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Album review: GINEVRA – We Belong To The Stars
Frontiers [Release date: 16.09.22] Ginevra is a kind of Europa League supergroup. Not exactly Champions League status. Not yet anyway. Kristian Fhyr, vocalist/ songwriter with Seventh Crystal was the instigator, and with the label’s help, the rest of the band… … Continue reading
Album review: HOUSE OF LORDS – Saints And Sinners
Frontiers [Release date: 16.09.22] On this, their 11th studio album, House Of Lords deliver aggressive, in your face melodic rock. The music comes out of its corner swinging, ready for the fight. James Christian now has Mark (Touch, Drive She … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BJ Zampa, Drive She Said, eighties, Frontiers, James Christian, Jimi Bell, Mark Mangold, melodic hard rock, review, Touch
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Album review: BEN E. KING – Supernatural Soul
Goldenlane Records/Cleopatra [Release date 26.08.22 ] On this, his first album release for a decade or so, one-time Drifters frontman Ben E. King is joined by special guests including Bette Smith and Ronnie Earl on a re-make of ‘Stand By … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben E. King, Bette Smith, Bootsy Collins, Drifters, funk, R&B, review, Ronnie Earl, soul, Supernatural Soul
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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – Shangri La
AFM Records [Release date: 16.09.22] Edenbridge’s Sabine Edelsbacher has such an expressive voice. It flows, taking its time, making its mark. Her clear, classy enunciation adds an element of sophistication to every note she sings. Band leader, Arne “Lanvall” Stockhammer, … Continue reading
Album review: PHIL THORNALLEY – Now That I Have Your Attention
Lojinx [Release date 02.09.22] The name Phil Thornalley may not be one you are familiar with, however, he has worked with many a household name including Bryan Adams, Thompson Twins, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, XTC, Duran Duran, and Paul McCartney. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ELO, Jeff Lynne, melodic rock, Now That I Have Your Attention, Phil Thornalle, pop, pop rock, review, Tom Petty
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Album review: PAT TRAVERS – The Art Of Time Travel
David Randall chatted to Pat Travers in December 2022. This non-broadcast extract is from a longer interview (see below). In an hour special for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Pat Travers chatted about his career with tracks from several albums … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, classic rock, guitar, guitarist, hard rock, interview, Pat Travers, radio, review, The Art Of Time Travel
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Album review: JULIAN LENNON – Jude
BMG [Release date 09.09.22] Julian Lennon is back with his first new album since 2011′s ‘Everything Changes’ and only his seventh studio album since debuting with ‘Valotte’ way back in 1984. He has enlisted fellow songwriters as co-writers on much … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beatles, Jude, Julian Lennon, melodic, Paul Buchanan, pop, review
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Album review: ALLEN OLZON – Army Of Dreamers
Frontiers [release date: 09.09.22] The Russell Allen, Anette Olzon, Magnus Karlsson triumvirate mined a rich seam of melodic metal on their well received Allen Olzon debut, Separate Worlds, in 2020. Individually, they are accomplished musical artists… primarily, Olzon fronted Nightwish … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anette Olzon, Hans Zimmer, Magnus Karlsson, melodic metal, review, Russell Allen
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Album review: DIAMOND HEAD – Lightning To The Nations
Silver Lining [Release date 30.09.22] Formed in the late 70s and part of the NWoBHM movement, Diamond Head epitomise the ‘Should have been huge’, ‘influential’ and ‘recognised after the event’ band. This, their debut, was originally released through their own … Continue reading
Album review: TABOO – Taboo
Frontiers [Release date: 09.09.22] Taboo is an interesting marriage of the old and the new… Pretty Maids’ guitarist and guiding light, Ken Hammer and H.E.R.O’s singer, writer, producer Steffan Stjerne. Sony recording artist, H.E.R.O is “Big in Japan”, racking up … Continue reading
Album review: JACKIE OATES – Gracious Wings
Bandcamp [Release date 02.09.22] Although this is Jackie Oates first album since 2018 she has been busy not least on the weekly online sessions with John Spiers (Bellowhead), who guests on a couple of songs on the album. For this, … Continue reading
Album review: THE PETAL FALLS – Everything About You
Website [Release date 02.09.22] The album has 10 tracks of which 2 have been released as singles, ‘Somebody to Love Me’ and ‘The Gift’ both of which were great indicators of what’s to come! I’ve been a fan of this band since their debut … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Everything About You, Keith Leahy, melodic rock, pop, review, rock, the Petal Falls
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Album review: IRON SAVIOR – Reforged Ironbound Volume 2
AFM Records [release date: 26.08.22] You could argue that Piet Sielck and Kai (Gamma Ray) Hansen kick started the entire Power Metal genre in Europe when the former Helloween bandmates formed Iron Savior in 1996. That was then. More recently, … Continue reading
Album review: STREETLIGHT CIRCUS – Super Fine Sugar
