Get Ready to ROCK! » Jan Akkerman https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:35:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – My Focus Live Under The Rainbow https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-jan-akkerman-my-focus-live-under-the-rainbow/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-jan-akkerman-my-focus-live-under-the-rainbow/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:14:10 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105480 JAN AKKERMAN - My Focus Live Under The RainbowMusic Theories Recordings [Release date: 12.12.25] Possibly missed by some, Jan Akkerman played a short series of dates in the UK in February 2025. Fortunately this rare excursion has been captured on a new live album. It seems that Akkerman … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-jan-akkerman-my-focus-live-under-the-rainbow/feed/ 0 Book review: Decades – Focus in the 1970s (Stephen Lambe) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:24:12 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72523 Decades - Focus in the 1970s (Stephen Lambe)Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.04.21] At the outset I should declare an interest.  As an inveterate Focus-watcher since the early 1970s, author of articles about the band for Record Collector magazine, liner notes, and the first book about Jan Akkerman … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/feed/ 0 Feature: Call Collect: An introduction to FOCUS https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:13:27 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65438 Focus - Hard Rock Hell Prog, Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014In their own words, Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman discuss the early days of Focus and their wider success…and demise in the late 1970s.  This feature is based on interviews in 1990 for a ‘Record Collector’ article published in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/feed/ 0 Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – Close Beauty https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-jan-akkerman-close-beauty/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-jan-akkerman-close-beauty/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:32:27 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=62331 JAN AKKERMAN - Close BeautyMusic Theories Recordings/Mascot [Release date 25.10.19] Let’s be honest.  Jan Akkerman hasn’t exactly been active in terms of album releases in the millennium.  I also have to declare an interest having managed several UK tours for the guitarist in the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/10/album-review-jan-akkerman-close-beauty/feed/ 0 Album review: COLIN HARPER – Titanium Flag (Remastered & Expanded Edition) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/album-review-colin-harper-titanium-flag-remastered-expanded-edition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/album-review-colin-harper-titanium-flag-remastered-expanded-edition/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:29:59 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=44642 COLIN HARPER - Titanium FlagMarket Square Records [Release date 24.04.17] The sad thing about this album is that most punters will be drawn in primarily by Track 3 which features legendary Dutch guitarist Jan Akkerman.  In fairness, back in 2010 when this was released … Continue reading →

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