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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ – Colourful House
Website [Release date 31.10.25] Are they Blues? Are they jazz? Are they psychedelic? What the hell does it matter when they are are all fused together in such a seamless and powerful way. The Zoe Schwarz Blues Commotion release their … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Blues Commotion, Colourful House, jazz, Pete Feenstra, psychedelic, review, Rob Koral, rock, THE DOORS, Zoe Schwarz
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Album review: DAVE RENEGADE – Haunted Heart
Bandcamp If you like taking journeys to despair and melancholy, look no further than this album by London’s Dave Renegade. This boy wears his pain on his sleeve and is not afraid to admit it. He himself acknowledges that it … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bandcamp, Dave Renegade, Haunted Hearts, Pete Kosanovich, review, singer songwriter
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Album review: 3 MILE SHOUT – Round We Go
Who Said That Records [Release date: 03.11.25] Here at GRTR! Towers at the end of the year there is a certain amount of housekeeping, reflection, and resolve. This process can reveal those albums that “got away” during the year and … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Mile Shout, album, blues rock, classic rock, review, Round We Go, Wily Bo Walker
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Album review – JOHN WEIDER (50th Anniversary Edition)
Think Like A Key Music [Release date 12.12.25] John Weider is one of those unsung heroes of British rock. Not exactly a household name but a creditable CV nevertheless, with early stints in Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, The “New” … Continue reading
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Tagged album, John Weider, Moonrider, pop, pop rock, review, soft rock
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Album review: MOONRIDER (50th Anniversary Edition)
Think Like A Key Music [Release date 12.12.25] Those of a certain age will remember Keith West for his Top Ten hit “Excerpt From A Teenage Opera” and the tale of “Grocer Jack” aided by a posse of children, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 50th anniversary, album, BBC, classic rock, country rock, John Wieder, Keith West, Moonrider, reissue, review
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Album review: TIGER MOTH TALES – A Visit To Trading Boundaries
White Knight Records [Release date: 7.11.25] Multi-instrumentalist Peter Jones’s star has been on a meteoric rise since he became part of progressive rock royalty Camel in 2016 – and just in case you doubt his abilities, check out Camel’s sensational … Continue reading
Gig review: PUNCHDRUNK SAINTS – Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden, December 27 2025
It is those no-man’s lands days between Christmas and New Year in 2025 and the Punchdrunk Saints have bravely decided to host their second ever gig after their debut in London’s 100 Club. Tonight’s gig at Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden … Continue reading
News: Get Ready to ROCK! announce Top 30 albums of 2025 based on weekly chart (December 2025)
The Top 30 countdown was broadcast on 28 December on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. David Randall presents a non-stop mix reflecting reader and listener activity during 2025 Get Ready to ROCK! (www.getreadytorock.com) has announced the Top 30 albums of … Continue reading
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News: DEMON, QUEEN, PETRA (January 2026)
The All-American Rejects release their first album since 2012. ‘Sandbox’ will be released in February via Too Lost. Alt Blk Era have announced a new EP, ‘Our World’, which will arrive on May 22 via LAB Records. Tori Amos releases … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, AOR, blues, DEMON, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, news, Petra, Queen, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Album review: BEYOND THE BLACK – Break The Silence
Nuclear Blast [Release date 09.01.26] Amazingly Beyond The Black have been around since 2014 and this is their sixth album, although to this recent convert it seems like they only started out a few years ago! Beyond The Black’s line-up … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (October-December 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
Album review: MIDNITE CITY- Bite The Bullet
Pride and Joy Music [Release Date 21.11.25] Unapologetically promoting themselves as ‘hair metal’ when other more self-conscious bands might balk at the description, Midnite City are impressively now onto their fifth album since 2017. Rob Wylde’s men are not about … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, hair metal, melodic rock, Midnite City, Miles Meakin, review, Rob Wylde, Shawn Charvette
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Album review: CHARLOTTE SMITH & DAVID CLIFTON – The Tree In The Wood
Little Room Recordings [Release date 17.10.25] An album of traditional folk tunes reinterpreted by Charlotte Smith, a London based singer songwriter and David Clifton, an Oxford based guitarist and singer, formerly a member of the indie band Sensible Jerseys and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Charlotte Smith, David Clifton, folk, review, The Tree in the Wood, traditional music
