Get Ready to ROCK! » Buddy Guy https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:59:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Real Gone https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ally-venable-real-gone/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ally-venable-real-gone/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:15:50 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87367 ALLY VENABLE - Real GoneRuf Records [Release date: 24.03.23] When we reviewed the previous Ally Venable album we suggested that whilst the young guitar slinger/singer/songwriter had made great progress the perfectly formed finish was yet to come.  ‘Real Gone’ takes things a step further … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ally-venable-real-gone/feed/ 0 Book review: DONT WORRY ‘BOUT THE BEAR (From the Blues to Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath) by Jim Simpson with Ron Simpson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/book-review-dont-worry-bout-the-bear-from-the-blues-to-jazz-rcok-roll-and-black-sabbath-by-jim-simpson-with-ron-simpson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/book-review-dont-worry-bout-the-bear-from-the-blues-to-jazz-rcok-roll-and-black-sabbath-by-jim-simpson-with-ron-simpson/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:52:35 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78443 Jim Simpson - DonBrewin 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/book-review-dont-worry-bout-the-bear-from-the-blues-to-jazz-rcok-roll-and-black-sabbath-by-jim-simpson-with-ron-simpson/feed/ 0 Book review: WHO IS BLUES Vol.2 – The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000 – 2020 by Vincent Abbate https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:15:37 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75334 Vincent Abbate - Who Is BluesSelf Published [Publication date 01.09.21] ‘Who Is The Blues Vol.2: The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000-2020′ is an interesting cross section of 20 years of interviews of contemporary blues artists by the German based, New York blues scribe Vincent Abbate. Abbate … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/feed/ 0 Album review: ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND – Brighter Days https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-robert-randolph-the-family-band-brighter-days/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-robert-randolph-the-family-band-brighter-days/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:12:36 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=61659 Robert Randolph - Brighter DaysThis interview with Robert Randolph was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 1 September 2019.  Robert discusses the new album with Pete Feenstra (32:23) Provogue Records   [Release date: 23.08.2019] Robert Randolph is a man on a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/09/album-review-robert-randolph-the-family-band-brighter-days/feed/ 0 Gig review: ROCKIN’ THE BLUES 2018 – The Garage, London, 17 March 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/gig-review-rocking-the-blues-2018-the-garage-london-17-march-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/03/gig-review-rocking-the-blues-2018-the-garage-london-17-march-2018/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:04:27 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=51900 Eric Gales - ROCKINIn this hour special first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in April 2018, Pete Feenstra chats to Eric Gales, Gary Hoey, Lance Lopez and Quinn Sullivan, with tracks from their respective current albums. The inaugural Rockin’ The Blues … Continue reading →

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