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Gig review: PUNCHDRUNK SAINTS – Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden, December 27 2025
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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025
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Gig review: JOHN OTWAY – Face Bar, Reading, Thursday 11 December 2025
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Album review: MOJO PREACHERS – Confessions
www.mojopreachers.com Okay, I’ll admit I was one of those who thought the only good thing that came out of Norwich was the A11 but hold up….seems like if you stumble into any Norfolk bar of an evening these days, you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Confessions, Mojo Preachers, review, rock
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Album review: IRON SAVIOR – Titancraft
AFM Records [Release date 20.05.16] Iron Savior’s ninth studio release “Titancraft” features more of the same from the German power metal band…namely science fiction inspired Teutonic metal a la Primal Fear/Helloween. Main-man Piet Sielck (vocals, guitar) is back again and … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM, album, IRON SAVIOR, Jan-Sören Eckert, Joachim Küstner, Piet Sielck, power metal, review, Thomas Nack, Titancraft
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Gig review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND – Wembley Stadium, 5 June 2016
If ’Born To Run’ established his legend, it was the broad sweep of his ambitious double album ‘The River’ way back in 1980 that propelled Bruce Springsteen into the mainstream, at least here in the UK where as a teenager … Continue reading
Album review: MARTIN TURNER – Reissues
Cherry Red [Release date 08.04.16] Martin Turner albums are like buses. There’s nothing, and then along come several. That’s no problem as the one-time Wishbone Ash bassist always maintains a high quality quotient and they are worth the wait even … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Argus, Life Begins, Martin Turner, New Live Dates, prog, progressive, review, rock, Ted Turner, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Reissues
Esoteric [Release date: April & June 2016] For many readers BJH will conjure up images of a slightly rockier Moody Blues and, indeed, the band recognised that assertion in their song ‘Poor Man’s Moody Blues’. The band originally signed to … Continue reading
Gig review: DAN PATLANSKY – Jazz Café, London, 9 June 2016
South Africa may not be known as a hot bed of blues rock talent, but in Dan Patlansky they have a serious prospect. Patlansky has raised his profile with recent successful tours opening up for Joe Satriani and King King. … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 June 2016, blues rock, Dan Patlansky, gig, Introvertigo, Jazz Cafe, live, review
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Album review: DARE – Sacred Ground
Legend Records [Release date 15.07.16] Dare return with their first all new album since 2009′s ‘Arc Of The Dawn’ – although we did have ‘Calm Before The Storm 2′ in 2012 which was a re-recording/revamp of the 1998 album of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Celtic, Dare, Darren Wharton, melodic, review, rock, Sacred Ground, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Burns
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Album review: RICH ROBINSON – Flux
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 24.06.16] Following on from his recent re-issue campaign comes the release of ‘Flux’- the 4th solo studio album from former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson, and in my mind, his best solo effort to date. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Crowes, blues, Flux, review, Rich Robinson, rock
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Album review: BUDGIE – The MCA Albums 1973-1975
UMC [Release date 03.06.16] This straightforward, budget-priced, three album box set arguably misses out on Budgie’s “finest hour” or two hours if you count the band’s second album ‘Squawk’. One wonders if the first two albums will be reissued in … Continue reading
Gig review: BERNIE MARSDEN – The Horn, St Albans, 8 June 2016
The back room of a Hertfordshire pub, which is also one of the South-East’s longest running music venues, was the unlikely setting for a one off date with guitarist Bernie Marsden, shaking off his jetlag from a trip to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 June 2016, Bernie Marsden, blues, blues rock, FM, gig, Jim Kirkpatrick, review, St Albans, The Horn, Whitesnake
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Gig review: FOREIGNER – London Palladium, 7 June 2016
John Parr had been due to open up for Foreigner at this prestigious gig, but had to cancel and Deborah Bonham stepped up at short notice. The younger sister of the infamous Led Zep sticksman has a powerful set of … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 June 2016, concert, Foreigner, gig, Jeff Pilson, Kelly Hansen, live, London Palladium, Mick Jones, review
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped
Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, album, documentary, interview, live, reissue, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Totally Stripped
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Album review: THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS – A Box Of Everything
