Get Ready to ROCK! » Nina Simone https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 02 May 2026 00:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: MIKE ZITO – Outside Or The Eastside https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-mike-zito-outside-or-the-eastside/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-mike-zito-outside-or-the-eastside/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:33:01 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107985 Mike Zito - Outside Or The EastsideGulf Coast Records [Release date 24.04.26] Mike Zito’s ‘Outside Or The Eastside’ is a hard hitting rock-blues album with autobiographical songs and thoughtfully chosen covers. He tells us the new album: “is an ode St. Louis and the late-night culture … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-mike-zito-outside-or-the-eastside/feed/ 0 Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – Chameleon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-blue-commotion-chameleon/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-blue-commotion-chameleon/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:06:08 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=64649 Zoe Schwarz Blue commotion - Chameleon33 Records [Release date 03.04.20] ‘Chameleon’ is Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion’s 6th and best release so far. It’s a superbly crafted contemporary blues album with a dozen self penned track and a hidden bonus, full of musical diversity, imaginative arrangements, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-blue-commotion-chameleon/feed/ 0 Album review: ERIC GALES – The Bookends https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/album-review-eric-gales-the-bookends/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/album-review-eric-gales-the-bookends/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:19:35 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=57454 ERIC GALES – The BookendsProvogue  [Release date 08.02.19] Back in his psychedelic rock days, I always used to think that it was Eric Gales’s second solo that defined both the song itself and the guitarist’s signature style. Just like a boxer he bobbed, weaved … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/album-review-eric-gales-the-bookends/feed/ 0 Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – This Is The Life I Choose https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-this-is-the-life-i-choose/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-this-is-the-life-i-choose/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:52:05 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43997 ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – This Is The Life I Choose33 Jazz [Release date 10.03.17] From the way she attacks the opening note of ‘Hold On’, to a sultry Nina Simone style finish on ‘Feeling Good’, Zoe Schwarz dominates a diverse album rooted in the blues but not bound by … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/album-review-zoe-schwarz-this-is-the-life-i-choose/feed/ 0 Gig review: SHAKURA S’AIDA, The Howlin Blues Trio – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 20 July 2016 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/gig-review-shakura-saida-the-howlin-blues-relache-festival-bordeaux-20-july-2016/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/gig-review-shakura-saida-the-howlin-blues-relache-festival-bordeaux-20-july-2016/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:35:23 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=39328 Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 20 July 2016In an age of instant celebrity where the mundane too often passes for the exceptional, the Canadian double Maple Blues award winner Shakura S’Aida (pronounced Shack-oora Sigh-ee-da), is here to remind us of the true merits of a soulful blues … Continue reading →

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