Tag Archives: melodic

Album review: PURE REASON REVOLUTION – Terrifying Angels

Posted on November 1, 2026 by jason

InsideOut Music [Release date 25.09.26] Pure Reason Revolution formed in 2003, heavily influenced by the 90s alternative metal scene, giving a solid yet aggressive edge to the metal. A few line-up changes, and a split/reformation later, the band’s new album … Continue reading →

Album review : NEAL MORSE & THE RESONANCE – River Of Light

Posted on November 1, 2026 by jason

InsideOut Music [Release date 27.11.26] ‘River of Light’ is the second album released by Neal Morse & The Resonance, following on from 2024’s ‘No Hill For A Climber’. Although that initial release raised a few eyebrows, mainly around Morse’s decision … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARRON FRITH – The Rub

Posted on October 23, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 04.11.26] Garron Frith has already had one career, releasing his first album in 2007 called The Debut, and it’s follow up Away From The Bright Lights in 2012. After touring for the next six years, which included supports … Continue reading →

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Album review: CREDO – We The Disconnected

Posted on October 15, 2026 by jason

Gargoyle Records [Release date 23.10.26] Credo are back with their fourth studio album and their first new release in 15 years. It is a double-CD album, written by all the band members Tim Birrell (guitar), Mark Colton (vocals), Gerald (Mully) … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRACK DOGS – Still At The Music

Posted on October 11, 2026 by jason

Mondegreen Records [Release date 06.11.26] I can’t believe the Track Dogs have been together twenty years, released 11 albums and played Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall and I’ve never heard of them. Mind you, they are unlike anything Ive … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRONA McVITTIE – Supernatural

Posted on October 3, 2026 by jason

State 51/Company of Corkbots [Release date 16.10.26] Ulster singer‑songwriter, harpist and biologist Bróna McVittie returns with ‘Supernatural’, her fourth solo album. Released to coincide with Samhain, the ancient Irish festival when the veil between worlds grows thin, ‘Supernatural’ stands at … Continue reading →

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Album review: ADMIRAL RADIO – Heirloom

Posted on September 24, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 09.09.26] I think husband and wife team Coty Hoover and Becca Smith, aka Admiral Radio, were put on this earth to harmonise together. Throughout this whole album they lay their harmonies down like sweet butter cream on … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAIAH WYNNE – Into The Waves

Posted on September 5, 2026 by jason

Kscope [Release date 25.09.26] Maiah Wynne has been making music since she was seven and has been an integral part of Envy of None, who also feature Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Coney Hatch’s Andy Curran amongst their line-up. On this, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE GUINEY – The Grace of Eloquence

Posted on September 5, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 25.06.26] The jury is out on this I’m afraid. Guiney was born on Newfoundland, Canada’s most easterly island. So pretty remote. His first musical memory is listening to Johnny Cash on an 8 track cartridge, so must have … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCOTT COOK – Troubadourly Yours

Posted on August 20, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 21.08.26] The title track opens the album with a seven minute autobiographical, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, influence checking stream of consciousness, my mouth was dry by the end of it. What an opener, and once Jack Kerouac was mentioned I … Continue reading →

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Album review: OSIRIS – Within A Dream

Posted on July 29, 2026 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 14.08.26] Osiris is an all-Bahraini prog rock band founded in 1980 by brothers Mohamed Alsadeqi (guitars, vocals) and Nabil Alsadeqi (drums, percussion). They have been active ever since, bar a hiatus between 1993 and 2000. Osiris … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN BYRNE – This Is Where The Show Begins

Posted on July 15, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Frontiers [Release date 22.05.26] Revival Black were a promising band who released their last album in 2022. Frontman Dan Byrne broke away soon after and released an excellent EP ‘Beginnings’ in 2023. As our melodic rock supremo Andy Nathan commented … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: JUNIPER, ADY JOHNSON, ADAM BEATTIE

