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Album review: FOGHAT – Slow Ride – Live In Concert
Cleopatra [Release date 05.04.24] British band Foghat, who were formed by members of Savoy Brown and Black Cat Bones in the early, have produced some of the finest blues/rock ever laid to record over the years, and some live albums … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, boogie, CD, classic rock, DVD, Foghat, Lonesome Dave Peverett, review, rock, Roger Earl, Slow Ride - Live In Concert
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Album review: D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS – Sophomore
InsideOut Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Sophomore’ is the aptly named second album release from the trio comprising three of the biggest names in prog rock, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio and Ross Jennings. Their first album ‘Troika’, which was released in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anywhere The Wind Blows, Big Big Train, CD, D'Virgilio Morse and Jennings, Haken, Insideout Music, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio, review, Ross Jennings, Sophomore, Spock's Beard, Tiny Little Fires, Transatlantic, Troika
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Album review: EXTREME – Six
earMusic [Release date: 09.06.23] Extreme are back with their first album in 15 years, which is quite the hiatus by anyone’s standards. During that time the band have been working on and off and touring sporadically, but the guys are … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Ear Music, Extreme, funk, Gary Chirone, III Sides To Every Story, More Than Words, Nuno Bettencourt, Pat Badger, rock, Six
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Album review: MOTORHEAD – Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC
Silver Lining Music [Release date 24.02.23] “If the guys wanted to prove a point with this record then they have achieved that goal and then some. ‘Aftershock’ was a great album but with ‘Bad Magic’ Lemmy, Phil and Mikkey have … Continue reading
Album review: UFO – No Heavy Petting (Remaster)
Chrysalis Records [Release date 20.01.23] Re-issues and re-masters are two-a-penny and often there’s marginal benefit in penning a review, much less making an actual purchase. This album was previously remastered in 2007. I have, though, been impressed with the series … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, classic rock, hard rock, Michael Schenker, No Heavy Petting, Phil Mogg, remaster, review, UFO
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Album review: JOE JACKSON & TODD RUNDGREN feat. ETHEL – State Theater, New Jersey 2005 (CD/DVD)
Purple Pyramind [Release date 18.06.21] Back in 2005 the pairing of Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren may have seemed rather incongruous. I remember thinking at the time that Rundgren had just released an excellent solo album ‘Liars’ and it would … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, classic rock, concert, DVD, Ethel, interview, Joe Jackson, live, New Jersey 2005, pop, quartet, review, State Theater, strings, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: DRAGONY – Viribus Unitis
Napalm Records [Release date 15.01.21] This is the 4th album from the Austrian Power metal crew Dragony and it is a tale from the glorious days of empire when Emperor Franz Joseph ruled. However, this is no straightforward, boring history lesson … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Archduke Franz Joseph, Austria, CD, Dragony, power mwtal, rock, Sebastian Levermann, Siegfried Samer, Strauss, Vienna, Virius Unitis
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Album review: IRON MAIDEN – Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City
Parlophone [Release date 20.11.20] Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister stated a few years ago that older bands with hit laden back catalogues were idiots to record new songs and play them live. His argument was that the fans just want to hear the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, Adrian Smith, album, Bruce Dickinson, CD, Dave Murray, Iron Maiden, Janick Gers, Jay Jay French, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City, live, Mexico, Nicko Mc Brain, Nights Of The Dead, Number of the Beast, Parlophone, Steve Harris, Twisted Sister, Where Eagles Dare, William Wallace
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Album review: THE OUTLAWS – Live At Rockpalast 1981 (CD/DVD)
MiG Records [Release date 25.09.20] Back in 1981 The Outlaws were riding high on the success of their ‘Ghost Riders’ album and this show at the 1st Rockpalast Open Air Festival was the band’s debut show in Germany. Their brand … Continue reading
Album review – VOLBEAT – Rewind, Replay, Rebound (Live in Deutschland)
Republic Records [Release date 27.11.20] Live music has been absent in all our lives for far too long throughout 2020 so the chance to relive the German leg of Volbeat’s 2019 tour is an enticing package to anyone starved of gigs. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, album, CD, Denmark, Hamburg, live, Lola Montez, Michael Pulson, Rebound (Live In Deutschland), Replay, review, Rewind, Rob Caggiano, Stuttgart, VOLBEAT
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Album review: RUNRIG – One Legend – Two concerts (Live At Rockpalast 1996 & 2001)
MiG Records [Release date 30.10.20] A year or so ago I went along to the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow for the world premiere of the Final Dance DVD which was recorded at the band’s final show in Stirling. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alba, album, Bruce Guthro, CD, Christmas, Cologne, Donny Munro, Dusseldorf, DVD, live, Malcolm Jones, Mara, MiG Records, Pete Wishart, review, Runrig, Skye, Stamping Ground, The Last Dance
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Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Live At Rockpalast 1981 &1996
MiG Records [Release date 30.10.20] As a latecomer to the Nine Below Zero party having only caught them live in the last couple of years at the Butlins Rock and Blues Festival, this set is the ideal package to explore … Continue reading