Get Ready to ROCK! » Joe Lynn Turner https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: WINGS OF AOR FESTIVAL – Arbis, Norrkoping, Sweden, 24-25 April 2026 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-wings-of-aor-festival-arbis-norrkoping-sweden-24-25-april-2026/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-wings-of-aor-festival-arbis-norrkoping-sweden-24-25-april-2026/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 22:07:59 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108575 WINGS OF AOR FESTIVAL- Arbis, Norrkoping, Sweden, 24-25 April 2026The status of Scandinavia as the spiritual home of melodic rock is reflected not just in the volume of bands there, but an increasing number of festivals dedicated to, or featuring a goodly number of, melodic acts. When a new … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/gig-review-wings-of-aor-festival-arbis-norrkoping-sweden-24-25-april-2026/feed/ 0 Album review : BRAZEN ABBOT – Live And Learn and Guilty As Sin (CD reissues) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-brazen-abbot-live-and-learn-and-guilty-as-sin-cd-reissues/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-brazen-abbot-live-and-learn-and-guilty-as-sin-cd-reissues/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:31:12 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106282 BRAZEN 150 ABBOT Guilty coverFrontiers [Release date : 12.12.25] Classically trained Bulgarian multi-instrumentalist, Nikolo Kotzev founded Brazen Abbot in 1995. He could play every stringed instrument known to rock’n’roll mankind, but needed a singer. Over these two reissues, released simultaneously, the cream of European … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-brazen-abbot-live-and-learn-and-guilty-as-sin-cd-reissues/feed/ 0 Album review: BRAZEN ABBOT : Eye Of The Storm and Bad Religion https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/brazen-abbot-eye-of-the-storm-and-bad-religion/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/brazen-abbot-eye-of-the-storm-and-bad-religion/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2024 13:17:08 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=99439 BRAZEN ABBOT - Eye Of The Storm and Bad ReligionFrontiers [Release date : 13.12.24] Prior to his Rock Opera project, Nostradamus (2001), classically trained Bulgarian multi-instrumentalist, Nikolo Kotzev had founded Brazen Abbot. The band’s second and third releases, Eye Of The Storm (1996) and Bad Religion (1997), have now … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/brazen-abbot-eye-of-the-storm-and-bad-religion/feed/ 0 Album review : NIKOLO KOTZEV – Nostradamus, The Rock Opera – studio album version and Live In Sofia version https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-nikolo-kotzev-nostradamus-the-rock-opera-studio-album-and-live-in-sofia/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-nikolo-kotzev-nostradamus-the-rock-opera-studio-album-and-live-in-sofia/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:01:34 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96419 NIKOLO KOTZEV Rock Opera image 150Frontiers [Release date : 19.07.24] Writing and producing Nostradamus, the Rock Opera, was a hugely ambitious undertaking and took its architect, Nikolo (Brazen Abbot) Kotzev, 3 years to complete. Released in 2001, it sold 50,000 worldwide. A significant achievement for … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-nikolo-kotzev-nostradamus-the-rock-opera-studio-album-and-live-in-sofia/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-various-reimagining-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-various-reimagining-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:47:34 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95251 VARIOUS - Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson KingPurple Pyramid Records [Release date 19.04.24] King Crimson’s 1969 album is one of the most significant and influential prog albums and here gets a fresh coat of paint courtesy of a stellar gathering of prog and fusion A listers. And, … Continue reading →

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