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Album review : ANDY SHARROCKS – Country Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Durty Blues
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Pete Feenstra chatted to Andy Sharrocks for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast August 2023. Roach Records Vinyl [Release date: 09.23] Singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist, tour manager, label boss, painter, and man of many parts, Andy Sharrocks is veteran of … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged Accident On The East Lancs, album, Alex Harvey, alt country, Americana, Andy Sharrocks, blues, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Country Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Durty Blues, county. folk, Danny Bourrassa, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Henry Botham, interview, John Cooper Clarke, McGuinness Flint, Michelle Turnbull, Neil Young, Phil Watts, radio, review, rock, roots, singer songwriter, soul, SPARKS, Steve Earle, The Rolling Stones, The Smokin Jackets, Tom Waits, Victor Brox, Wilful Damage
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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON BAND – Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 September 2017
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The Royal Albert Hall, with its storied boxes, swivel chairs and cavernous auditorium wouldn’t be the most obvious choice for a Wilko Johnson gig. Then again, this is no ordinary gig. Wilko is celebrating his 70th birthday, coinciding with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 September 2017, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, gig, John Cooper Clarke, live, Norman Watt-Roy, review, Royal Albert Hall, Wilko Johnson Band
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Album review: THEA GILMORE – Ghosts & Graffiti
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Full Fill [Release date 11.05.15] We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – Thea Gilmore is one of the finest contemporary singer songwriter gracing these fair isles. In another era she would have packed theatres the length and … Continue reading
DVD review: Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division
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Ozit [Released 10.05.14] Described as a’ rough cut reportage style documentary based on an original idea by Anthony Ryan Carter’ a.k.a. Tosh Ryan who occupies an insightful centre-piece to film, this fly on the wall style … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Chris Hewitt, Durutti Column, DVD, Hawkwind, He Wasn't Just The Fifth member of Joy Division, John Cooper Clarke, Joy Division, Magazine, Martin Hannett, New Order, Ozit, review, The Buzzcocks, Tom Hewitt, Tony Wilson, Tosh Ryan, U2, Victor Brox
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