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Album review: BROTHERS OF MARS – Welcome To My Breakdown
[Release date 22.09.15] www.brothersofmars.com A quick glance at the track listing on this solo project from Mauro Zarattini – ‘Mental Breakdown’, ‘Welcome To Hell’, ‘Tarot Reader’, and ‘Acid Rain’ – suggests that the listener is in for some, to use … Continue reading
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Gig review: GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL – Skegness, 22-24 January 2016
Reporting by Simon Dunkerley and Pete Feenstra Pete Feenstra writes: Perhaps only The Great British Rock & Blues Festival can give you the unlikely opportunity of slipping from the dancing delights of Courtney Pine’s venue filling world music and jazz … Continue reading
Album review: SHAKRA – High Noon
AFM Records [Release date 29.01.16] Swiss hard rock band Shakra return with their tenth studio album “High Noon” and, after the departure of vocalist John Prakesh in late 2013, surprisingly also return with previous vocalist Mark Fox who quit the … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album, Dominik Pfister, High Noon, Mark Fox, melodic rock, review, Roger Tanner, Shakra, Switzerland, Thom Blunier, Thomas Muster
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Album Review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Into The Legend
AFM Records [Release date 15.01.16] Rhapsody of Fire return with their 11th studio album “Into The Legend”…this is of course classing Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody as a totally separate band which I suppose it is anyway… The press release points out … Continue reading
News: RODNEY MATTHEWS exhibition runs until 24 February – Wells, Somerset
GRTR! photographer Simon Dunkerley recently attended the private viewing of ‘IONAWR’, the new exhibition featuring the work of fantasy artist Rodney Matthews. Before the times of digital download and live music streaming the thrill of a new album release meant … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 January - 24 February 2016, art, Bishop Well's Palace, exhibition, fantasy, IONAWR, Magnum, Nazareth, Rodney Matthews, Somerset, Thin Lizzy, Wells
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Album review: MAGNUM – Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies
SPV [Release date 26.02.16] Tony Clarkin must surely receive a public award for services to consistent songwriting. Since the mid-1970s he has been the main architect of Magnum’s wider and enduring success. And on this – the band’s 19th studio … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Barrow, album, AOR, Bob Catley, Harry James, Magnum, Mark Stanway, pomp, review, rock, Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies, Tony Clarkin
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Album review: THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT – White Bear
Earache Records [Release date 15.01.16] The Temperance Movement’s debut album released back in 2013 proved a big hit, making the upper echelons of the UK album charts. Since then they have opened for the Rolling Stones and toured extensively, including … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Earache Records, Phil Campbell, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, The Temperance Movement, White Bear
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Album review: LAST IN LINE – Heavy Crown
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 19.02.16] How poignant that, as I write this review, it is just hours since the news broke that bass player Jimmy Bain has died. A member of Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and a pivotal part of Dio, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Freeman, classic, Dio, Frontiers, Heavy Crown, Jeff Pilson, Jimmy Bain, Last In Line, review, rock, Vinny Appice, Vivian Campbell
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Gig review: MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 22 January 2016
Photo: Pako Meria Almost exactly a year ago I got a copy through of the latest Temple Of Rock album, ‘Spirit On A Mission’. One play through was all it took for me to decide that the band had created … Continue reading
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Tagged 22nd January 2016, classic rock, Doogie White, Ed David, Edinburgh, Francis Buchholz, gig, Herman Rarebell, Jason Womack, Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock, MSG, Queens Hall, review, rock, Scorpions, UFO, Venrez, Wayne Findley
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Quick plays: JULIA FORDHAM (1988 reissue), UNDERHILL ROSE
Cherry Pop [Release date 29.01.16] Julia Fordham is one of those artists who could only really flourish in the 1980s when there were expansive label budgets, solid production values, and exposure on national radio. Her exquisite blend of self-penned pop … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, bonus tracks, folk, Julia Fordham, live, pop, reissue, review, roots, singer, songwriter, The Great Tomorrow, Underhill Rose
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Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – Jan Akkerman (1977 reissue)
Esoteric Recordings [Release date 29.01.16] “Jan Akkerman”, the 1977 album with the distinctive “guitar in bed” cover, was Akkerman’s answer to Jeff Beck’s ‘Blow By Blow’ two years earlier. This was the Dutch guitarist’s first solo album since splitting from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dutch, Focus, guitar, guitarist, Holland, Jan Akkerman, jazz fusion, Jazz rock, rock
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Quick plays: DIRTBAG REPUBLIC, SNAKEWINE, TRAGIK
DIRTBAG REPUBLIC S/T www.dirtbagreoublic.bandcamp.com Now this is my kind of album- sleazy rock n roll neatly served up in 3 minute segments. This Canadian band have a sound that blends the likes of KISS, The New York Dolls, Cheap Trick … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Alien Drive, classic, Dirtbag Republic, Phil Vincent, Quick Play, reviews, rock, sleaze, Snakewine, Stiff Staff, Tragik
