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Album review: HER NAME IS CALLA – Navigator
Function [Release date 05.05.14] ‘Navigator’ by Her Name Is Calla, is a cerebral and emotional work of substance. You may need patience and understanding to get inside Tom Morris’ songs and his vocal enunciations with electronic edges, but you will … Continue reading
Album review: BRAINSTORM – Firesoul
AFM Records www.afmrecords.com [Released 07.04.14] Well these guys have most definitely passed me by…Brainstorm are a German metal band from the Swabia region of Bavaria (deep south in other words) and Firesoul is actual their 10th studio release! Formed way … Continue reading
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Album review: DEBORAH BONHAM – Spirit
Deborah Bonham, track by track, May 2014 (Part 1 10:43, Part 2 11:43) Spectra [Release date 28.04.14] Being part of the Bonham dynasty is both a blessing and a curse for Deborah Bonham. Stripped of her family tree, she would … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Bad Company, BJ Cole, Deborah Bonham, Fleetwood Mac, Glenn Skinner, John Prine, Led Zeppelin, Mavericks, Mike Poole, Patty Griffin, Paul Rogers, Pete Bullick, review, Robert Plant, Spaklehorse, Spirit, Tom Petty
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Album Review: LUDER – Adelphophagia
Small Stone Records Luder. Little known, I suspect, outside knots of die hard progressive metal afficionados. This album should broaden the band’s appeal. It offers nine creative, convincing, eclectic compositions that draw, by turns, on waves of psychedelia and stoner, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelphophagia, album review, CD, Luder, metal, prog metal, Small Stone Records
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Album Review: ALBERT LEE & HOGAN’S HEROES – Frettening Behaviour
Heroic Records Veteran country-rock stalwart Albert Lee has hooked up with his UK-based band Hogan’s Heroes to release a collection of classy covers and decent new material. Whilst there’s an easy listening feel to much of the arrangement and production, … Continue reading
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Tagged ALBERT LEE, album review, CD, country rock, Frettening Behaviour, guitarist, HOGAN’S HEROES
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Album review: Album review: THORBJØRN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Too Many Roads
Ruf [Release date 21.03.14] This is arguably the most original and impressive blues related album since Moreland & Arbuckle ‘7 Cities’ last summer. Denmark’s Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have cut a blues related album in the sense of it … Continue reading
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Tagged David Clayton-Thomas, Emil Balsgaard, J.J. Cale, John Campbell, Lea Thorlann, Martin Seidelin, Moreland & Arbuckle, Nat King Cole, Pia Trojgaard, Ray Charles, review, Rolling Stones, Ruf, Thorbjorn Risager &The Black Tornado, Tom Waits, Too Many Roads
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CD review: MARCUS MALONE – Stand Or Fall
Redline Music [Release date 21.04.14] ‘Stand Or Fall’ might easily have used the opening cut ‘Living The Blues’ as its title. For while his last album ‘Let The Sunshine In’ was a noticeably more song driven effort, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Company, Berry Gordy Jr., Bill Burke, Bo Diddley, Chantelle Duncan-Heath, Chris Nugent, Dani Wilde, Enoo William-Uffort, Julian Burdock, Marcus Malone, Moz Gamble, Paul Rogers, review, Roger Cotton, Sean Nolan, Stand Or Fall, Stuart Dixon, Traffic, Will Wilde, Winston Blissett
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DVD review: BRIAN MAY & KERRY ELLIS – The Candlelight Concerts: Live At Montreux 2013
Eagle Vision [Released 31.03.14] Queen’s Brian May and West End singer Kerry Ellis have been doing a series of well received concerts by candlelight (their 2012 UK tour makes up the CD part of this DVD/CD set) and they played … Continue reading
Album Reviews: NINE BELOW ZERO – Don’t Point Your Finger/Third Degree
The two most successful albums on Nine Below Zero’s early roster have been reissued and come in expanded packages with loads of live material, alternative versions and informative liner notes. ‘Don’t Point Your Finger’ is classic British r’n’b to its … Continue reading
CD review: BROKEN TEETH – Devil On The Road
www.brokenteeth.com [Out now] Broken Teeth’s fifth album “Devil On The Road” is a 13 song raw, dirty, high octane burst of AC/DC like rock n roll- and it’s more than welcome in my stereo. Essentially based around the vocals of Dangerous … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album review, Broken Teeth, Dangerous Toys, Devil On The Road, Jason McMaster
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DVD review: WILLY DEVILLE – Live in The Lowlands
Eagle Vision [Out now] Filmed live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam in 2005, this show finds Willy DeVille on tour in support of his recent “Crow Jane Alley” album. The set list is a diverse collection of songs that reaches across … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Ferry, Crow Jane Alley, DVD, DVD review, Eagle Vision, Live in The Lowlands, Pistola, Willy DeVille
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Album review: SEBASTIAN BACH – Give ‘Em Hell
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 21.04.14] Sebastian Bach’s fourth solo studio album once again finds Bob Marlette in the producers seat and it includes everything you would expect- the instantly recognisable vocals, the screams and the heavy grooves partnered with those … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Marlette, Give Em Hell, hard rock, John 5, review, Seb Bach, Sebastian Bach, Skid Row, Steve Stevens
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Album review: MATT STEVENS – Lucid
Esoteric/Cherry Red [Release date 31.03.14] Matt Stevens (Fierce & the Dead) releases his latest solo album which has been three years in the making and features a whole host of guest musicians. These include drummer Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson); bass … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fierce & the Dead, instrumental, Lucid, Matt Stevens, prog, progressive, review, rock
