Tag Archives: Amsterdam

Gig review: GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 20th October 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 by david.wilson

I have my son to thank for turning me on to Gregory Alan Isakov’s music. As an artist, he hadn’t been on my radar, and four years ago I don’t think he was on many other radars in the UK … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DEWOLFF – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 January 2023

Posted on January 10, 2023 by jason

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New Album – Love, Death & In Between (Album Launch Party Gig) GRTR! has been trumpeting the extraordinarily versatile southern rock, psychedelic/blues uber-combo, DeWolff, for years now and they have really excelled themselves with their new album, “Love, Death & … Continue reading →

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Gig review: NEXT OF KIN – Zonnehuis, Amsterdam, Saturday April 13 2019

Posted on April 15, 2019 by jason

Hallelujah and hot-damn if there wasn’t a spotlight shining from above on Amsterdam Saturday night as Dutch Americana virtuosos Dawn Brothers, DeWolff and friends put on a quite extraordinary show to launch their new collaborative EP/album under the appropriately-named, band … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STATUS QUO – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, 2 December 2016

Posted on December 6, 2016 by jason

STATUS QUO - Parc Y Scarletts, Llanelli, 27 August 2016

Let’s put some background markers down first – I first saw Quo in Sheffield in 1977 and assuming an average of a gig per tour since and then throw in the ad-hoc promotional stuff like the first Aquostic gig at … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Paradio, Amsterdam, 3 March 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by jason

Call it ear-gasmic sonic science, like being wrapped in whisky-soaked cotton wool blanket of classic Americana – the superlatives escape me but you would be very remiss not to catch the Chris Robinson Brotherhood (CRB) as soon as you can … Continue reading →

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Album review: STATUS QUO – In Search Of The Fourth Chord/Quid Pro Quo (reissues)

Posted on October 27, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Edsel [Release date 28.10.13] There’s something quite irresistible about Quo, perhaps the more so since they’ve recently reformed with the classic line-up and re-discovered their seventies mojo. Yes, they have had their fair share of naff-ness (recently consolidated by their … Continue reading →

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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – State

Posted on April 12, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Esoteric Antenna [Release date 08.04.13] Todd Rundgren’s chameleon nature is at once the perpetual conundrum. A musician who will not be pigeon-holed and as such adored by his loyal fanbase for his constant stretching of the envelope. For the faithful … Continue reading →