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Album review: MOJO PREACHERS – Confessions

MOJO PREACHERS – Confessions

www.mojopreachers.com Okay, I’ll admit I was one of those who thought the only good thing that came out of Norwich was the A11 but hold up….seems like if you stumble into any Norfolk bar of an evening these days, you’ll … Continue reading

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Album review: IRON SAVIOR – Titancraft

IRON SAVIOR – Titancraft

AFM Records [Release date 20.05.16] Iron Savior’s ninth studio release “Titancraft” features more of the same from the German power metal band…namely science fiction inspired Teutonic metal a la Primal Fear/Helloween. Main-man Piet Sielck (vocals, guitar) is back again and … Continue reading

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Album review: MARTIN TURNER – Reissues

Martin Turner - Life Begins

Cherry Red [Release date 08.04.16] Martin Turner albums are like buses.  There’s nothing, and then along come several.  That’s no problem as the one-time Wishbone Ash bassist always maintains a high quality quotient and they are worth the wait even … Continue reading

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Album review: DARE – Sacred Ground

DARE - Sacred Ground

Legend Records [Release date 15.07.16] Dare return with their first all new album since 2009′s ‘Arc Of The Dawn’ – although we did have ‘Calm Before The Storm 2′ in 2012 which was a re-recording/revamp of the 1998 album of … Continue reading

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Album review: RICH ROBINSON – Flux

Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 24.06.16] Following on from his recent re-issue campaign comes the release of ‘Flux’- the 4th solo studio album from former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson, and in my mind, his best solo effort to date. … Continue reading

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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped

THE ROLLING STONES - Totally Stripped

Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have … Continue reading

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Album review: THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS – A Box Of Everything

THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS - A Box Of Everything

Red River [Release date 16.06.16] Who?  And where the hell is Slambovia?  Not another Eastern European bloc state looking to dig its snout into the EU feeding trough? No, it’s a state of mind of a New York indie outfit … Continue reading

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Quick plays: MIKKO JOENSUU, ODDITY, VINNIE MOORE

MIKKO JOENSUU Amen 1 An ambitious musical adventure here from Mikko Joensuu as this album is the first part of  a planned trilogy of albums. This is a very sparse album, in that Mikko’s vocals are the main focus backed … Continue reading

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Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Everybody Wants A Piece

JOE LOUIS WALKER – Everybody Wants A Piece

On Sunday 12 June 2016 at 20:00 GMT Pete Feenstra chats to Joe Louis Walker on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and plays tracks from the new album More information Provogue [Release date 09.10.15] If bluesman Joe Louis Walker career … Continue reading

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Album review: SUNSTORM- Edge Of Tomorrow

SUNSTORM- Edge Of Tomorrow

Frontiers [Release date 03.06.10] Sunstorm have never been a band as such, but the name given to a Frontiers Records studio project which is now four albums strong over a decade, the one common link being Joe Lynn Turner’s evergreen … Continue reading

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Album review: TED POLEY- Beyond The Fade

TED POLEY- Beyond The Fade

Frontiers [Release date 13.05.16] A matter of weeks after some erstwhile bandmates produced one of the albums of the year with the Defiants, Danger Danger singer Ted Poley responds with his own latest solo album. A solo album is usually … Continue reading

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Album review: RAY WILSON – Song For A Friend

RAY WILSON - Song For A Friend

Jaggy D Records [Release date 03.06.16] What a beauty of an album this is! Stiltskin frontman and ex-Genesis lead singer, Ray Wilson’s fifth solo album, “Song For A Friend” oozes quality and empathy – epitomizing heart-felt balladry throughout. Lots of … Continue reading

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) July-September 2016

MARILLION - FEAR

Compiled by Jason Ritchie July 2016 1st BLINK 182 ‘California’ FATES WARNING ‘Theories Of Flight’ Inside Out WOLF HOFFMANN (ACCEPT) ‘Headbangers Symphony’ Nuclear Blast OUTLASTED ‘Into The Light’ MelodicRock Records PAIN OF SALVATION ‘Remedy Lane Re:visited (Re:mixed & Re:lived)’ InsideOutMusic … Continue reading

