Get Ready to ROCK! » Argent https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : RUSS BALLARD – Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired (2CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-russ-ballard-songs-from-the-warehouse-the-hits-rewired-2cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-russ-ballard-songs-from-the-warehouse-the-hits-rewired-2cds/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:38:25 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102028 RUSS 150 BALLARD WarehouseFrontiers Music [Release date : 25.04.25] Disc One: Songs From The Warehouse Russ Ballard’s been round the block a good few times, most famously writing mega-hits for other artists en route, like Kiss, Santana, Rainbow and America. Well in his … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-russ-ballard-songs-from-the-warehouse-the-hits-rewired-2cds/feed/ 0 Gig review: RUSS BALLARD- Nell’s Jazz and Blues, West Kensington, London, 9 November 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/gig-review-russ-ballard-nells-jazz-and-blues-west-kensington-london-9-november-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/gig-review-russ-ballard-nells-jazz-and-blues-west-kensington-london-9-november-2023/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:54:03 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92206 RUSS BALLARD- Nell's Jazz and Blues, West Kensington, London, 9 November 2023As someone for whom the PRS cheques roll in every time his famous songs are played, Russ Ballard has no need to go out in tour for the money, so his newly prolific touring in the UK must be for … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/gig-review-russ-ballard-nells-jazz-and-blues-west-kensington-london-9-november-2023/feed/ 0 Gig review: RUSS BALLARD – 100 Club, London, 10 February 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-russ-ballard-100-club-london-10-february-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-russ-ballard-100-club-london-10-february-2022/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:25:08 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78589 RUSS BALLARD- 100 Club, London, 10 February 2022The over used word ‘legendary’ applies in Russ Ballard’s case, as one of the very best and most prolific songwriters for a wide range of pop and rock artists, not to mention a distinguished and long career as singer and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/gig-review-russ-ballard-100-club-london-10-february-2022/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Beyond The Pale Horizon, The British Progressive Sounds of 1972 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-various-artists-beyond-the-pale-horizon-the-british-progressive-sounds-of-1972-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-various-artists-beyond-the-pale-horizon-the-british-progressive-sounds-of-1972-3-cd-boxset/#comments Tue, 25 May 2021 16:06:00 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72994 beyond_the_pale_hori_QBgsZCherry Red [Release date 28.05.21] Respected music critics have often expressed the opinion that Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry never wrote a better set of lyrics than he did for ‘Virginia Plain’, the band’s first hit single. Medium.com’s Phil Adams described … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-various-artists-beyond-the-pale-horizon-the-british-progressive-sounds-of-1972-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Feature: Gigs of the Millennium – Steve Tilston, Argent, Camel, The Tubes https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/feature-gigs-of-the-millennium-steve-tilston-argent-camel-the-tubes/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/feature-gigs-of-the-millennium-steve-tilston-argent-camel-the-tubes/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2020 22:00:32 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66787 Fee Waybill - The TubesDavid Randall surveys a near-20 year period, reflecting on what constitutes a great gig… What makes a good gig?  It can often be the events surrounding it – a pre-gig meal or drink for example -  your fellow gig-goer(s), the … Continue reading →

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