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Album review : NEIL SADLER – Past To Present
Pete chats to Neil Sadler for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 4 August, 20:00 GMT No Machine West [Release date : 01.07.24] Neil Sadler’s ‘Past To Present’ is a guitar friendly rock-blues compilation album which draws on old … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blue Touch, blues, dirge, drone, Gary Moore, Howlin Wolf, Larry Miller, Neil Sadler, Past To Present, production, psychedelia, review, rock, The UK Blues Project, ZZ Top
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Album review: THE PLEASURES – The Beginning Of The End
Self release [Release Date 04.08.23] The Pleasures are an Australian duo comprising Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan, supported by a fine rhythm section who always serve the song. The duo are the focal point throughout on 11 uncompromising, finely crafted … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Catherine Britt, country, Elton John, Guy Clarke, Hatfitz and Cara, Howlin Wolf, Lachlan Bryan, Monophonics, review, rock, roots, Samantha Fish, singer, singwriter, Steve Earle, The Band, The Pleasures
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Album review: RITCHIE DAVE PORTER & DEBRA SUSAN – The Story So Far
Pete Feenstra chatted to Ritchie Dave Porter and Debra Susan for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 25 June 2023. Self release [Release date: 20.07.22] Ritchie Dave Porter and Debra Susan’s ‘The Story So Far’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, boogie, Debra Susan, duo, guitar, Howlin Wolf, Jimmi hendrix, Jimmi Page, Led Zeppelin, Michael Tingle, review, Ritchie Dave Porter, rock, southern rock, The Story So Far, vocals
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Album review: KEVIN BROWN – Six Strings And A Dream
Pete Feenstra chatted to Kevin Brown for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 6 December 2020. Doodah Records [Release date 18.11.20] Kevin Brown’s ‘Strings and A Dream’ is a reminder that somewhere in between the avalanche of PR … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Charlie Patton, guitarist, Howlin Wolf, interview, Jackson Brown, JJ Cale, Joe Boyd, Kevin Brown, Mark Knopfler, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, review, Ry Cooder, Six Strings And A Dream, Son House, Willie Brown
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Album review: IAN PARKER – Spoonful Of Gold (Blues For Willie)
Eye Pea Records (Release date 23.10.17) It’s over 15 years since Ian Parker originally signed to Ruf records and confounded his fans and probably his record company too by cutting a deeply introspective album that became a best seller. Since … Continue reading
Album review: BIG BOY BLOATER AND THE LIMITS – Pills
Provogue [Release date 15.06.18] Big Boy Bloater And The Limits new CD ‘Pills’ strips things down to the bone in a power trio format, with Bloater on guitar and lead vocals, Matt Cowley on drums and bv’s, bassist Steve Oates … Continue reading
Album review: IAN SIEGAL – All The Rage
Nugene Records [Release date 16.03.18] There’s a lot to be said for just following your stream of consciousness and moulding it into a song by simply plugging in and laying down your art. It’s something Ian Siegal and his exemplary … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All The Rage, Bob Dylan, Chicago Blues, Cody Dickenson, Dusty Ciggaar, Hook Herrera, Howlin Wolf, Ian Siegal, Jimbo Mathus, Mississippi Hill Country, Nick Cave, North Mississippi Allstars, Rafael Schwiddessen, review, singer, songwriter, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, vocalist
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Gig review: ROCKIN’ THE BLUES 2018 – The Garage, London, 17 March 2018
In 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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Tagged Andy Cortez, Big Boy Bloater, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Eric Gales, Freddie King, Gary Hoey, gig, guitar, Howlin Wolf, interview, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, John Mayer, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lance Lopez, Quinn Sullivan, review, Rockin' The Blues
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Album review: DANNY BRYANT – Revelation
Jazzhaus Records [Release date 20.04.18] For an album that Danny Bryant tells us features songs that: “confront memories and emotions I didn’t really want to face”, and material with: “dark subject matter”, it might have made sense to include a … Continue reading
Album review: GWYN ASHTON – Solo Elektro
Pete Feenstra chats to Gwyn Ashton and plays tracks from ‘Solo Elektro’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (repeated, Tuesday 15 August 21:00 GMT) More information Fab Tone Records [Release date 01.09.17] Having established himself worldwide as power-house rock-blues guitarist, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australian rock, Black Sabbath, blues, fuzz, Gary Allen, guitar, Gwyn Ashton, Howlin Wolf, Jack White, Peter Green, Phil Spector, Psychedlelic rock, review, Solo Elektro, stoner rock, The Beatles, The Black Keys, The Pretty Things
