…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
…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
…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
…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
Sunday 9 March, 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio In this week’s ‘Assume The Position’, David Randall chats to Anette Olzon about her new album, and plays tracks from ‘Shine’. GRTR! Reviewer Pete Whalley described the album as a contender for album of the year and Anette will be giving the background to this first solo offering, as well as her earlier history and departure from symphonic metallers Nightwish. ‘Assume The Position’ featu… Continue reading
…tists who need your attention Saturdays 18:00 Stuart Hamilton Profiles 8 March Foreigner/Europe 15 March Magnum 22 March Purple People Sundays 14:00 Soundscapes Paul Baker and Ralph Rea explore the world of prog. 17:00 Progressive Fusion Hours Presented by Peter Muir Sunday 9 March 22:00 Assume The Position In the first hour, David Randall chats to Anette Olzon about her new solo album Sunday 16 March 21:00 In Session for GRTR! Singer songwriter… Continue reading
Photo: Noel Buckley Sunday 2 March, 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio The new Magnum album, ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ is released on 24 March. In this week’s ‘Assume The Position’, David Randall plays tracks and chats to Tony Clarkin about his songwriting and the new album. ‘Assume The Position’ features a mix of new and classic rock and is broadcast every Sunday at 22:00 (repeated Monday and Friday… Continue reading
…ed up by the fans. Wrong-footed by that rampant plagiarism at the start, it would be easy to dismiss this as “just another Magnum album”. Yes, the band have mellowed in their more advanced years and whilst standards are high there is a dearth of the really memorable (like the song ‘Brand New Morning’ for example), save perhaps for ‘Crying In The Rain’ and ‘Wisdom Had It’s Day’. And there is… Continue reading
…and extract some decent answers to those all-important questions we all have. Well, on the early evening of the 22nd of January I could easily have gone for a coffee and left my recorder running – that’s exactly how engaged and passionate guitar virtuoso Adrian Vandenberg was in describing the process through which his latest studio album “Vandenberg’s Moonkings” came to life and what the next few months holds for the young and pretty fired… Continue reading
…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
…s going to be a special night, back in Manchester for the first time since The Temperance Movement (TTM) won “Best New Band” at the planet rock awards and also the last night of their current tour. What we didn’t realize was that this was also their 100th show of an extremely success year which Phil (Campbell) announced during their set and to top it all they were filming parts of the show so hopefully we will all get to see it… Continue reading
…ongwriters – Maggie Reilly A brand new interview/feature on the eve of Maggie’s London date. Sunday 22 December 18:00 The Songwriters – Joey Tempest The Europe frontman talks about the return of the band and recent renaissance 21:00 The Best of In Session for GRTR! 2013 Highlights from the early sessions including Magenta, Martin Barre and Dani Wilde. 22:00 Assume The Position: Best of 2013 Favourite tracks of the year as featur… Continue reading
…t will be issuing ¡RELEASED! – a major six-disc DVD box-set and four companion CD sets of the historic “Human Rights Concerts” presented by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Amnesty International in the years 1986-1998. Net proceeds from sales of the DVD set and CDs benefit Amnesty. The release coincides with the 25th anniversary this autumn of the most high-profile of all the concerts in the series –… Continue reading
…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
…ned with ‘Start The Party’. Sean spinning his mic like a bullwhip and Gavin jumping on the monitors shouting “let’s have some f**king fun!” and “make some f**king noise!” to which the crowd duly responded. Halfway through the song Sean jumped into the crowd, made his way to the middle and continued his performance with the help of the crowd, dancing and getting them to join in chorus vocals. The whole place rocked as… Continue reading
…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
…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
…t) Wed – Indie (unsigned, upcoming and independent artists) 17:00 Classic Rock (Monday) 19:00 Progressive 22:00 Assume The Position (repeat) (Tuesday) 19:00 Pete Feenstra/ Blues-rock 21:00 Blues Rock (Wednesday) 19:00 Heavy Metal Marathon 22:00 Pete Feenstra Rock & Blues (repeat) 00.00 Close Thursday As Mon-Wed plus 16:00 Classic Rock 19:00 Progressive Metal 21:00 New to GRTR! Latest playlist additions (repeat) 22:00 The Eclectic Mix (r… Continue reading
…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
…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
…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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…p; Ear Music (Release date – 25.02.13) Gunpowder Diplomacy is the first album release by Chrome Molly in 22 years and has been made to celebrate the fact that it is 30 years since the band’s first album ‘You Can’t Have It All’. The 2013 incarnation of the band still retains three original members, Steve Hawkins on vocals, John Antcliffe on guitar and Nic Wastell on bass. The line-up is completed by ‘new boy’ Greg Ellis on drums who joined… Continue reading
…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
…, 1965 18. This Strange Effect – “You Really Got…” – Aeolian Hall, 1965 19. Interview: Ray Talks About “See My Friends” – “You Really Got…” Aeolian Hall, 1965 20. See My Friends – “You Really Got…” Aeolian Hall, 1965 21. Hide And Seek – “You Really Got…” Aeolian Hall, 1965 22. Milk Cow Blues – Saturday Club – The Playhouse Theatre, 1965 23. Interview: Ray Talks About Songwriting – Saturday Club -The Playhouse Theatre… Continue reading
…John albums recorded between 1970 and 1973. It follows the release of hotly anticipated Elton Vs Pnau single “Good Morning to the Night” on July 2nd. Australian duo Pnau are best known for their side-project “Empire Of The Sun”; Elton John signed the pair after hearing their record, and now with his blessing, a selection of Elton’s old masters will be re-imagined into an album featuring their recreations of his classic son… Continue reading
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