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Tag Archives: blues
EP review: MICK PINI / AUDIO54 – Pastoral
Self release [Release date: 28.02.22] There’s nothing like a creative surge of energy to bring fresh reward. And so it that blues veteran Mick Pini revels in his new found collaboration with indie producer Craig Marshall (aka Audio 54), to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Audio 54, blues, Craig Marshall, EP, Freddie King, funk, King Curtis, Mick Pini, Muscle Shoals, pastoral, Peter Green, psychedelia, review, Robert Cray, Steve Winwood, Traffic
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News: SKID ROW, STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, BOWLING FOR SOUP (March 2022)
Belle and Sebastian’s new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’ will arrive on May 6 via Matador. Graham Bonnet Band will release a new album, ‘Day Out In Nowhere’, on May 13 via Frontiers. Don Airey guests on one song. Bowling For Soup … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, blues, Bowling for Soup, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, New releases, news, prog rock, rock, Skid Row, Steelhouse Festival, tour dates
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Album review: PAPA GEORGE – These Wheels
Papa George chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, first broadcast 27 February 2022. Bandcamp [Release date 30.08.21] ‘These Wheels’ is Papa George’s first album for 15 years – an eternity in today’s digital download generation – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dan Clarke, Darby Todd, Doyle Bramhall II, funk, Ian Hunt, interview, Jeremy Spencer, Jess Hayes, Papa George, Pete Stroud, review, Robert Cray, Robin Trower, rock, Taxi, These Wheels, Val Cowell, Zoot Money, ZZ Top
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Album review: THE DAVEY JOHNSTONE BAND – Deeper Than My Roots
Pete Feenstra chatted to Davey Johnstone for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 13 February 2022. Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date: 04.02.22] 49 years after his ‘Smiling Face’ debut album, Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone is back … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bob Birch, Charlie Johnstone, Davey Johnstone, Deeper Than My Roots, Eliot Johnstone, Elton John, funk, interview, Jesse Johnstone, John Lennon, Juliet Johnstone, Latino, Neil Young, Pink Floyd folk, review, rock, Roy Orbison, Tam Johnstone, The Beatles
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Album review: JACK J. HUTCHINSON – The Hammer Falls
Pete Feenstra chatted to Jack J Hutchinson for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 20 February 2022 Earache Records (Release date 04.02.22) Hard rocker Jack J. Hutchinson tells us: “We’ve thrown everything but the kitchen sink at this record.” … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, classic rock, Jack J. Hutchinson, Josh Norton Cox, Josiah J. Manning, Lazarus Michaelides, Led Zeppelin, metal, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, prog, review, Rush, The Hammer Falls
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Gig review: CHANTEL McGREGOR & AYNSLEY LISTER – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 6 February 2022
Original co-headliner, Finnish guitarist Erja Lyytinen, was unable to travel due to Covid restrictions. Fortunately, Chantel McGregor could call upon an old friend, Aynsley Lister, to join her for three nights of her tour, the last of which was at … Continue reading
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Tagged 06 February 2022, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, blues rock, Chantel McGregor, gig, guitarists, Milton Keynes, review, rock, The Stables
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Book review: DONT WORRY ‘BOUT THE BEAR (From the Blues to Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath) by Jim Simpson with Ron Simpson
Brewin Books [Publication date 22.06.2019] Jim Simpson’s ‘Don’t Worry ‘Bout The Bear’ – the title comes from a Doctor Ross song written for the author– is a down to earth account of his 60 plus years in the music business, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakerloo, Big Bear Records, Black Sabbath, blues, book, Buddy Guy, Champion Jack Dupree, Doctor Ross, Don Arden, Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear, Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear - From the Blues to Jazz, Humphrey Lyttleton, Jasper Carrott, jazz, Jazz Rag, Jesse Fuller, Jim Simpson, Locomotive, Miles Davis, prog, review, rock, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath, Ron Simpson, ska, Tea & Symphony, Val Wiseman
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Album review: JACK FRANCIS – Jack Francis
