MOULETTES, BREAK THE SENSES
ALMANAC Tsar Nuclear Blast [Release date 18.03.16] Rage had a major line-up change last year, one of which saw guitarist Victor Smolski leave the band and he wasted little time in assembling Almanac. This album is a concept piece based … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Almanac, Break The Senses, David Readman, folk, metal, Moulettes, Perfect Nature, Pink Cream 69, power metal, Preternatural, prog, Rage, review, Tsar, Victor Smolski
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Album review: ADRIAN WEISS – Easy Game
CD Baby [Release date 06.07.14] Just in case you dozed off listening to too much AOR, or you’ve have been concussed by too much metal, you may have missed the emergence of a whole new school of prog-metal instrumentalists including … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Weiss, album, Christian Muenzner, Demian Heuke, Easy Game, Forces At Work, fusion, Gloryful, guitar, instrumental, Jason Becker, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Lars Zehner, Manuel Korsakow, Marcel Willnat, metal, Paul Gilbert, prog, review, rock, Steve Vai, Thought Sphere, Tony McAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen
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Album review: SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE – West Of Flushing, South Of Frisco
Provogue [Release date 26.02.16] In terms of their name alone, Supersonic Blues Machine, has a lot to live up to. Based around the power trio of bassist, producer and songwriter Fabrizio Grossi, guitarist and earthy vocalist Lance Lopez and drummer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy F. Gibbons, blues, Bobby Bland, Chris Duarte, David Shelley, Eric Gales, Fabrizio Grossi, Kenny Aronoff, Lance Lopez, Popa Chubby, review, Robben Ford, rock, South Of Frisco, Supersonic Blues Machine, Walter Trout, Warren Haynes, West Of Flushing, Whitesnake
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Album review: DRIVE, SHE SAID – Pedal To The Metal
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 15.04.16] Mark Mangold and Al Fritsch appeared under the Touch banner at the 2014 Firefest and this sparked them creating new music, hence now we have the first new Drive, She Said (DSS) album since 2003′s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Drive, melodic, Pedal To The Metal, pomp, review, rock, She Said
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Album review: TORONZO CANNON – The Chicago Way
Alligator [Release date 26.02.16] From the opening sustained notes of Toronzo Cannon’s ‘The Pain Around Me’, you know he’s got something to say both lyrically and musically. In many ways he represents an updated version of a previous Alligator artist … Continue reading
Album review: GEOFF CARNE AND THE HATZ – Get Close
Advision UK [Release date 07.03.16] At times it’s hard to believe that Geoff Carne and his long time musical partner Mick Hatz are only a duo, but having taken their inspiration from the likes of The White Stripes, they pursue … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Geoff Carne And The Hatz, Get Close, guitar, Mick Hatz, Neil Young, Paul Mex, review, rock, song writer, The White Stripes
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Album review: LYRIAN – The Jester’s Quest In The City Of Glass
Medieval Records [Release date 01.04.16] Here’s a prog concept album that doesn’t take itself too seriously, judging by the lighter touch in the accompanying press release. There is no doubt that a lot of effort and enterprise has gone into … Continue reading