Posted on June 27, 2026 by jason

JUNIPER Halfway Home [Release date 14.05.26] Juniper are a six piece folk band hailing from Birmingham consisting of Dominic O’Sullivan (whistles, clarinet, flute), Emily Hicks (flute), Anna Vaughan (violin), Harry Thorpe (vocals, guitars), Adam Hammond (drums) and Rob Roberts (bass). The … Continue reading →

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Album review: MY PET ROCKET – Last of the Analogue Superheroes

Posted on June 11, 2026 by jason

Facebook [Release date 26.06.26] Regulars on the west Scotland rock scene My Pet Rocket release their first album Last Of The Analogue Superheroes, and as well as the cover and the title, it carries a spacey/futuristic view of the world. … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOLLIE ROGERS – Everything’s Fine

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 05.06.26] Acclaimed singer-songwriter Hollie Rogers is back with her latest album ‘Everything’s Fine’. Hollie has been releasing music for over a decade now, however, on this album she’s given it her all and there are a number … Continue reading →

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Single review: SHARON LAZIBYRD – Quand je vois le Monde

Posted on May 28, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 29.05.26] Sharon Lazibyrd as been on the GRTR! musical radar for some years now and it was a pleasant surprise to receive an advance listen to this song, ‘Quand je vois le Monde’, the second single from … Continue reading →

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Album review: VIRGINMARYS – Beyond The House of Fires

Posted on May 17, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 22.05.26] The Virginmarys new album is both new and old, in that is their reinterpretation of their most recent album, 2024’s ‘Beyond the House of Fires’. This time around the Virginmarys – Ally Dickaty and Danny Dolan … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LUKE JAMES WILLIAMS – Wax and Beans, Bury, 15 May 2026

Posted on May 17, 2026 by jason

This is the second time I’ve been to this venue, and I would highly recommend it for anybody in the Bury/Rochdale/Heywood area. Get to see an artist in an intimate setting whilst drinking coffee or alcohol. The first time was … Continue reading →

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Album review: LUKE JAMES WILLIAMS – Limes Hotel

Posted on April 27, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 17.04.26] Some people want to be Kiss, some people Queen, some, Kyle Minogue Marvin Gaye or Britney Spears, the list is endless, fame, fortune and formula with capitol F’s .But some people have no other choice than … Continue reading →

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Album review: JENNY COLQUITT – Pockets Full Of Rain

Posted on April 21, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 01.05.26] Whatever else this album is, and it is many things, it is not Americana, which is what it is being promoted as. It is a pretty special collection of really well crafted songs delivered in a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE GUILTY MEN – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 1 April 2026

Posted on April 8, 2026 by jason

The origins of the Guilty Men lie back in 2021, when guitarists and old pals Clive Gregson (Any Trouble, Richard Thompson, Christine Collister) and Neil Cossar (The Cheaters) finally got around to writing a few songs together. Which one of … Continue reading →

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Album review: HONEY AND THE BEAR – Wish & A Tide

Posted on April 5, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 23.04.26] Honey and The Bear is a duo consisting of husband and wife Jon and Lucy Hart. Jon plays guitar and electric guitar with Lucy as the main vocalist, and they both play double bass and bouzouki. … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE HICKS – Before It Gets Dark

Posted on March 23, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 27.03.26] Session musicians – a necessary cog in the wheels of the music industry, particularly for solo singers. Sometimes the session musician wants to break out of his backing role and be seen. Take Jimmy Page and … Continue reading →

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.Album review: AMY HOPWOOD – Gone to Flowers

Posted on January 25, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 19,02.26] When I first put this album on I thought you’ve got to be joking, its just a bunch of nursery rhymes sung by a little girl. But then I thought of Ivor Cutler, a strange old … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ELLES BAILEY – Wax and Beans, Bury, 19 January 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by jason

This is my first time attending one of these intimate record shop gigs, and what a delight it was. Elles Bailey, with her acoustic guitarist and best friend Demi Marriner in front of an audience of around fifty people. It … Continue reading →