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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK- Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO- London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Gig review: HRH XVII, Great Yarmouth, 7-10 November 2024
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Gig review: WHEN RIVERS MEET, CHANTEL MCGREGOR, XANDER AND THE PEACE PIRATES- Dingwalls, London, 7 November 2024
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 6 November 2024
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024
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Album review: HEART – Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Time Clocks
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Album review: JETHRO TULL – The String Quartets (Ian Anderson)
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Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown
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Album review: SONNY LANDRETH – Recorded Live In Lafayette
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Tag Archives: blues rock
Gig review: LAURENCE JONES, Boom Boom Club, Sutton – 10 March 2023
The 21st century has seen a huge number of young blues guitar prodigies emerge from the UK and then establish themselves to a greater or lesser degree- Joanne Shaw Taylor, Oli Brown, Virgil McMahon and Aynsley Lister to name but … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Sheehan, Blue Nation, blues rock, Boom Boom Club, gig, Laurence Jones, Pete Feenstra
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Gig review: ANA POPOVIC – Islington O2 Academy, London, 10 March 2023
The last vestiges of winter still had its cold tendrils curling around the country, falls of snow and a chill wind was everywhere, even in the midst of London town. Things though in Islington had rapidly heated up, the arrival … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 March 2023, Ana Popovic, blues, blues rock, funk, gig, guitarist, Islington O2 Academy, jazz, London, review, soul, Stax, Toby Lee
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Gig review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 March 2023
King King are a reliably regular touring act and this spring tour comes exactly a year after the last. If there was a sense of curiosity last year about the new line up with Alan Nimmo joined by big brother … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, blues rock, gig, Glenn Tilbrook, Jonny Dyke, King King, melodic rock, Squeeze, Stevie Nimmo
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Album review: THE FLOOD – Hear Us Out
Escape Music [Release date 24.03.23] The Flood are an interesting proposition featuring vocalist Chris Ousey (Heartland/Virginia Wolf/Snakecharmer), FM guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick and former FM keyboards player Didge Digital. So far, so melodic hard rock and blues rock. However, it is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Sheenan, blues rock, Chris Ousey, Didge Digital, FM, hard rock, Hear Us Out, Heartland, Jim Kirkpatrick, Mr Big, Nigel Glockler, review, rock, Saxon, Snakecharmer, The Flood, Winery Dogs
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – Tropic at Ruislip, London, 5 March 2023
In an ever more crowded field of new acts, particularly in the world of blues rock, it is hard to sort out the exceptional talent from the merely good. As a shortcut through this minefield, I tend to rely on … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Dedman, blues rock, Brave Rival, Chloe Josephine, Donna Peters, Ed Clarke, gig, Lindsey Bonnick, Tropic at Ruislip
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Album review: THE ANSWER – Sundowners
Golden Robot Records [Release date 17.03.23] After a long wait, 7 years to be exact, Northern Irish rockers, The Answer return with a new album, releasing it on St Patricks day (of course!) and this fan girl gets to review … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Cormac Neeson, hard rock, review, rock, Sundowners, THE ANSWER
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Album review: THE COLD STARES – Voices
Mascot Records [Release date 10.03.23] This album comprising of 13 tracks was recorded almost entirely over the course of just two days with producer/engineer/mixer Mark Needham (Taj Mahal, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Walk the Moon, Fleetwood Mac), the album stands … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, hard rock, review, rock, The Cold Stares, Voices
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Gig review: KRIS BARRAS BAND – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, 7 February 2023
If there were a prize for the hardest working band in rock, the Kris Barras Band must be in contention. This second full length tour in 10 months takes in a remarkable 25 dates and despite these difficult times has … Continue reading
Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – CHANTEL McGREGOR (February 2023)
Chantel’s down to earth Yorkshire lass delivery has endeared her to fans as much as her musicianship… Photo: David Randall Yorkshire singer/songwriter/guitarist Chantel McGregor first came to our attention in May 2010 when Pete Feenstra reviewed her debut London gig … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Chantel McGregor, classic rock, feature, guitar, guitarist, interview, review
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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – Nobody’s Fool
Keeping The Blues Alive (KTBA Records) [Release date 28.10.22] Joanne Shaw Taylor has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, establishing herself as one of the most formidable blues/rock performers. We’ve followed her rise and rise in the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, classic rock, guitar, guitarist, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Nobody's Fool, R&B, review
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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Waiting For The Daylight
Tuohi Records [Release date 07.10.22] Recent Erja Lyytinen albums have seen the Finnish guitarist mixing up the genres and moving away from the more defined blues/blues rock that characterised earlier offerings. Whether this is a natural development or a realisation … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, classic rock, Erja Lyytinen, guitar, guitarist, review, Waiting For The Daylight
