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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: REDD KROSS – Beyond The Door
Merge [Release date 23.08.19] Amazingly this year marks the fortieth year that Redd Kross have been playing live (albeit originally under the name Red Cross) and it is the band’s first new album in seven years. The band are still … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Beyond The Door, Melvins, pop rock, power pop, punk, Redd Kross, review, SPARKS
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Album review: IAMTHEMORNING – The Bell
K-scope (Release date: 02.08.19) One thing is for certain – you don’t listen to the music of iamthemorning for a laugh. Their exceptional 2016 album ‘Lighthouse’ which was based around the complexities of mental illness and which I described … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classical, folk, Gleb Kolyakin, Iamthemorning, Marjana Semkina, Progressive Rock, review, Russia, The Bell
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Album review: IAN GILLAN & THE DON AIREY Band and Orchestra – Contractual Obligation Album #2 Live In Warsaw
earMUSIC/Edel [Release date 26.07.19] Recorded in November 2016, while Deep Purple were on some downtime, and vocalist Ian undertook this short tour with current Purple pianist Don Airey’s band. Oh, and an orchestra. Deep Purple have, with their current line-up, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Contractual Obligation Album #2, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Gillan, Ian Gillan, live, orchestral, Rainbow, review, rock
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Album review: FREEDOM CALL – M.E.T.A.L.
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 23.08.19] Fronted by vocalist/guitarist Chris Bay, Freedom Call have been going since 1998, several line-up changes under their belt, and Bay has overseen a few changes. And this album is as great as ever. I have championed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Bay, Freedom Call, happy metal, M.E.T.A.L., melodic metal, metal, power metal, review
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Album review: PISTON-s/t
Release date 13.09.19 Midlands rockers Piston have been going since 2012 but having gone under the radar till now, their first album finally arrives in a year where they seem to be touring extensively and belatedly attracting attention. Opener ‘Dynamite’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, interview, New Breed of classic rock, Piston, rock
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Masterpiece
Gulf Coast Records [Release 15.07.19] It’s often said that an artist discovers their best work when they find their muse. And when Albert Castiglia tells us that his new ‘Masterpiece’ album resulted from finding a daughter he didn’t know he … Continue reading
Album review: MICHAEL J BOLTON – Earthrise
Market Square [Release date 30.08.19] www.marketsquaremusic.com Arriving to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Michael J Bolton has fashioned his own tribute. As he outlines in the liner notes “I wanted to portray the drama and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Apollo 11, David Hentschel, Earthrise, instrumental, jazz fusion, Marc Russo, Michael J Bolton, review
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Album review: BEN FEATHERSTONE – Prisoner To The Wind
Website [Release date 23.08.19] Ben Featherstone has been working on this album over the past decade, mostly recorded in a 400 year old abandoned chapel on a disused cemetary in the middle of nowhere on mostly a 1950′s reel to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Featherstone, classical, folk, melodic, Nick Cave, Prisoner To The Wind, review, singer songwriter
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Album review: THE NEW ROSES – Nothing But Wild
Napalm Records [Release 02.08.19] What can I say, I f’king love this album. “Nothing But Wild” is the fourth album from German band The New Roses and what an album it is, from the start this is from the heart, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, album, Bon Jovi, classic rock, country rock, hard rock, Napalm Records, Nothing But Wild, review, southern rock, the New Roses
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Quick plays: JIMI ANDERSON GROUP, HOLLOW HAZE, HUMBLE PIE
JIMI ANDERSON GROUP I Belong AOR Heaven [Release date 30.08.19] Second album from the Jimi Anderson Group, which sees singer Jimi Anderson working again with producers/musicians Sandy Jones and Greame Duffin, plus guitarist David Cuthbert. There is nothing on here … Continue reading
Album review: MORGANWAY – Morganway
Morganway/UE-Records [Release date 02.08.19] Morganway were formed in 2016 by brothers Callum (vocals, bass) and Kieran Morgan (lead guitar) along with keyboards player Matt Brocklehurst, who were in turn joined by vocalist SJ Mortimer, fiddle player Nicole J Terry and … Continue reading
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Album review: LIVE – Throwing Copper 25th Anniversary Edition
Universal [Release date 19.07.19] With their roots dating back to 1984, and a name change or two, LIVE formed in Pennsylvania, USA, and in 1994 released this, their third album. Mixing hard rock and alternative rock, this album brought LIVE … Continue reading
Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live In Newcastle 2001 The Soundboard Series
