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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-9 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At The Sydney Opera House
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Album review: HARMONY – Theatre Of Redemption
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Category Archives: GIG REVIEWS
Album review: THE TREATMENT – Wake Up The Neighbourhood (plus album launch, 11 May 2024)
Frontiers [Release date 10.05.24] The Treatment have released their much-anticipated 6th studio album, “Wake Up The Neighbourhood”, after teasing us with singles that could only hint at the epic masterpiece that was to follow. For the uninitiated, The Treatment are … Continue reading
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Tagged album, album launch show, Cambridge, classic rock, Frontiers, gig, hard rock, Laurie Mansworth, Mansworth, MASH, NWOCR, review, rock, Saturday 11 May 2024, The Treatment, Tom Rampton, Wake Up The Neighbourhood
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Gig review: NORDA MULLEN- The Half Moon, Putney, London, 28 April 2024
With heritage bands augmenting their touring line-ups with additional musicians, there is a category of highly talented musicians good enough to play with the best, yet virtually unknown to the wider world. One such is Norda Mullen, who for over … Continue reading
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Tagged flute, folk, folk rock, gig, Norda Mullen, Quinny and Company, The Moody Blues
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Gig review: SARI SCHORR- The Grace, London, 27 April 2024
It’s a mark of the ever growing respect East Coast powerhouse singer Sari Schorr is held in the blues world that the very best have been queuing up to collaborate with her, most recently Robin Trower joining forces on last … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wilson, blues, blues rock, gig, Matt Pearce, Matt Pearce and the Mutiny, Robin Trower, Sari Schorr
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Gig review: WALTER TROUT – The Alhambra Theater, Paris, 30 April 2024
Walter Trout in Paris is an opportunity not to be missed and so it proves as Walter and his road tested band bring a capacity seated audience to its feet On a personal note it’s 35 years since I first … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, ballads, beth Hart, blues, boogie, Brett Smith-Daniel, Canned Heat, Dee Snider, Don Nix, Floyd Lee, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall Blues Breakers, Jon Avila, Michael Leasure, review, rock, Roland Bakker, The Alhambra Theater, Walter Trout
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Gig review: BAD TOUCH- Patterns, Brighton, 13 April 2024
For the thriving domestic rock scene, we have bands like Bad Touch to thank. For over a decade now, the blues rockers have been traipsing up and down the country, doubly praiseworthy as their Norfolk base is somewhat off the … Continue reading
Gig review: JUDAS PRIEST/Saxon/Uriah Heep – Wembley Arena, London, 21 March 2024
For a band that so proudly proclaims their British roots, there is a case that Judas Priest have simply not toured their home country enough. In the eighties they largely neglected it for the USA with the result that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Sneap, Bernie Shaw, Biff Byford, Brian Tatler, Doug Scarratt, gig, Glenn Tipton, heavy metal, Judas Priest, Mick Box, Nibbs Carter, Phil Lanzon, Richie Faulkner, Rob Halford, Saxon, Uriah Heep
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Gig review: SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS – Wembley Arena, London, 5 April 2024
It has been a good couple of years since Slash, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, released the ‘4’ album. However these days he again has to fit solo work around Guns’ n’ Roses duties which have included stadium shows … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Royal Albert Hall, London, 4 April 2024
As he told us midway through the set, it’s now 15 years since the relatively inexperienced Joe Bonamassa gambled in following in the footsteps of his blues rock heroes at the Royal Albert Hall. It capped a meteoric rise, just … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 April 2024, blues, blues rock, CalvinTurner, gig, Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Lemar Carter, London, Reese Winans, review, Royal Albert Hall
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Gig review: MR. BIG- Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 23 March 2024
Mr.Big’s last UK tour was here six years ago and when original drummer Pat Torpey passed away months later, the band were effectively put on ice. However the surviving three members have decided to go out one more time, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Sheehan, Eric Martin, gig, Jared James Nichols, Lean Into It, melodic rock, Michele Luppi, Mr Big, Nick D’Virgilio, Paul Gilbert
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Gig review: NINEBARROW – Harwell Village Hall, 15 March 2024
A pleasing sign to read on the doors tonight – sold out. Live music maybe in intensive care in some cases but signs of recovery are thankfully showing. Opening tonight were Oxfordshire female duo Wednesday’s Wolves, who I had first seen … Continue reading
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Tagged folk, Friday 15 March 2024, gig, Harwell Village Hall, Ninebarrow, review, traditional music, Wednesday's Wolves
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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 7 March 2024
2023 saw Martin Turner revisit the 50th anniversary of Wishbone Ash’s seminal live album Live Dates. This year though, he and his band are fast forwarding seven years to do a similar retrospective with ‘Live Dates Volume II’. (as, incidentally, … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Willson, Eel Pie Club, gig, Live Dates Volume Two, Martin Turner, Misha Nikolic, Sonny Flint, Wishbone Ash
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Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – SWG 3, Glasgow – 20th February 2024