Escape Music [Release date 23.09.22] To quote their bio Streetlight Circus were “Born in New York City, raised on Rock ‘n’ Roll”. They have been playing live since 2010 with two independently released full-length albums and one EP to their … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hair metal, melodic rock, review, rock, sleaze rock, Streetlight Circus, Super Fine Sugar
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Album review: FARA – Energy Islands
Faramusic [Release date 26.08.22] Fara are from the Orkney’s, where they developed their distinctive sound that blends the three fiddles and vocals of Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price and Kristan Harvey against piano. On this album Fara introduce a new pianist Rory … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Energy Islands, Fara, folk, instrumental, Orkney Islands, review, traditional music
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Album review: STEELEYE SPAN – Live At The Rainbow Theatre 1974
Chrysalis Records [Release date 07.10.22] A vinyl only (double LP in old money!) of a classic concert from Steeleye Span that has never been released in full before. A handful of tracks from the concert have popped up down the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, folk rock, Live At The Rainbow Theatre 1974, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, review, Steeleye Span, Vinyl
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Album review: DYNAZTY – Final Advent
AFM Records [Release date: 26.08.22] Guided by Love Magnusson and Nils Molin, the band’s influential guitarist and vocalist respectively, Dynazty successfully transitioned from melodic rock to symphonic rock several albums ago, with 2018′s Firesign getting the target “formula” just right. … Continue reading
Album review: JOE MACRE – The Dream Is Free
Cuppa Joe Records [Release date 01.08.22] This is one of those strange albums where the song intros are the most impressive aspect. Once the vocals cut in, the promise dissipates. Joe Macre has a lot to answer for. He mainly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bass, Crack The Sky, fusion, Joe Macre, progressive, review, rock, The Dream Is Free
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Album review: LILLIAN AXE – From Womb To Tomb
Global Rock [Release date : 19.08.22] There’s a thin line between pretension and serious minded rock’n’roll. Lillian Axe do a high wire balancing act on this, their first album for ten years, titled From Womb To Tomb. Mainman, songwriter, guitarist, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, arrangements, hard rock, heavy metal, melody, MTV, review, Saigon Kick, Steve Blaze, symbolism, Trance metal
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Album review: LONELY ROBOT – A Model Life
Inside Out [Release date 26.08.22] Lonely Robot originally started out as a planned trilogy of album’s by John Mitchell (Arena, Frost*, It Bites) and luckily for us listeners & fans he decided to carry on with Lonely Robot, which brings … Continue reading
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Tagged A Model Life, album, Arena, Frost*, It Bites, John Mitchell, Lonely Robot, melodic, prog rock, progressive, review
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Album review: WHITE SPIRIT – Right Or Wrong
Pete Feenstra chatted to Mal Pearson and Mick Tucker of White Spirit for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 7 August 2022. Conquest Music [Release date: 29.07.22] ‘Right Or Wrong’ is White Spirit’s first album for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Asia, Brian Howe, classic rock, Deep Purple, FM, Foreigner, HammerFall, Jeff Scott Soto, Journey, Lee Small, Lionheart, Mal Pearson, Mick Tucker, Neil Murray, NWOBHM, Pontus Norgren, Rainbow, review, rock, Russell Gilbrook, Steve Overland, Van Halen, White Spirit, Whitesnake
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Album review: SOIL – Play It Forward
Cleopatra Records [Release date 26.08.22] A covers album from Soil whose last studio album was released back in 2013, so this covers album should keep their fans happy, even if it contains no new original songs. ‘Playing It Forward’ is … Continue reading
Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Euphoria (Vinyl reissue)
Universal [Release date 05.08.22] The Sheffield rock legends’ seventh studio album, originally released in 1999, gets the vinyl reissue treatment here. It was the second full album to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell, which returned the band to a five piece … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Damon Hill, Def Leppard, Euphoria, hard rock, melodic rock, reissue, review, Vinyl
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Album review: RUSTY SHACKLE – Under A Bloodshot Moon
Bandcamp [Release date 19.08.22] Welsh indie-roots band Rusty Shackle have not passed across the musical radar of this reviewer until now and I am gald that have finally. Rusty Shackle have been recording and touring around the globe since 2010. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ferocious Dog, folk, indie, Mumford & Sons, review, rock, roots, Rusty Shackle, Under A Bloodshot Moon
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Album review: STEAMHAMMER – Wailing Again
MiG records [Release date 30.09.22] Having just completed an overview of the current “state of play” in rock music for our 20th anniversary I mentioned that there has been a void in recent times allowing old stagers to reform and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Martin Pugh, Pete Sears, review, rhythm and blues, Steamhammer, Wailing Again
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