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Gig review: HUE AND CRY Album Launch – PRS Building, King’s Cross, London, 3 August 2017

Kicking the night off in great humour, Pat Kane informs his attentive audience that tonight we are to be locked in a room 8 floors above the ground for a 20 minute jazz odyssey. Luckily this was a joke. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 3 August 2017, album, funk, gig, Hue And Cry, King's Cross, launch, London, Pat Kane, Pocketful Of Stones, pop, PRS, review
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News: New website for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio launches 10 February

Friday 10 February sees the launch of an exciting new website for the internet-based radio station Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. The station was launched in late-2008 as an audible companion to the popular reviews-based website www.getreadytorock.com The station has … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged 10 February 2017, classic rock, featured artists, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, launch, radio, rock, website
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Album review: GLAS – From The Blues To Your Shoes

Glas [Release date 09.12.14] Glas is a stripped down rocking trio from South Wales with a mission statement to play: “classic blues, rock and roll, country and r&b in a contemporary way”. The splendidly titled ‘From … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged ALBERT LEE, album, blues, David John, From The Blues To Your Shoes, Glas, Huw Hannon, James Oliver, John Fogerty, launch, R&B, rockabilly, The Pirates
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Gig review: MAGNUM Album Launch, Robin 2, Bilston, 25 March 2014

Interview with Tony Clarkin of Magnum, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 2 March 2014 (3:23) There is a longer extract of this interview together with the album review here 250+ eager fans awaited the launch and their … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 25 March 2014, Al Atkins, album, Bilston, Bob Catley, Escape From The Shadow Garden, gig, Harry James, launch, Magnum, Mark Stanway, review, Robin 2, Rodney Matthews, Tony Clarkin
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Gig Review: FM Album launch, 02 Academy, Islington, 6 March 2013

FM have taken took their time to follow up their well received comeback album Metropolis, but after celebrating 25 years of their classic ‘Indiscreet’‘ debut with live shows last year, the finest melodic rock band forged on this side of … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 6 March 2013, album, AOR, FM, launch, melodic, O2 Islington Academy, review, rock, Rockville, showcase, Steve Overland
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