Tag Archives: prog

News: CAMEL, FISHBONE, ENUFF Z NUFF – Thursday 22 January 2015

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jason

FISHBONE Mon March 16 BRISTOL Fleece Sat March 21 LONDON Under the Bridge UK – Final Tour Feb 22: Wroclaw Polish Radio Concert Hall, Poland Feb 24: Warsaw Progreja Music Zone, Poland Feb 26: Oslo Cosmopolite, Norway Feb 28: Zoetermeer … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions | Tagged alternative, Camel, classic rock, Clutch, Dave Ellefson, Enuff Z Nuff, Fishbone, gigs, Mastodon, Megadeth, metal, news, prog, rock, tours, uk | Comments Off

News: DREAM THEATER, MATT SCHOFIELD, MILAN POLAK – Sunday 11 January 2015

Posted on January 11, 2015 by jason

Milan Polak has signed with a new record label, distributed by Universal and his new album is due in the spring. Kansas will premiere their documentary of the band’s history, ‘Miracles Out Of Nowhere’, at the 30th Annual Santa Barbara … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS | Tagged Dream Theater, gigs, Matt Scholfield, metal, Milan Polak, news, prog, rock, tours | Leave a comment

News: STATUS QUO, BRIAN MAY, IO EARTH – Tuesday 6 January 2015

Posted on January 6, 2015 by jason

‘Back To The Light – A Casual Guide to the Music of Queen’s Brian May’ by Neil Daniels is out now published by Createspace. Adrenalin Mob will release their new album ‘Dearly Departed’ through Century Media on February 9th. Sting’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Books, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS | Tagged books, Brian May, charity, Chastain, gigs, Issa, Jizzy Pearl, JustSayYes Fund, Neil Daniels, news, prog, Quiet Riot, rock, Status Quo | Leave a comment

News: THE WINERY DOGS, SAXON, JOE PERRY, PINK FLOYD – Friday 2 January 2015

Posted on January 4, 2015 by jason

JOE PERRY has released a download-only EP ‘Joe Perry’s Merry Christmas’. It features JOHNNY DEPP on rhythm guitar. PINK FLOYD’s album ‘The Endless River’ was the ninth bestselling album in the UK in 2014. THE WINERY DOGS will enter the … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, RIP | Tagged Aerosmith Pink Floyd, classic rock, Jeff Golub, Joe Perry, news, prog, Saxon, Winery Dogs | Leave a comment

Album review: ORDEN OGAN – Ravenhead

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jason

AFM Records [Released 12.01.15] This is the band’s fifth album and hopefully after an impressive back catalogue, along with this enjoyable new release, they will start to get a bigger following. They will appeal to fans of power and progressive … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged AFM Records, album, Blind Guardian, folk, Grave Digger, HammerFall, Orden Ogan, power, prog, Ravenhead, review | Leave a comment

Gig review: MARILLION – The Forum, Kentish Town, London, 11 December 2014

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Yiannis

I do love December – my birthday is in it, for a start, and those of some of my closest friends, there is Christmas and then there is that annual fixture of enjoying Marillion in their natural element – on … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 11 December 2014, gig, Ian Mosley, Kentish Town, London, Luke Jackson, Marillion, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, The Forum | Leave a comment

Gig review: THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – The O2 Islington Academy, London, 3 December 2014

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Yiannis

Ask me to name my favourite albums for 2014 and The Pineapple Thief’s “Magnolia” will certainly feature in my Top 10 list. Even though my introduction to Bruce Soord’s Alternative/Progressive Rock outfit only took place a couple of years ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Gig reviews | Tagged 02 Islington Academy, 3 December, London, prog, progressive, rock, The Pineapple Thief | Leave a comment

THE BEST of 2014 – top rock albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice

Posted on December 1, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

The Best of 2014 - Top Albums - Popular Poll

The Best of 2014 with David Randall by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Every year we ask the GRTR! Team to list their favourite albums and gigs of the year. Typically, it’s a diverse selection that may not … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, NEWS, The Best Of 2014 | Tagged albums, Bernie Marsden, blues, Foreigner, Get Ready to ROCK!, gigs, H.E.A.T., live, prog, progressive, rock, Saxon, Steve Hackett, The Best Of 2014, Virgil And The Accelerators | 1 Comment

Quick plays: LEON ALVARADO, KNIGHT AREA, SHADOW MERCHANT

Posted on November 30, 2014 by alanjones

LEON ALVARADO – 2014: Music From An Expanded Universe Melodic Revolution Records – [Release date: 30.10.14] The title says it all really as this sounds like it was written in space, played in space and beamed down for spaced-out people … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged 2014: Music For An Expanded Universe, Hyperdrive, King Crimson, Knight Area, Leon Alvarado, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Trey Gunn | Leave a comment

Quick plays: FRASER ANDERSON, PAIN OF SALVATION

Posted on November 20, 2014 by jason

FRASER ANDERSON – Little Glass Box Membran [Release date 10.11.14] Scottish singer/songwriter Fraser Anderson has been releasing albums since 2004, having toured as part of Dougie MacLean’s backing band. On this album he is joined by guest musicians including Danny … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged acoustic, album, Daniel Gildenlow, Dio, Dougie MacLean, Falling Home, folk, Fraser Anderson, Inside Out, jazz, Little Glass Box, Pain of Salvation, prog, review, singer songwriter | Leave a comment

