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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER – My Years With UFO
earMUSIC [Release date: 20.09.24] Michael Schenker boards the tribute train with an album mildly curious for the trend in that it is dedicated to his own output, albeit with a different band. UFO are, of course, the band in question. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, guitar, guitarist, hard rock, Michael Schenker, My Years With UFO, review, UFO
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Fire In The Night Live
Harmony Factory (Release date 05.07.24) In the seventies, the double live album was the apogee of a band’s career, and indeed greats like Thin Lizzy, UFO and Peter Frampton all made what most people consider their definitive record that way. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Stewart, Cats In Space, Damien Edwards, Dean Howard, Greg Hart, live album, melodic rock
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Album review: MARCO GLÜHMANN – A Fragile Present
Gentle Art Of Music / Soul Food - [Release date: 14.06.24] So, what happens if the two finest progressive rock bands in Germany get together (with a number of special guests) to make a progressive rock album? The answer is … Continue reading
Album review : BLACK WIDOW – Sabbat Days, The Complete Anthology 1969-72 (6CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 30.08.24] Formed in 1969, English band, Black Widow – the “Godfathers of Occult Rock” - initially rivalled Black Sabbath. This 6 CD box set anthologises the band’s recordings. They were basically a Prog / Hard … Continue reading
Album review: GRYPHON – Gryphon Live ‘A Sonic Tonic’
Talking Elephant [Release date 06.09.24] It’s some 50 years since Gryphon donned doublet and hose and became something of a media sensation with their blend of medieval folk rock. This is the band’s first ever live album although some of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, folk rock, Graeme Taylor, Gryphon, Live A Sonic Tonic, medieval, review
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Album review: LINDA MOYLAN – The Fool
Talking Elephant [Release date 06.09.24] ‘The Fool’ is the third album from Linda Moylan, which sees Linda stepping up to the co-producer’s role, working with Mark Estall and Ian Montague. Musical guests include Phil Beer (Show of Hands) and Greg … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Linda Moylan, melodic, Phil Beer, review, Show Of Hands, singer songwriter, The Fool
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Album review: THE DEAD DAISIES – Light ‘Em Up
SPV [Release date 06.09.24] One of my musical regrets in recent years is that I didn’t get to see The Dead Daisies UK tour with Glenn Hughes in December 2022 . As he does, Hughes sprinkled his gold dust over … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doug Aldrich, hard rock, John Corabi, Light 'Em Up, review, The Dead Daisies
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Album review : RING THE BELLS AND SING – Progressive Sounds of 1975 (4 CD boxset/Remasters)
Cherry Red [Release date : 30.08.24) Ring The Bells And Sing is one more in a carefully (and imaginatively) curated series of Progrock sounds from the Cherry Red label. This one focuses exclusively on 1975. Always good to have some … Continue reading
Album review : THEN JERICO – Before The Future: 1984-89, 4 CD Boxset
Cherry Red [Release date : 23.08.24] If ever a band deserved recognition it was Then Jerico. And it still does. Having performed a few acoustic gigs this year, founder member Mark Shaw has put together an electric show for the … Continue reading
Album review : FANNY – The Reprise Years 1970-1974 (4 CD set)
Cherry Red [Release date : 23.08.24] Signed by Reprise Records (owned by Frank Sinatra) in 1970, all girl group, Fanny, recorded and released 4 albums between then and 1974. Formed by sisters June and Jean Millington, on guitar and bass, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity Ball, Cream, Fanny, Fanny Hill, Frank Sinatra, Millington Sisters, Mothers Pride, Reprise, review, Richard Perry, rock, seventies, sixties, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: STEAL THE CITY – Road To Nowhere
Facebook [Release date 20.09.24] Sheffield-based hard rock 4-piece outfit Steal the City have emerged in the UK-Rock scene with the sharpest hooked riffs and chorus lines this side of the Atlantic. While individual influences range from the heavy rock, punk, … Continue reading
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Album review: FAST EDDIE CLARKE – Make My Day The Rock ’n’ Roll Story Of…
BMG [Release date 06.09.24] Guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke came to prominence as the guitarist for Motorhead, playing on Motorhead (1977, Chiswick), and Bomber, Overkill, Ace Of Spades, No Sleep ‘Till Hammersmith and Iron Fist (1979-82, all on Bronze), and a … Continue reading
Album review: BRAVE RIVAL- Fight or Flight
Independent (Release Date 16.08.24) Brave Rival have become one of my favourite live bands over the past 18 months, with brilliant dual female vocals, excellent musicianship and a warm hearted stage show. 2022’s impressive debut album ‘Life’s Machine’ was … Continue reading
Album review : JON ANDERSON AND THE BAND GEEKS – True
