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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
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Quick plays: JUNIPER, ADY JOHNSON, ADAM BEATTIE
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
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Album review : NINA ANTONIA AND THE LUNAR MOTHS – Dropping Like Butterflies
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Album review – PALLAS – The Midas Touch Boxset (8CDs+DVD)
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Album review: THE WESTERN FRONT – Eureka
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Album review: GAMA BOMB – Untouchable Glory
AFM Records [Release date 30.10.15] “Untouchable Glory” is the fifth album from Northern Ireland’s answer to vintage Anthrax, namely Gama Bomb. The band formed back in 2002 in Newry and bonded over a love of obscure thrash bands and zombies. … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM, album, Domo Dixon, Gama Bomb, Joe McGuigan, John Roche, Paul Caffrey, Philly Byrne, review, Thrash, Untouchable Glory
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Album review: JOHN HACKETT – Another Life
Esoteric Antenna Records [Release date: 25.09.15] Although it must be difficult to carve yourself out a career when you are the sibling of a high-profile and much-revered performer, John Hackett has made more than a mere niche for himself … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Nottingham, Capital FM Arena, 25 October 2015
During his relatively short career – compared to his peers BB King, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton – Joe Bonamassa has become known for his relentless work ethic of touring and album releases and continues to keep blues music alive … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 October 2015, blues, blues rock, Capital FM Arena, gig, guitar, guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, Nottingham, review
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Album review: FLYING COLORS – Second Flight: Live at the Z7
Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group [Release date 13.11.15] This new live package comes in a plethora of formats – takes a deep breath – 4K UltraHD, Blu-ray, DVD, LP + MP3, double CD/DVD, iTunes, Headphone Surround and Pono. Right now … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Flying Colors, live, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, prog, review, rock, Second Flight Live at the Z7, Steve Morse
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Album review: MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL – Keep Coming Back
The Pete Feenstra Feature – Mike Zito (1 November 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Ruf [Release date 06.11.15] And so after three albums with the award winning Royal Southern Brotherhood super group, Mike Zito returns to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anders Osborne, blues, Bruce Springsteen, funk, interview, Jimmy carpenter, John Fogerty, Mike Zito, Mike Zito & The Wheel, review, rock, roots, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sheryl Crow, soul, Suzi Simms, The Wheel, Trina Shoemaker
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Album review: MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL – Kingdom Of Rock
Frontiers [Release date 06.11.15] Primal Fear guitarist Magnus Karlsson returns with the second album under the Free Fall banner. Magnus handles all the instruments, bar the drums provided by Jamie Salazar and again, like the debut, he has some top … Continue reading
Album review: CLOSE QUARTERS – Always A Lot, Never Little
Fassberg & Osterlind Music “Always A Lot, Never Little” is the second album from Sweden’s Close Quarters, a band who slot in nicely somewhere between the Backyard Babies, Hardcore Superstar and Michael Monroe- all of which have recently released new … Continue reading
Album review: THIRSTY – Thirsty
Thirsty is the product of a writing collaboration between ex-Quireboy Guy Bailey and Russian poet Irina D, who wrote the words that he has set to music with stunning results. Produced by legendary Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey and featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Kimsey, Guy Bailey, Irina D, Lynne Jackaman, poet, Quireboys, review, rock, Saint Jude, Thirsty
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Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – The Lowry, Salford, 25 October 2015
David Randall chatted to Steve Hackett in October 2014 on the eve of his UK ‘Genesis Extended’ tour. Their conversation takes in the impact of Genesis and Steve’s own interpretation in more recent times. With tracks from the ‘Live At … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 October 2015, Genesis, gig, guitar, guitarist, interview, prog, Progressive Rock, review, rock, Roine Stolt, Salford, Steve Hackett, The Lowry
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Gig review: RIVERSIDE, SIXXIS, LION SHEPHERD – Ritz, Manchester, 22 October 2015
With their superb new album, Love, Fear And The Time Machine to promote (check out my review), Riverside have been on tour since the end of August, taking in North, South and Central America as well as Europe. They rolled … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 October 2015, gig, Lion Shepherd, Manchester, metal, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Ritz, RIVERSIDE, SixxiS
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Album review: PAGAN’S MIND – Full Circle Live at Center Stage
SPV [Released 16.10.15] I have come quite late to the Pagan’s Mind party having first heard them on their 2011 release, ‘Heavenly Ecstasy’. Hailing from Norway, they play progressive metal or space metal as some have dubbed it. This show … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Full Circle Live at Center Stage, metal, Pagan's Mind, progressive, review
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News: DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION, Edgar Winter interview features – Sunday 25 October 2015