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Album review: BEN CRAVEN – Last Chance To Hear

BEN CRAVEN - Last Chance To Hear

Tuneleak Records   [Release date: 29.03.16] Ben Craven is an Australian multi-instrumentalist – self-described as a ‘cinematic progressive rock singer-songwriter’. ‘Last Chance To Hear’ is his third studio album to date following ‘Two False Idols’ in 2005 and 2011’s ‘Great … Continue reading

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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – Folklore

BIG BIG TRAIN - Folklore

www.bigbigtrain.com [Release date 27.05.16] Big Big Train return with their first full studio album since 2013, last year’s EP ‘Wassail’ was a nice stop gap and the title track is on this album. Also since their last album they have … Continue reading

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Quick plays: MICHAEL McDERMOTT, ANNIE KEATING, MISS RABBIT

MICHAEL McDERMOTT Willow Springs

MICHAEL McDERMOTT Willow Springs Having only just reviewed The Westies – Six On The Out, a vehicle for singer songwriter Michael McDermott, it was something of a surprise to find his 10th solo album land  a matter of only weeks … Continue reading

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Album review: JON KENZIE – From Wanderlust

JON KENZIE - From Wanderlust

Membran [Release date 01.07.16] Way back in 2009 I reviewed the eponymous debut by Beggar Joe a promising Manchester quintet that fell into the blues jazz genre, tempered by a side salad of rock and soul. A ‘late night/early hours’ … Continue reading

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Album review: WILD PONIES – Radiant

WILD PONIES - Radiant

No Evil Records [Release date 10.06.16] Essentially a Nashville-based duo of Doug (guitars and vocals) and Telisha (bass and vocals) Williams, Radiant is Wild Ponies sophomore release, coming on the back of their well-received Ray Kennedy-produced debut Things That Used … Continue reading

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Album review: JAKE MORLEY – The Manual

JAKE MORLEY - The Manual

Sandwich Emporium [Release date 10.06.16] You sense London based acoustic singer/songwriter Jake Morley tolerates the music industry, and all the hype that goes with it, rather than embraces it.  His 2011 debut Many Fish To Fry found favour with Radio … Continue reading

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Album review: CAIN RISING – s/t

CAIN RISING - Raising Cain

That’ll Do Records [Release date out now] With a name like Southside Jimmy and the mix of country, folk and rock that borrows heavily on the likes of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan that permeate this eponymous debut, … Continue reading

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Album review: VOLBEAT – Seal The Deal And Let’s Boogie

VOLBEAT – Seal The Deal And Lets Boogie

Spinefarm Records  [Release date 03.06.16] Volbeat’s meteoric rise shows no signs of abating any time soon. With the changes in line up, the latest being the addition of bassist Kasper Boye Larsen who replaced the departed Anders Kjolholm, it would … Continue reading

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Album review: DEFTONES – Gore

DEFTONES - Gore

Reprise Records [Release date 08.04.16] Deftones are a band who have never really caught my attention. The angst ridden vocals of Chino Merino coupled with the band’s usual soft, explode on chorus, then soft again is not too bad in … Continue reading

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Album review: MORELAND & ARBUCKLE – Promised Land Or Bust

Moreland & Arbuckle - Promised Land Or Bust

Alligator [Release date 20.05.16] Moreland & Arbuckle are here to remind us that Heartland rock isn’t necessarily country music by another name. ‘Promised Land Or Bust’ their 7th album refines their signature roots-rock sound, built on memorable riffs, alternated soulful … Continue reading

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Quick plays: PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE, SULFUR CITY, KING MUD

PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE Love The Things Your Lover Loves An album full of trippy, bubblegum pop – these types of bands were ubiquitous in the ‘70s, think early Small Faces with Steve Mariott-type, easy-on-the-ears ditties (though not his pipes) but you … Continue reading

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Album review: JORN – Heavy Rock Radio

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 03.06.16] Jorn is back with…another covers album. In the past few years he has been doing various re-recordings of his older work or covers, plus last years rather good ‘Dracula – The Swing Of Death’ with … Continue reading

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