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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES – Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: FM – The Globe, Cardiff, 22 November 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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Tagged 22 November 2014, AOR, Cardiff, FM, gig, Hand of Dimes, Kooga, melodic rock, Nev MacDonald, review, Skin, Steve Overland, The Globe
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – November 2014 highlights
…need your attention Presented by Pete Feenstra (Repeated on Friday at 20:00) >> Presenter page Wednesdays 22:00 Pure Metal Our weekly sequence featuring the best of metal in all its different shapes, forms and colours. Including progressive, symphonic and power metal. Thursdays 20:00 Rockin’ The Country Blues and rock infused country and Americana Presented by Stuart Hamilton (Repeated on Saturday at 00:01) >> Presenter page Saturdays… Continue reading
Gig review: STATUS QUO – Roundhouse, London, 22 October 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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Tagged 22 October 2014, acoustic, Andy Bown, Aquostic, BBC Radio 2, Francis Rossi, gig, live, London, Rick Parfitt, Roundhouse, Status Quo
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Gig review: VOODOO VEGAS – Camden Barfly, 4 October 2014
…Of This)’, a band to investigate further and keep an eye on. Their drummer looked like the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins right down to the mass of hair and facial expressions. Liked the single ‘Castro’, a very catchy number and soundwise they sounded a little like the Foos and Feeder. Singer Lawrence Case of the headliners may only be playing to the Barfly crowd but he has the stage presence and ease to work a crowd that could easily see Voodoo Ve… Continue reading
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Tagged Camden Barfly, classic rock, gig, hard rock, Kolo, review, Voodoo Vegas
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News: STEVE HACKETT interview on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 5 October 2014
…and his forthcoming album (20:17) ‘Assume The Position’, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday 5 October, 22:00 (Monday 6 October and Friday 10 October, 22:00 repeat ) In a weekend that sees the premiere of a new TV documentary about Genesis, David Randall chats to Steve Hackett about his flag-waving for the band over the past couple of years. Steve embarks on a further series of UK tour dates from 21 October celebrating the music of Genesi… Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, feature, Genesis, genesis Extended, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, guitar, guitarist, interview, prog, progressive, radio, Steve Hackett, Tour
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Gig review: ELECTRIC BOYS, Camden Underworld, London, 26 September 2014
…much to ‘Jealous Again’. Singer Stevie Sparrow, with facial topiary that made him look like Justin Hawkins playing one of the Three Musketeers, had a commanding stage presence and a strong voice. They only made one false step with a cover of ‘Rock and Roll’, which though competent enough was one for the Friday night pub circuit, before the hard hitting ‘Down’ ended a set that marks them out as a band to watch… Continue reading
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Tagged 26 September 2014, Bad Touch, Camden Underworld, Electric Boys, gig, glam, London, metal, review
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Gig review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – 02 Academy 2, Islington, London, 22 September 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Frankie Miller, funk, gig, guitar, Joanne Sean Taylor, review, rock, The Dirty Truth, vocal
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Interview with TOM S ENGLUND & JOHAN NIEMANN (Evergrey) – 22 August 2014
…h bassist Johan Niemann and guitarist, frontman and founding member Tom S. Englund at a Central London hotel on 22 August and the thirty minute chat that I had with them was not only informative but also one of the most pleasant that I ever had in my capacity as a music journalist. Want to know what it takes to create a masterpiece of an album? Then I suggest you read on! By Yiannis (John) Stefanis. Hi Guys. Thank you very much for taking the tim… Continue reading
Album review: A BLUES TRIBUTE TO CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
…Can See The Light’. Finally there surely should have been room on a blues album for a version of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins ‘I Put A Spell On You’, which Creedence took into the lower reaches of the charts. That said, there’s fresh take on 9 of the tracks and even if die-hard Creedence fans might argue that the originals don’t need changing, they should warm to the excellent cover of ‘Fortunate Son’ by Mike Zito and Sonny Landreth, with bv’s from Sam… Continue reading
