Tag Archives: blues rock

Gig review: MEDICINE HEAD – The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 19 February 2026

Posted on February 25, 2026 by andynathan

John Fiddler is an indefatigable old trouper – despite some health challenges over the last year, he was back at the Eel Pie Club for the second time in 12 months with his revamped Medicine Head line up. Initially slow … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILLE AND THE BANDITS – Salt Roots

Posted on February 23, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 27.02.26] This latest album from Wille and the Bandits sees main man William ‘Wille’ Edwards and his band reaching new heights of epic story telling brilliance. Salt Roots is, in many ways, a homage to Cornwall, Edwards’ county … Continue reading →

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Single review: SAMANTHA FISH – Rusty Razor

Posted on February 16, 2026 by jason

This song hits you like an early Led Zep riff, then Samantha launches into some vocals so brimming with attitude they blow you back and pin your ears to the wall. This song is already getting airplay on Planet Rock, … Continue reading →

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Album review: VOODOO RAMBLE – Live Made In The UK

Posted on February 13, 2026 by jason

Facebook [Release date 01.02.26] On side 2 of Savoy Brown’s A Step Further, the singer announces – this is the boogie the Savoy Brown Boogie, and then they launch into a full album side of a live cut of blues boogie. … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICK ROGERS – The Guitarist

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Davoski

Copo Events [Release date: 30.01.26] Interesting stuff here from Mick Rogers on his third solo album. It is not quite what you might expect from the musician who has provided lead guitar and sometimes lead vocals for Manfred Mann’s Earth … Continue reading →

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Gig review: AYNSLEY LISTER – 100 Club, London, 27 January 2026

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Davoski

Tonight’s gig was part of the 100 Club’s regular Tuesday Blues events and a decent crowd was already in situ by the time Albany Down took the stage. I’ve been a quiet appreciator of this band for a while now … Continue reading →

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Single review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Hell Or High Water

Posted on January 28, 2026 by jason

Website “Can I help you sir?” “Yes I’d like some gospel blues served up with a soupçon of acoustic guitar and banjo, with lashings and lashings of raunchy electric guitar and topped off with an economic but searing guitar solo” … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LAURENCE JONES – Pizza Express, Holborn, London, 23 January 2026

Posted on January 25, 2026 by andynathan

The past year has been a life changing one for top blues guitarist Laurence Jones who has really struggled with the inflammatory bowel condition Crohn’s Disease. It left him unable to stand the rigours of touring, and needing to focus … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BAND OF FRIENDS- 229 Club, London, 4 January 2026

Posted on January 10, 2026 by andynathan

On a day when the rock world marked the 40th anniversary of Philip Lynott’s passing, it was a fellow all-time great of Irish rock that was also on my mind as I attended my first gig of the year- one … Continue reading →

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Album review: 3 MILE SHOUT – Round We Go

Posted on January 1, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Who Said That Records [Release date: 03.11.25] Here at GRTR! Towers at the end of the year there is a certain amount of housekeeping, reflection, and resolve. This process can reveal those albums that “got away” during the year and … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEWOLFF – Fuego!

Posted on December 8, 2025 by jason

Website [Release date 05.12.25] What do Redbone, Leon Russell, Lowell George, Bad Company, Link Wray, Henri Garella, Cray Fox and Dr. John have in common ? They all crafted masterpieces which have inspired the ridiculously fertile imaginations of Dutch blues/soul/psychedelic … Continue reading →

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Single review: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Everything I Need

Posted on November 23, 2025 by jason

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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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Just Watch Me

Posted on November 23, 2025 by jason

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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Gig review: ERJA LYYTINEN- Half Moon, Putney, London, 18 November 2025

Posted on November 21, 2025 by andynathan

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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Gig review: JIM KIRKPATRICK – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 12 November 2025

Posted on November 17, 2025 by andynathan

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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EP review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash

Posted on November 11, 2025 by jason

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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Single review: ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer

Posted on November 5, 2025 by jason

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

Posted on October 26, 2025 by andynathan

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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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2025)

Posted on October 24, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: LAURA COX – Trouble Coming

Posted on October 23, 2025 by jason

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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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL- 100 Club, London, 15 October 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by andynathan

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 →

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Gig review: THE DUST CODA/BAD TOUCH – Islington Academy, London, 8 October 2025

Posted on October 14, 2025 by andynathan

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 →

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EP Review: BRAVE RIVAL – 5 to 4

Posted on October 13, 2025 by andynathan

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 →

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Single reviews: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Let It Ride, Hello My Dear

Posted on October 8, 2025 by jason

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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EP review: HOLLOW SOULS (featuring Kris Barras)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by andynathan

HOLLOW SOULS- EP (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 →