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Tag Archives: blues rock
Single review: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Everything I Need
Facebook Written in response to the audience reaction on their last UK tour, American roots rockers Caitlin Krisko And The Broadcast drop their fourth single in as many months – Everything I need from their forthcoming album Heirloom. From the … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Caitlin Krisko, Everything I Need, melodic, review, rock, single, the Broadcast
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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Just Watch Me
The Commoners, a Canadian band from Toronto, lay their southern style rock on us in big layers with this brand new single Just Watch Me. An engaging guitar riff brings the song to life courtesy of Ross Hayes Citrullo, who … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, hard rock, Just Watch Me, review, rock, single, the Commoners
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Gig review: ERJA LYYTINEN- Half Moon, Putney, London, 18 November 2025
Finnish blues rocker Erja Lyttinen, dubbed ‘the queen of the slide guitar’, has been a familiar name on the British scene for a while. Indeed I see it was as long ago as 2005 that our blues guru Pete Feenstra … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 November 2025, blues, blues rock, Erja Lyytinen, gig, Half Moon Putney, London, review
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Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 12 November 2025
Jim Kirkpatrick has been an even busier man than usual this year- with FM’s acoustic tour, new album and further tour, in between helping out The Sweet as Andy Scott got back to full fitness. Now a brief run of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 November 2025, Bernie Marsden, blues rock, FM, gig, Jem Davis, Jim Kirkpatrick, Leon Cave, London, melodic rock, Ollie Collins, Rory Gallagher, The Cavern
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EP review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash
Streaming [Release date 05.11.25] Oh my goodness what have we here – with a vocalist who makes Janis Joplin sound like Mary Poppins, a pair of duelling, weaving guitars, a bass player walking in John Entwistle’s footsteps, a Hammond organ player … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, EP, Hold the Mash, Parker Barrow, review, rock, southern rock
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Single review: ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer
Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] Pass me that bottle of Jack Daniels and a full on red Marlboro smoke, Ross Harding is back in town, corrupting people again, as he peddles his bluesifer devil music. He even pleads guilty m’lord, he … Continue reading
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Gig review: LARKIN POE – Hammersmith Apollo, London, 21 October 2025
Larkin Poe’s reputation in the UK has been growing, below my radar to the extent that they are able to attract a near sell out to the legendary Hammersmith Odeon (as it should always be known). My interest had been … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 October 2025, blues rock, country rock, gig, Hammersmith Apollo, Larkin Poe, London, Lucas Pettee, Megan Lovell, Rebecca Lovell, Son Little
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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, albums of the month, Americana, August, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, July, melodic rock, metal, Progressive Rock, roots, September
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Album review: LAURA COX – Trouble Coming
earMusic [Release date 31.10.25] Album number four from Anglo-French guitarist and singer Laura Cox, who first came to wider attention via her YouTube channel in 2008. The album was mixed and engineered by Jean-Marc Pelatan, with tracks mastered by Ted Jensen … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, guitarist, Laura Cox, melodic, review, rock, Trouble Coming
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL- 100 Club, London, 15 October 2025
There is no harder working touring band than Brave Rival, but of their many shows this was a special one, a well attended Central London showcase for their new (and excellent) ‘5 to 4’ EP which marks a new chapter … Continue reading
Gig review: THE DUST CODA/BAD TOUCH – Islington Academy, London, 8 October 2025
The economics of touring do not always make happy reading with too many bands chasing the same limited audience. So it made sense for two of the leading lights in the New Wave of Classic Rock in Bad Touch and … Continue reading
EP Review: BRAVE RIVAL – 5 to 4
Independent (Release Date: 17.10.25) Its been a year of change in the Brave Rival camp with the departure of Chloe Josephine, one of the twin lead singers that helped make their sound so distinctive. Given their incessant touring activity, there … Continue reading
Single reviews: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Let It Ride, Hello My Dear