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Gig review: BETH HART/Colin James – Royal Festival Hall, London, 23 November 2016
It isn’t just her remarkable voice and emotive songs, let alone her vivacious stage presence that marks Beth Hart out as special, it’s much more than that. She’s a force of nature and a previously troubled soul who has dragged … Continue reading
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Tagged beth Hart, Bill Ransom, Colin James, Etta James, Fire On The Floor, gig, Howlin Wolf, Jon Nichols, paino, review, Royal Festival Hall, Van Morrison, vocal
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Gig review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD, JAMES LEG, THE LIMBOOS, ELLI de MON – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 12 July 2016
Bordeaux’s Relache Festival has quickly carved an important niche on the Euro Summer Blues Festival circuit. It’s an annual umbrella for two months worth of rock/blues/soul and related music in different parts of the city. Tonight we’re treated to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Diamond Heavies, blues, boogie, Dani Niño, Elli de Mon, gig, Howlin Wolf, James Leg, Jim Morrison, John Wesley Myers, Keith Emerson, Latino, mambo, May Gaz, R&B, Ray Manzarek, Regi Oliver, Relache Festival, review, Roi Fontoira, Selwyn Birchwood, THE DOORS, The Limboos, The Nice, Tom Waits, trash blues
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Album review: WILY BO WALKER – Moon Over Indigo
Mescal Canyon [Release date 25.09.15] Blues award nominee, prodigious songwriter, multi band leader and genre hopping roots rock artist, Wily Bo Walker returns with the concluding part of his 2015 trilogy of solo albums. ‘Moon Over Indigo’ comes complete with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrews Sisters, blues, Captain Beefheart, Danny Flam, Dr John, Edgar Broughton, funk, George Clinton, Graham Hine, Howlin Wolf, interview, JOE COCKER, Kareña K, Moon Over Indigo, Nick Cave, review, rock, Scottish vocalist, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, vocals, Willie Dixon, Wily Bo Walker
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, 19 March 2015
With a bombastic orchestrated intro, his own illuminated plinth and an opening blitzkrieg of lights, Joe Bonamassa is almost in danger of being swamped by a combination of his own branding and the weight of expectation. Tonight is all about … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, gig review, guitar, Howlin Wolf, Joe Bonamassa, Reese Wynans, rock
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks
Provogue [Released 23.03.15] The mission statement for this project comes right at the beginning of the credits under the ‘Keeping The Blues Alive’ banner, which is also the name of Joe Bonamassa’s charitable blues foundation for keeping music alive in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, DVD, Gary Moore, Howlin Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, Kim Wilson, Kirk Fletcher, Led Zeppelin, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks, Omar Dykes, Paul Rogers, Philippe Klose, review, rock, The Groundhogs, Tomás Doncke
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Album review : THE RIOTOUS BROTHERS – The Tree
Riotous Brothers [Release date 26.02.14] ‘The Tree’ is the Riotous Brothers third album and it’s a notable step forward for the Mash Sonnet/Paul Long songwriting partnership. The duo contributes 7 co-writes and 3 solo efforts that combine good melodies with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Brinsley Schwarz, Dirk Maggs, funk, Howlin Wolf, John Cipollina, Mash Sonnet, Mat Lake, Paul Jones, Paul Long, Ray Charles, review, rock, The Riotous Brothers, The Tree
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Album review: HAT FITZ & CARA ROBINSON – Do Tell
Manhaton [Release date 12.05.14] Formerly just Hat Fitz and Cara, Irish singer Cara Robinson now gets a full name check alongside her Australian partner Hat Fitz on ‘Do Tell’, an album of well crafted songs brought to life by a … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Cara Robinson, Do Tell, folk, Hat Fitz, Howlin Wolf, Jason Bunn, Jeff Lang, Magie Bell, review, roots
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Album review: SAMANTHA FISH – Black Wind Howlin’
Ruf [Release date 23.09.13] Samantha Fish makes much of her growing maturity on her second solo album ‘Black Wind Howlin’. Given the wide variety of relationship songs and a mix of reflective and self confident narratives, it appears she’s taken … Continue reading
Album review: BUDDY GUY – Rhythm & Blues
RCA Silvertone [Release date 29.07.13] The cornerstone to Buddy Guy’s first ever double album is the relatively late definition of the term blues. The music he first started playing was R&B – CD1 provides the rhythm and CD2 the blues … Continue reading
Album review: OMAR DYKES – Runnin’ With The Wolf
Provogue [Release date 09.07.13] ‘Runnin’ With The Wolf’ is pretty much in keeping with Omar Dykes’s new found role as an interpreter of the blues. It’s a role far removed from his 90’s heyday with Provogue records, the label he … Continue reading