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Album review: BAD TOUCH – Shake A Leg
Marshall Records [Release date o5.10.18] Bad Touch isn’t a band that is about to rewrite the rock and roll handbook, but ‘Shake A Leg’ neatly reaffirms the potency of riff-driven, fist pumping, hook-laden hard rock. They impressively focus on their … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Bad Touch, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Marshall Records, review, Rob Glendinning, Shake A Leg, Stevie Westwood
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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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Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Live In Atlantic City
earMUSIC [Release date 21.09.18] Lynyrd Skynyrd, undoubtedly the world’s favourite Southern rock band, is touring for the final time. With this news you can expect a flurry of live releases, greatest hits albums and people selling their stories, and not … Continue reading
Album review: SARI SCHORR – Never Say Never
Pete Feenstra chatted to Sari Schorr for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 24 March 2019. Manhaton Records [Release date o5.10.18] Sari Schorr returns with ‘Never Say Never’, an album that goes a long way to establishing her own … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ash Wilson, Bad Company, blues, Henning Gehrke, interview, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kim Carnes, Mick Ralphs, Never Say Never, review, Robert Johnson, rock, Sari Schorr, soul, vocal
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Album review: PALACE OF THE KING – Get It Right With Your Maker
Golden Robot Records [Release date 23.03.18] On the first listen to Get Right With Your Maker, the latest album from Australia’s Palace of The King, I was indifferent to be honest. However, two or three listens later I was hooked. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Get It Right With Your Maker, hard rock, Palace of the King, review, rock
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Album review: DOYLE BRAMHALL II – Shades
Provogue Records [Release date o5.10.18] Doyle Bramhall II’s ‘Shades’ is an eclectic album with real musical and spiritual depth. It’s a song-led album with interwoven vocal harmonies, sculpted guitar parts and plenty of emotive lyrics. It’s a musical tableau in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, funk, Greyhounds, Michael McDonald, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, review, Rich Man, rock, Shades, Tedeschi Trucks
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Album review: GIOELI CASTRONOVO- Set the World on Fire
Release Date 13.07.18 Frontiers latest all-star combination reunites two members of Hardline- singer Johnny Gioeli, the one constant in their line up to the present day, and drummer Deen Castronovo who played on their debut, in between his service with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro Delvecchio, AOR, Deen Castronovo, Hardline, Johnny Gioeli, melodic rock
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Album review: JAMIE WILLIAMS & THE ROOTS COLLECTIVE – Diff’rent Gravy
3Ms Music [Release date 20.04.18] What’s in a name? Well, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective is a suitably titled, all encompassing name for a band that is rooted in 60’s British R&B – minimalist production with evocative vocals – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Boy Arnold, blues, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, country, Dave Milligan, Diff'rent Gravy, Downliner Sect, Ian Hunter, Jamie Williams, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective, Keith Richard, Nick Garner, pop, review, Ringo Star, rock, Rolling Stones, roots, Sean Tyla, The Beatles, The Pretty Things, Tom Petty
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Album review: CLIF MAGNESS- Lucky Dog
Release Date 13.07.18 Clif (short for Clifton) Magness may not be a household name, but is one of those respected songwriters essential to the music business. His collaborations have covered artists as diverse as Steve Perry and Avril Lavigne, co-writing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Clif Magness, melodic rock, Robin Beck
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Album review: GRYPHON – Reinvention
David Randall chatted to band co-founder and guitarist Graeme Taylor ahead of their UK dates in August 2016. Graeme also selected some of his favourite tracks, not only Gryphon but those artists who have inspired his musical journey. [Release date … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Gulland, Dave Oberle, folk, Graeme Taylor, Gryphon, interview, medieval, progressive, Reinvention, review, rock
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Album review: KAT DANSER – Goin’ Gone
Black Hen Music [Release date 12.10.18] If you ever wondered what it might sound like if Chrissie Hynde/Joan Armatrading did a stripped back Deep South blues roots album, Goin’ Gone by Edmonton based Canadian Kat Danser is the answer. And … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Goin' Gone, Kat Danser, review, roots, singer, songwriter, Steve Dawson
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Album review: GREENROSE FAIRE – Riders In The Night
Friendly Folk Records [Release date 01.06.18] The fourth album from the Finnish sextet who marry violin, bouzouki and mandolin with a traditional rock line up of bass, drums and keys (and yes, some guitar!) to produce their own rollicking brand … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, folk rock, Greenrose Faire, review, Riders In The Night
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Album review: HALESTORM – Vicious
Atlantic [Release date 27.07.18] I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when I heard Halestorm’s fabulous 2009 eponymous debut. And it remains one of my favourite female fronted rock albums of the last decade and beyond. But frankly, for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Halestorm, hard rock, Lzzy Hale, metal, review, Vicious
