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Tag Archives: Bruce Springsteen
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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Album review: FINNY McCONNELL – The Dark Streets Of Love

Whiskey Devil Records [Release date 03.09.21] After 30 years of leading renowned Celtic punk rockers, The Mahones – who have released over 20 albums and shared stages with the Dropkick Murphys, Shane MacGowan, Stiff Little Fingers, Billy Bragg, The Buzzcocks, … Continue reading
Album review: JOSEPH PARSONS – At Mercy’s Edge

Blue Rose Records [Release date 01.01.21] Joseph Parsons is a new name to me, however, he has been playing his musical trade for over thirty years now, including releasing thirteen solo albums prior to this one, and a further ten … Continue reading
Album review: JAMIE’S GUNS – Jamie’s Guns

I picked this album up as Jamie’s Guns had shared it on NWOCR Facebook group, I had a half listen while I was working, to the initial track “Whiplash”, stopped what I was doing, immediately played the album in its … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Springsteen, debut, Gaslight Anthem, Jamie's Guns, melodic, modern rock, review, rock
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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – The Rhythm of Love and Dysfunction

Website [Release date 20.09.20] The Livesays are a five-piece rock band fronted by the band’s namesake singer/songwriter/guitarist Billy Livesay, who spent 12 years performing, recording and touring with E-Streeter Clarence Clemons’ band Temple of Soul. Drummer Howard Goldberg was a … Continue reading
Album review: DION – Blues With Friends

Keeping The Blues Alive Records [Release date 05.06.20] Dion Francis Dimucci is a genuine legend of modern popular music culture. Scoring no fewer than thirty-nine Top 40 hits running from the late 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, including the classics … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Gibbons, blues, Blues With Friends, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, review, rock
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Album review: THE HOLD STEADY – Thrashing Thru The Passion

Frenchkiss Records [Release date 16.08.19] Whilst frontman Carif Finn has been busy releasing a trilogy of solo albums, the Hold Steady have been mainly seen in the live arena, until this new album ‘Thrashing Through Passion’ was announced earlier this … Continue reading
Album review: JEREMY & THE HARLEQUINS – Remember This

Yep Roc Records [Release date 01.03.19] Jeremy Fury is the singer and main songwriter in the band, which is completed by guitarists Craig Bon and Patrick Meyer, bassist Bobby Ever and Jeremy’s brother Stevie Fury on drums. They have released … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Springsteen, Jake Bugg, Jeremy, Jeremy Fury, Little Steven, Madonna, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, the Harlequins
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Album review: GLAS – Blue

The Last Music company [Release date 30.03.18] South Wales band Glas describe themselves as a: “blues rock n’ roll roots band”, which is a handy ‘catch all’ banner with which they explore their naturally eclectic style. Glas is that rare … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bill Kirchen, Blue, blues, boogie, Brian Setzer, Bruce Springsteen, Commader Cody, country, David John, Deke Leonard, George Harrison, Glas, guitar, James Oliver, Jason Ricci, John David, Love Sculpture, psychedelia, review, rock, rockabilly, Sam Andrew, SPARKS, Steve Gibbons, swing, The Yardbirds
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Album review: THE WHITE BUFFALO – Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights

Earache Records [Release date 13.10.17] The White Buffalo – aka the West Coast based singer songwriter Jake Smith – is an artist whose musical light and shade mirrors his dichotomous view of the human psyche. He’s both an observatory lyricist … Continue reading
Album review: LITTLE STEVEN – Soulfire

Wicked Cool/Big Machine/UMe [Release date 19.05.17] It has been awhile since Little Steven’s (Steven Van Zandt) last album, 1999′s ‘Born Again Savage’, although he has been busy touring with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, along with TV appearances including … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, review, rock, soul, Soulfire, Southside Johnny, Steven Van Zandt
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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – Hold On…Life Is Calling

[Release date 03.10.16] This is a highly likeable album from a long-time sideman with Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s sax player. I half expected some reflected, fist-pumping material in the All-American way. But no, Billy Livesay follows his own path and, … Continue reading
Gig review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND – Wembley Stadium, 5 June 2016

If ’Born To Run’ established his legend, it was the broad sweep of his ambitious double album ‘The River’ way back in 1980 that propelled Bruce Springsteen into the mainstream, at least here in the UK where as a teenager … Continue reading
Album review: MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL – Keep Coming Back

