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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: OLI BROWN – Songs From the Road
Ruf [Release date 14.06.13] Anyone who has followed Oli Brown’s career so far, will hardly be surprised by the sense of adventure at the heart of this live DVD/CD. For though he was schooled in the blues at an early … Continue reading
Album review: POWERWOLF – Preachers Of The Night
Napalm Records – Out Now. Fans of Heavy Metal have understood the importance of and pledged their allegiance towards the mighty riff since guitar wizard Tony Iommi first began to perfect his power chords back in the late 60s. But … Continue reading
Album review: MAGGY SIMPSON – Lab Rat and Lobster
Voodoo Bones www.facebook.com/maggysimpsonrocks Maggy Simpson consists of Shane Counter and Bat Kinane (of Glyder fame), who have previously worked together on Bat Kinane’s solo album. That album was a singer/songwriter one with a folk feel, whereas Maggy Simpson is more of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Glyder, Lab Rat and Lobster, Maggy Simpson, review, rock, Shane Counter
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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Bliss Avenue
Ruf [Release date 22.07.13] If blues is too often predicated on the tried and tested theme of: ‘my baby done me wrong’; then Dana Fuchs cleverly extends such familiar subject matter from an autobiographical source and into universal themes that we … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bliss Avenue, blues, country, Dana Fuchs, Janis Joplin, Jon Diamond, review, rock, southern rock, The Faces
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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – The Bonding
SPV There are a lot of female fronted symphonic and progressive metal bands out there now, possibly too many and it takes something a bit special to make the listener sit up and take notice. Luckily Edenbridge are one such … Continue reading
Album review: NEWMAN – Siren
AOR Heaven Amazingly this is the tenth studio album by Newman, which is basically Steve Newman plus long time drummer Rob McEwen. However this album features some guests in the shape of guitarists Shaun Bessant on ‘When It Comes To … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, melodic, NEWMAN, Nick Workman, Pete Newdeck, review, Robert Sall, rock, Shaun Bessant, Siren, Steve Newman
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Album review: REUBEN ARCHER’S PERSONAL SIN
Toxic Arrow [Release date 19.08.13] Reuben Archer has been around the block enough times to know every doorhole, boozer and bookie by heart. The current (and previous) vocalist with hard rockers Stampede is also fronting up the Paul Raymond Project … Continue reading
Album review: PURSON – The Circle And The Blue Door
Rise Above – Out Now. Retro rock is enjoying a renewed wave of interest and, and in typical fashion for the music industry, record labels are in a rush to capitalise on it by signing as many such bands as … Continue reading
Album review: DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD – Sticky Wickets
Duckworth Lewis Method (Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash) return with their second album following on from their fantastic debut album released back in 2009. This album is one of this year’s most eagerly awaited … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD, Neil Hannon, review, Sticky Wickets, Thomas Walsh
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Album review: THE POODLES – Tour De Force
Frontiers www.frontiers.it With fifth album “Tour De Force” The Poodles have come up with another quality slab of polished, melodic Euro rock. From the album’s ultimate highlight “Kings &Fools” to bonus track “En För Alla För En” (an almost Eurovision … Continue reading
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Album review: JAMES CHRISTIAN – Lay It All On Me
Frontiers Records [Release date 05.07.13] Having survived a brush with cancer, House of Lords singer James Christian is back with his first solo album in nearly a decade. Given that he is the only original member in the band these … Continue reading
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Tagged album, House of Lords, James Christian, Lay It All On Me, melodic rock, review
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Album review: OMAR DYKES – Runnin’ With The Wolf
Provogue [Release date 09.07.13] ‘Runnin’ With The Wolf’ is pretty much in keeping with Omar Dykes’s new found role as an interpreter of the blues. It’s a role far removed from his 90’s heyday with Provogue records, the label he … Continue reading
Album review: D-A-D – Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark
AFM Records (Deluxe Edition) [Release date 25.03.13] Following the original 2011 release of “Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark” D-A-D enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, with the Danish band playing further afield then they had done for some years. The band’s 11th studio album in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus, D A D, deluxe edition, Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark, reissue, review
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Album review: ANDY SCOTT – The Solo Singles
Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk Andy Scott made his name as the guitarist in the Sweet, a version of which he still tours with to this day. In the 80’s though after the Sweet called it a day in the early 80’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Scott, pop, review, rock, The Solo Singles, The Sweet
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Album review: JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES – Spitfire
[Release date 09.09.13] www.theagrades.net Second album by Jonny Cola & the A-Grades who have already released the superb single ‘Straight To Video’, which is included on here. That single recalled such greats as Mott The Hoople and this album is … Continue reading
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Album review: AOIFE O’DONOVAN – Fossils
Yep Roc [Release date 24.06.13] Aoife (pronounced Ee-fuh)’s debut solo album at the age of 30 is already making something of a splash on the other side of the pond. With a wealth of experience already under her belt as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alison Krauss, Aoife O'Donovan, bluegrass, country, Fossils, pop, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: MADISON VIOLET – Come As You Are Live
True North Records [Release date 01.07.13] Released on both DVD and CD formats, Come As You Are Live captures Madison Violet – Canadian country / folk due Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac – at a sold out date in Koln, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Brenley MacEachern, Come As You Are Live, country, folk, Lisa MacIsaac, Madison Violet, review, roots
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Album review: DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS – Good Light
Magnolia Music [Release date 26.08.13] Being something of a female vocalist ‘junkie’ I was rather hoping Drew was the blonde on the album cover. But it turns out that’s Drew’s wife and band mate Ellie. Drew’s the foot-clapping guy who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors, Good Light, review, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album review: GENTLE GIANT – Three Friends/Octopus
BGO Records [Release date 24.06.13] I’ve no recollection how it was that Octopus came to be part of my 1970′s vinyl collection. It certainly wasn’t that Gentle Giant were a band that any of my ‘circle’ listened to. Maybe it … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Derek Schulman, Gentle Giant, Octopus, prog, progressive, reissue, review, Three Friends
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Album review: JAMES LABRIE – Impermanent Resonance
Inside Out [Release Date: 29.07.13] Dream Theater are a multi-million making Prog Metal machine and, as such, rightfully the main priority of all the band members. With a new studio album scheduled to be released late this summer, the idea … Continue reading
Album Review: THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Brothers And Sisters
Capricorn Records Although ‘Eat A Peach’ was released after the tragic death of supremely talented guitarist, Duane Allman in 1971, ‘Brothers and Sisters’ was the first Allman Brothers Band collection without any contributions from him at all. The twin lead … Continue reading
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Tagged aalbum, Allman Brothers Band, Brothers and Sisters, Dicky Betts, Gregg Allman, reissue, review, rock
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Album review: MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL – Gone To Texas
Ruf [Release date 17.06.13] Mike Zito’s ‘Gone To Texas’ is both a literal and metaphorical title, reflecting the fact he’s overcome his previous drug and alcohol problems and has moved to Texas from the mid- west in search of sobriety … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Cyril Neville, Delbert McLinton, Devon Allman, Lightnin Hopkins, Little Feat, Mike Zito, New Orleans, North Mississippi Allstars, review, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sonny Landreth, Susan Cowsill, Tex Mex, Texas
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Album review: THE RIDES – Can’t Get Enough
Provogue [Release date 26.08.13] It’s ten years since the release of the re-mastered ‘Super Session’ on CD, with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and it’s a startling 45 years since its original release. And while it would … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Kooper, Barry Goldberg, blues, Buffalo Springfield, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, Elmore James, guitar, Iggy Pop, Jerry Harrison, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kevin McCormick, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, piano, review, Stephen Stills, Super Session, supergroup, Talking Heads, The Rides
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Album review: DAVE DAVIES – I Will Be Me
Cleopatra [Release date 04.06.13] Partly autobiographical and partly fictive imagery but always routed in a spiritual feel, Dave Davies’s ‘I Will Be Me’ is an uneven but ultimately enjoyable album. He veers from the past – referencing his riff driven … Continue reading
Quick plays: THE FIREFLYS, DYNAMITE, ANTO MORRA
THE FIREFLYS – Embers of the Autumn www.thefireflys.co.uk [Release date 12.08.13] Third album from this band who hail from Runcorn in Cheshire and they have supported Ocean Colour Scene amongst others, and they have bits of that band in their … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Anto Morra, Dynamite, The Fireflys
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