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Album review: CONNOR SELBY – Made Up My Mind
3Ms Records [Release date 07.09.18] With a soulful wash of blues, r&b, funk and nascent songcraft, Connor Selby works hard to pull together an album that slowly, but surely unveils his own imprint He’s a white boy soul singer with … Continue reading
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Tagged 3Ms, album, Connor Selby, Eric Clapton, funk, Gregg Alman, JOE COCKER, Made Up My Mind, Peter Green, R&B, Ray Charles, review, rock, soul, Van Morrison, vocal
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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Love Lives On
Get Along Records [Release date 14.05.18] Having established herself as a Janis Joplin influenced rock chick with emotive autobiographical lyrics, Dana Fuchs celebrates the launch of her own Get Along Records with a surprisingly soulful album built on the conceptual … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dana Fuchs, Felix Hernandez, funk, Jon Diamond, Kirk Smothers, Love Lives On, Memphis soul, Otis Redding, Rev. Charles Hodges, review, rock, soul, Stax, vocals
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Album review: DEE SNIDER – For The Love Of Metal
Napalm Records [Release date 27.07.18] Former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider’s forthcoming fourth solo album “For The Love of Metal” is his heaviest yet, obviously, he is well known as a great hard rock singer but this shift to metal … Continue reading
Album review: THIRSTY – Nomad
Facebook page [Release date 31.08.18] The third release from Thirsty is, at six tracks, more of a mini album, however, it is big on impact. “Nomad” is one of those albums that I can just leave on in the background, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Kimsey, Guy Bailey, Irina D, melodic, Nomad, review, rock, The Quireboys, Thirsty
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Album review: MR BIG – Live From Milan
Frontiers [Release date 13.07.18] 2018 marks 30 years since Mr Big formed, but it also marks the passing of drummer and founder member Pat Torpey, having battled Parkinson’s for many years. He was able to join the band on their … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Sheenan, classic rock, DVD, Eric Martin, Frontiers, live, Live From Milan, melodic rock, Mr Big, Pat Torpey, Paul Gilbert, review
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Album review: THE GUESS WHO – The Future IS What It Used To Be
Cleopatra Records [Release date 14.09.18] Canadian classic rockers the Guess Who have been around since 1965 and this line-up still features original drummer Garry Peterson, whilst original bassist Jim Kale appears on the album, although no longer tours with the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, review, rock, The Future IS What It Used To Be, The Guess Who
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Album review: TONY MITCHELL – Beggars Gold
MelodicRock Records [Release date 14.09.18] Former Kiss Of The Gypsy vocalist Tony Mitchell returns with a new solo album, which has a few songs similar to the enjoyable Dirty White Boyz album released early last year (that band are planning … Continue reading
Album review: ALLY THE FIDDLE – Up
Gentle Art Of Music [Release date 14.09.18] Think of rock fiddle players and you can probably name the significant on one hand. Jerry Goodman? Darryl Way? Jean-Luc Ponty? Female rock fiddle players may be more of a challenge. Anna Phoebe? … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ally Storch, Ally The Fiddle, fusion, instrumental, Jazz rock, Jerry Goodman, metal, progressive, review, Up, violin
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Album review: MONSTER TRUCK – True Rockers
In this hour special first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Pete Feenstra chats to Monster Truck guitarist Jeremy Widerman, playing tracks from the album ‘True Rockers’. Mascot Records [Release date 14.09.18] 18 months after their breakthrough album ‘Sittin’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Brandon Bliss, Canadian Rock, Dee Snider, Deep Purple, grunge, Jeremy Wilderman, John Lord, Jon Harvey, metal, Monster Truck, punk, review, Rod Stewart, Sittin' Heavy, southern rock, Steve Kiely, The Tubes, True Rockers, ZZ Top
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Album review: SAXON – Thunderbolt (Tour edition)
Silver Lining [Release date 07.09.18] To promote their forthcoming tour, Saxon’s latest opus gets a swift rerelease with a couple of bonus tracks. Formed in the late 70s, Saxon were front runners in the era’s New Wave of British Heavy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, classic metal, Motorhead, NWOBHM, review, rock, Saxon, Thunderbolt, tour edition
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Album review: IAN GILLAN & THE JAVELINS
earMUSIC [Release date 31.08.18] 55 years on from the band’s formation, in March this year over the course of five days in a studio in Hamburg, Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan joined forces with his original band the Javelins, namely … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Ian Gillan and the Javelins, pop, review, rhythm & blues, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue Horizon
Manhaton Records [Release date 07.09.18] Producer, songwriter and vocalist Mike Vernon’s award winning career has encompassed the birth of British blues including Clapton, Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac etc. He also worked with the younger David Bowie, Focus and soul singer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Roachford, Beyond The Blue Horizon, Big Town Playboys, blues, Brook Benton, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Focus, Frogman Henry, Ian Jennings, Kid Carlos, Laurence Jones, Matt Little, Mike Hellier, Mike Vernon, Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo, Mose Allison, Oli Brown, Paul Tasker, Peter Green, R&B, review, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays, Sari Schorr, The Olympic Runners
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