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Album review: NAZARETH – Surviving The Law

Posted on April 25, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 15.04.22] Most music reviewers weren’t born when Nazareth started up, and few bands are still rocking as hard, to enthusiastic acclaim, 54 years later. Surviving The Law is the band’s second album with Carl Sentance on vocals. … Continue reading →

Book review: BICKERSHAW FESTIVAL 50th ANNIVERSARY – Featuring Grateful Dead by Chris Hewitt

Posted on April 25, 2022 by petefeenstra

Dandelion Records & Books [Publication date 30.06.22] Author Chris Hewitt has carved out his own niche in rock and roll history as an author, archivist, record label and resource for period pa gear. The broad context for this book is … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE SATRIANI – The Elephants Of Mars

Posted on April 25, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC [Release date 08.04.22] A new Satch album. Energy levels high. Check. Weird titles. Check. Stellar guitar. Check. Shades on. Check. In fact guitar nerds are being spoilt, because this album comes hot on the heels of Steve Vai’s latest … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK SWAN – Generation Mind

Posted on April 24, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 08.04.22] Black Swan follow up 2020′s Shake The World with the much more confident, cohesive, Generation Mind. Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Matt Starr and Jeff Pilson form a formidable collective. Each transforming his own success and experience … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARETH DUNLOP – Animal

Posted on April 24, 2022 by jason

Zenith Café/Membran [Release date 22.04.22] Belfast born singer songwriter Gareth Dunlop may only be on this, his second, solo album but he has found success with his songs featuring on TV series including ‘Lucifer’, ‘Best of Me’, along with adverts … Continue reading →

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Single review: THE PETAL FALLS – Somebody to Love Me

Posted on April 24, 2022 by jason

Website [Release date 29.04.22] It’s no secret that I am a fan of this band since reviewing the band’s debut album, ‘Workin All Night, Workin All Day’ released during lockdown, and the follow up album last September, “All These Years” … Continue reading →

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Album review: NANAUE – 281F

Posted on April 24, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Rattsburg Records [Release date 26.11.21] www. nanaue.com Based on the liner note, it seems this project has been some 11 years in the making. Evidently one of those internet phenomenons with recording bounced across Italy, Spain and Belgium. The main … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRANKIE MILLER – Falling In Love and Easy Money (Remasters w/bonus tracks)

Posted on April 23, 2022 by brianmc

Rock Candy Records [release date 18.03.22] 1980 now, and Frankie Miller’s label are looking for another hit song like ‘Darlin’, from his 1978 long player, Falling In Love. And so, knowing there’s no substitute for throwing money at it, they … Continue reading →

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Album review: HELD BY TREES – Solace

Posted on April 22, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Tweed Jacket Music [Release date 22.04.22] The opening piece on this instrumental album sounds like an outtake from Inspector Morse c.1988. It was one of the great TV detective series, punctuated by Barrington Pheloung’s superb orchestrations. I digress, perhaps the … Continue reading →

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Album review: TWELFTH NIGHT – Smiling At Grief…Revisited

Posted on April 22, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Twelfth Night [Release date 01.04.22] The cottage industry that is Twelfth Night continues. The band haven’t been active live since 2014 and some would say that their best work was done with vocalist/lyricist Geoff Mann in the early 1980s. The … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – 100 Club, London, 15 April 2022

Posted on April 21, 2022 by andynathan

For the last few years founder Wishbone Ash member Martin Turner and his band have been gradually revisiting a series of the band’s classic seventies albums in their entirety. When touring activity resumed last autumn, they finished off the pre-pandemic … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SARI SCHORR – Half Moon, Putney, London, 13 April 2022

Posted on April 20, 2022 by andynathan

She may be a proud New Yorker but at least part of Sari Schorr’s musical heart seems to lie across the pond. A regular on these shores before the pandemic, either headlining or as a support, fortunately 2022 has finally … Continue reading →

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Album review: RONNIE ROMERO – Raised On Radio

