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Album review: BEYOND THE BLACK – Break the Silence
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Album review: MIDNITE CITY- Bite The Bullet
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Album review: CHARLOTTE SMITH & DAVID CLIFTON – The Tree In The Wood
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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025
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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: LESLIE WEST – Soundcheck
Provogue [Release date 27.11.15] ‘Soundcheck’ is probably more of a significant album title than you might originally realize, if only because the arrangements on this album sounds like something Leslie West might tinker with in that dead time just before … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Arielle Pizza, Brian May, guitar, Jack Bruce, Leslie West, Mike Goldberg, Peter Frampton, Rev Jones, review, rock, Soundcheck, The Beatles, Tracy Chapman
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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The First Twenty Years
Inside Out [Release date 20.11.15] This has been a busy year for Spock’s Beard with a new studio album, ‘The Oblivion Particle’ and subsequent tour and now this, the band’s first best of album. It covers all twelve studio albums … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Morse, album, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio, prog, progressive, review, rock, Spock's Beard, Ted Leonard, the First Twenty Years
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Album review: GRAHAM GREENE – Down Devils Road
www.grahamgreene.com.au [Release date 01.04.15] It’s increasingly difficult for guitarists to come up with a wholly instrumental album. Where do you start? Inevitably they tend to run of ideas, they’re not that good a player, or there’s a definite sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australian, Down Devils Road, fusion, Graham Greene, guitar, guitarist, review, rock
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Album review: BABAJACK – Babajack Live Summer 2015
Self release [Release date 10.1o.15] ‘Babajack Live’ starts out as a blues album – all wailing harp, rough-hewn slide and hypnotic rhythms on homemade instruments – but quickly develops organically into a body of music with more depth. The background … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Bertenshaw, album, Babajack, Babajack Live Summer 2015, Becky Tate, blues, Julia Palmer Price, Paul Long, rap, review, rock, roots, Tosh Murase, Trevor Steger
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Album review: WIGELIUS – Tabula Rasa
AOR Heaven [Release date 29.01.16] New rock music out of Sweden is getting more prolific than a Joe Bonamassa release – like a long-running TV soap opera, sometimes it’s great and mostly it’s annoying. But fair’s fair, open mind and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, AOR Heaven, Journey, melodic rock, review, Tabula Rasa, Wigelius
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Album review: GRAND SLAM – A New Dawn
AOR Heaven [Release date 29.01.16] Next up – guess what….a melodic, AOR release out of Sweden ! If I didn’t get a free promo copy from the record label, this would undoubtedly be on my annual wish-list to the North … Continue reading
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Tagged A New Dawn, album, AOR, AOR Heaven, Grand Slam, melodic, review
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Album review: ROB TOGNONI – Birra For Lirra
Blues Boulevard [Release date 27.11.15] Australian guitarist Rob Tognoni’s website suggests that his three elemental musical concepts are power, passion and presence. And while ‘Birra for Lirra’ undoubtedly embodies all three alongside his consistently good guitar playing, his material lacks … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Australian rock, Birra For Lirra, blues, guitar, review, Rob Tognoni, rock, Rory Gallagher, Th Doors, The Shadows
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The Best of 2015 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
The Best of 2015 with David Randall by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud In the end of year ‘Best of 2015′ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, David Randall featured many of the albums/artists that appear in the … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Best of 2015, blues, December 2015, gigs, live act, melodic, music, progressive, review, rock, Thunder, Vintage Trouble
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Album review: LUXURIANT SEDANS – Born Certified
Seventh Son [Release date 08.09.15] From the opening heavy duty guitar squalls, power chords, growling vocal and interwoven guitar parts voiced over cymbal splashes, to the pounding conclusion of Jerry McCain’s ‘Stay Out Of Automobiles’, you know you are in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blues Came Callin, Born Certified, Captain Beefheart, Chicago Blues, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gino Grandinetti, guitar, harp, James Solberg, Jerry McCain, John Lennon, John Nemeth, Luther Allison, Luxuriant Sedans, Mike “Wezo” Wesolowski, review, Rob Slater, rock, Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Terry McMillan, Walter Trout
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Album review: RON POPE & THE NIGHTHAWKS
Brooklyn Basement Records [Release date 08.01.16] Ron Pope is a bit of a hit in the digital download/streaming age with over 474 m illion streams on Pandora and over 100 million plays on YouTube. It does appear he is making … Continue reading
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Tagged country, debut album, ragtime, review, rock 'n' roll, Ron Pope, Ron Pope & the Nighthawks, Tom Petty
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Album review: NOAH WOTHERSPOON BAND – Mystic Mud
Noah Wotherspoon Band [Release date 16.07.15] The Noah Wotherspoon Band impress with the depth of their songs, their inspirational playing and cool use of dynamics. ‘Mystic Mud’ is a contemporary sounding crossover blues/roots set, but it’s the understated way in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Blind Willie McTell, blues, Booogie, Brian Aylor, Creedence Clearwater Revival, gig, Hound Dog Taylor, International Blues Challenge, Jessi Bair, John Fogerty, John Lennon, Noah Wotherspoon, Noah Wotherspoon Band, review, Rob Thaxton, Robin Trower, rock, slide guitar, Walter Trout
