Get Ready to ROCK! » orchestral https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : SEVEN SPIRES – A Fortress Called Home (Master Key Edition / 3CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-seven-spires-a-fortress-called-home-master-key-edition-3cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-seven-spires-a-fortress-called-home-master-key-edition-3cds/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:30:54 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110421 SEVEN 150 SPIRES Master imageFrontiers Music [Release date : 04.09.26] “Seven Spires”, says Sascha Paeth, “are one of the few new real personalities in metal”. And you would need an abundance of personality and indeed, confidence to assemble such a suite of music as … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-seven-spires-a-fortress-called-home-master-key-edition-3cds/feed/ 0 Album review: DARKFISH – Beyond https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-darkfish-beyond/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-darkfish-beyond/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 15:24:30 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102517 DARKFISH - BeyondBandcamp [Release date 02.07.25] There have been many albums inspired by the universe and space – the final frontier. Sheila Maloney’s first excursion using the alter-ego Darkfish provides further exploration. Sheila has worked with the David Cross Band and her … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-darkfish-beyond/feed/ 0 EP review : RONNIE ATKINS – Symphomaniac https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/ep-review-ronnie-atkins-symphomaniac/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/ep-review-ronnie-atkins-symphomaniac/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:43:28 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=84782 ronnie atkins symphoFrontiers Records [release date 18.11.22] There is yet to be an “orchestral” album of rock songs that outdoes Wang Chung’s Orchesography, but this EP from Ronnie Atkins gets close. In fairness, this is Symphonic Rock in all its bombastic splendour. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/ep-review-ronnie-atkins-symphomaniac/feed/ 0 Album review: THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Celebration https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:14:06 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83787 THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary CelebrationCleopatra Records [Release date 28.10.22] The question has to be asked.  Do we really need another take on the classic ‘Tubular Bells’?  It has to be one of the most re-worked pieces  not least by Mike Oldfield himself. Well, it … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/feed/ 0 Album review: CLIVE MITTEN – Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978-1983 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-clive-mitten-suite-cryptique-recomposing-twelfth-night-1978-1983/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-clive-mitten-suite-cryptique-recomposing-twelfth-night-1978-1983/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:28:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=71671 CLIVE MITTEN - Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978-1983Bumnote Records/Twelfth Night Records [Release date 02.04.21] I have to say the band Twelfth Night have completely passed me by.  I’ve known vaguely their name but never really investigated their music, that is until the arrival of a new double-CD … Continue reading →

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