The Pete Feenstra Feature – Mike Zito (1 November 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Ruf [Release date 06.11.15] And so after three albums with the award winning Royal Southern Brotherhood super group, Mike Zito returns to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anders Osborne, blues, Bruce Springsteen, funk, interview, Jimmy carpenter, John Fogerty, Mike Zito, Mike Zito & The Wheel, review, rock, roots, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sheryl Crow, soul, Suzi Simms, The Wheel, Trina Shoemaker
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Interview: JOSH TAERK (June 2015)

Josh Taerk releases his new album ‘Here’s To Change’ in July and has just completed a run of UK shows. We catch-up with Josh who tells us more about the album, and how the recent UK dates went. Over to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Canadian, Here's To Change, interview, John Oates, Josh Taerk, Max Weinberg, Nasville, pop, Rising Stars, rock, singer, songwriter
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Album review: IAN SIEGAL – One Night In Amsterdam

Nugene [Released 09.03.15] Like all the best outlaws, Ian Siegal aggressively sings about the kind of lifestyle that his fans love to hear about but wouldn’t want to live. ‘One Night in Amsterdam’ casts him as the perennial outsider who … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Americana, blues, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, country, Dusty Ciggaar, funk, Harry Stephenson, Ian Siegal, Joe Gaerthe, One Night In Amsterdam, Plummet Airlines, Rudy Lentze, Steve Earle, Tess Gaerthe, Tex Mex, The Rhythm Chiefs, Tom Russell, Tom Waits
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Album review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – The Albums Collection Vol. 1 (1973-1984)

These 7 albums released by Bruce Springsteen in 11 years, as the title of the collection would suggest, contain 76 tracks that span big hits, songs that have been covered, an American timeline and an influence on many other bands … Continue reading
Album review: THE WILD MAGNOLIA MARIACHIS – Boogie Indians

NotNowMom! [Released 13.06.14] With a name like The Wild Magnolia Mariachis, you suspect this isn’t going to be anything less than a stomping party record. And so it proves, as the 9 piece band rock their way through old school … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bo Diddley, boogie, Boogie Indians, Bruce Springsteen, Christian Sudendorf, Christos, Chuck Berry, Frenzy Erl, Manito, mariachi, Mosquito, review, rock& roll, Southside Johnny, Steven Van Zandt, Sudi, The Wild Magnolia Mariachis, Tito, ZZ Top
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Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Hornet’s Nest

Alligator Records [Release date 25.02.14] Joe Louis Walker rips into the incendiary title track of ‘Hornet’s Nest’ with a riff heavy piece that suggests it’s a kick ass rocking album. Truth is, it’s a more adventurous album than that, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Chris Kid Andersen, Curtis Young, Hornet's Nest, Jesse Stone, Joe Louis Walker, Keith Richard, Michael Black, Mick Jagger, Muscle Shoals Horns, Ray Walker, Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge, Willie Dixon
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DVD Review: SPRINGSTEEN AND I

Eagle Vision [Release Date 28.10.2013] Bruce Springsteen is an artist who seems to inspire a unique awe and affection among his fans, so it somehow seems appropriate that he is the subject of a music film with a difference. Concert … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Bruce Springsteen, documentary, DVD, Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, London, Paul McCartney, review, Springsteen & I
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Rock Photography Galleries: April-September 2013 incl. Blondie,Bruce Springsteen, Chic
Photography by Steve Goudie Roger Waters Photo Gallery by Steve Goudie, 16 September 2013 Leonard Cohen Photo Gallery (31 August 2013) Bruce Springsteen Photo Gallery (24 July 2013) Brain May and Kerri Ellis Photo Gallery (23 June 2013) Blondie Photo … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Photo Galleries
Tagged 2013, Blondie, Brian May, Bruce Springsteen, Chic, gallery, gigs, Johnny Winter, photographer, photos, rock photography, Roger Hodgson, Simple Minds, Steve Goudie
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Album review: Released! – The Human Rights Concerts 1986-1998

Eagle Records [Release date: 28.10.13] 6-DVD set, 4 CDs 10th December 2013 marks the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – instigated after World War II and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It provided the … Continue reading
News: Amnesty Concert 6 DVD and 4 CD set released 28 October

Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce that on Monday 28th October 2013 it will be issuing ¡RELEASED! – a major six-disc DVD box-set and four companion CD sets of the historic “Human Rights Concerts” presented by the Nobel Peace … Continue reading
Album review: WILLIE NILE – American Ride

Blue Rose Records [Release date 24.06.13] Willie Nile is a true blue collar troubadour with a poet’s eye for colourful analytical prose. He’s worked every bar, club and theatre in town, world-wide and he’s excited audiences big and small with … Continue reading