Facebook These singles from Cailtin are coming like bullets from a gatling gun at the moment. So fast that I didn’t have chance to review ‘Let It Rid’e before Hello My Dear dropped on me. So briefly ‘Let It Ride’ … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Caitlin Krisko, country, Hello My Dear, Let It Ride, review, rock, roots rock, single, the Broadcast
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EP review: HOLLOW SOULS (featuring Kris Barras)
Release Date 10.10. 25 Kris Barras has evolved his style fairly dramatically from his early blues rock days, embracing first more commercial melodic rock, and latterly a heavier modern rock style, even stating that last Kris Barras Band effort ‘Halo … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Elles Bailey, EP, Hollow Souls, Jared James Nichols, Jon Harvey, Josiah J. Manning, Kris Barras, Phoebe Jane
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Gig review: LUKE MORLEY – Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 19 September 2025
With Thunder on indefinite hiatus for some while during Danny Bowes’ long road to recovery, their guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley has been keeping himself extremely busy. In between touring with the Quireboys he has now trebled his solo output … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Chris Childs, Dean Howard, gig, Luke Morley, melodic rock, Sam Tanner, singer songwriter, Thunder, Willie Dowling
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Feature: GRTR! Greats – JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
Photo: David Randall/GRTR! It’s no surprise to find Joanne Shaw Taylor in the list of ‘GRTR! Greats’, if only for the fact that aside from her visceral guitar playing ability, she is an exemplar of the modern aspirational musician. She’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, feature, Joanne Shaw Taylor, retrospective
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Single review: ROSS HARDING REVELATOR BLUES
Facebook Man this is my kind of blues, you can keep your note bending, face grimacing, guitar histrionics, give me an acoustic guitar, a whisky soaked emotive voice, a kick drum and references to hellhounds, storms, prophets and god and … Continue reading
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
Compiled by Jason Ritchie To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works in every … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your tour not listed? Contact us! New releases 2025 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), … Continue reading
Gig review: THE DEAD DAISIES – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 16 August 2025
First up in a packed venue was Dan Byrne, who simply set the place on fire with his set, this was no warm up, this was full on and have no doubt, this is one of those times you feel … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 August 2025, blues rock, classic rock, Doug Aldrich, gig, KK's Steel Mill, review, The Dead Daisies, Wolverhampton
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Gig review: A THOUSAND HORSES- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 1 August 2025
The boundaries between southern rock and country become ever more blurred, and in that thriving scene it is hard sometimes to pick new acts worth discovering from an increasingly crowded field, hoping to capitalise on the success of the Cadillac … Continue reading
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Tagged A Thousand Horses, Bill Satcher, blues rock, country rock, gig, Michael Hobby, southern rock, These Wicked Rivers
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Album review: VOODOO RAMBLE – In The Heart Of The City
www.voodooramble.com [Release date 01.07.25] Slowly but surely over the past few years our Blues Rock/Features Editor Pete Feenstra has been supplying lyrics and melodic ideas to a number of significant artists in the current blues rock scene. This is Pete’s … Continue reading
Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Dembe Theatre, Tring 4th July 2025
It often pays to respect and ‘support’ the support band and those that favour the bar tonight miss an excellent opening slot from the Lightning Threads. Formed back in 2019 the Sheffield based trio consist of Tom Jane (Guitar/Vocals) Sam … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th July 2025, blues rock, Brave Rival, Dembe Theatre, gig, Lightning Threads, Lindsey Bonnick, review, rock, Tring
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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, albums of the month, April, blues rock, classic rock, folk rock, June, May, melodic rock, Progressive Rock
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Gig review: DEL BROMHAM- Thames Side Brewery, Staines, 1 June 2025
At a time of life when others may be taking things a bit easier, the evergreen Del Bromham made two trips down from Buckinghamshire on the M1 and M25 in the space of four days, first in Putney with Stray … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Colin Kempster, DEL BROMHAM, gig, Karl Randall, Stray, Thames Side Brewery
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