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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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Gig review: CURVED AIR – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 20 November 2025
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Quick plays: MICHAEL McDERMOTT, ANNIE KEATING, MISS RABBIT
MICHAEL McDERMOTT Willow Springs Having only just reviewed The Westies – Six On The Out, a vehicle for singer songwriter Michael McDermott, it was something of a surprise to find his 10th solo album land a matter of only weeks … Continue reading
Album review: JON KENZIE – From Wanderlust
Membran [Release date 01.07.16] Way back in 2009 I reviewed the eponymous debut by Beggar Joe a promising Manchester quintet that fell into the blues jazz genre, tempered by a side salad of rock and soul. A ‘late night/early hours’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beggar Joe, blues, From Wanderlust, Jon Kenzie, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album review: WILD PONIES – Radiant
No Evil Records [Release date 10.06.16] Essentially a Nashville-based duo of Doug (guitars and vocals) and Telisha (bass and vocals) Williams, Radiant is Wild Ponies sophomore release, coming on the back of their well-received Ray Kennedy-produced debut Things That Used … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Americana, Doug Williams, folk, Radiant, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Telisha Williams, Wild Ponies
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Album review: JAKE MORLEY – The Manual
Sandwich Emporium [Release date 10.06.16] You sense London based acoustic singer/songwriter Jake Morley tolerates the music industry, and all the hype that goes with it, rather than embraces it. His 2011 debut Many Fish To Fry found favour with Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Jake Morley, review, rock, singer, songwriter, The Manual
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Album review: CAIN RISING – s/t
That’ll Do Records [Release date out now] With a name like Southside Jimmy and the mix of country, folk and rock that borrows heavily on the likes of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan that permeate this eponymous debut, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Cain Rising, review, rock, roots
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Gig review: THE ANSWER – 100 Club, London, 24 May 2016
A tell tale sign of getting older, together with youthful policemen, neither knowing nor caring what is at No. 1 and a general irritability, is the increasing speed at which time passes. One example was to find out that The … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, 24 May 2016, blues rock, gig, hard rock, London, review, THE ANSWER
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Gig review: VEGA – Islington Academy, London, 30 May 2016
Midway through a successful tour supporting Magnum, UK melodic rock hopefuls Vega slipped in a headline show of their own at the smaller of Islington Academy’s two halls. Judging from easily the biggest crowd for a headline London show yet, … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 May 2016, AOR, gig, Islington Academy, London, melodic rock, review, Vega
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Album review: VOLBEAT – Seal The Deal And Let’s Boogie
Spinefarm Records [Release date 03.06.16] Volbeat’s meteoric rise shows no signs of abating any time soon. With the changes in line up, the latest being the addition of bassist Kasper Boye Larsen who replaced the departed Anders Kjolholm, it would … Continue reading
Album review: DEFTONES – Gore
Reprise Records [Release date 08.04.16] Deftones are a band who have never really caught my attention. The angst ridden vocals of Chino Merino coupled with the band’s usual soft, explode on chorus, then soft again is not too bad in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice In Chains, Chino Merino, Deftones, Gore, Jerry Cantrell, metal, Reprise records, review, rock
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Gig review: DAUGHTRY – Hammersmith Apollo, London, 27 May 2016
Proving that it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, even the music destroying reality TV shows can throw up genuine stars from time to time. One such was American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry, who burst onto the scene … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 May 2016, American Idol, AOR, Brian Craddock, Chris Daughtry, DAUGHTRY, gig, Hammersmith Apollo, hard rock, Josh Sheely, live, London, review
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Album review: DOUG ABRAHAM – Better Late Than…
BBM [Release date 27.10.15] Doug Abraham is a fine Liverpudlian singer-songwriter and confident guitarist who has a solid background in instrumental music and funk rock, though this album goes well beyond those genres. The title of the album ‘Better Late … Continue reading
Album review: MORELAND & ARBUCKLE – Promised Land Or Bust
Alligator [Release date 20.05.16] Moreland & Arbuckle are here to remind us that Heartland rock isn’t necessarily country music by another name. ‘Promised Land Or Bust’ their 7th album refines their signature roots-rock sound, built on memorable riffs, alternated soulful … Continue reading
Gig review: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL SOUTH – The Forum, Hatfield, 31 May 2016
Photo by Ian Collins Bank Holiday Monday and the train from Kings Cross is packed full of alternative kids with more face metal and stretched-out earlobes than you can shake a stick at. Among them is the odd old person … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, gig, Hardcore, Hatfield, Mallory Knox, metal, Panic At The Disco!, punk pop, review, rock, Slam Dunk South, The One Hundred, We Came As Romans, Yellowcard, Zebrahead