Pop rock duo Geoff Downes and Chris Braide release their second album as Downes Braide Association (DBA) on 6 November. Downes is best known as the keyboard maestro with bands like Asia and Yes whilst Chris Braide has written for … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 October 2015, Asia, blues, blues rock, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Edgar Winter, Geoff Downes, interview, pop, pop rock, progressive, radio, Yes
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Gig review: DAN REED NETWORK – The Tivoli, Buckley, North Wales, 23 October 2015
Get Ready to ROCK!’s David Randall chatted to Dan Reed in April 2009 at the start of an acoustic tour and took the opportunity to explore the “golden era” of the late-1980s/early 1990s when the Dan Reed Network experienced their … Continue reading
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Quick plays: FOREVER STILL, KARI RUESLATTEN, CELIA ROSE
FOREVER STILL Tied Down [Release date 15.01.16] Danish female fronted heavy rockers Forever Still’s debut release is typically ‘in your face’ mixing some bludgeoning riffs from the fret board of Mikkel Haastrup, with melodic lead vocals from Maja Schoenning. While … Continue reading
Album review: BAD COMPANY – Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy – The Very Best Of
Rhino [Release date 02.10.15] Do we really need another Bad Company anthology? They were a great band that paved the way for so-called arena rock in the 1980s but haven’t we got all we need on our iPods and memory … Continue reading
Quick plays: ISRAEL NASH, IMAGINARY PEOPLE, FERRIS & THE WHEELS
ISRAEL NASH’S SILVER SEASON Loose/Thirty Tigers [Release date 09.10.15] www.israelnash.com Israel Nash has already earned some plaudits for his previous album, 2013′s ‘Israel Nash’s Rain Plans’. The one thing that instantly comes to mind upon hearing this album for the … Continue reading
EP review: BLACKWATER DROWNING – Delusionary
www.facebook.com/blackwaterdrowning If you haven’t heard the name Blackwater Drowning yet, don’t be alarmed. They’re very new on the scene and haven’t had the chance to make their presence known in the metal world. That’s what I intend to do for … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater Drowning, Delusionary, EP, Industrial, metal, progressive, review
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Album review: LIFELINE – Scream
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 23.10.15] Lifeline have an interesting line-up on this one with two vocalists, namely Nigel Bailey (Three Lions/Bailey) and Lee Small (Shy/Phenomena), who are joined by guitarist Paul Hulme (Demon and Lawless, where he is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DEMON, hard rock, LAWLESS, Lee Small, Lifeline, Nigel Bailey, Paul Hulme, Phenomena, review, Scream, Shy
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Album review: CHAMPLIN, WILLIAMS, FRIESTEDT – CWF
AOR Heaven [Release date 26.10.15] CWF is a West Coast AOR supergroup teaming up Toto’s Joseph Williams with former Chicago vocalist Bill Champlin and guitarist/producer Peter Friestedt. The trio have released a live DVD already and Williams & Friestedt released … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Bill Champlin, Champlin, Chicago, CWF, Friestedt, Joseph Williams, melodic rock, Peter Friestedt, review, Toto, West Coast, Williams
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DVD review: I Need A Dodge! Joe Strummer On The Run
Cadiz Music [Release date 25.09.15] By 1985 the classic Clash line-up was over and Mark II had taken their place- they looked good and sounded good, but they were not The Clash. The pressure of this and the impending split … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, I Need A Dodge - Joe Strummer on the Run, Joe Strummer, punk, review, rock, The Clash
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Album review: EXPENZER – Kill The Conductor
Czar Of Crickets [Release date 06.07.15] In the mid-Eighties thrash metal was king. Early Metallica and Anthrax releases were hailed as future classics but for me it was the first two albums by Slayer which defined the genre. ‘Show No … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Expenzer, Hell Awaits, Kill The Conductor, metal, review, rock thrash, Show No Mercy, Slayer, Tom Araya
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Album review: TRIVIUM – Silence In The Snow
Roadrunner Records [Release date 02.10.15] This album sees a number of firsts for Trivium, the main ones being that this is the first album to feature new drummer Mat Madiro and, more notably, it is the first album to feature … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Corey Beaulieu, Killswitch Engage, Mat Madiro, Matt Heafy, metal, review, rock, Silence In The Snow, Trivium, Vengeance Falls
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DVD review: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – Live At Finsbury Park
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date – 16.10.15] We have Simon Cowell to thank indirectly for this release. Back in 2009 Mr Cowell and his X Factor cronies were planning yet another Christmas chart domination with the latest in a long … Continue reading
Gig review: SQUEEZE – Royal Albert Hall, London, 15 October 2015
The Royal Albert Hall always makes any gig feel that little bit extra special with its grand exterior and interior. First up was a young four piece Millions. They were okay, typical indie rock fare and like newer bands they … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Difford, Cradle To The Grave, Dr John Cooper Clarke, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, pop, punk poet, review, rock, Royal Albert Hall, Squeeze
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Quick plays: THE EVENING SHADES, CLAUS HASSING, SOVEREIGN COUNCIL
THE EVENING SHADES Alright www.theeveningshades.com [Release date 28.08.15] The Evening Shades are a US four piece consisting of Mark Thales (vocals/acoustic guitar), Matthew Tayvis (bass/keys), Sam Kovic (guitars) and Justen Nielsen (drums). This band have an ear for a decent … Continue reading
