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Tag Archives: Deep Purple
Album review: JOE LYNN TURNER – The Sessions
This is the first part of the three-part Joe Lynn Turner special broadcast by Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2016. (Part 2 is also available at Mixcloud with a link to Part 3) Joe Lynn Turner is a … Continue reading
DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – California Jam 1974
earMUSIC [Release date 09.12.16] I was beginning to think that ‘remastering’ is a marketing ‘con’ and not about bringing consumers a truly superior product. After all, is it really possible to make a sow’s purse out of a pig’s ear … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluray, California Jam 1974, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, DVD, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, review, Richie Blackmore, Roger Glover
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Album review: GLENN HUGHES – Resonate
Frontiers Music Srl [Release date 04.11.16] To say that ‘Resonate’ lives up to its name is to understate Glenn Hughes’ pivotal role in hard rock related music. Both his music and his stage performance has always been about the twin pillars … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bass, California Breed, Chad Smith, Deep Purple, funk, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, Lachy Doley, Pontus Engborg, Resonate, review, rock, Soren Andersen, soul, Stevie Wonder
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News: GLENN HUGHES – New album and radio interview (October 2016)
GRTR!’s David Randall caught up with Glenn recently to chat about the album and his music, playing tracks from ‘Resonate’ and other career highlights. This special feature was first broadcast on Sunday 30 October at 22:00 GMT in the first … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Black Country Communion, Deep Purple, feature, funk, gigs, Glenn Hughes, heavy rock, interview, October 2016, radio, Resonate, Tour
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Album review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock – Live In Germany
Eagle Records [Release date 18.11.16] If Ritchie Blackmore’s arena comeback this summer is a one-off, an estimated 60,000 fans will have been left happy men (or women). Even better now they have a 2-CD souvenir, plus DVD and Bluray versions. … Continue reading
DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Live At The NEC
Eagle Rock [Release date 26.08.16] In September 2002 Deep Purple took to the stage at the Birmingham NEC to bid a fond farewell to legendary keyboard player Jon Lord, who had earlier that year retired for health reasons. Having previously … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Deep Purple, DVD, Eagle Rock, Eagle Vision, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Live at the NEC, review, rock
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Album review: GARY HOEY – Dust & Bones
Provogue [Release date 29.07.16] ‘Dust & Bones’ is guitarist Gary Hoey’s 20th album, 12 of which are instrumental. It’s all you might expect from a rock-into-blues guitarist who has made his name by re-invigorating favourite 70’s rock songs with metal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Brian Setzer, Deep Purple, Dick Dale, Dust & Bones, Eric Johnson, Gary Hoey, guitar, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Lita Ford, review, Rick Derringer, Robin Trower, rock, Stray Cats, Ted Nugent Joe Satriani, ZZ Top
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Quick plays: LISA WEINT, AVI ROSENFIELD
LISA WEINT Vurbei Three piece band from Austria who formed in 2012 and who consist of Markus Baumgartner (vocals) , Ronald Wintersteiner (synths/vocals) and Tomasz Ploszajski (guitar). The band have an interesting mix of the lighter metal moments of say … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Avi Rosenfield, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Lisa Weint, metal, Quick Play, Rainbow, reviews, rock, Uriah Heep
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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016
For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged Candice Night, classic rock, Deep Purple, gig, heavy rock, Jens Johansson, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Romero
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News: WIN tickets to RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, Genting Arena, Birmingham – 25 June 2016
One of the most influential and versatile guitarists, Ritchie Blackmore will take to the stage to celebrate the era-defining music of Rainbow and Deep Purple in a one-off UK Tour show on Saturday 25 June 2016 at the Genting Arena … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 June 2016, Birmingham, Deep Purple, Genting Arena, gig, guitar, guitarist, Mostly Autumn, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, rock
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Album review: SCORPION CHILD – Acid Roulette
Nuclear Blast [Release date 10.06.16] Save Save Second album by Scorpion Child, a five piece hailing from the US consisting of Aryn Jonathan Black (vocals), Christopher Jay Cowart (guitar), Jon “Charn” Rice (drums), Alec “Caballero” Padron (bass) and Aaron John … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid Roulette, album, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, review, riffs, rock, Rush, Scorpion Child, Stoner
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Album review: RAINBOW – Boston 1981
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 20.05.16] At the end of every Rainbow there is a pot of gold. This is surely what labels must be thinking as Ritchie Blackmore plays his Strat in anger (allegedly) this summer. Following the release … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bobby Rondinelli, Boston 1981, Deep Purple, Don Airey, guitar, guitarist, Joe Lynn Turner, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Roger Glover
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Album review: RAINBOW – Monsters Of Rock Live At Donington 1980
