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Album review: ROBIN TROWER Featuring SARI SCHORR – Joyful Sky
Provogue Records [Release date 27.10.23] The Robin Trower and Sari Schorr pairing looks great on paper, while in real time it’s a smouldering combination which much like Trower’s guitar tone constantly bubbles up with intent, but sometimes keeps us waiting for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Davey Pattison, grooves, guitar, Jack Bruce, James Dewar, Jimi Hendrix, Joyful Sky, Maxie Priest, Peter Green, Procol Harum, review, Robin Trower, rock, Sari Schorr, tone
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WALTER TROUT – Ordinary Madness
Pete Feenstra chatted to Walter Trout in September 2020, discussing the album ‘Ordinary Madness’. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 6 September 2020. Provogue Records [Release date 28.08.20] With a biography entitled ‘Rescued From Reality’ and his latest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, David Gilmour, Eric Corne, grooves, John Mayall, Johnny Griparic, Jon Trout, Michael Leasure, Neil Young, Ordinary Madness, Pink Floyd, review, Robbie Krieger, rock, Teddy Zig Zag Andreadis, The Beatles, THE DOORS, Walter Trout
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Album review: MALONE SIBUN – Come Together
In this special feature for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Pete Feenstra chats to Marcus Malone and Innes Sibun. First broadcast 31 March 2019. Redline Records [Release date 31.01.20] Take one of the best soulful, honey voiced rock-blues vocalists in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Chris Nugent, Come Together, Dave Edmunds, funk, grooves, Innes Sibun, Malone Sibun, Marcus Malone, Mick Taylor, review, Robert Cray, Rockpile, Roger Innis, The Beatles
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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – The Blues And I Should Have A Party
33 Records [Release date 02.03.18] ‘The Blues And I Should Have A Party’ is as much a thematic statement of the band’s musical intent – let alone history – as it is a specific title track about a troubled relationship. … Continue reading
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Tagged 33 records, album, blues, grooves, guitar, Hammond, Paul Robinson, Pete Whittaker, review, Rob Koral, rock, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, swing, The Blues And I Should Have A Party, vocals, Zoe Schwarz, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
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Album review: MARK OLBRICH BLUES ETERNITY – Blues Everywhere
Hrpp records [Release date 26.o8.17] Mark Olbrich is a veteran Anglo/Polish blues bass player with an impressive CV both that spreads right across eastern Europe to the States. Both the material and band is built round Olbrich’s rock solid and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allesandro Cinelli, bass, blues, Blues Eternity, Bob Hite, boogie, Canned Heat, Eddie Angel, funk, grooves, guitar, harp, Igor Nowicki, Jack Bruce, Laurence Garman, Mark Olbrich, Maurice McElroy, Polish, review, rock, Texas, The Yardbirds
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Album review: RYAN McGARVEY – The Road Chosen
Justforkicks-Deu [Release date 07.11.14] Here’s an album that almost slipped through the cracks, but given it was released in late November last year and consequently missed ‘the best of’ lists, I think we’re allowed to sneak into the 2015 reviews. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Chris Duarte, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, funk, grooves, guitar, Joe Bonamassa, review, rock, Ryan McGarvey, The Road Chosen
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Album review: THE BLUES OVERDRIVE – Clinch
Gateway Music [Release date 26.05.15] Danish band The Blues Overdrive explore deep grooves in a minimalist framework to emphasize the essential elements of a song, albeit they are better at the power of suggestion than actual resolution. ‘Clinch’ is an … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andreas Andersen, blues, Clinch, Duke Robillard, Eric Burdon, grooves, guitar, J.J. Cale, Joel Patterson, Martin Olsen, review, swamp, The Blues Overdrive
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