Get Ready to ROCK! » BBC https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:58:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: MOONRIDER (50th Anniversary Edition) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-moonrider-reissue/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-moonrider-reissue/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:34:55 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106526 MOONRIDER (50th Anniversary Edition)Think Like A Key Music [Release date 12.12.25] Those of a certain age will remember Keith West for his Top Ten hit “Excerpt From A Teenage Opera” and the tale of “Grocer Jack” aided by a posse of children, a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-moonrider-reissue/feed/ 0 Gig review: ROB TOGNONI – 100 Club, London, 26 September 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/gig-review-rob-tognoni-100-club-london-26-september-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/gig-review-rob-tognoni-100-club-london-26-september-2023/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:51:45 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=91148 Rob Tognoni by Tom BrundageRob Tognoni typifies the spirit of old school rock and roll. It isn’t the fact that he and his band have just driven 16 hours from the Orkney Festival in the highlands of Scotland to the heart of London, or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/gig-review-rob-tognoni-100-club-london-26-september-2023/feed/ 0 Album review: THE EQUALS – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-the-equals-black-skin-blue-eyed-boys/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-the-equals-black-skin-blue-eyed-boys/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:28:08 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=71524 THE EQUALS – Black Skin Blue Eyed BoysCantare [Release date 26.2.21] In the continued absence of the original recordings by The Equals on digital platforms, and with previous CDs long deleted, this collection of tracks recorded for radio broadcast is most welcome. One of the few racially … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-the-equals-black-skin-blue-eyed-boys/feed/ 0 Album review: GREENSLADE (remastered and expanded) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-greenslade-remastered-and-expanded/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-greenslade-remastered-and-expanded/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:38:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55678 GREENSLADEEsoteric [Release date 28.09.18] When Warner Brothers’ then-fledgling UK arm scored a hit debut with Curved Air’s ‘Airconditioning’ it was clear there was something in this new progressive rock music and the London office A&R scouts duly sallied forth to … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-greenslade-remastered-and-expanded/feed/ 0 Album review: SIMPLE MINDS – Acoustic In Concert https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-simple-minds-acoustic-in-concert/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/album-review-simple-minds-acoustic-in-concert/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:32:02 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=46098 SIMPLE MINDS - Acoustic In ConcertEagle [Release date 16.06.17] CD/DVD Well, if Status Quo can do it, why not Simple Minds? The Scottish band’s eighties heyday was always predicated on big, anthemic, arrangements and in this BBC Radio 2 gig we get trimmed down versions … Continue reading →

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