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Album review: DANZIG – Skeletons
AFM Records [Release date 27.11.15] “Skeletons” is Glenn Danzig’s first studio release since “Deth Red Saboath” back in 2010 and it is an album of covers of songs that have influenced his career. The songs were supposedly recorded at various … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album, covers album, Danzig, Glenn Danzig, metal, review, Skeletons
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Quick plays: AMBERIAN DAWN, SUNSPOT, LUKE GASSER
AMBERIAN DAWN – Innuendo Napalm Records [Release date 23.1.15] Second album from the Finnish symphonic metal band to feature vocalist Capri Virkkunen and she helps lift the band from another run of the mill metal band. To be honest it … Continue reading
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Tagged A Quest For Life, Abba, album, alternative, Amberian Dawn, Angel Air, Crsytal Gates, David Ellefson, Doll Skin, EMP Records, Innuendo, Love Affair, Luke Gasser, Megadeth, metal, review, rock, Steve Ellis, Sunspot, symphonic, Weirdest Hits
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DVD review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD- Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd and Second Helping Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre
Eagle Rock [Release date 23.10.15] CD/DVD/Bluray Live DVD’s from the post reformation Skynyrd have been a dime a dozen, but this latest release has an interesting twist to justify its existence. Rather than a standard Greatest Hits show, they took … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Matejka, Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd, review, Ricky Medlocke, Second Helping, southern rock
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Album review: SAM COULSON – Electric Classical
Self-release [Release date 20.11.15] This album is probably best described as “economical”. From the single sheet inlay to the 25 minute playing time. What is perhaps most surprising is that it is fashioned by young Sam Coulson who evidently feels … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Asia, classic, Electric Classical, guitar, guitarist, review, Sam Coulson
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Album review: NIK TURNER – Space Fusion Odyssey
Cleopatra Records [Release date 30.10.15] Nik Turner’s biography ‘The Spirit Of Hawkwind 1969-1976′ has just been published and chronicles the earlier sorties of this enduring space cadet. If you thought Nik Turner in Hawkwind parped away in search of a … Continue reading
Album review: MIKA – No Place In Heaven
Republic Records/Universal [Released 13.11.15] Now a quick rant about guilty pleasures in music. For me there is no such thing, music is either good or bad and is there to be enjoyed and share. I know we like genres and … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s music, album, CD special edition, ELO, Freddie Mercury, melodic, Mika, No Place Like Heaven, pop, review, rock
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Album review: PHANTASMA – The Deviant Hearts
Napalm Records [Release date 27.11.15] Phantasma is a project consisting of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain). Helping out are drummer Jason Gianni, bassist Randy George from Neal Morse’s band and Tom Buchberger (ex-Serenity) guests on … Continue reading
Album review: THE DOORS – Other Voices/Full Circle (reissue)
Rhino [Release date 04.09.15] 2-CD After Jim Morrison’s death in July 1971, and without their charismatic frontman, the writing was on the wall for the remaining members of The Doors. But in the 2 years before they called it a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-CD, album, Full Circle, John Densmore, Other Voices, psychedelic, Ray Manzarek, reissue, review, Robby Kreiger, rock, THE DOORS
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Album review: THE GETAWAY DRIVERS – Bellatopia
[Release date 04.07.15] Bellatopia, their fourth release, marks The Getaway Drivers’ 10 year anniversary, although only Wisconsin folk singer-songwriter Bob Manor (guitar, piano, vocals) and bassist Ken Keeley remain from the original line up. Essentially an Americana/rock outfit, the band’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Bellatopia, review, rock, roots, soft rock, The Getaway Driver
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Quick plays: ADRIAN CONNER, JANE KRAMER, S-WORD-S
ADRIAN CONNER – Hush! Adrian Conner may not be a name you’re familiar with. Hush! her eighth release is unlikely to change that. For the past 15 years Conner has been the lead guitarist in Seattle, Washington based all-girl AC/DC … Continue reading
Quick plays: OTHERKIN, BEARDED YOUTH QUEST, MAJOR INSTINCT
OTHERKIN – The 201 https://www.facebook.com/otherkinOK/ Irish band Otherkin release this rather good four song EP. They have four indie disco floor fillers on this EP that’s for sure’ ‘AY AY’ is a like a bouncy child with it’s relentless, yet … Continue reading
Album review: CURLY WOLF – Calling Your Bluff
The Curly Wolf [Release date 07.08.15] ‘Our aim is to show that there is more to country music than radio pop lets you believe’. Curly Wolf hammers home their sense of purpose with a defining mission statement and from the … Continue reading
Album review: MOJO ASSASSINS – Mojo Assassins
Artwork Media, Inc. [Release date 24.11.15] The Mojo Assassins are a power trio comprising Ronny Griffin drums, Tony Calhoun on bass and vocals and David Zychek on guitar and vocals. Their collective pedigree includes Night Ranger, Stallion, Frankie Lee and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, David Zychek, Frank Zappa, Frankie Lee, funk, Funkadelic, guitar, Johnny Guitar Watson, Mojo Assassins, Night Ranger, Parliament, Prince, review, rock, Ronny Griffin, Stallion, Tony Calhoun
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Album review: ERIC CHARLES BAND – 2015 Exclusive Limited Release
Self release [Release date 22.05.15] Eric Charles Band’s ‘2015 Exclusive Limited Release’ is a high energy, swaggering album full of confident songs that have been road tested before the band channeled their energy into this 12 track album. The songs … Continue reading
