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Album review: TAL RASHA – Luminology
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Album review : THE STRAWBS – 50 Years On, Grave New World
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Album review : JOHN DIVA and the ROCKETS OF LOVE – Your Favourite Drug
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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Parallel Lines
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Album review: NAZARETH – The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980
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Album review: SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Framed
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Category Archives: GIG REVIEWS
Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – The Tivoli, Buckley, 28 November 2018
It was good to see “The Tiv” nearly full tonight, in stark contrast to our last visit and Wishbone Ash. This has more to do with Wishbone’s more extensive itinerary and accessibility and Black Star Riders’ more modest – and … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 November 2018, Black Star Riders, Buckley, Damon Johnson, gig, hard rock, North Wales, review, Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, The Tivoli
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Gig review: TERRY BROCK – Hope and Anchor, Islington, London, 22 November 2018
One of melodic rock’s great voices, Terry Brock is best known for lifting Strangeways’ ‘Native Sons’ and ‘Walk In The Fire’ albums to classic status. There is however much more to the Georgia native’s career, whether as an in-demand backing … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 November 2018, Anna Portaluppi, AOR, gig, Hope And Anchor, Islington, London, melodic rock, NEWMAN, review, Shaun Bessant, Steve Newman, Strangeways, Terry Brock
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Gig review: DAN REED NETWORK – 229 Club, London, 23 November 2018
Photo: Simon Green Many bands pay lip service to their fans but Dan Reed Network have something of a unique communion with theirs, to the extent that their new album ‘Origins’ was recorded across the world, mixing old and new … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brion James, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk rock, gig, Hollowstar, Mason Hill, Melvin Brannon, Origins, review, Rob Daiker
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Gig review: THE DEAD DAISIES – O2 Islington Academy, 19 November 2018
I’ve come to love the Massive Wagons only relatively recently. This year’s excellent and decent-selling album ‘Full Nelson’ seemed to move the band into different territory. This awakening finally cemented in my dulling brain that Massive Wagons and Monster Truck … Continue reading
Gig review: BIG COUNTRY – Under The Bridge, London, 16 November 2018
For Big Country, their 1983 album ‘The Crossing’ is the gift that keeps on giving. It catapulted them to fame, established their trademark sound and to this day contains most of their best loved songs. Shortly after reforming at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, Bruce Watson, gig, Jamie Watson, Mark Brzezicki, review, Simon Hough, The Crossing
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Gig review: DAN REED NETWORK – Live Rooms, Chester, 17 November 2018
This archive interview from April 2009 catches Dan Reed at the start of his more recent musical journey when the idea of reforming Dan Reed Network seemed less likely… (20:46) Get Ready to ROCK! Radio celebrated its 10th anniversary this … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 November 2018, Chester, classic rock, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk rock, gig, hard rock, Live Rooms, Mason Hill, review
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Gig review: RIVERSIDE – De Casino, Sint Niklaas, 11 November 2018
The first time I attended a Riverside gig was back in April 2014 and those of you who read my review of the said show will remember that the overall experience involved a very long drive from London to Liverpool, … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 November 2018, Belgium, De Casino, gig, Mariusz Duda, prog, Progressive Rock, review, RIVERSIDE, Sint Niklaas
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Gig review: JOHN FOGERTY AND STEVE MILLER BAND – 02 Arena, London, 25 October 2018
Bluesfest has become a fixture in the gig calendar with its October concerts over successive nights in the different venues in the 02 complex. The definition of blues has been elastic to say the least- with Chic, Steely Dan and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluesfest, classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, gig, John Fogerty, review, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band
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Gig review: POWERWOLF – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 28 October 2018
It is immensely gratifying to have a band, whose career you have been closely following since day one, reach such great levels of success – case in point here being the German Heavy/Power Metallers Powerwolf. Not many people were supportive … Continue reading
Gig review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Borderline, London, 6 November 2018
Erja Lyytinen is on the up escalator. She done her musical schooling on the West Coast, paid her dues on the blues circuit, established herself as virtuoso player, grown into her role as a songwriter and has been smart enough … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 November 2018, blues, Erja Lyytinen, guitar, Kasperi Kallio, live review, rock, Stolen Hearts, Tatu Back, The Borderine
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Gig review: CHRISSIE HYNDE – Adding The Blue Exhibition, After Nyne Gallery, London, 6 Nov 2018
You could be forgiven for taking a wearisome sigh on discovering that The Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde is the latest in stream of rock stars who have taken up the paintbrush and canvas in the autumn of their career. However, … Continue reading
Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – The Tivoli, Buckley, 3 November 2018
David Randall chatted with Andy Powell in October 2012 for “The Guitarists” series on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special discusses the development of the band and includes live tracks from 1977, 1988 and 1995. Andy Powell/Wishbone Ash … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 November 2018, Andy Powell, Buckley, classic rock, gig, interview, melodic rock, review, The Tivoli, Wishbone Ash
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Gig review: THE FEELING – Academy, Oxford, 1 November 2018
