Get Ready to ROCK! » prog https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: THE STEVE SUMMERS BAND – Rewired https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-the-steve-summers-band-rewired/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-the-steve-summers-band-rewired/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:30:16 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108166 The Steve Summers Band - RewiredBandcamp [Release date 23.03.26] CD https://stevesummersband.com/contact   [Release date 30.04.26] The Steve Summer Band ‘Rewired’ album is essentially a career update of his rock-blues band which has existed since 2010. 8 of the 12 tracks originate from 2 previously released albums … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-the-steve-summers-band-rewired/feed/ 0 Gig review: SOLSTICE – Kidderminster Town Hall, 19 February 2026 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/gig-review-solstice-kidderminster-town-hall-19-february-2026/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/gig-review-solstice-kidderminster-town-hall-19-february-2026/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:39:06 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107301 SOLSTICE - Kidderminster Town Hall, 19 February 2026There are a few bands I’ve seen over the years in fairly quick succession: Hawkwind in the early seventies. Magnum in the early 1990s. I’m getting that way with Solstice. I last saw the band barely six months ago at … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/gig-review-solstice-kidderminster-town-hall-19-february-2026/feed/ 0 Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary IV https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:07:41 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106918 ROBERT REED - Sanctuary IVTigermoth Records [Release date 16.04.25] I can’t quite understand Robert Reed’s obsession with Mike Oldfield. ‘Tubular Bells’ was a landmark album but in some respects very much of its time. Yes, it made greater impact in 1973 because of Oldfield’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/feed/ 0 Book review: WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING by Andy Stuart https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:35:19 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106913 WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANINGKingmaker Publishing [Publication date 06.02.26] Written to accompany the new album from Big Big Train, ‘Woodcut – The Making And The Meaning’ follows the gestation of what would result in the Progressive Rock band’s first concept album, through to the early … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/feed/ 0 Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Archaeoptimist https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:20:35 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106364 SPOCK'S BEARD - The ArchaeoptimistMadfish [Release date 21.11.25] Album reviewers, including this one, are often guilty of mining the cliché vaults and using five words where one would suffice. But then, every so often, something so good comes along that it defies words. ‘The … Continue reading →

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