-
-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders". The search will also be slower.
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the artist or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Switch site
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Latest Album Reviews
-
Album review : RAVEN – Screamin’ Down The House (4 CD set)
-
Album review : DEAR MR.FANTASY Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic (2CD+DVD remaster)
-
Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Smell The Roses
-
Album review : RUSS BALLARD – Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired (2CDs)
-
Album review: PYLON POETS – Demise of the Divine
-
Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Money & Power
-
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: JOHN REILLY AND LEWIS NITIKMAN – Crazy Coqs, London, 16 April 2025
-
Gig review: THEA GILMORE – Nantwich Civic Hall, 17 April 2025
-
Gig review: MATT PEARCE AND THE MUTINY /JACK J HUTCHINSON- The Grace, London, 12 April 2025
-
Gig review: SWEET – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 5 April 2025
-
Gig review: ROMEO’S DAUGHTER- The Garage, London, 28 March 2025
-
Gig review: SOUTH OF SALEM – Thekla, Bristol, 27 March 2025
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Album review: RICH HOPKINS AND LUMINARIOS – My Way Or The Highway
-
Album review: THE DELLA GRANTS – Live Sessions
-
Book review: DECADES- MOTT THE HOOPLE & IAN HUNTER IN THE 1970s by John Van der Kiste
-
Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Nothing Comes Easy
-
Album review: ERROL LINTON – No Entry
-
Album review: SQUEEZE – Cradle To The Grave
-
-
Features
-
Interviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
-
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Tag Archives: John Cooper Clarke
Album review : ANDY SHARROCKS – Country Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Durty Blues

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
Leave a comment
Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON BAND – Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 September 2017

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
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 26 September 2017, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, gig, John Cooper Clarke, live, Norman Watt-Roy, review, Royal Albert Hall, Wilko Johnson Band
Leave a comment
Album review: THEA GILMORE – Ghosts & Graffiti

Fullfill [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 breadth … Continue reading
DVD review: Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division

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
Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS
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
Leave a comment