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Quick plays: BEN DE LA COUR, SAM LEWIS
BEN DE LA COUR The High Cost Of Living Strange Flour Sack Cape Records [Release date 06.04.18] Having trodden a path from NYC to Europe, and then back to LA, to New Orleans and now (yes, somewhat predictably it would … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Ben De La Cour, Loversity, Nashville, R&B, review, roots, Sam Lewis, shoegaze, singer, songwriter, soul, Superdrone, The High Cost Of Living Strange
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Album review: LUNA ROSSA – Atropa
Firefly Music [Release date 19.11.18] Three albums in, and the latest chapter in Panic Room acoustic side project of Jonathan Edwards (keyboards) and Anne-Marie Helder (vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute) finds them at a crossroads. The main stay of both … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Anne-Marie Helder, Atropa, Jonathan Edwards, Luna Rossa, Panic Room, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Gig review: KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI – The Met, Bury, 26 October 2018
David Randall chatted to Kiki Dee in March 2015 for a two-part special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Part 2 covers the 1970s including her work with Elton John and her partnership with Carmelo Luggeri, bringing the story up … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 October 2018, acoustic, Bury, Carmelo Luggeri, Elton John, gig, interview, Kiki Dee, pop, review, singer, songwriter, The Met
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Album review: GALEN AYERS – Monument
Bombinate [Release date: 27.07.18] A confident debut here from this British US/Greece-based singer-songwriter, ‘Monument’ births short/sharp essays in personal values and beliefs in a swell of acoustic ambience. Cool to the point-of-chilly opener, ‘You Choose’ sets out her stall with … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, ambient, folk, Galen Ayers, Kevin Ayers, Monument, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: COLIN JAMES – Miles To Go
True North Records [Release date 21.09.18] Canadian blues-rock artist Colin James recently reflected that : “Blues is the only genre where you can maintain a young profile at the age of 53.” And while there’s no doubting the veracity of … Continue reading
Album review: BIRDSONG AT MORNING – Signs And Wonders
Blue Gentian Records [Release date 22.08.18] ‘Signs And Wonders’ is a remarkably ambitious album from a band based around singer/songwriter/vocalist Alan Williams. But then this is a band that released a 4-CD box set debut in 2011. This time the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5.1, acoustic, album, Birdsong At Morning, Blu-ray, Marillion, orchestral, review, rock, Signs And Wonders
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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – Forgotten Dreams
Chasing The Dragon Audiophile Recordings [Release date: 08.18] available at chasingthedragon.co.uk We’ve had Alone (2011) and its companion release Naked Music (2016) – albums that saw Irish singer songwriter Eleanor McEvoy retire to the sanctuary of a sleepy Norfolk studio … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, audiophile, Chasing The Dragon, classical, direct cut, Eleanor McEvoy, folk, Forgotten Dreams, hi-fi, review, singer, songwriter
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EP review: INDIA ELECTRIC CO. – Tablelands
Shoelay [Release date 19.10.18] The India Electric Co. return with the final part of the EP trilogy which contrasts the city and country. The wonderfully talented duo Cole Stacey (vocals, percussion, gravel) and Joseph O’Keefe (violin, piano, guitar, accordion, harp, … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, blues, EP, folk, India Electric Co., jazz, Midge Ure, pop, review, Tablelands
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Album review: ANNIE DRESSNER – Broken Into Pieces
www.anniedressner.com [Release date 26.10.18] A native New Yorker, but an adopted Brit of seven years, folk singer songwriter Annie Dressner has found favour on these shores with BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, and appeared at the Green Man and … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Annie Dressner, Broken Into Pieces, folk, indie, Nigel Stonier, review, singer, songwriter
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EP review: DORIAN SORRIAUX – Hungry Ghost
Soulseller Records [Release date 29.06.18] Dorian Sorriaux is the guitarist in Blues Pills where he has gained many plaudits for his playing with comparisons to legendary blue guitarists such as Peter Green and Paul Kossoff. On this EP he has … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Blues Pills, Dorian Sorriaux, EP, guitarist, Hungry Ghost, Neil Young, review
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Album review: TRACEY BROWNE – The Doctrine Of Song
[Release date 4.05.18] You could be forgiven – listening in a ‘blindfold test’ to this sophomore release from Manchester-based singer songwriter Tracey Browne, for occasionally thinking, “blimey, where did these ‘lost’ Thea Gilmore songs come from?” But dig a little … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, indie, Liz Hanks, Nigel Stonier, review, singer, songwriter, The Doctrine Of Song, Thea Gilmore, Tracey Browne
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Album review: RITCHIE DAVE PORTER– End Of The Line
Self release [Release date 01.04.18] From the opening filmic feel of ‘Blues At Sunrise’ to the conceptually opposite of ‘Blues At ‘Twilight’ – two ambient blues instrumentals that top and tail Ritchie Dave Porter’s ‘End Of The Line’ – this … Continue reading