Frontiers [Release date : 23.08.24] An almost 80 year old Jon Anderson, and the Band Geeks will be finishing off their second annual US tour in September. Just about when their first album, True, is being released by Frontiers. Quite … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blue Oyster Cult, Brian Wilson, Jon Anderson, review, Richie Castellano, Shine On, social media, True, Yes
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Album review: HEALTHY JUNKIES – Listen To The Mad
Banana Castle Records [Release date 22.11.24] www.healthyjunkies.co.uk With the success of the 2024 Olympics the French must be feeling rather proud. A band with a French female singer might now have a distinct advantage. But Nina Courson is no Celine … Continue reading
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Tagged album, grunge, Healthy Junkies, Listen To The Mad, New Wave, pop, post-punk, psych, Psychedelic Rock, punk, review
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Album review: MICK PINI – Papa Voodoo
Pete Feenstra chatted to Mick Pini and Craig Marshall for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 18 August 2024. Audio 54 Records/Cadiz [Release date 15.08.24] ‘Papa Voodoo’ is another collaboration … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Audio 54, beats, Craig Marshall, dance, funk, guitar, Mick Pini, Papa Voodoo, R&B, review
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Album review: LEON ALVARADO – The Changing Tide
Melodic Revolution Records - [Release date: 31.05.24] Leon Alvarado is an American multi-instrumentalist who started his recording career in 2009 with an album called ‘Plays Genesis And Other Stuff’ and has progressed (see what I did there?) to Pink Floyd … Continue reading
Album review: JOE MEEK’S TEA CHEST TAPES – From Taboo To Telstar (3CD Anthology)
Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] Legendary British Music producer, Joe Meek, cut his electronics’ teeth in the 1950s, operating and maintaining the complexities of the RAF’s radar equipment. His transition to recording studio maestro led to a groundbreaking series of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Red, Geoff Goddard, Joe Meek, John Leyton, Post-war, review, Tea Chest Tapes, Telstar, The Tornados
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Quick plays: AUTUMN KILLERS, PETE LAMBERT, DELICATE STEVE
AUTUMN KILLERS Making Waves [Release date 12.09.24] Autumn Killers are Rob Reece (vocals, bass), Duncan Richardson (guitar, keys, synths & backing vocals) and Graeme Hoy (drums, percussion & backing vocals). They are a bit different as they mix dance beats with … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Autumn Killers, Covers, Delicate Steve, electronic, guitarist, Peter Lambert, pop rock, Quick Play, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review : MIKE TRAMP – Songs Of White Lion Vol 2
Frontiers [Release date 23.08.24] Few musical artists get the chance to rerecord their old material. Still fewer improve upon the originals. White Lion’s material usually had more to say than your average rock song, lyrically it was more illustrative in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frontiers, Led Zeppelin, Marcus Nand, Mike Tramp, Rerecordings, review, Vita Bratta, White Lion
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Album review : RICHARD PINHAS / HELDON – Le Plan and Winter Music
Other Side Music [Release date 02.08.24] It somehow seems right that “avant garde” is a French language term for something that is aesthetically innovative, especially a “work of art”, which these pieces of music from French musician, Richard Pinhas surely … Continue reading
Album review : GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It (3 CD Anthology)
Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] As the sixties’ “Merseybeat” pop explosion recedes further into the past, ten album, multiple hits band, Gerry And The Pacemakers seem less and less likely to get the credit they deserve. And so this anthology … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 CDs, Brian Epstein, Cherry Red, George Martin, Gerry, Liverpool, Merseybeat, Pacemakers, review, Rodgers Hammerstein, Sinatra, The Beatles
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Album review : DANIELLE MORGAN AND FRIENDS – Explore The Layers
Self Release [Release date : 07.03.24] ‘Explore The Layers’ is essentially a double album of catchy pop-rock songs with a reggae and funky influences. Helpfully subtitled ‘Songs About Life & Love’, it’s a concept album of love songs of which … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2024)
ATLANTIC Another World (Escape Music) This summer’s AOR album has arrived! Lush keys, harmonies, plenty of lovestruck lyrical themes, soaring guitar solos and the vocals of Mark Grimmett, who adds that extra bit of class to the whole musical proceedings. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, albums of the month, AOR, April, Atlantic, Big Big Train, Black Country Communion, blues rock, heavy rock, June, May, melodic rock, Nestor, Progressive Rock, rock, Son Of Man, These Wicked Rivers
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Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Where The Colours Meet
Earache Records [Release date: 16.08.24] I was excited to get to review the latest offering from Scarlet Rebels, I have long been a fan of their music and even better I got the opportunity to discuss ‘Where The Colours Meet’ … Continue reading