Good Deeds Music [Release date: 04.02.22] In introducing his remarkably lean and confident debut album, Jack Francis manages to namecheck Bruce Springsteen, and without realising it, Paul McCartney. There are echoes of ‘Yesterday’ in his story that the song, ‘Helena’, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, BBC radio, blues, Bruce Springsteen, country rock, Good Deeds Music, Jack Francis, Paul McCartney, review
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News: SAXON, ALICE COOPER, THE UNDERTONES (February 2022)
Accept have signed with Napalm Records. Aerosmith release ’1971: The Road Starts Here’ on April 8. Angel Nation release their new album ‘Antares on April 8 through Inner Wound Recordings. Autograph have signed with Frontiers with a new album due … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Alice Copper, AOR, blues, February 2022, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, New releases, news, prog, rock, Saxon, The Undertones, tours
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Album review: ERIC GALES – Crown
Provogue [Release date 28.01.21] Eric Gales opens his 21st album ‘Crown’ with a track called ‘Death Of Me’ with the open ended: “My name is Eric Gales, any questions?” It’s a more ambivalent intro than you might at first imagine, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Crown, Eric Gales, funk, guitar, Jimmy Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, LaDonna Gales, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, psychedelic, R&B, review, rock, soul, Steely Dan
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Album review: IVY GOLD – Six Dusty Winds
Pete Feenstra chatted to Manou and Sebastian from Ivy Gold for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 9 January 2022. Golden Ivy Records [Release date: 12.03.21] Ivy Gold is a muscular international rock-blues band featuring the dynamic duo of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anders Olinder, Avalon, blues, funk, Glenn Hughes, guitar, interview, Ivy Gold, Kevin Moore, Manou, Renate Knaup, review, rock, Sari Schorr, Sebastian Eder, Six Dusty Winds, Tal Bergman, vocal
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Album review: STARLITE CAMPBELL BAND – The Language Of Curiosity
Pete Feenstra chatted to Suzi Starlite and Simon Campbell for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast on 12 December 2021. Supertone [Release date 29.09.21] The Starlite Campbell Band’s second album ‘The Language of Curiosity’ is a cross genre, conceptual … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alkatraz, blues, Dave Davies, Elvis Costello, Free, funk, Gabriel Del Vecchio, George Harrison, grunge, interview, Johnny Henderson, Man, Neil Young, Paul Kossoff, Phil Ryan, Ray Manzarek, review, rock, Simon Campbell, Starlite Campbell Band, Steve Gibson, Steve Hillage, Sue Foley, Suzi Starlite, The Allman Brothers, The Byrds, The Faces, The Kinks, The Language of Curiosity, The Searchers, vocals
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News: BIG BIG TRAIN, DIAMOND DOGS, NICK MASON (January 2022)
Alestorm begin work on their next album, ‘Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum’, which will be released on Napalm Records later this year. Arch Enemy will release their latest studio album, ‘Deceivers’, via Century Media Records on July 29. Big … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Big Big Train, blues, Classic Rock Magazine, Diamond Dogs, folk, gigs, Melodic Rock Records, metal, news, Nick Mason, prog, re-issues, rock, tours
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News: ELLES BAILEY, STONEDEAD, URIAH HEEP (December 2021)
Tim Arnold releases his new album, ‘Maybe Magic’, on January 7 via Bandcamp. Pretty Maids vocalist Ronnie Atkins releases his new solo album ‘Make It Count’ on march 18 via Frontiers. Elles Bailey has opened pre-orders for her next album, ‘Shining in … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, blues, blues rock, Elles Bailey, festivals, folk, gigs, indie, melodic rock, metal, news, pop, prog, rock, Stonedead, tours
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Album review: THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Best Of
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’s Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have finally kicked the argument into touch with this stellar ‘Best … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, big band, blues, compilation, country, Danish, Emil Balsgaard, funk, Harold Adamson, horns, Joachim Svensmark, Kasper Wagner, Martin Seidelin, Nat King Cole, Peter Kehl, review, rock, ruf records, soul, Søren Bøjgaard, Thorbjorn Risager &The Black Tornado, vocals
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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY – Cambridge Junction 2, Tuesday 23 November 2021