Gig review: JAMES GRANT & The Hallelujah String Quartet – The Met, Bury, 5 May 2018
Whether it is a folk club in Biddulph (2007) or an art gallery in Liverpool (2011), you can see James Grant in any number of small venues but the bigger stages seem to be reserved for his homeland. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 May 2018, acoustic, Bury, gig, James Grant, Love & Money, Love And Money, review, singer, songwrier, The Hallelujah String Quartet, The Met
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Album review: MY GLASS WORLD – Prisoner Of Gravity
Luxury Noise [Release date 01.06.18] My Glass World is a vehicle for singer / songwriter Jamie Telford who’s ‘claim to fame’ is having played the driving piano that graces The Jam’s #1 single ‘Beat Surrender’ (1982). He’s also a trained … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Jamie Telford, My Glass World, Prisoner Of Gravity, review, soft rock
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Interview: Bearded Theory Festival (Rich Bryan)
Hollie Latham writes… Held at Catton Hall at the end of May each year, (2018 dates are 24 – 27 May) Bearded Theory music festival is a favourite and summer must do for so many people, myself included. The full … Continue reading
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Tagged 24-27 May 2018, acoustic, Bearded Theory, Catton Hall, Derbyshire, festival, folk, interview, Robert Plant, rock
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Quick plays: BIRDS OF CHICAGO, IAN SHERWOOD
BIRDS OF CHICAGO Love In Wartime JT Nero (JT & The Clouds frontman Jeremy Lindsay) and Allison Russell (Po’ Girl) first combined their talents on the 2011 JT Nero-branded Mountains/Forests album – an album of Americana that lacked a commercial … Continue reading
Gig review: KEN HENSLEY – The Hospital Club, London, 26 February 2018
Prior to this showcase gig, Get Ready to ROCK!’s Pete Feenstra caught up with Ken Hensley to chat about his music and play tracks from the new album. The special feature was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 February 2018, acoustic, gig, Ken Hensley, London, Rare and Timeless, review, The Hospital Club, Uriah Heep
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Album review: KORBY LENKER – Thousand Springs
[Release date 16.03.18] Nashville singer songwriter Korby Lenker chose to record his seventh album, not in the studio, but in places that resonated with him his guitar and vocals being captured in places as diverse as the edge of the … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Korby Lenker, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Thousand Springs
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Album review: THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – God Bless America
Self Release [Release date 01.12.18] ‘God Bless America’ is an album full of colourful narratives – both real and imagined – deep grooves, intricate guitar work and an array of sparkling tones. It invites us to immerse ourselves in a … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Allan Kelly, Americana, blues, British Blues Awards, country, Electric, George Harrison, Glen Buck, Greg Camburn, guitar, J.J. Cale, Jerry Garcia, Mark Knopfler, Phil Wilson, Philip Ockelford, review, Richard Townend, roots, singer, songwriter, Sting, The Mighty Bosscats
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Book review: JACKIE MCAULEY – I, SIDEMAN: The Story Of Me In The 60′s & 70′s
www.jackiemcauley.com – 253 pages paperback [Publication date: December 2017] Jackie McAuley’s ‘I Sideman: The Story Of Me In The 60′s and 70′s’ is an eloquently written, partial biography by a multi instrumentalist and vocalist who takes three quarters of the … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Bonzo Dog Band, book, Brendan Bonass, Celtic rock, Charlie Watts, folk, Frank McCourt, Gene Vincent, Henry McCullough, I Sideman, Irish, Jackie McAuley, Jimi Hendrix, JOE COCKER, John Peel, Judy Dyble, Kim Fowley, Lonnie Donegan, Marvin Rainwater, Miami Show band, Paul Brady, Paul McCartney, Pete Brown, review, Royal Showband, The Kult, Them, Trader Horne, Van Morrison, Vangelis, Viv Stanshall
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Album review: JOAN BAEZ – Whistle Down The Wind
Proper Records [Release date 02.03.18] Joan Baez made her live debut back in 1959 at the Newport Folk Festival and now she is starting to wind down her career, touring wise at least as 2018 marks her last year of … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, folk, Joan Baez, Joe Henry, Josh Ritter, protest, review, singer songwriter, Tom Waits, Whistle Down The Wind
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Album review: GORDON GILTRAP – Peace Will Fall
Angel Air Records [Release date 12.01.18] A bit like the proverbial bus, Gordon Giltrap’s recent albums are few and far between and then two arrive within a relatively short space of time. Last year’s ‘The Last of England’ was a … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Carol Lee Sampson, Christian, folk, Gordon Giltrap, instrumental, Martin Green, Peace Will Fall, religious, review
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Gig review: THE QUIREBOYS – Tolbooth, Stirling, 7 December 2017
Almost exactly a year ago local man Ross Wilson managed to lure The Quireboys to Stirling for a show under the ‘Rock For Strathcarron’ banner. The premise is that all profits raised from the gigs are donated to nearby Strathcarron … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 O'Clock, 7th December 2017, acoustic, blues, Filip Rapp, gig, Guy Griffin, Hey You, Keith Weir, live, Paul Guerin, Quireboys, review, rock, Rock For Strathcarron, Ross Wilson, Spike, Stirling, Sweden, The Gloria Story, Tolbooth
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