earMUSIC [Release date 05.07.19] First in a series of official bootleg type recordings/releases, getting a wider release as they originally had a very limited showing. And well worth it they are too. This is one of six shows recorded on … Continue reading
Album review: DANNY BRYANT – Means Of Escape
Pete Feenstra chatted to Danny Bryant about the album ‘Means Of Escape’ in August 2019. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 4 August 2019. (30:31) Jazzhaus [Release date 20.09.19] It’s tempting to view Danny Bryant’s ‘Means Of Escape’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Danny Bryant, guitar, John Mellencamp, Means Of Escape, review, rock, songs, Stevie Watts, Walter Trout
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Album review: STRANDED – New Dawn
Escape Music [Release date 19.07.19] Stranded are the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Lewis Nitikman, who was in Stonebolt and on this album he is joined by fellow ex-Stonebolt member guitarist Ray Roper. On vocals is Troy Reid (check out his singing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Escape Music, melodic rock, Michael Bolton, New Dawn, reviews, Stranded, West Coast AOR
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Album review: MIND KEY – Aliens In Wonderland
Frontiers [Release date 12.07.19] Nearly a decade since Mind Key’s last offering ‘Pulse For A Graveheart’ the Italian prog/power metallers return. For those who like lots of great orchestration (Dario De Cicco), lots of melody and strong vocals throughout (Aurello … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Aliens In Wonderland, Italy, Mind Key, power metal, progressive metal, review
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Album review: DANNY BEARDSLEY – Blood From A Stone
www.dannybeardsley.com [Release date 20.09.19] Just when you thought it was safe to go back in to your ageing album collection – frustrated that much new stuff merely recycles the old and not as convincingly – along comes an album to … Continue reading
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Album review: HANNAH WICKLUND & THE STEPPIN STONES
Strawberry Moon Records [Release date 30.05.19] With her previous two albums (Looking Glass (2013) and Steppin Stones (2015)) recorded when she was 15 and 17 being self-released under the branding of The Steppin Stones and no longer available, 22 year … Continue reading
Quick plays: ANGELA PERLEY, ANNIE KEATING, SESSION AMERICANA
ANGELA PERLEY 4:30 [Release date 30.08.19] With two albums, and a clutch of EPs behind her as the lead singer of Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons – a rock ‘n’-roll band from Columbus, Ohio imbued with country, blues and … Continue reading
Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Bridges to Bremen
Eagle Rock [Release date 24.06.19] There can be no doubt that the Rolling Stones were an immense touring force throughout the nineties, and they were a great live act. By 1998 it seemed like there was no stopping them, but … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bridges to Bremen, classic rock, Keith Richards, live, Mick Jagger, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, The Rolling Stones
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Album review: H.E.A.T. – Live at Sweden Rock Festival
Release Date 26.07.19 It’s not that long since H.E.A.T. released a live album recorded at London’s own Highbury Garage, but this release serves two purposes. One is to showcase the standard bearers of the younger breed of melodic rockers on … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Erik Gronwall, H.E.A.T., live album, melodic rock, Sweden Rock Festival
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Album review: DAVE BICKLER – Darklight
Deko Music [Release date 19.04.19] Amazingly this is the debut solo album from former Survivor vocalist Dave Bickler, most famous for the voice on that band’s classic anthem ‘Eye Of The Tiger’. A solo album has long been rumoured and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Darklight, Dave Bickler, Eye Of The Tiger, hard rock, melodic rock, reviews, rock, solo album, Survivor
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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET BAND – Live In Tokyo 2017
Frontiers [Release date 12.07.19] Vocalist Graham Bonnet has been busy of late, both solo and with his early 80s band the resurrected Alcatrazz. Studio, live and archive, and each one essential listening. With bands like The Marbles, Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alcatrazz, classic rock, Graham Bonnet Band, Imperlitteri, live, Live In Tokyo 2017, melodic rock, MSG, Rainbow, review, rock
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Album review: SAXON – The Eagle Has Landed 40
Silver Lining (3CD, 5LP) [Release date 02.08.19] With a massive parp of the trumpets, and deservedly so, Saxon are celebrating their 40th Anniversary. Along with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement, whose first LP was Saxon’s eponymous debut, … Continue reading
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Album review: FIRST SIGNAL- Line of Fire
Release Date 17.05.19 First Signal was conceived some years back as a vehicle to reunite Harem Scarem singer Harry Hess with the pure melodic rock style that arguably began and ended with the Canadians’ debut album, before they diversified into … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Daniel Flores, First Signal, Harem Scarem, Harry Hess, melodic rock, Michael Palace, Stan Meissner
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