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Album review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD – Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues
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Album review: MIKE ZITO – Outside Or The Eastside
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Album review: MARIACHI EL BRONX – Mariachi El Bronx IV
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Album review : JON ANDERSON – Survival And Other Stories / Earth Mother Earth (2 CDs / remasters)
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Album review: MYRATH – Wilderness Of Mirrors
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 14 March 2026
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Gig review: A VERY SPECIAL EVENING OF MOTT THE HOOPLE – Riverside Studios, London, 27 February 2026
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Gig review: EMERALD MOON – Le Marquee, Peyrignac, Dordogne, SW France, 7 March 2026
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Gig review: MILKFEST, Indigo2, London, 1 March 2026
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Category Archives: GIG REVIEWS
Gig review: WEYFEST- Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Surrey, 19-21 August 2016
Weyfest celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Rural Life Centre, a rustic setting that suits its ambience as one of the more laid back of festivals. Situated on the Surrey/Hampshire borders in what was once known as the stockbroker belt, … Continue reading
Gig review: MIGHTY MO ROGERS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 25 August 2016
Picture the scene, its 38c – that’s 100 degrees fahrenheit, though it’s mercifully cooler in the shade – and septuagenarian blues man Mighty Mo Rogers is holding court in front of a big crowd in Square Dom Bedos. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Bland, Bordeaux, Chicago Blues, Francis Vidal, funk, gig review, Gilbert Bereau, Little Milton, Mighty Mo Rogers, Relache Festival, soul, Taj Mahal
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Gig review: KYLA BROX – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 17 August 2016
There’s a lot to be said for mixing genres on a festival bill, as it provides contrast, dynamism and even brings in a different crowd during the course of 5 hours or more, of rock/blues related music. Tonight’s bill of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis Evans Sextet, Americana, Aretha Franklyn, Bastien Cazebon, blues, Bordeaux, Danny Blomeley, Florian Royo, gig, gospel, James Brown, Jerry Garcia, Kyla Brox, Lennon & McCartney, Mark Knopler, Memphis soul, Ms Nikki & The Memphis Soul Connection, Neil Young, Nicole Whitlock, Paul Farr, Relache Festival, review, soul, T. Bo Ripault, The Possums, Tina Turner, Victor Brox
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Gig review: EDDIE & THE HOT RODS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 18 August 2016
They came, they saw, they waited for the sun to go down and then they finally conquered! Eddie & The Hot Rods didn’t so much tear Bordeaux apart, as gently give it a poke in the ribs to remind a … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 August 2016, Barrie Masters, Canvey Island, Chris Taylor, Dipster Dean, Dr Feelgood, Eddie & The Hot Rods, festival, garage rock, gig, Headline Maniac, J.Geils Band, Nigel Bennett, punk, R&B, Relache Festival, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Simon Bowley, Steppenwolf, The Members, The Vibrators, Van Morrison
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Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM – Walker, Minnesota, USA, 21-23 July 2016
Considering the previous generation thought rock n roll was a passing fad, and given the pace of change in the industry, it is a substantial feat for any rock festival to reach a 25 year milestone. It is even more … Continue reading
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Tagged 21-23 July 2016, Blues Traveler, Boston, Bush, Chevelle, Chicago, festival, Firehouse, Foghat, gig, Godsmack, Kix, LITTLE RIVER BAND, Loverboy, Minnesota, Moondance Jam, Queensryche, review, Sixx:AM, Thundherstruck, USA, Walker
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)
After the success of the previous day and coupled with great weather, arriving on site on the Sunday morning to damp and drizzly conditions soon brought us back down to earth with a bump. Sunday’s line up for myself was … Continue reading
Gig review: BLUE OYSTER CULT – Kentish Town Forum, London, 29 July 2016
This was a bit of a special event as not only was this the first sighting of Blue Oyster Cult outside of a holiday camp in the UK for a few years, but this gig marked the return of drummer … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 July 2016, Agents Of Fortune, Albert Bouchard, Blue Oyster Cult, Buck Dharma, classic, Eric Bloom, gig, heavy metal, heavy rock, Kentish Town Forum, London, review, rock
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 23 July 2016 (Day 1)
As a founding fan from the very first event where a couple of hundred people showed, I have been fortunate to see Steelhouse grow year on year. Along with many others I heard the rumours almost every year that Thunder … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 July 2016, Blues Pills, Ebbw Vale, gig, review, South Wales, Steelhouse Festival, Tax The Heat, THE ANSWER, Thunder, Vega, Von Hertzen Brothers
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)
If the Day 2 line up was less immediately eye-catching and mouth-watering than Saturday, there was still so much to anticipate. I made straight for the Blues tent where a good crowd received Pat McManus enthusiastically. I’d been a fan … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 July 2016, AIRBOURNE, Black Stone Cherry, Devin Townsend, Dirty Thrills, festival, gig, Kentucky Headhunters, King King, live, Maidstone, Mote Park, Pat McManus, Procul Harum, Ramblin' Man Fair, review, Stone Broken, Tax The Heat, Thunder, Warren Haynes
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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone, 23 July 2016 (Day 1)
This festival is now into its second year, having proved a hit in 2015 and was back with a bang this Summer, packing an eclectic bill of depth and quality across four stages and two days. Mote Park lies on … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 July 2016, David Coverdale, Dead daisies, Europe, festival, gig, Ginger Wildheart, Hogjaw, Inglorious, live, Maidstone, Mote Park, Ramblin' Man Fair, review, Terrorvision, Thin Lizzy, Whiskey Myers, Whitesnake
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Gig review: HAT FITZ & CARA ROBINSON, Boo Boo Davis– Relache Festival, Bordeaux 28 July 2016
