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Album review: JO HARMAN – Dirt On My Tongue
Chief [Release date 12.03.13] Jo Harman is a ‘singer’s singer’. Everything about this album is tied up with her evocative phrasing, pristine diction and a husky voice that swamps the lyrics in honey. ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ is a surprisingly … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, jazz, Jo Harman, Mike Davies, rock, singer songwriter, soul, vocalist
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
Provogue 2-CD set/2-DVD/Bluray [Monday 25.03.13] ‘An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House’ finds Joe Bonamassa playing to his strengths in an unplugged mode. Together with a carefully chosen multi instrumental quintet, his playing is eloquent, … Continue reading
News: JIMI HENDRIX POP-UP STORE
JIMI HENDRIX® POP-UP STORE ANNOUNCED TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF JIMI HENDRIX’S PEOPLE, HELL AND ANGELS GANTON STREET, CARNABY, LONDON Monday 1 April – Friday 12 April 2013 FEATURING FENDER® ‘PLUG & PLAY DEMO STATIONS’ AND GERED MANKOWITZ PHOTO EXHIBITION … Continue reading
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Tagged GERED MANKOWITZ, Jimi Hendrix, People, PEOPLE HELL AND ANGELS, Pop-Up Shop
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Gig Review: THE DARKNESS – Hammersmith Apollo, 7 March 2013
Two years into their reformation and on the back of a comeback album ‘Hot Cakes’ that is perhaps their most satisfying work yet, perhaps time has lent some perspective to the Darkness phenomenon. A decade ago they divided opinion like … Continue reading
Album review: BIG COUNTRY – The Journey
Cherry Red (Released 15th April) This marks a major step in Big Country’s history as it is the first studio album not to feature the late Stuart Adamson and the recording debut of the Alarm’s Mike Peters … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, Bruce Watson, Mike Peters, Stuart Adamson, The Alarm, The Journey
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Interview: 10Q’s with DAVE MEROS (SPOCK’S BEARD)
Spock’s Beard release their eagerly anticipated new album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’ through Inside Out on March 25th. Here we catch-up with bass player Dave Meros… 1. What are you currently up to? I am currently trying to sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Meros, Neal Morse, Spock's Beard
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Album review: NO BRAGGING RIGHTS – Cycles
Good Fight (Release date – 28.03.13) Southern Californian five piece, No Bragging Rights, have been around since 2006 and this is album number two. The band master in hardcore punk with a metal edge coupled with vitriolic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Cycles, Hardcore punk, metalcore, No Bragging Rights, review
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Gig Review: RIVERSIDE / JOLLY – The Classic Grand, Glasgow,16 March 2013
Bass players are second only to drummers in the musician joke stakes. Often seen as failed guitarists the art of the bass player is usually hidden deep in the depths of the live mix somewhere behind the bass drum. Tonight … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 March 2013, Classic Grand, gig, Glasgow, Jolly, prog, Progressive Rock, review, RIVERSIDE
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Quick plays: STRYPER, PAPER AEROPLANES
STRYPER – The Second Coming Frontiers www.frontiers.it Stryper are having second wind with two studio albums since they returned back in 2003 (plus a covers album) and they are currently working on a new album for … Continue reading
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Tagged Little Letters, PAPER AEROPLANES, Stryper, The Second Coming
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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – If You Leave
Mosco [Release date 15.04.13] I’ve suggested in the past that I’d be happy to listen to Eleanor McEvoy sing the telephone directory – her soft lilting brogue is simply that addictive. Looking for my latest ‘fix’, even I was concerned … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, Eleanor McEvoy, If You Leave, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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News: SKYFEST 2013, 21-22 September,The Intake,Mansfield,Notts
Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on … Continue reading
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Tagged 21-22 September 2013, Code Of Silence, Coldspell, festival, hard rock, Intake, Mansfield, melodic, Notts, Pretty Maids, Rage Of Angels, Red Rum, Skyfest, Vega
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Gig Review: SAINT VITUS/MOS GENERATOR – The Cathouse, Glasgow, 14 March 2013
Not sure what it says about me, but I do love a bit of doom/ stoner rock. This bill then looked like a good night with the godfathers of doom, Saint Vitus, paired with the excellent Mos Generator. Let the … Continue reading
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Tagged 14 March 2013, Atragon, Doom, gig, Glasgow, live, metal, Mos Generator, review, Saint Vitus, stoner rock, The Cathouse