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Album review: FM – Futurama
www.fmofficial.com [Released 31.03.14] FM really are in a fine run of form of late, two great albums last year ‘Rockville I & II’, plus successful live dates and now we have this EP. Well you say EP, but this is … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, EP, FM, Futurama, melodic rock, review, Steve Overland
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Album review: CHRIS BEVINGTON – And Friends
Chris Bevington Music [Release date 10.02.14] At the time of writing, ‘Chris Bevington And Friends’ has already graced the Top 40 download blues chart. And that’s no surprise as the Stoke on Trent blues-rock veteran is … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, Albert Cummings, Angela Lazenby, Bernie Marsden, blues rock, Buddy Guy, Chris Bevington, Chris Bevington And Friends, Climax Blues Band, Daniel Rowley, FM, George Glover, Jim Kirpatrick, Jude Cole, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Paul Burgess, review, Rob Wilkinson, Robbie Williams, Sarah Miller, Scott Ralph, Walter Trout
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Album review: LINDA & THE PUNCH – Obsession
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 28.03.14] Linda & The Punch are built around 21 year old vocalist Linda and what gives her a headstart on many rivals is that famed producer/musician Michael Voss (Silver/Michael Schenker) is involved. Voss also lends … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Linda & the Punch, Michael Voss, Obsession, pop rock, review
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Album review: CHRIS THOMPSON – Toys & Dishes
Esoteric Antenna [Release date 17.03.14] Chris Thompson was very much “the voice” of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band during their most successful period in the late-1970s/early-1980s. In the past decade he decamped to Germany, gigging on the continent and with the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Thompson, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, review, rock, Toys & Dishes
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Album review: SINBREED – Shadows
AFM Records [Released 14.04.14] Sinbreed is a new band to me but Blind Guardian is not and both guitarist Marcus Siepen and drummer Frederik Ehmke have their day job there. Shadows is the follow up to 2010’s debut When Worlds … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album review, Blind Guardian, power metal, Shadows, Sinbreed, speed metal
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Album review: THE SWEET – Sweetlife
Angel Air [Released 07.04.13] Continuing the excellent series of latter day Sweet re-issues Angel Air now present the band’s 2002 album ‘Sweetlife’. The line-up then featured sole original member Andy Scott joined by drummer Bruce Bisland (who is still in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Scott, Angel Air, classic rock, glam rock, The Sweet
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Album review: STEEL PANTHER – All You Can Eat
Open E Records [Release date 01.04.14] Steel Panther have been on the ascendance for the last few years and now have two albums under their belts coupled with sold out tours and festival appearances. The question has to be asked … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All You Can Eat, Balls Out, CD, Lexxi Foxx, metal, Michael Starr, review, rock, Satchel, Steel Panther, Stix Zidinia
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Quick plays: MARCO DE ANGELIS, DAN SAVIK, OH CAPTURE, JIMMY MARTIN
MARCO DE ANGELIS – The River www.theriver.it Marco De Angelis is an Italian solo artist an one of the few people in Italy who can play the Chapman Stick according to his bio. This is a concept piece based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance Creature, album, Dan Savik, Heading West, Jimmy Martin, Marco De Angelis, Oh Capture, review, The River, West Coast AOR
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Album review: SAXON – St George’s Day: Live In Manchester
UDR (2CD) [Released 17.03.14] You don’t get much better, or more British, than NWoBHM stalwarts Saxon, especially when they play on St George’s Day. This Manchester gig – a full show running to 2 hours and over 20 tracks covering … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, heavy metal, NWOBHM, review, Saxon, St George’s Day Live In Manchester
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Album review: L.R.S. – Down To The Core
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 21.03.14] Some fans don’t like these endless studio projects Frontiers comes up with, more fool them as L.R.S. is one of the best in many a year. Comprising of former 21 Guns vocalist Tommy La Verdi … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 Guns, album, AOR, Down to the Core, Josh Ramos, LRS, melodic rock, review, the Storm, Von Groove
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Album review: CIRCA ZERO – Circus Hero
429 Records www.429records.com [Release date 31.03.14] An interesting collaboration between former Police guitarist Andy Summers (who is now 71 years old yet looks just turned 60!) and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Rob Giles. Interestingly Summers says writing with Giles has been the most … Continue reading
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Tagged 429 Records, album review, Andy Summers, Circa Zero, Circus Hero, pop rock, Rob Giles, the Police
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Album review: COEN WOLTERS BAND – Illumination
Crying Tone [Release date 20.01.14] Coen Wolters motto is, ‘let it rip and don’t be shy about it’. ‘Illumination’ is a hard hitting, well played and produced slice of funky tinged acid blues-rock. It’s an album that blows away the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blind Dog Smokin, blues, Coen Wolters, guitar, Illumination, Lance Johnson, Oli Brown, review, rock, Stoney Curtis, The Hoax
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