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EP review: EVILYN STRANGE – Evilution
Thirteen 772 Music [Release date 07.03.16] By their own admission, Mikael Johannesson and Phillip Strange have gone heavier for this five track EP ahead of a full-length album, the follow-up to 2013′s ‘Mourning Phoebe’. Whilst there is nothing inherently wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, Evilution, Evilyn Strange, heavy rock, review
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News: ELEANOR MCEVOY – New album 5 February, Archive Interview – Sunday 24 January 2016
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio favourite Eleanor McEvoy is featured on Sunday 24 January, ahead of the release of her latest album ‘Naked Music’ (17:00 GMT). The radio station is replaying their 2009 interview when Eleanor chatted about her career … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged blues rock, Dale Griffin, Eleanor McEvoy, feature, interview, Magnum, Mott the Hoople, NWOBHM, radio, Simo, singer, songwriter, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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Album review: PRIMAL FEAR – Rulebreaker
Frontiers Records [Release date 22.11.15] Teutonic metal merchants Primal Fear return with their 11th studio album “Rulebreaker” which follows a similar path to 2014’s well received “Delivering The Black” opus. Primal Fear were founded way back in 1997 when bassist … Continue reading
Album review: CUTTING CREW – Add To Favourites
www.cuttingcrew.biz Everyone will know Cutting Crew for their big 80′s hit ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight’ and they had a decent level of success until they split-up in 1993. The band returned in 2005 with frontman and sole … Continue reading
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Tagged Add To Favorites, album, AOR, country, Cutting Crew, Nick Van Eede, pop, review, rock, soul
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News: WILL ROBERT BRAND NEW EP AND DEBUT HEADLINE TOUR
Ahead of the release of his new ‘Mountain’ E.P. on 19th February through Virgin EMI, acclaimed Cambridge-based troubadour Will Robert will embark on fifteen-date debut headline tour of the UK. The life-affirming five-track E.P. will be available to buy before … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, Mountain, news, rock, singer, songwriter, UK tour, Will Robert
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Album review: IAN DANTER – Second Time Around
Cherry Red [Release date 25.09.15] I enjoyed TalkSport’s (he also subs in at Planet Rock and is the drummer in Kiss tribute band Dressed To Kill) Ian Danter’s debut album ‘Prove You Wrong’, released in 2013 and here is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Greg Hart, IAN DANTER, Kiss, melodic, power pop, review, rock, Second Time Around, talkSPORT
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Album review: BRAINSTORM – Scary Creatures
AFM Records [Release date 15.01.16] Brainstorm’s 11th studio album “Scary Creatures” follows hot on the heels of 2014’s “Firesoul” and features ten more Euro-style power metal numbers. The Bavarian band were formed way back in 1989 and released their first … Continue reading
Album review: EXUMER – The Raging Tides
Metal Blade [Release date 29.01.16] Old fashion thrashin’. It can’t be put more simply than that. Exumer released both “Possessed by Fire” and “Rising from the Sea” at the height of thrash’s popularity, the 80s. This is a band that … Continue reading
EP reviews: MORE THAN MOST, HOMEWRECKR
EP Review: MORE THAN MOST – Impossible Is Temporary Self release [Release date 05.02.16] This is the debut EP from the London five piece who formed back in 2014. They describe themselves as ‘electronic alt-rockers’ and contain elements from the … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, Homewreckr, Impossible Is Temporary, Linkin Park, metal, More Than Most, review, The Blackout, The Wreckning; rock
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Album review: MANIMAL – Trapped In The Shadows
AFM Records [Release date 20.11.15] Manimal return with their brand of Swedish metal in the form of “Trapped In The Shadows” but for me the band name is a little off putting as it serves as a reminder of that … Continue reading
Quick plays: MICK FLINN BAND, MATCHBOX
MICK FLINN BAND Road To L.A. [Release date 29.01.16] The Mick Flinn Band formed around five years ago, but Mick Flinn is most probably more well known as the lead singer in 70′s hitmakers the Mixtures, who had chart success … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Going Down Town, Matchbox, Mick Flinn Band, review, Road To LA, rock, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, the Mixtures
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Album review: GLITCH CODE – Gifted_Damaged
Basilica Music [Release date 12.02.16] Glitch Code is a collaboration between songwriter/producer/sound designer Paul Kirkpatrick and vocalist Rachel Harvey. And a lot of attention to detail has gone into the creation of their debut – even the packaging for the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Basilica, electronica, Gifted_Damaged, Glitch Code, Paul Kirkpatrick, pop, Rachel Harvey, review, rock
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Album review: LEAPFROGTOWN – Dreaming In Public
Coffee Jingle Records [Release date 25.01.16] Leapfrogtown – a vehicle for London duo Chris Guard and Stuart Walton – is proof, if it were ever needed, that you’re never old to [start to] rock ‘n’ roll, with their debut a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Guard, Dreaming In Public, glam, Leapfrogtown, pop, review, rock, Stuart Walton
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