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Tagged A Blues Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival, album, Blitzen Trapper, Bnois King, Bo Diddley, Canned Heat, Chris Lietz, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dale Hawkins, Danielle Schnebelen, Dave Simonett. Duke Robillard, Dead Man Winter, John Fogerty, Jurgen Engler, Kirk Fletcher, Mike Zito, review, Samantha Fish, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Sonny Landreth, South Memphis String Band, Spirit Family Reunion, The Mynabirds, Trampled Under Foot, Will Wilde
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Gig review: CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL – 8-10 August 2014
…ver of ‘Go Your Own Way’ played a great solo while running around the crowd in the manner of Justin Hawkins or Airborne’s Joel O’Keefe, to whom he bore a passing resemblance. Definitely a band to keep your eye on. Welshmen Fireroad I gathered during the weekend have secured a shot on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s cruise, which for an unsigned band is quite a coup. As befitted a band nearly all clad in check shirts, they peddled… Continue reading
News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – CHRIS DAUGHTRY interview, Sunday 17 August
Sunday 17 August, 22:00 (Monday 18 August, 22:00 and Friday 22 August, 22:00 repeat) This Sunday, 17 August, David Randall chats to Chris Daughtry, ahead of his European tour which includes a date at the London Roundhouse on Sunday 12 October. Since his appearance in the American Idol TV show in 2006, Chris has released four albums under the Daughtry name including the platinum-certified self-titled debut and the follow up, 2009′s ‘… Continue reading
Gig review: BOSTON, CHEAP TRICK – Sandia Casino Amphitheatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, 22 July 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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Tagged 22 July 2014, Albuquerque, AOR, Boston, Cheap Trick, gig, Kimberley Dahme, melodic rock, New Mexico USA, review, Robin Zander, Sandia Casino Amphitheatre, Tom Scholz
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Gig review: BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL – Catton Hall, Derbyshire, 22-25 May 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
News: URIAH HEEP radio feature and interview on eve of album release
Photo: Simon Dunkerley Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 8 June, 22:00 GMT Monday 9 June, 22:00 and Friday 13, 22:00 repeat Uriah Heep’s new album ‘Outsider’ is released this week and in an hour special, frontman Bernie Shaw tells us about the band and their latest venture. The band have recently returned from South America and were catching up before heading over to Scandinavia including Sweden Rock. They tour in Germany later… Continue reading
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Tagged 8 June 2014, album, Bernie Shaw, feature, interview, Outsider, radio, Uriah Heep
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2016)
…rmingham March 04-06 Hammersmith Apollo March 08 BOURNEMOUTH BIC March 09PLYMOUTH Plymouth Pavilions March 10 Newport Centre March 12/13 EDINBURGH Usher Hall March 14 2017 – BRIDLINGTON Spa Bridlington March 15 Doncaster Dome March 16 LEICESTER De Montfort Hall March 18-21 MANCHESTER O2 Apollo ENTOMBED AD + VOIVOD Thu 17 Nov Underworld, Camden EPICA + POWERWOLF Feb 3rd Shepherd’s Bush Empire ESP with DAVID CROSS 11 Nov 229 Great Portl… Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, blues rock, concerts, events, festivals, gigs, Ireland, metal, Progressive Rock, rock, tour dates, tours, uk
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News: Get Ready to ROCK! Radio – June 2014 highlights
…he dedicated website Check back here as we add new features throughout the month. All times, BST (GMT+1) Sunday 22 June 2014, 13:00 Dan McCafferty of Nazareth Dan chats about his career and the band he co-founded in 1968. Sunday, 1 June 2014, 21:00 (repeated Tuesday 16:00, Thursday 21:00 GMT) Tom Fuller – In Session for GRTR! Tuesdays (from 17 June, a two hour show followed by a three-hour blues rock marathon) 19:00 Pete Feenstra Roc… Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Europe, feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, highlights, interview, Jethro Tull, Joe Satriani, John Wetton, June 2014, Martin Barre, programmes, radio, Winger
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Gig review: COCO MONTOYA – Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, 22 May 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, blues, Brant Leeper, Coco Montoya, funk, gig review, guitar, Laurence Jones, Nate Brown, Renee Beevers, soul, Walter Trout
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Album review: POOBAH – U.S. Rock
…he album is the guitar work and the unique vocals of Gustafson, I have a sneaking suspicion that a young Justin Hawkins from The Darkness may have been influenced by Jim’s falsetto style. Whilst the vocals at times may be a bit much, the guitar work is never less than stunning. On songs like ‘Flesh Fantasies’ and ‘Let’s Rock’ Gustafson’s riffing is first rate, oh and if you don’t dance to ‘Let’s Rock’ then I would check for a pulse! Stand out tra… Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Cream, Jim Gustafson, Judas Priest, Ohio, Poobah, remaster, review, Ripple Records, rock, U.S Rock, Youngstown
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News: STEVE LUKATHER chats to GRTR!