Red River [Release date 16.06.16] Who? And where the hell is Slambovia? Not another Eastern European bloc state looking to dig its snout into the EU feeding trough? No, it’s a state of mind of a New York indie outfit … Continue reading
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Tagged A Box Of Everything, album, compilation, psych, psychedelic, review, rock, roots, The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams
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Gig review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Dingwalls, London, 9 June 2016
On Sunday 12 June 2016 at 20:00 GMT Pete Feenstra chats to Joe Louis Walker on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and plays tracks from the new album More information Tonight’s Joe Louis Walker show is a reminder that the … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, blues, Earl Hooker, funk, gig, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Louis Walker, John Lee Hooker, Kat & Co, Kathleen Pearson, Lizard Brothers, Magic Slim, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, review, rock, soul
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Quick plays: MIKKO JOENSUU, ODDITY, VINNIE MOORE
MIKKO JOENSUU Amen 1 An ambitious musical adventure here from Mikko Joensuu as this album is the first part of a planned trilogy of albums. This is a very sparse album, in that Mikko’s vocals are the main focus backed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Amen 1, Americana, country, folk, guitarist, Hidden City, metal, Mikko Joensuu, Oddity, Press Hard, Reds' Cool, review, rock, Settle Down, SPV, The Cult, Vinnie Moore
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped
Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have a … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Eagle Rock, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Totally Stripped
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Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Everybody Wants A Piece
On Sunday 12 June 2016 at 20:00 GMT Pete Feenstra chats to Joe Louis Walker on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and plays tracks from the new album More information Provogue [Release date 09.10.15] If bluesman Joe Louis Walker career … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Danny Kirwan, Frank Sinatra, funk, guitar, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Marty Balin, Michael Bloomfield, Otis Redding, Paul Nelson, Ramsey Lewis, review, rock, soul, Taj Mahal, The Boss Talkers, The Spiritual Corinthians
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Album review: SUNSTORM- Edge Of Tomorrow
Frontiers [Release date 03.06.10] Sunstorm have never been a band as such, but the name given to a Frontiers Records studio project which is now four albums strong over a decade, the one common link being Joe Lynn Turner’s evergreen … Continue reading
Album review: TED POLEY- Beyond The Fade
Frontiers [Release date 13.05.16] A matter of weeks after some erstwhile bandmates produced one of the albums of the year with the Defiants, Danger Danger singer Ted Poley responds with his own latest solo album. A solo album is usually … Continue reading
Album review: WALTER TROUT – ALIVE in Amsterdam
This hour-long interview special was first broadcast on Sunday 10 July on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in the Pete Feenstra Feature, with tracks from the new album. Provogue [Release date 17.05.16] There’s nothing quite like experiencing Walter Trout live, … Continue reading
Album review: RAY WILSON – Song For A Friend
Jaggy D Records [Release date 03.06.16] What a beauty of an album this is! Stiltskin frontman and ex-Genesis lead singer, Ray Wilson’s fifth solo album, “Song For A Friend” oozes quality and empathy – epitomizing heart-felt balladry throughout. Lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Genesis, Ray Wilson, review, singer, Song For A Friend, songwriter, Stiltskin
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Gig review: BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL – Catton Hall, Derbyshire, 26-29 May 2016
Bearded Theory A field full of happiness… In May 2013, Bearded Theory festival captured a piece of my heart and has steadfastly refused to give it back since. It’s impossible not to love this place and I’m not the only … Continue reading
Album review: BEN CRAVEN – Last Chance To Hear
Tuneleak Records [Release date: 29.03.16] Ben Craven is an Australian multi-instrumentalist – self-described as a ‘cinematic progressive rock singer-songwriter’. ‘Last Chance To Hear’ is his third studio album to date following ‘Two False Idols’ in 2005 and 2011’s ‘Great … Continue reading
Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – Folklore
www.bigbigtrain.com [Release date 27.05.16] Big Big Train return with their first full studio album since 2013, last year’s EP ‘Wassail’ was a nice stop gap and the title track is on this album. Also since their last album they have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, folk, Folklore, pastoral, prog, progressive, review, rock, XTC
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EP review: DAXX & ROXANNE – 4×4
Code 7 – Justice Brothers [Release date 01.04.16] Daxx & Roxane are a totally new band to me so their music had to have that edge to grab my attention and, well, it certainly did. 4×4 is like a shot … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x4, Caterina Shortwave, Daxx and Roxanne, EP, glam, hard rock, review, rock, Wax Ex-Static
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