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Gig review: DEWOLFF – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 January 2023
New Album – Love, Death & 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 & … Continue reading
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Tagged Album Launch, Amsterdam, big band, blues, blues rock, DeWolff, gig, Paradiso, review, rock, Thursday 5 January 2023, van de Poel
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News: The Best of 2022 – Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers choose their Top Albums of the Year
Marillion made several lists for their album releases and UK tour in 2022 Finally, in 2022, there was something like a return to normality for live music, although more latterly the economic crisis impacted on punters’ disposable income and therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, albums, best of, blues rock, breakthrough acts, classic rock, live acts, progressive, singer songwriter
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Gig review: BEAUX GRIS GRIS AND THE APOCALYPSE – The Duke of York, Ipswich, Wednesday 9 November 2022
It takes a special kind of love that brings Californian based band Beaux Gris Gris and the Apocalypse to an Ipswich pub on a Wednesday night in late Autumn but rewarded with a packed and enthusiastic audience, it seems like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beaux Gris Gris and the Apocalypse, blues, blues rock, gig, Ipswich, live music, review, rock, The Duke of York, Wednesday 9 November 2022
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Single reviews: BEN HEMMING, KIT TRIGG, DYLAN JAMES
BEN HEMMING The End Facebook Ben Hemming on his Facebok bio is described as nu blues, which is a fair appraisal of this song. It has a distinctive blues feel coupled with a hint of Pearl Jam/grunge. It is a … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, Ben Hemming, blues, blues rock, Cassidy Paris, Dylan James, indie, Kit Trigg, pop, reviews, rock, singles
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Album review: VOODOO RAMBLE – Can’t Write A Pop Song (When You’ve Got The Blues)
Thoroughbred Music [Release date 10.22] In our reflections on two decades of rock it is a truism that out there are some wonderful bands and musicians who, for whatever reason, never hit critical mass. This is usually down to a … Continue reading
Album review: VINNIE MOORE – Double Exposure
David Randall chatted to Vinnie Moore about his career with tracks from his solo albums. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 4 December 2022. Mind’s Eye Music [Release date 08.11.22] We were mightily impressed with Vinnie Moore’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, classic rock, Double Exposure, guitar, hard rock, instrumental, review, UFO, Vinnie Moore
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Album review: CACTUS – Evil Is Going On (The Atco Albums 1970-72, 8 CDs)
Cherry Red [Release date 28.10.22] Quite some Cactus boxset. Cherry Red have repackaged all of the Blues Rock legends’ releases into a sturdy 8 CD box. It contains the 4 studio albums recorded 1972-74, and 4 albums’ worth of live … Continue reading
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Tagged .38 Special, album review, Bill DeYoung, Black Oak Arakansas, blues rock, Carmen Appice, Chicago, Eddie Kramer, Jim McCarty, Kiss, Little Richard, live, Mose Allison, Rusty Day, Stones, studio, Ted Nugent, Tim Bogert, Vanilla Fudge, Willie Dixon
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Gig review: THE SHEEPDOGS – Electric Ballroom, London, 9 October 2022
There seems no end to a newer generation of bands drawing their inspiration from the classic rock sounds of the late sixties and seventies. One such are The Sheepdogs, from Saskatchewan in rural Canada, though they have actually been around … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, classic rock, Ewan Currie, gig, Ricky Pacquette, Ryan Gullen, Sam Corbett, Shamus Currie, The Hanging Stars, The Sheepdogs
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) 2023
Compiled by Jason Ritchie January – June 2023 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 … Continue reading
Album review: HUMBLE PIE – I Need A Star In My Life
Cleopatra Records [Release date 02.09.22] Humble Pie’s light shone for a few years in the early 1970s when – with Peter Frampton in the line-up – they released the classic live album ‘Performance Rockin The Fillmore’. By 1974 the band’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Humble Pie, I Need A Star In My Life, R&B, review, Steve Marriott
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) July 2022 – December 2022
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) 2023 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,” … Continue reading
Gig review: SARI SCHORR- Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 30 September 2022
Sari Schorr began her second tour of the UK this year at the Boom Boom Club, run by GRTR’s own Pete Feenstra, a suitable venue as in his stage introduction he mentioned that other noted bluesmen who had played the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gautrey, Ash Wilson, blues rock, Boom Boom Club, Eddy Smith, gig, Mat Beable, Phil Wilson, Sari Schorr
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Gig review: THE BLACK CROWES- Brixton Academy, London, 26 September 2022
Back in 1990, the Black Crowes ‘Shake Your Moneymaker’ was an out of the box success to rank with other classic debut albums out of America, from Montrose, Van Halen, Boston and Guns’n’Roses. It was an album out of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Crowes, blues rock, Chris Robinson, gig, Reef, Rich Robinson, Shake Your Moneymaker, southern rock
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News: Albums of the Month (July 2022 – September 2022)
CATS IN SPACE Kickstart The Sun (Harmony Factory) The ambitious production of chief songwriter Greg Hart and Ian Caple does justice to the songs and the overall impression is that the sound is noticeably tougher than previous releases with a … Continue reading
