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Gig review: GONG – Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025

Posted on November 9, 2025 by jason
GONG - Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025

There are gigs you enjoy—and then there are gigs that leave you floating somewhere between dimensions. Gong’s performance at Bedford Esquires last night was firmly in the latter category. The support act Snorkel took the stage first, the evening promised … Continue reading →

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Single review: LAURENCE JONES – One Life

Posted on November 7, 2025 by jason
LAURENCE JONES - One Life (single)

Website  [Release date 07.11.25] Laurence Jones’ accolades and achievements are too long to write on the neck of a Stratocaster, which is just as well, as he is playing acoustic guitar on the single One Life, taken form forthcoming acoustic … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SANANDA MAITREYA – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 November 2025

Posted on November 7, 2025 by jason
Sananda Maitreya

Sananda Maitreya, formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby, returned to the UK stage after a long hiatus, bringing his eclectic blend of soul, funk, rock, and psychedelia to a devoted London crowd. With a career spanning over three decades, this … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 31 October 2025

Posted on November 5, 2025 by andynathan
THOSE DAMN CROWS- Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 31 October 2025

Of all the many bands in the thriving New Wave of Classic Rock movement, it is Those Damn Crows who, along with Massive Wagons, have made the biggest commercial breakthrough. Indeed earlier this year their new album ‘God Shaped Hole’ … Continue reading →

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Single review: ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer

Posted on November 5, 2025 by jason
ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer

Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] Pass me that bottle of Jack Daniels and a full on red Marlboro smoke, Ross Harding is back in town, corrupting people again, as he peddles his bluesifer devil music. He even pleads guilty m’lord, he … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 20th October 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 by david.wilson
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 20th October 2025

I have my son to thank for turning me on to Gregory Alan Isakov’s music. As an artist, he hadn’t been on my radar, and four years ago I don’t think he was on many other radars in the UK … Continue reading →

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Album review: DRINK THE SEA – S/t

Posted on November 3, 2025 by jason
Drink The Sea

Website [Release date 03.10.25] It may seem an alien concept for some people, but being in a globally huge band can be tough going at times, the machine utterly taking over your life. Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has always … Continue reading →

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Album review: SMITH & LIDDLE – Songs For The Desert

Posted on November 2, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
SMITH & LIDDLE - Songs For The Desert

Legere Recordings [Release date 31.10.25] There must be something in the air at the moment, or at least this year. We’ve had excellent albums from Morganway, First Time Flyers, and now Smith & Liddle. The connecting theme is melodic classic pop … Continue reading →

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Album review : HELL IN THE CLUB – The Joker In The Pack

Posted on November 2, 2025 by brianmc
HELL IN THE CLUB - Joker In The Pack

Frontiers Music [Release date 7.11.25] The Hell In The Club line up comprised originally of ex-members of better named bands, like Elvenking (Dave Moras), Secret Sphere (Andrea Buratto) and Wrathchild (Andrea Piccardi). Of course the HITC band name is old … Continue reading →

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Album review: ASH WING – s/t

Posted on November 2, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
ASH WING

White Knight Records [Release date 07.11.25] This album is one of several that arrived at GRTR! Towers without an accompanying press release. Perhaps this is a new trend: get the journos to do the work. Again, from the Rob Reed … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SUZANNE VEGA – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 25 October 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by alanjones
SUZANNE VEGA - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 25 October 2025

Suzanne Vega is one of those artists whose standards have never dropped. The native New Yorker’s tours of the UK have been rather infrequent and, somehow or other, I always managed to miss out – until her performance at Liverpool’s … Continue reading →

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Single review: KAY IRIS – The Other Side

Posted on October 31, 2025 by jason
KAY IRIS - The Other Side

Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] On an upward trajectory, Kay Iris, UK Americana band from Hastings hit the listener with a new single – The Other Side, a tale of poor man versus rich man. With an intro not dissimilar to … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHIMPAN A – Music Is Art Vol.1

Posted on October 30, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
CHIMPAN A - Music Is Art Vol.1

Tigermoth Records [Release date 29.08.25] Chimpan A’s debut album was quite a revelation and one of the best low key releases of 2006. (We only got to hear of it some time later).  This off-on project is essentially Mike Oldfield … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TODD RUNDGREN – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 26 October 2025

Posted on October 30, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
TODD RUNDGREN, The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 26 October 2025