The Feeling roll into Oxford to play the penultimate date on their ‘Twelve Years and Home’ tour, which sees the band play their debut album ‘Twelve Stops And Home’ in its entirety and in track list order. The Feeling have … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy, Dan Gillespie-Sells, gig, melodic, melodic rock, Oxford, pop, pop rock, power pop, review, rock, The Feeling, Twelve Stops And Home
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Gig review: ROCKINGHAM FESTIVAL – Nottingham Trent University Students Union, 19-21 October 2018
Now in its fourth year, anticipation had been steadily growing ever since the line up was announced in February for Rockingham, which accurately bills itself as ‘three days of the finest melodic hard rock from around the world’. Proof of … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Reflection, Ammunition, AOR, Bigfoot, Boulevard, Creye, Departed, festival, Find Me, gig, Glass Tiger, Mason Hill, Massive, melodic rock, Nelson, Pink Cream 69, Pretty Maids, review, Rockingham, Tokyo Motor Fist, Vixen, Warrant, White Widdow, Wildness
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Gig review: KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI – The Met, Bury, 26 October 2018
David Randall chatted to Kiki Dee in March 2015 for a two-part special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Part 2 covers the 1970s including her work with Elton John and her partnership with Carmelo Luggeri, bringing the story up … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 October 2018, acoustic, Bury, Carmelo Luggeri, Elton John, gig, interview, Kiki Dee, pop, review, singer, songwriter, The Met
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Gig review: WISHBONE ASH – Islington Academy, London, 18 October 2018
For all the quality of their recorded product, Wishbone Ash have always best been experienced in a live setting. It was therefore entirely appropriate that this year’s remarkable ‘Vintage Years’ box set included CD’s of no less than eight previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, gig, hard rock, Joe Crabtree, Mark Abrahams, melodic rock, review, twin guitars, Wishbone Ash
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Gig review: PRIMAL FEAR – Biebob, Vosselaar, 12 October 2018
Ask me to compose a list with the best Metal albums for 2018 and you are almost certainly guaranteed to find Primal Fear’s latest studio effort “Apocalypse” somewhere near the very top. It may be a good two decades since … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 October 2018, Belgium, Biebob, gig, heavy metal, metal, Primal Fear, Ralph Scheepers, review, Riot V, Vosselaar
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Gig review: VOIVOD – Magasin 4, Brussels, 9 October 2018
There was a time in my young adult life where the prospect of attending a Voivod show felt less of a possibility to manning a mission for the purpose of exploring the environs of planet Mars, so it is indeed … Continue reading
Gig review: SAXON – Barrowlands, Glasgow,18 October 2018
Saxon, as Biff reminded us during tonight’s show, are rapidly approaching their 40th anniversary. With this in mind the band would be forgiven if they decided to slow down a bit and started taking things a bit easier. However, on tonight’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th October 2018, Barrowlands, Biff Byford, Denim And Leather, FM, gig, Glasgow, heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Jim Kirkpatrick, live, Nigal Glockler, review, rock, Saxon, Steve Overland, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons, Wheels Of Steel
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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Electric Ballroom, London, 15 October 2018
For many years, high on my diminishing bucket list was a reformation of Mark 3 Deep Purple, from the years when the contrasting vocal talents of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes revitalised the band, throwing fresh soul, blues and funk … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, gig, Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonnamassa, Jon Lord, Laurence Jones, live, review, rock, Smoke On The Wate, Stormbringer, Tommy Bolan
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Gig review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – Arena, Birmingham, 13 October 2018
To say I was excited at seeing Jeff Lynne and ELO play his home town of Birmingham would be an understatement! I have only see the Jeff Lynne fronted ELO once back at his comeback gig at Hyde Park in … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Lockett, Birmingham, Classic Albums, classic rock, ELO, gig, Jeff Lynne, Jeff Lynne's ELO, music, pop, pop rock
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Gig review: PUNKY MEADOWS AND FRANK DIMINO (Angel) – Camden Underworld, London, 13 October 2018
Back in the late seventies, when news travelled a lot slower than in today’s globalised world, the average British rock fan was mainly reared on home grown bands with the odd colonial interloper like AC/DC and Rush. American hard rock … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 October 2018, Angel, Camden Underworld, Frank Dimino, gig, Heavy Pettin', London, melodic rock, Punky Meadows, review
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Gig review: KEE MARCELLO – Camden Underworld, London, 12 October 2018
Thirty years ago Europe proved The Final Countdown was no flash in the pan by recording their follow up album Out Of This World. Having played its predecessor to death, I was initially underwhelmed, but over the years it has … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 October 2018, Camden Underworld, Europe, gig, Kee Marcello, London, melodic rock, Out Of This World, P-O Nilsson, review
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Gig review: STEELEYE SPAN – Hexagon, Reading, 15 October 2018
First visit to the Hexagon in Reading, a venue I had seen on TV previously when a snooker tournament used to be held here. Tonight though it hosts folk rock legends Steeleye Span, to a sadly half-full auditorium which is even … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellowhead, concert, folk, folk rock, gig, Hexagon, Jacqui McShee, Maddy Prior, Pentangle, reading, review, Steeleye Span, traditonal music
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Gig review: (Ricky) WARWICK (Damon) JOHNSON – Audio, Glasgow, 12 October 2018
Audio isn’t the biggest venue in the world but on this particular Friday night had you been passing you would have been given to think that it was TARDIS like and contained thousands such was the volume of the crowd. … Continue reading
