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Album review: JON BODEN & THE REMNANT KINGS – Parlour Ballads
…long time collaborator Andy Bell and features The Remnant Kings – Sam Sweeney, Ben Nicholls, Rob Harbron, Sally Hawkins & M G Boulter. Paul Sartin was a key member of the Remnant Kings for ten years and was involved in the early developments of this album, before his passing in 2022. The first single from the album, ‘Old Brown’s Daughter’, is one of the finest vocal performances from Jon Boden, although to be fair he is one of the finest folk… Continue reading
Album review : JOHN MILES – The Albums 1983 – 1993 (3 CDs)
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Alan Parsons, AOR, Jimmy Page, JOE COCKER, John Miles, Night Of The Proms, Play On, review, soft rock, Tina Turner, Transition, Upfront
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Gig review: RICHARD MARX – Royal Albert Hall, London, 22 May 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, gig, J. Blynn, John Oates, melodic rock, Nathan East, Richard Marx, singer songwriter
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Album review : STRIDER – Exposed and Misunderstood (Remasters)
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged Babys, blues, Eddie Money, Exposed, Gary Grainger, Misunderstood, review, rock, Rock Candy, Rod Stewart, Strider, Terry Brock
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Album review: MANIC EDEN
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Album review : SON OF MAN – Gaslight
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, AOR, Bob Richards, classic rock, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Gaslight, George Jones, interview, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, Ray Jones, review, Richie Galloni, Son Of Man, The Eagles, The Fixx, THE WHO, Yes
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Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR- Indigo2, London, 22 February 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Connor Selby, gig, Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Gig review: CONSTANT FOLLOWER – Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 22 February 2024
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Book review: On track … BOB DYLAN, HAWKWIND, YES, LOU REED, THE JAM (Sonicbond Publishing)
…cordings section and altering his original opinion in places. Hindsight is a fine thing and demonstrates the “permanence” of the printed page and the need for accuracy versus online material which can easily be amended. ***1/2 With the passing of David Crosby in 2023 we can take a fresh look at his early band The Byrds with Andy McArthur. The band’s jangly, commercial psychedelic pop gave way to country/roots rock and influenced… Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Bob Dylan, book, folk, Hawkwind, Humble Pie, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Progressive Rock, Ralph McTell, review, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, singer songwriter, Sonicbond, Suzanne Vega, The Byrds, The Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Yes
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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Electric Ballroom, London, 25 October 2023
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Sheehan, Bob Fridzema, Deep Purple, gig, Glenn Hughes, Soren Andersen, The Damn Truth
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Book review: Decades – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, book, Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, prog, review, Sonicbond
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Gig review: ROBERT JON AND THE WRECK – The Junction, Cambridge, 22 September 2023
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
Album review: RITCHIE DAVE PORTER & DEBRA SUSAN – The Story So Far
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, boogie, Debra Susan, duo, guitar, Howlin Wolf, Jimmi hendrix, Jimmi Page, Led Zeppelin, Michael Tingle, review, Ritchie Dave Porter, rock, southern rock, The Story So Far, vocals
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Gig review: GUNS N’ ROSES – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, 30 June 2023
…resents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024. How to Listen Live? Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”… Continue reading
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Tagged Axl Rose, British Summer Time, BST, Dizzy Reed, Duff McKagan, festival, gig, glam rock, Guns 'N' Roses, Hyde Park, Larkin Poe, Richard Fortus, Slash, sleaze rock, The Darkness, The Pretenders
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