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		<title>Album review: BIG BAND OF BOOM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/bbob-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="BIG BAND OF BOOM" title="BIG BAND OF BOOM" /></a>Ragtime Records [Release date 13.03.26] &#8220;Imagine the Kill Bill soundtrack played by Rage Against the Machine with an orchestra&#8221; is the blurb used to entice the wary listener into the music of twelve piece, Birmingham based, Big Band of Boom. &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/">Album review: BIG BAND OF BOOM</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: DEWOLFF &#8211; Paradiso, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 January 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/gig-review-dewolff-paradiso-amsterdam-thursday-5-january-2023/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DeWolff-Love-Death-And-In-Between-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="DeWolff-Love-Death-And-In-Between-150x150" title="DeWolff-Love-Death-And-In-Between-150x150" /></a>New Album – Love, Death &#38; 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 &#38; &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/gig-review-dewolff-paradiso-amsterdam-thursday-5-january-2023/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/gig-review-dewolff-paradiso-amsterdam-thursday-5-january-2023/">Gig review: DEWOLFF &#8211; Paradiso, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 January 2023</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: THORBJORN RISAGER &amp; THE BLACK TORNADO – Best Of</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>petefeenstra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-best-of/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/thorbjorn_best1.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="THORBJORN RISAGER &amp; THE BLACK TORNADO – Best Of" title="THORBJORN RISAGER &amp; THE BLACK TORNADO – Best Of" /></a>Ruf [Release date 21.09.21] If there’s still a debate about the merits of European blues as opposed to its American antecedents, then Denmark&#8217;s Thorbjørn Risager  &#38; The Black Tornado have finally kicked the argument into touch with this stellar ‘Best &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-best-of/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-best-of/">Album review: THORBJORN RISAGER &amp; THE BLACK TORNADO – Best Of</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Avalanche</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>petefeenstra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-nine-below-zero-avalanche/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Nine-Below-Zero-Avalanche-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Nine Below Zero - Avalanche" title="" /></a>Pete Feenstra chatted to Dennis Greaves for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in October 2019. Absolute [Release date 04.10.19] &#8216;Avalanche&#8217; is the first self penned album by Nine Below Zero in big band mode and it&#8217;s a revelation. The pivotal &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-nine-below-zero-avalanche/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-nine-below-zero-avalanche/">Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Avalanche</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: PHIL LANZON – 48 Seconds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 10:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-phil-lanzon-48-seconds/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PHIL-LANZON-48-Seconds-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="PHIL LANZON - 48 Seconds" title="PHIL LANZON - 48 Seconds" /></a>Phil Lanzon Ditties/Cargo Records UK [Release date 02.08.19] Hot on the heels of last year’s ‘If You Think I’m Crazy’ Uriah Heep’s keyboards player Phil Lanzon is back with another solo album, which again sees him working with producer Simon &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-phil-lanzon-48-seconds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-phil-lanzon-48-seconds/">Album review: PHIL LANZON – 48 Seconds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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