Get Ready to ROCK! Radio: “The Guitarists” Sunday 18 May, 22:00 GMT (repeated Mon 19 and Fri 23, 22:00 GMT) Legendary guitarist Steve Lukather chats about his career, including sessions, solo and Toto. GRTR!’s David Randall caught up with him shortly after the release of the 35th Anniversary ‘Live In Poland” package. Steve is currently preparing for a summer tour with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band, and is rec… Continue reading
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Tagged All Starr Band, career, guitar, guitarist, interview, Live In Poland, May 2014, radio, Ringo Starr, session, Solo, Steve Lukather, Toto
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2016)
…11; Nationwide Arena (USA) Sun March 19 2017 – CLEVELAND Ohio – Quicken Loans Arena (USA) Wed March 22 2017 – INDIANAPOLIS Indiana – Bankers Life Fieldhouse (USA) NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Fri January 13 2017 – HOBART Derwent Entertainment Centre Sun January 15 2017 – BALLARAT North Gardens Tue January 17 2017 – WELLINGTON TSB Bank Arena Wed January 18 AUCKLAND Vector Arena Fri/Sat January 20/21 SYDNE… Continue reading
Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL BLUES – Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014
…of Rory tracks that are played with a passion and authenticity that you won’t get anywhere else. Saturday 22 March This morning was definitely one for the blues as the inclement weather was making an appearance again. First to grace the Bonga Wonga stage this morning was the Brothers Groove, a 3 piece brummie based blues groove band nominated for 2 categories at the British Blues Awards earlier this year. Following them was the Brian Rawson… Continue reading
Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL PROG – Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014
…age show they impressed with tracks like ‘Her Epitaph’ and ‘The Light Within’. Saturday 22 March September Code kicked off the day with a great set of more melodic rock and despite their Greek origin all the vocals are in English and a damm good set too. Crimson Sky came out for an extended set. Vocalist Jane Setter, whose striking red bowler hat and red feather shawl added some welcome style to the show, belted out great… Continue reading
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Tagged Fish, Flower Kings, Focus, gig, Hard Rock Hell Prog, Hawklords, March 2014, progressive, review, rock, The Enid
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL AOR – Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014
…day of top quality bands. All that was left to do now was to stagger back and find the caravan… Saturday 22 March Hailing from St. Petersburg in Russia Reds’ Cool are a hard rock blend – with essence of Gotthard, Pretty Maids and Shakra – these guys kicked out a fantastic set immediately commanding attention of everyone, myself included in the room. Playing tracks from their CD ‘Bad Story’ they have been tread… Continue reading
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DVD reviews: GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS, BRYAN FERRY, HUGH LAURIE
…we find Ferry at France’s Nuits de Fourviere festival and the smooth old bastard does not put a foot wrong over 22 tracks here and, backed by a relatively young backing band, covers over 40 years of classics. The set starts well with a great version of Screaming Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You”, “Slave To Love” and “You Can Dance”, there is also an outstanding working of Neil Young’s “Like A Hurricane”. Then we get to “My Only Love” and from t… Continue reading
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Tagged Bluray, Bryan Ferry, DVD, GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS, Hugh Laurie, Live at Montreux 2013, Live In Lyon, Live On The Queen Mary, review, Roxy Music
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Gig review: MONSTER TRUCK/ SCORPION CHILD – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 22 March 2014
…w.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024. UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock &… Continue reading