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Album review: ONWARD CHARIOTS – This Is My Confession
Ben Morss sure knows his stuff when it comes to music, and with his band, Onward Chariots, he shows off his immense knowledge in the form of the indie extravaganza “This Is My Confession”. It’s hard to get into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Morss, Onward Chariots, This Is My Confession
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Album review: RAVEN BLACK NIGHT – Barbarian Winter
Metal Blade – Out Now. I am sure that most of you would have gathered by now that 70s and 80s Rock/Metal music is definitely back in fashion. I mean, all you really have to do is to have a … Continue reading
Album review: THE BIG TEUTONIC FOUR – The Big Teutonic Four E.P
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Ask a hundred Thrashers to name the most important Thrash Metal bands in the world and you are guaranteed to have the vast majority say, “That has to be the Big Four” referring, of course, … Continue reading
Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – English Electric – Part Two
GEP www.bigbigtrain.com Following hot on the heels of ‘English Electric – Part One’ Big Big Train release the second part and this has high expectations, as its predecessor was runner-up in the ‘Prog’ magazine’s ‘Reader’s Poll’, … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, English Electric – Part Two, GEP, prog rock, XTC
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Gig review: DAN REED – O2 Academy,Liverpool,13 March 2013
What’s not to like about Dan Reed? Great songs, warmth, and a humility sometimes lacking in other performers. We first caught Dan’s quiet UK renaissance back in 2009 when he took his acoustic guitar around smaller venues, always connecting with … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 March 2013, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, gig, Liverpool, O2 Academy, review, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: ALVIN LEE – The Best Of
Repertoire Records (2012) This album has been brought into sharp focus by the sad loss of Alvin Lee. The Woodstock guitar hero seemed to be more affected than most by the prevailing sweep of punk and new … Continue reading
Album review: CORB LUND – Cabin Fever
New West Records This album slipped through the net but roots fans should still check it out. Canadian country singer Corb Lund’s ‘Cabin Fever’ is a left field album with a difference. It’s is full of … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Music, Corb London, country, New West records, singer songwriter
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Album review: MAN THE MACHETES – Idiokrati
Indie Recordings – Out Now. Indie Recordings in a Norwegian Label with an eye for all things unusual and unique-sounding. Want me to throw a few names at you? How about Borknagar, Vreid, Cult Of Luna and Wardruna– all bands … Continue reading
Album Review: SPIN DOCTORS – If The River Was Whiskey
Ruf Records [06.05.13] Given the Spin Doctors penchant for funky rhythms and their early 90’s Hendrix meets Parliament style jamming, the idea of a blues album isn’t necessarily as incredulous as it might sound. The band paid … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, If The River Was Whiskey, jam band, Pete Feenstra, review, ruf records, Spin Doctors
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Album review: BLACK – Wonderful Life
Universal (Released 15th April 2013) Black’s ‘Wonderful Life’ was originally released back in 1987 (this reissue is the CD version that had fifteen songs, the vinyl version only featured ten songs) and of course the title … Continue reading
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Tagged Black, classic pop, Universal, Wonderful Life
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Quick Plays: ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT, CYANIDE 4
ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT – No Second Take Livewire/Cargo Formed in 2010 by former Wrathchild UK front man Rocky Shades, Wildside Riot are best described as a having a hard rock sound somewhere between the light end of NWOBHM and … Continue reading
Quick Plays: ALASCA,JIMMY BREWER,CHRISTA COUTURE
ALASCA Actors & Liars (IRL) AlascA are a four piece based near Amsterdam consisting of Frank Bond (vocals, guitars, bass) , William Bond (harmonies, keys), Ferdinand Jonk (harmonies, banjo, 12-string) and Louis van Sinderen). Endorsed as ‘magical’ by fellow countryman … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors & Liars, Alasca, As Time Stands Still, Christa Couture, folk, Jimmy Brewer, rock, singer, songwriter, The Living Record
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Album review: THE WONDERSTUFF – Oh No It’s…The Wonderstuff
IRL (Released 25.03.13) This new album adds a second disc of cover versions, ‘The Midlands With Love’, where the Wonderstuff cover a number of songs from fellow Midlands based artists. Band leader Miles Hunt said this album would be a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus disc, Oh No It's...The Wonderstuff, pop, review, The Wonder Stuff
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