Posted on April 19, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 15.04.22] Ronnie Romero’s taken an opportunity that not many singers get. Given the chance to record an album of covers, he’s deep dived into his favourite back catalogues and emerged with some unsung classics in his hands. … Continue reading →

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Album review – SEMBLANT – Vermillion Eclipse

Posted on April 18, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [release date: 15.04.22] Semblant’s second album on the Frontiers label sees this Brazilian Melodic (Death) Metal band confidently cement its leading position in the “one to watch” category. The “Death” description is misleading, and only gets used in the … Continue reading →

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Album review: JACK BROADBENT – Ride

Posted on April 18, 2022 by jason

www.jackbroadbent.co.uk Crow’s Feet Records Album number five from the critically acclaimed guitarist Jack Broadbent. Hailed as “The new master of the slide guitar” by the Montreux Jazz Festival and “The real thang” by the legendary Bootsy Collins, Jack Broadbent has … Continue reading →

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Album review: FIRST SIGNAL – Closer To The Edge

Posted on April 17, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 08.04.22] First Signal started life as a collaboration between Harry (Harem Scarem) Hess and Denis (Pink Cream 69) Ward. Two big names in the melodic rock genre. This is the third album since without Ward. Daniel Flores … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE CHRISTIANS – Sub 89, Reading, Friday 15 April 2022

Posted on April 16, 2022 by jason

A pretty decent turn out for a Good Friday, however, you do wonder if the cost of living crisis, coupled with the lingering effects of the pandemic, are hitting audience numbers, as I would have expected a few more in … Continue reading →

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Album review: TREAT – The Endgame

Posted on April 16, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 08.04.22] Here’s Treat again. The Endgame, produced by the talented Peter Mansson, is the band’s fourth album since their rebirth in 2006. In the world of second and third generation melodic rock, only Harem Scarem, Leverage and … Continue reading →

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Album review: KAPREKAR’S CONSTANT – The Murder Wall

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jason

Talking Elephant Records [Release date 25.03.22] Kaprekar’s Constant is the brainchild of a couple of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Al Nicholson and Nick Jefferson. Kaprekar’s Constant is rounded out with David Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator fame (sax, flutes, whistles), … Continue reading →

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EP review: WAX ON WATER – The Drip (Part 2)

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jason

www.facebook.com/waxonwater [Release date 25.03.22] Wax on Water are fronted by singer, songwriter and producer Maya Damaris who was joined by guitarist Steven Blessing back in 2019. The band released the first of the ‘Drip’ series ‘The Drip- Part 1’ back … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FM- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 7 April 2022

Posted on April 14, 2022 by andynathan

They release albums at regular intervals but touring has always been FM’s lifeblood. They dipped their toe back in the live environment with selected shows last year, but this twice postponed London show was part of a tour to promote … Continue reading →

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Five Quick Q’s: SUZI QUATRO

Posted on April 14, 2022 by jason

Suzi Quatro is celebrating her 58-year career with a show at the Royal Albert Hall on April 20th. Get Ready to ROCK! caught up with the trailblazing Queen of Rock’ n’ Roll for a quick pre-show chat… You have a … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANNY BEARDSLEY – Chase The Sun

Posted on April 14, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

www.dannybeardsley.com [Release date 24.06.22] I think the first thing to say about this release. Isn’t eco-friendly packaging s—e? The album arrives dog-eared and bendy. Surely we can do better than this? Sorry, now the music. We reviewed Beardsley’s previous album … Continue reading →

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Album review: FASHION – fashion music

Posted on April 13, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Easy Action [Release date 01.05.22] This double CD is a great opportunity to hear a proto Fashion, the Birmingham band who made some impact in the early 1980s with their blend of electro funk. They signed to Arista in 1981, … Continue reading →

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Rising Stars: SHADOW PUPPET THEATRE

Posted on April 13, 2022 by jason

Shadow Puppet Theatre are a 4-piece Malaysian rock band based in the city of Kuala Lumpur. GRTR! catch up with their frontman Dzul around the band’s new single ‘Codename Summer’. How did the band get together and what made you choose … Continue reading →