They say music is an international language and tonight the Australian /Irish duo Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson provide the perfect example of that, with a uplifting show that connects with their French crowd. Faced with the graveyard shift at … Continue reading
Gig review: SOS FESTIVAL, Manchester, 15-17 July 2016
With suitable tunes on the car stereo we headed over to Prestwich, Manchester for the Rocksector Records annual get-together, ‘SOS Festival’. Now in its ninth year it has a new home and has moved out of the now demolished Civic … Continue reading
Gig review: Festival D’ete De Quebec, 7-17 July 2016
If I was to ask you if you had ever heard of Festival D’ete De Quebec I am betting the answer would be NO … me neither so when I was handed the opportunity to experience this event I jumped … Continue reading
Gig review: SHAKURA S’AIDA, The Howlin Blues Trio – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 20 July 2016
In an age of instant celebrity where the mundane too often passes for the exceptional, the Canadian double Maple Blues award winner Shakura S’Aida (pronounced Shack-oora Sigh-ee-da), is here to remind us of the true merits of a soulful blues … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, gig, gospel, harp, Jean-Noël Hereve, Jeff Thomas, Keb Mo, Long John Baldry, Nina Simone, Paige Armstrong, Relache Festival, review, Shakura S'Aida, soul, The Doobie Brothers, The Howlin Blues trio, Tina Turner, vocals
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Gig review: GINGER WILDHEART – Stereo, Glasgow, 15 July 2016
There can’t be many roads in the UK that Ginger Wildheart doesn’t know like the back of his hand. He appears to be constantly on tour either solo, with The Wildhearts or on one of his many side projects. It’s … Continue reading
Gig review: NAZARETH – Under The Bridge, London, 17 July 2016
Gigs by Nazareth in the UK –certainly in London – used to be as rare as rocking horse dung with the veteran Scots finding the European and world markets more receptive to their enduring charms. However this nightclub, tucked away … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Sentance, gig, hard rock, Jimmy Murrison, Lee Agnew, melodic rock, Nazareth, Paul Stead, Pete Agnew, review, the Darker My Horizon
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Gig review: 10cc – Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 9 July 2016
Some of the great historic and cultural attractions in London are now opening their doors to a more contemporary entertainment form with a summer concert series. Following the likes of Hampton Court, Somerset House and Kew Gardens is now the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 9 July 2016, Cockney Rebel, gig, Graham Gouldman, Greenwich Music Time, Mick Wilson, Old Royal Naval College, Paul Burgess, pop, progressive, review, Rick Fenn, rock, Steve Harley, Steve Hayman
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Gig review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD, JAMES LEG, THE LIMBOOS, ELLI de MON – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 12 July 2016
Bordeaux’s Relache Festival has quickly carved an important niche on the Euro Summer Blues Festival circuit. It’s an annual umbrella for two months worth of rock/blues/soul and related music in different parts of the city. Tonight we’re treated to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Diamond Heavies, blues, boogie, Dani Niño, Elli de Mon, gig, Howlin Wolf, James Leg, Jim Morrison, John Wesley Myers, Keith Emerson, Latino, mambo, May Gaz, R&B, Ray Manzarek, Regi Oliver, Relache Festival, review, Roi Fontoira, Selwyn Birchwood, THE DOORS, The Limboos, The Nice, Tom Waits, trash blues
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Gig review: Breaking Bands Festival – Stoke Prior Country Club, 27-29 May 2016
Still in its infancy, Breaking Bands Festival has yet again shown how to organise, run and sell a music festival that was sold out way before the event. And, over the May bank holiday weekend and following days, it was … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 3 July 2016
Without doubt Joe Bonamassa is one of the biggest blues stars in the world at the moment. Over the last few years he has grown a large and very loyal following who turn out in numbers whenever he rolls into … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd July 2016, Anton Fig, blues, british blues explosion, Clyde Auditorium, Eric Clapton, gig, Glasgow, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, live, Mike Rhodes, Reese Wynans, review, Russ Irwan
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 10-12 June 2016
My last visit to Donington was back in 1988 when – as ‘Monsters Of Rock’ – it also featured Megadeth and headlined by Iron Maiden. I never really embraced the three day event and with not enough bands of interest … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-12 June 2016, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Donington Park, Download, festival, gig, Halestorm, Inglorious, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Rammstein, review, Rival Sons, Shinedown, Sixx:AM, The Amorettes, The Temperance Movement, the Wildhearts
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Gig review: HEART – O2 Apollo, Manchester – 30 June 2016
In 2014 GRTR!’s David Randall chatted to Ann Wilson about her influences and Heart (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 23 March 2014) One of the the main trends in the topsy-turvy music industry in the past 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 June 2016, Ann Wilson, AOR, FM, gig review, hard rock, Heart, interview, Manchester, Nancy Wilson, O2 Apollo, rock, Steve Overland
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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016
For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged Candice Night, classic rock, Deep Purple, gig, heavy rock, Jens Johansson, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Romero
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Cavern Club, Liverpool, 27 June 2016
Photo: David Munn I remember seeing Joe Bonamassa back in 2006 at the ‘Pacific Road’, a small venue in Birkenhead, England, and I recall thinking at the time, and I know it’s a cliche, but ‘greatness beckons here’. He absolutely … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, British blues, Cavern Club, guitar, guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, Liverpool, Reese Wynans, Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Gig review: PANIC ROOM – The Citadel, St.Helens, 25 June 2016
In this exclusive interview edit, David Randall chats to Anne-Marie Helder about the band and the PledgeMusic campaign (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 15 May 2016) The full version of this interview is available via our Mixcloud … Continue reading
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