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Album review: JUDIE TZUKE – Now Or Never
Big Moon Records/www.tzuke.com [Release date 01.12.25] According to her liner note: “This album’s a bit noisier in places…Best played loud” When the opening track of Judie Tzuke’s latest album blasts out – surprisingly – I was reminded of that fairly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Judie Tzuke, Mike Paxman, Now Or Never, review, Rhino Edwards, singer, songwriter
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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Archaeoptimist
Madfish [Release date 21.11.25] Album reviewers, including this one, are often guilty of mining the cliché vaults and using five words where one would suffice. But then, every so often, something so good comes along that it defies words. ‘The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Morse, album, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Ryo Okumoto, Spock's Beard, The Archaeoptimist
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Single review: THE MOTHERZ – Sweat
Facebook With a name like The Motherz you’re not going to expect Abba are you. And how right you would be. To me they sound like the illegitimate offspring of Metallica and The Stooges. They claim to draw their influences … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, hard rock, metal, Motherz, review, single, Sweat
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Album review: ROSS HARDING – The Blood and the Blues
Website [Release date 14.11.125] I have reviewed Ross’s two singles from this album, Revelator Blues and Lucifer and Me. And I must admit on first listening of Revelator Blues, I fell in love with him, in a bro sort of way … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, dark blues, guitarist, review, rock, Ross Harding, The Blood and the Blues
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Album review: PETE KOSANOVICH – Beauty Within You
Bandcamp [Release date 21.12.25] Prolific song writer and multi instrumentalist Pete Kosanovich releases his eleventh album, including three with his band The Pale Blue Eyes, and two live ones. This one is called Beauty Within You, and the cover features Pete … Continue reading
Album review : ROB MORATTI – Sovereign
Frontiers [Release date: 12.12.25] Rob Moratti’s all star cast is arguably more famous than he is : Joel Hoekstra, Tony Franklin, Felix Borg, Fredrik Bergh and Pete Alpenborg. Alpenborg’s written stuff for Harry Hess, Robin McAuley, Kee Marcello, Tommy Heart … Continue reading
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Tagged Epica, Fredric Bergh, Frontiers, Joel Hoekstra, melodic rock, Pete Alpenborg, review, Rob Moratti, Sovereign
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Book review: AC/DC SONG BY SONG – Bill Voccia
Published by Fonthill This book is a real labour of love written by long time fan Bill Voccia. Bill has been collecting AC/DC memorabilia for many years and has contributed to several other publications before compiling his own tome. He … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Angus Young, Back In Black, Bill Voccia, Black Ice, Bon Scott, book, Brian Johnston, Fonthill, Song By Song, TNT
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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025
In all my years gig going, I don’t think I’ve ever been to one this close, just ten minutes walk from my house. That it should be by two members of FM, a band I’ve devotedly followed for 40 years … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, AOR, FM, gig, Jim Kirkpatrick, Lara Brewer, melodic rock, Steve Overland
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EP review: AXMINSTER – Mad Hatters
Website [Release date 25.07.25] Axminster first started out in 1983 – then known as Axminster Molly – and they were indeed named after the carpet/rug manufacturer based in the UK town of the same name! Only vocalist/guitarist Steve Sera remains … Continue reading
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Tagged Axminster, EP, hard rock, Mad Hatters, melodic hard rock, review, rock
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Album review : BRAZEN ABBOT – Live And Learn and Guilty As Sin (CD reissues)
Frontiers [Release date : 12.12.25] Classically trained Bulgarian multi-instrumentalist, Nikolo Kotzev founded Brazen Abbot in 1995. He could play every stringed instrument known to rock’n’roll mankind, but needed a singer. Over these two reissues, released simultaneously, the cream of European … Continue reading
Gig review: JOHN OTWAY – Face Bar, Reading, Thursday 11 December 2025
I last saw John Otway performing with fellow musical maverick Wild Willy Barrett in the wilds of Aldershot in 2023, so it was good to see him back with his Big Band. However, it was a smaller Big Band as … Continue reading
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Album review : GRAHAM BONNET – Lost In Hollywood Again (Live)
Frontiers Music [Release date 12.12.25] Old Rock Stars never die, and judging by Lost In Hollywood Again, they never fade away either. A 77 year old Graham Bonnet is testament to that. Recorded in the legendary Whisky A Go Go, … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers Music, Graham Bonnet, live, Lost In Hollywood, Rainbow, review, Schenker, Sunset Strip, Whisky A Go Go
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