A natural born storyteller, Elles Bailey also has the sort of voice that could make angels weep and this combination is like a siren draw into her endlessly colourful and wonderful world. Back on the road now after an extended … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, blues, blues rock, Cambridge Junction 2, country, Elles Bailey, gig, review, Tuesday 23 November 2021
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Album review: COLIN JAMES – Open Road
Stony Plain Records [Release date 05.11.21] Since releasing his debut album in 1988 Colin James has been a stalwart of the blues scene, with trips into swing and rock ‘n’ roll with his Little Big Band and on this, his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Bob Dylan, Colin James, guitarist, Open Road, Otis Rush, review, rock
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Album review: RICHARD TOWNEND & THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Short Stories
Pete Feenstra chatted to Richard Townend for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 28 November 2021. Self Release [Release date 21.10.21] There’s a lovely song on Richard Townend’s new ‘Short Stories’ album called ‘Everyman’. It’s a punchy track full … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anton Ilyin, blues, country, David Booth, David Flanagan, Dennis Nazaroff, gospel, JJ Cale, Leon Redbone, Marcus Cliff, Mark Knopfler, review, Richard Townend, rock, roots, Short Stories, The Mighty Bosscats
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER BAND – Arlington Arts Centre, Thursday 11 November 2021
Pete Feenstra chatted to Gary Fletcher for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 22 March 2020. Back to the wilds of the Oxfordshire countryside for my second visit, and indeed second indoor gig of the year, to the Arlington … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Arlington Arts Centre, blues, Blues Band, folk, Gary Fletcher Band, gig, Newbury, review, Thursday 11 November 2021
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News: POWER QUEST, BEARDED THEORY, GIANT (November 2021)
Annihilator release their latest album, ‘Metal II’, on 18 February via earMUSIC. Asia are to release a 10CD boxset The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1 through BMG Records on 26 November. There will also be a digital album featuring a … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, Bearded Festival, blues, Buckcherry, Faster Pussycat, festivals, folk, Giant, gigs, indie, melodic rock, metal, news, pop, Power Quest, prog, rock, tours
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Album review: MISSISSIPPI MacDONALD – Do Right, Say Right
Another Planet Music [Release date 19.11.21] Mississippi MacDonald (despite his name!) is a 3-times British Blues Awards nominee, from London, England. He has been playing since he was 11 years old and has travelled on the US Blues trail, meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Do Right Say Right, guitarist, Mississippi MacDonald, review, rock, soul
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Gig review: REBECCA DOWNES – 100 Club, London, 19 October 2021
Just before the pandemic struck, one of the artists I was looking forward to seeing more of was Rebecca Downes, a very enjoyable support slot to Brian Downey’s Live and Dangerous at the Underworld proof that she was successfully diversifying … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, gig, Nigel Darvill, Rebecca Downes, Steve Birkett, The 251's, The Mojo Preachers
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Gig review: KING KING – Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion – 19 October 2021
After numerous attempts at rescheduling during the Covid crisis, King King’s tour in support of their 2020 album finally gets under way. Venue availability, as a myriad of bands all attempt to simultaneously reschedule gigs that have been postponed over the last eighteen … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 October 2021, Aaron Bond, Alan Nimmo, Bexhill, blues, De La Warr Pavilion, gig, Grace Bond, King King, live, Maverick, Noble PR, rock, Steve Nimmo, Troy Redfern, When Rivers Meet
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Gig review: MUSIC FOR THE MIND- Hammersmith Club, London, 8 October 2021
As the old BT advert once said, it’s good to talk. Of mental health in particular. Despite growing awareness of its importance, not least with the struggles nearly all of us have faced in some way or other during the … Continue reading
Album review: MOONSHINE SOCIETY – Sweet Thing
Bandcamp [Release date 05.11.21] Moonshine Society formed back 2009 to craft their own brand of soulful blues, roots rock and old-school R&B. The main focus is singer/songwriter Black Betty aka Jenny Langer, who has appeared on stage with the likes … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, gospel, Jenny Langer, Moonshine Society, R&B, review, soul, Sweet Thing
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