Almost exactly 9 years ago I dragged myself along to The Garage in Glasgow to say farewell to The Blackout as they became another victim of the corporate music machine. That night was all the more bittersweet as it served … Continue reading
Gig review: 10cc – Bristol Beacon, 7 March 2024
David Randall chatted to Graham Gouldman about his career. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 12 August 2018. I worked out it’s nearly fifty years since I last saw 10cc live, and this was at the height of … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 7 March 2024, Bristol Beacon, gig, Graham Gouldman, pop, pop rock, review
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Gig review: GUN – 100 Club, London, 29 February 2024
Gun’s profile is set to be higher in 2024 than at any time since they reformed, with songs being used in a Samuel L Jackson movie, festival dates already announced and most importantly a new album in ‘Hombres’, their first … Continue reading
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Tagged Dante Gizzi, gig, Guliano Gizzi, Gun, Hombres
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Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR- Indigo2, London, 22 February 2024
2024 is a big year for Joanne Shaw Taylor with a new album ‘Heavy Soul’ on the way, and already a single release, and a UK tour including this, her biggest London headline show to date, albeit in the Indigo’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Connor Selby, gig, Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Gig review: FRASER ANDERSON/EMILY FRASER – Junction 3, Cambridge, 24 February 2024
Continuing my February foray to Cambridge’s acoustic gig offerings, the intimate club surroundings of Junction 3 – where the popular New Routes event has its home – hosts some of the very best acoustic and electric talent in the folk … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 February 2024, acoustic, Cambridge, Emily Fraser, Fraser Anderson, gig, Junction 3, review, singer, songwriter
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Gig review: CONSTANT FOLLOWER – Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 22 February 2024
For those seeking refuge from a harsh world outside, there was no better place than Cambridge, its gleaming spires, ancient waterway, historic places of learning and the constant ring of bicycle bells in the town centre suddenly the epicentre of … Continue reading
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Thames Side Brewery, Staines,18 February 2024
One of my biggest discoveries of 2023 was Brave Rival (a belated one, I know, as this website first marked them as a band to watch in 2019). I saw them three times during the year but the one that … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick
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Gig review: SWEET CRISIS- The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 17 February 2024
Cambridge based Sweet Crisis have been on the scene for quite a few years, peddling a classic rock imbued with large dollops of blues and soul. I’d only seen them before on a couple of impressive and well received support … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, gig, Leo Robarts, Piers Mortimer, Rob Bullock, Sweet Crisis, The Cavern
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Gig review: ROBBIE MCINTOSH – The Sound Lounge, Sutton, Surrey 17 February 2024
In a world of over-hyped musicians and guitarists, Robbie McIntosh is a timely reminder of the virtues of taste, tone, lyrical ability and humility. Here’s a guitarist with a musical CV that many could only dream of (Paul McCartney, The … Continue reading
Gig review: ANDY SHARROCKS &The Incurable Romantics – 100 Club, London, 14 February 2024
If you invited your better half to spend St. Valentine’s night at London’s 100 Club, the chances are your relationship could soon be in trouble. Imagine my surprise then to discover a fair sprinkling of women as part of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident On The East Lancs, Americana, Andy Sharrocks, Andy Sharrocks & The Incurbale Romantics, Calm Colin Chamberlain, Captain Beeheart, Country Rock & Roll N’ Durty Blues, Danny Bourassa, Est Of Reno, live, Michelle Turnbull, Mick Taylor, Pete Kosanovitch, review, Rolling Stones, The Hoosiers, Tom Waits
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Gig review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, Tuesday 13 February 2024
“We became big fish in a very small pond” Simon Nicol says with usual modesty about Fairport Convention’s leap from the nascent folk band to suddenly becoming the poster children of the flourishing folk rock movement, brought about by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bury St Edmunds, Chris Leslie, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention, folk, folk rock, gig, review, Ric Sanders, Simon Nichol, The Apex, Tuesday 13 February 2024
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Gig review: JACK J. HUTCHINSON – 02 Academy 2, Islington, London, 8 February 2024
Going somewhat under the radar, except for those in the know, Jack J Hutchinson has just put out his fourth album in the last few years, ‘Battles’, receiving a rave review from Jason Ritchie in the pages of GRTR! For … Continue reading
Gig review: SOUTH OF SALEM – The Tivoli, Buckley, North Wales, 9 February 2024
South Of Salem could be construed as “old school” in 2024. Admittedly there’s nothing cutting edge in their Goth-inspired metal delivery but – by goodness – they deliver. We’ve been exposed to a series of singles from the band in … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 February 2024, Buckley, gig, goth, horror, metal, North Wales, review, South Of Salem, The Tivoli
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Gig review: FLORENCE BLACK – Manchester Academy 3, 3 February 2024
As I entered the venue for the sold out show saw a diverse crowd with a nice mix of ages. The atmosphere was already rocking and they hadn’t even hit the stage yet. I managed to catch the last few … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 February 2024, classic rock, Florence Black, gig, hard rock, James And The Cold Gun, Manchester Academy 3, punk, review, rock, Trucker Diablo
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