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News: BAD COMPANY Tour in October 2016
Photo: Steve Goudie Bad Company will return to the UK for their first tour in four years on their ‘Swan Song’ tour. Original Bad Company members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke will play eight dates in October. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Company, concerts, dates, gigs, hard rock, live, Mick Ralphs, October 2016, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tour, uk
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Quick plays: PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE, SULFUR CITY, KING MUD
PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE Love The Things Your Lover Loves An album full of trippy, bubblegum pop – these types of bands were ubiquitous in the ‘70s, think early Small Faces with Steve Mariott-type, easy-on-the-ears ditties (though not his pipes) but you … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barismanco, blues, King Mud, Papernut Cambridge, pop rock, Quick Play, reviews, rock, Sulfur City, the Blues Against Youth
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Album review: JORN – Heavy Rock Radio
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 03.06.16] Jorn is back with…another covers album. In the past few years he has been doing various re-recordings of his older work or covers, plus last years rather good ‘Dracula – The Swing Of Death’ with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Covers, Frontiers, Heavy Rock Radio, John Farnham, Jorn, Journey, Kate Bush, melodic, Queen, review, rock, Trond Holter
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Album review: CHRIS ALLARD – Invisible Landscape
Perdido [Release date 10.06.16] Chris Allard probably won’t thank me for saddling him with the jazz fusion tag, but he’s a subtle guitarist who evokes the likes of John Schofield and Lee Ritenour over 10 tracks full of inspired interplay, … Continue reading
Album review: GENE THE WEREWOLF – The Loner
[Release date 17.06.16] Fellow GRTR! reviewer Nikk Gunns loved Gene The Werewolf’s last album, ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal’, which was released at the end of 2012 on Frontiers. Like that album, this new one – their third to date – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Gene The Werewolf, hard rock, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Steel Panther, the Loner
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Album review: SLUDGEHAMMER – The Fallen Sun
[Release date 10.06.16] The major issue I have with some of the heavier music still remains the vocals. Sometimes I’ll press play and have my mind blown by some amazing music only to have my ears blown by bad vocals. … Continue reading
Album review: CONDITION RED – Illusion Of Truth
Lion Music [Release date 20.05.16] Lars Eric Mattson is a brilliant guitarist that not very many people outside music fans that dig a little deeper into guitar based music will easily recognize. It’s a shame too because everything I have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Condition Red, guitar, guitarist, Illusion of Truth, Lars Eric Mattson, metal, progressive, review, rock
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Gig review: LEAFHOUND – The Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, 19 May 2016
One of the great cult bands, Leafhound are still very much a going concern, but tour frustratingly infrequently. This show was on singer Pete French’s stamping ground, though the younger generation who have picked up on Leafhound as an influence … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 May 2016, blues rock, Eel Pie Club, gig, hard rock, Jim Rowland, Leafhound, Luke Rayner, Pete French, Peter Herbert, review, Twickenham
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Album review: GANDALF’S FIST – The Clockwork Fable
www.gandalfsfist.com [Release date 01.05.16] I enjoyed Gandalf’s Fist’s last album ‘A Forest Of Fey’, and they have really upped their game all round on this one. First, a mention about the packaging. Not only do we get a sumptuous triple … Continue reading
Album review: RICH ROBINSON – Reissues
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.02.16] With the Black Crowes looking to be all but consigned to musical history, Rich Robinson – founder, guitarist and writer of the music that made the band such a creative force – is now re-issuing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Paper, reissue, review, Rich Robinson, rock, The Black Crowes, Through A Crooked Sun, Woodstock Sessions
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Album review: THE STANDARD LAMPS – Long Lost Love
www.thestandardlamps.com [Release date 22.04.16] Hot on the heels of last year’s rather good ‘Mono’ EP The Standard Lamps are back with new album. They have also been busy on the live front supporting The Bluetones at the end of last … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Long Lost Love, Oasis, review, rock, Squeeze, the Bluetones, The Jam, The Standard Lamps
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Album review: VEGA – Who We Are
Frontiers [Release Date 13.05.16] Standard bearers for a new breed of melodic rock that marries the big hooks of the genre’s heyday with more contemporary arrangements and production, Vega have stood the test of time, this being their fourth album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Harry Hess, James Martin, melodic rock, Nick Workman, review, Tom Martin, Vega, Who We Are
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