With an image of Todd towering over the stage for the duration this gig was all about Todd and not his audience. Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice image, but do we need it so omnipresent? Surely back … Continue reading →

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Album review : RONNIE ROMERO – Backbone

Posted on October 30, 2025 by brianmc
RONNIE ROMERO - Backbone

Frontiers Music [Release date 24.10.25] Over the last ten years, stints with pre-eminent rock artists like Schenker and Vandenberg, plus spells with Rainbow and Sunstorm have tended to overshadow Ronnie Romero’s solo stuff. When he released Raised on Radio (2022) … Continue reading →

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Album review: KYLE CAREY – The Last Bough

Posted on October 30, 2025 by jason
KYLE CAREY – The Last Bough

Bandcamp [Release date 01.09.25] Gaelic Americana – that’s what this artist plays. Never heard of it? No neither had I, and although it could be a bit of a gimmick, it’s actually not. It’s a vocation for this artist, who spent … Continue reading →

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News: THE DAMNED, SAMMY HAGAR, MAID OF STONE (November 2025)

Posted on October 29, 2025 by jason
Whitesnake - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 14-15 June 2019

Black Swan release their new album ‘Paralyzed’ on February 13 on Frontiers. Blackwater Drowning will release their new album ‘Obscure Sorrows’ on February 27. Brother Cane will release its first new album in 27 years, ‘Magnolia Medicine’, on April 17 on … Continue reading →

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Album review : DEFECTO – Echoes Of Isolation

Posted on October 28, 2025 by brianmc
DEFECTO - Echoes

Frontiers Music [Release date 31.10.25] Strongly encouraged by famed producer, Flemming (Rainbow/ Metallica/ Pretty Maids/ Blind Guardian) Rasmussen, Danish singer/ guitarist/ songwriter, Nicklas Sonne put Defecto together in 2011. Echoes of Isolation is their fourth studio album, and the band … Continue reading →

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Album review : SHIRAZ LANE – In Vertigo

Posted on October 27, 2025 by brianmc
SHIRAZ LANE - In Vertigo

Frontiers Music [Release date 24.10.25] Finnish rock band Shiraz Lane have been a going concern for ten years now. In Vertigo is their 6th album, with a smattering of EPs released in between. It’s described by the label as “an … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LARKIN POE – Hammersmith Apollo, London, 21 October 2025

Posted on October 26, 2025 by andynathan
LARKIN POE- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 21 October 2025

Larkin Poe’s reputation in the UK has been growing, below my radar to the extent that they are able to attract a near sell out to the legendary Hammersmith Odeon (as it should always be known). My interest had been … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2025)

Posted on October 24, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Albums of the Month (July-September 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 →

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Album review : LEAH MARTIN-BROWN – Love & Other Crimes

Posted on October 24, 2025 by brianmc
LEAH MARTIN-BROWN - Love & Other Crimes

Frontiers Music [Release date 24.10.25] Australian born, but now resident in Europe via the USA, amazingly gifted singer Leah Martin-Brown releases her debut album on Frontiers Music this month. She’s got a lot going for her before we hear a … Continue reading →

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Book review: MARTIN BARRE – A Trick Of Memory

Posted on October 24, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
MARTIN BARRE - A Trick Of Memory

David Randall chatted to Martin Barre at the start of his UK tour dates in November 2025.  This hour special includes tracks from several albums including Tull and Alan Simon’s ‘Excalibur’ project McNidder & Grace [Publication date 06.11.25] “The music … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAURA COX – Trouble Coming

Posted on October 23, 2025 by jason
LAURA COX - Trouble Coming

earMusic [Release date 31.10.25] Album number four from Anglo-French guitarist and singer Laura Cox, who first came to wider attention via her YouTube channel in 2008. The album was mixed and engineered by Jean-Marc Pelatan, with tracks mastered by Ted Jensen … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CHRIS NORMAN- Indigo2, London, 16 October 2025

Posted on October 22, 2025 by andynathan
CHRIS NORMAN- Indigo2, London, 16 October 2025

Of those rock stars who have fallen out of consciousness in their native UK, you can file Chris Norman under the ‘Big in Europe’ category. The gravel-voiced former Smokie singer commands a devoted following abroad, particularly in Germany, but gigs … Continue reading →

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