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.04.16] CD/DVD Is it me or are Rainbow – 35 years on – viewed through rose-tinted spectacles? The studio albums are worthy but – live – there is excess, there is indulgence, and there’s a lot … Continue reading
Album review: SPIRITUAL BEGGARS – Sunrise To Sundown
Century Media [Release date 18.03.16] With so many bands taking the 1970s as their inspiration, it has become a crowded marketplace. The worst case scenario is when the listener feels it is simply easier to go back to source. But, … Continue reading
News: JOE LYNN TURNER Interview feature and UK festival date
Photo: Darren Griffiths for GRTR! After his stunning performance at the recent Hard Rock Hell AOR event, melodic hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Deep Purple) returns to the UK this summer for the Rewind North festival, … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged 28 March 2016, AOR, Deep Purple, Fandango, feature, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, interview, Joe Lynn Turner, melodic rock, radio, Rainbow, special, Yngwie Malmsteen
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Album review: JOE LYNN TURNER – Street Of Dreams – Boston 1985
A two-part special feature was broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Monday 28 March at 22:00 GMT with Joe Lynn Turner chatting about his career, including tracks from the 1985 live album and his solo and band work. … Continue reading
Album review: CRIMSON STONE – Crimson Stone
La Choza De Doe [Release date 07.06.15] Which came first the chicken or the egg? Put it another way, do bands like Crimson Stone try to fit a pre-existing musical mould? Crimson Stone show just enough imagination within a huge … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Sabbath, Crimson Stone, Deep Purple, dsert rock, Edgar Broughton, Eduardo Salazar, Emilio González, heavy metal, Ignacio González, Jimi Hendrix, Luis Henríquez, Ozzy Osbourne, punk, review, rock, stoner rock
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Album review: GRAAL – Chapter 1V
Code 7 – Jolly Roger [Release date 25.05.15] It ten years since the Italian prog rock band Graal’s debuted with ‘Realm Of Fantasy’ and ‘Chapter 1v’ finds them honing their craft in a genre hopping mode while revelling in instrumental virtuosity. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrea Ciccomartino, Chapter 1V, Danilo Petrelli, Deep Purple, Dougie White, Francesco Zagarese, Graal, guitar, interview, Jethro Tull, John Lord, keyboards, metal, Nick Mason, PFM, Pink Floyd, prog, Realm Of Fantasy, rock, Rory Gallagher
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD/ WHITESNAKE, Hydro, Glasgow, 10 December 2015
This run of shows must be one of the most hotly anticipated of 2015. A double header of Def Leppard and Whitesnake with Black Star Riders along as support, it promised an evening of classic rock heaven. Horrendous traffic (2.5 … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 December 2015, Black Star Riders, Damon Johnson, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, gig, Glasgow, Hydro, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, live, metal, Motley Crue, Phil Collen, review, Ricky Warwick, rock, Steel Panther, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake
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Album review: MEN ON THE HILL – M.O.T.H.
Imagine living in a post-apocalyptic, musical wasteland populated by pretentious jazz-loving “intellectuals” who get out of the bath to take a piss, adore Snorah Jones and listen to a hoaky amateurish local English-language radio station that only plays songs which … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Deep Purple, hard rock, Ian Paice, Men On The Hill, review, rock
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Gig review: DEEP PURPLE – 02 Arena, London, 3 December 2015
One of the first lessons I ever learned in rock school was it was an (un?)holy British trinity of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple who effectively invented heavy rock, or heavy metal as it was later badged. You … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 Arena, 3 December 2015, classic rock, Deep Purple, Don Airey, gig, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, London, Now What?!, review, Roger Glover, Scot Holliday, Steve Morse
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DVD review: THE RITCHIE BLACKMORE STORY
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 30.10.15] 2016 marks the return of Ritchie to the rock arenas and so this 2 hour plus documentary is timely. He’s known as one of rock’s more reticent subjects when it comes to interviews, so … Continue reading
News: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT and WALTER TROUT interview features, Sunday 8 November
Photo: Mark Hughes/MHP Studios On Sunday 8 November, on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, two recent interviews will be broadcast. Pete Feenstra has been a long-time supporter and promoter of Walter Trout and caught up with him to chat about … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged Blackmore's Night, blues rock, Candice Night, Deep Purple, feature, folk rock, guitar, guitarist, interview, radio, Rainbow, Rithie Blackmore, Walter Trout
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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES, Club Academy, Manchester, 29 October 2015
Get Ready to ROCK!’s Pete Feenstra chatted to Glenn Hughes shortly before the start of his UK tour in October 2015. This hour special includes a selection of tracks from Glenn’s solo and band/project albums. He’s a real trooper is … Continue reading
Posted in GIG REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged 29 October 2015, Club Academy, Deep Purple, Doug Aldrich, gig, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, interview, Jared James Nichols, Manchester, review, rock, Trapeze, Whitesnake
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Album review: THE LIZARDS – Reptilicus Maximus
Hyperspace Records [Release date 01.09.15] The Lizards may leave us waiting far too long between albums but when they do appear they are invariably worthy of attention. We reviewed their last “proper” 2006 release ‘Against All Odds’ noting that it … Continue reading
