Tag Archives: Paul Simon

Album review: THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Are You The Person You’ve Always Wanted To Be / Photoshoot

Posted on May 22, 2024 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 29.09.23] Richard Townend is an indefatigable singer-songwriter, guitarist and band leader of The Mighty Bosscats, who never let rust sleep. His consistent output has the feel of a diarist who needs to get the minutiae of … Continue reading →

Album review: KEVIN BROWN – Six Strings And A Dream

Posted on November 13, 2020 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Kevin Brown for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 6 December 2020. Doodah Records [Release date 18.11.20] Kevin Brown’s ‘Strings and A Dream’ is a reminder that somewhere in between the avalanche of PR … Continue reading →

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Album review: DUSTBOWL REVIVAL – Is It You, Is It Me

Posted on February 4, 2020 by jason

Medium Expectations/Thirty Tigers [Release date 31.01.20] Dustbowl Revival present their fifth album and one that sees them shift away from their original Dixieland jazz, swing and Depression-era folk songs. The band revolves around the singing talents of Z Lupetin and … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY FLETCHER – River Keeps Flowing

Posted on January 3, 2020 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted with Gary Fletcher for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 22 March 2020. Repertoire records [Release date 13.12.19] Gary Fletcher’s ‘River Keeps Flowing’ is all about mood, feel and a musical aesthetic that … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Laurence Jones Band

Posted on August 6, 2019 by petefeenstra

Top Stop Music [Release date 27.09.19] ‘Laurence Jones Band’ is a career departure for the former rock-blues hero who makes a major pitch for the pop market. They say the most significant thing about the blues genre is that historically … Continue reading →

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Album review: BERT JANSCH – Such A Simple Soul

Posted on October 15, 2018 by jason

BMG [Release date 26.10.18] The exquisitely talented Bert Jansch, the former Pentangle guitarist who died in 2011, has been inspiring musicians for decades – from Jimmy Page and Paul Simon to Johnny Marr and Graham Coxon. Indeed, it was another … Continue reading →

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Album review: JARROD DICKENSON – Ready The Horses

Posted on August 16, 2017 by petefeenstra

Get Ready to ROCK!’s Pete Feenstra chatted with Jarrod Dickenson for his Sunday feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio with tracks from the new album. First broadcast, 1 October 2017 Decca [Release date 29.09.17] Recorded live to tape … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SUMMERFEST – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 28 June-9 July 2017

Posted on July 25, 2017 by andynathan

In a world of constant change in popular music, for a festival to celebrate its 50th year, as Milwaukee’s Summerfest did this year, represents a lifetime. I’d been to the festival certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s biggest … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WHISKEY POETS – Low Country

Posted on September 19, 2015 by petefeenstra

Red Dog [Release date 30.10.15] When asked what message the award winning author RJ Ellory had for his readers, he replied: ‘There is nothing so fragile, complex or fascinating as the human condition.’ And it’s that sense of wonder that … Continue reading →

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Album Review: ANDERS OSBORNE – Peace

Posted on October 8, 2013 by petefeenstra

Alligator [Release date: 08.10.13] There may be a significant gap between Alligator Records’ original mission statement of ‘genuine houserocking music’ and Anders Osborne deeply felt, confessional singer song-writing, but the contemporary blues scene has surely benefited from the liaison. It’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: KINVER – The Stone House

Posted on August 6, 2013 by petefeenstra

Eye-Pea [Release date 19.03.13] The doomed romanticism and fragility of Nick Drake has a lot to answer for in term of contemporary folk music. His biographer Trevor Dann pointed to a foreboding and fatalism at the heart of his work … Continue reading →

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PAUL SIMON releases ‘Live in New York City’ on Sep 18th

Posted on August 20, 2012 by jason

2-CD/1-DVD Special Package Captures Paul Simon Performing Classic Songs and Music From His Critically Acclaimed Album So Beautiful or So What During the first leg of Paul Simon’s triumphant, 2011 U.S. tour, he thrilled hometown fans with a special club … Continue reading →