Tag Archives: Elles Bailey

Gig review: ELLES BAILEY – Wax and Beans, Bury, 19 January 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by jason
Elles Bailey - March 2026 UK Tour

This is my first time attending one of these intimate record shop gigs, and what a delight it was. Elles Bailey, with her acoustic guitarist and best friend Demi Marriner in front of an audience of around fifty people. It … Continue reading →

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Album review: VARIOUS – With A Little Help From My Friends, A Tribute To Matt Long

Posted on January 19, 2026 by jason
matt long

Website [Release date 20.03.26] Only the good die young they say, and bluesman Matt Long must have been a real good guy judging by the amount of artists offering their services on this tribute album. This list includes Joe Bonamassa, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELLES BAILEY- Can’t Take My Story Away

Posted on January 11, 2026 by andynathan
ELLES BAILEY- Can't Take My Story Away

Cooking Vinyl & Outlaw Music (Release Date 16.01.26) Elles Bailey’s career seems to be picking up momentum at present. The Bristolian singer-songwriter’s last album ‘Beneath The Neon Glow’ reached No 12 in the charts and a European  tour with Rag … Continue reading →

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EP review: HOLLOW SOULS (featuring Kris Barras)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by andynathan
HOLLOW SOULS- EP (featuring Kris Barras)

Release Date 10.10. 25 Kris Barras has evolved his style fairly dramatically from his early blues rock days, embracing first more commercial melodic rock, and latterly a heavier modern rock style, even stating that last Kris Barras Band effort ‘Halo … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAURA EVANS – Out Of The Dark

Posted on September 28, 2025 by jason
laura evans out of the dark

Website [Release date: 17.10.25] Laura Evans returns with her second album, which is set to further her building musical reputation to add to daytime plays on BBC Radio 2, along with a recent tour supporting Robben Ford.  ‘Out Of The … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024

Posted on November 11, 2024 by andynathan
ELLES BAILEY- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 2 November 2024

One of the new generations of artists that has somehow managed largely to pass me by to date is Elles Bailey. I’d seen her name on tours and festival bills and social media, but never yet managed to see her … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Where The Colours Meet

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jason
SCARLET REBELS – Where the Colours Meet

Earache Records [Release date: 16.08.24] I was excited to get to review the latest offering from Scarlet Rebels, I have long been a fan of their music and even better I got the opportunity to discuss ‘Where The Colours Meet’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELLES BAILEY– Beneath The Neon Glow

Posted on July 18, 2024 by petefeenstra
Elles Bailey-Enjoy The Ride

Cooking Vinyl [Release date 09.08.24] Elles Bailey represents different things to different people. She schooled in roots, rock, blues and Americana. And it’s the latter genre along with her openness to song writing collaborations which gives ‘Beneath The Neon Glow’ … Continue reading →

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News: ELLES BAILEY, HEART, BON JOVI (February 2024)

Posted on January 30, 2024 by jason
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - O2 Ritz, Manchester, 17 March 2019

Lee Aaron will be releasing a covers album ‘Tattoo Me’ via Metalville Records on April 26. Ayreon release ’01011001 – Live Beneath The Waves’ through Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group on May 17. Elles Bailey releases a new EP ‘The Night Owl & the Lark’ on February … Continue reading →

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News: ELLES BAILEY, HELMET, STEVEN WILSON (September 2023)

Posted on August 31, 2023 by jason
BRAVE RIVAL- Tropic at Ruislip, London, 5 March 2023

Bryan Adams releases a 35 track box set ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ on December 8. Bachman Turner Overdrive have announced US tour dates, plus next year the band will release a concert film, shot in 1976, and a … Continue reading →

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News: ELLES BAILEY, STONEDEAD, URIAH HEEP (December 2021)

Posted on November 30, 2021 by jason
Michael Schenker, photo by Simon Dunkerley

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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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY – Cambridge Junction 2, Tuesday 23 November 2021

Posted on November 28, 2021 by jason
ELLES BAILEY Road I Call Home

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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Album review: VARIOUS – New Wave of Classic Rock Vol 1

Posted on July 12, 2021 by jason
VARIOUS - New Wave of Classic Rock Vol 1

RPM [Release date 23.07.21] New Wave of Classic Rock (NWOCR) will be a term familiar to many but for the uninitiated, the NWOCR Facebook group was set up in October 2017 to support and promote the many new bands who … Continue reading →

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News: FREE FESTIVAL – Upton Blues Festival, Upton On Severn, Worcestershire, 18-21 July 2019

Posted on July 9, 2019 by GRTR! HQ
Wille And The Bandits - Giants of Rock, Minehead, January 2017

In this hour special for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Pete Feenstra previews some of the artists appearing at this year’s Upton Blues Festival, including Big Boy Bloater, Kyla Brox, Wily Bo Walker, Rainbreakers and Danny Bryant.  For reviews/interviews of … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (January 2019 – March 2019)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by GRTR! HQ
Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light

April-June 2019 July-September 2019 October-December 2019 STEVE HACKETT At The Edge Of Light (Inside Out) [Release date 25.01.19] In his long and distinguished career at the forefront of everything that’s good about progressive rock, Steve Hackett has consistently delivered albums … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELLES BAILEY – Road I Call Home

Posted on March 5, 2019 by jason
ELLES BAILEY – Road I Call Home

Outlaw Music [Release date 08.03.19] After attracting a slew of favourable reviews with her debut album, 2017′s ‘Wildfire’, the Bristol-based singer-songwriter Elles Bailey is back with a follow-up. Like its predecessor, recorded primarily in Nashville’ Road I Call Home’ is … Continue reading →

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Album review: EDDIE MARTIN – Black, White and Blue

Posted on February 12, 2017 by petefeenstra
Eddie Martin - Black, White & Blue

Blueblood Records [Release date 11.11.16] Eddie Martin has always been an independent blues artist. He’s equally happy playing country blues as he is exploring Texas grit or Chicago blues, but it’s when he colours his own blues hybrid that he … Continue reading →

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