Album review: KAIPA – Sattyg

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 10.11.14] Even though it has been a good forty years since the Swedish sextet Kaipa first appeared on the music scene, it was only back in 2012 and through exposure to their then latest studio album … Continue reading →

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DVD review: GENESIS – Sum Of The Parts

Posted on November 7, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Vision [Release date: 17.11.14] It’s difficult to know who this documentary was made for. Early Genesis fans would feel short changed. Later ones wouldn’t learn that much. If you then factor in several lesser known talking heads and a … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged Bluray, documentary, DVD, Genesis, interview, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, prog, progressive, rock, Steve Hackett, Sum Of The Parts, Tony Banks | Leave a comment

Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – The Lowry, Salford, 2 November 2014

Posted on November 3, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Steve Hackett chats about the Genesis Revisited and Extended tours (11:16). This is an edit from an extended interview that was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 5 October 2014 The interview is replayed on Christmas Day 2014, … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 2 November 2014, Gary O'Toole, genesis Extended, Genesis Revisited, gig, interview, Nick Beggs, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Townsend, Roger King, Salford, Steve Hackett, The Lowry | Leave a comment

Album review: FREQUENCY DRIFT – Summer

Posted on October 25, 2014 by alanjones

[Download only from band website - Release date: 12.09.14] There are certain bands and artists, aren’t there, to whom you turn to capture your prevailing mood? One brings to mind Buddy Guy for blues, Zeppelin or AC/DC if you want … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Frequency Drift, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Summer | 1 Comment

DVD review: TRANSATLANTIC – KaLiveoscope

Posted on October 23, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Inside Out [Release date: 28.10.14] I’m maybe the wrong person to review this DVD. Or perhaps the best. Because while I’m familiar with the name and the fact the band’s a side project ‘supergroup’ I couldn’t previously have told you … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged Bluray, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, DVD, Enchant, Flying Colors, KaLiveoscope, Marillion, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Pete Trewavas, prog, progressive, review, Spock's Beard, Steve Morse, Ted Leonard, Transatlantic | Leave a comment

Gig review: MESSENGER – The Borderline, London, 15 October 2014

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Yiannis

Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis In the short period since they first came together as a band back in 2012, Psychedelic/Progressive Rock troupe Messenger have really made their presence felt in the music world. Having … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Gig reviews | Tagged 15 October 2014, Borderline, gig, Messenger, prog, progressive, psychedelic, review | Leave a comment

Album review: PHI – The Waves Of Sound Remain

Posted on October 7, 2014 by alanjones

Gentle Art Of Music [Release Date 03.11.14] Despite being described by Phi themselves as ‘art rock’ this Austrian 3-piece’s musical debut screams progressive rock all day long – although, it has to be said, the prog metal template of … Continue reading →

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News: CHANTEL McGREGOR, STEVE HOGARTH and JOHN ILLSLEY radio features on Sunday 5 October

Posted on October 4, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Chantel McGregor - Cambridge Rock Festival

Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Special features on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio On Sunday 5 October, in The Pete Feenstra Feature, CHANTEL McGREGOR chats to Pete about her forthcoming album and about her career to date. (19:00 GMT) Chantel released her … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS | Tagged blues, Chantel McGregor, Dire Straits, feature, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, interview, John Illsley, Marillion, prog, progressive, radio, rock, session, special, Steve Hogarth, Sunday 5 October 2014 | Leave a comment

News: STEVE HACKETT interview on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 5 October 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Bonus material not broadcast with Steve chatting about his solo career and his forthcoming album (20:17) ‘Assume The Position’, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday 5 October, 22:00 (Monday 6 October and Friday 10 October, 22:00 repeat) … Continue reading →

Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS | Tagged documentary, feature, Genesis, genesis Extended, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, guitar, guitarist, interview, prog, progressive, radio, Steve Hackett, Tour | Leave a comment

Album review: OPETH – Pale Communion

Posted on September 30, 2014 by alanjones

Roadrunner Records [Release Date 25.08.14] Mikael Akerfeldt – the debate rages… Rather like Steven Wilson and Mike Portnoy, there are sections of the music press which are so sycophantic and so over the top in hyping up the Opeth frontman … Continue reading →

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Album review: FLYING COLORS – Second Nature

Posted on September 30, 2014 by jason

Music Theories Recordings/Mascot [Release date 06.10.14] Flying Colors, the prog rock supergroup, are back with their second album just two years after their exceptionally strong debut release. Can they match that high standard? You bet they can! If anything this … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Casey McPherson, Dave LaRue, Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Dream Theater, Flying Colors, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Second Nature, Spock's Beard, Steve Morse, Winery Dogs | Leave a comment

Album review: YES – Songs From Tsongas

Posted on September 26, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 22.09.14] 3-CD It comes to something when we get an anniversary release of an anniversary release! Following Rick Wakeman’s return to the band in 2002, the classic Yes line up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged 35th Anniversary, Alan White, album, Chris Squire, DVD, Jon Anderson, prog, progressive, review, Rick Wakeman, Songs From Tsongas, Steve Howe, Yes | Leave a comment

Gig review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Dome, London, 18 September 2014

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Yiannis

The Sixxis – The Dome, London, 18 September 2014

Support Act: The Sixxis Review and photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Over the last twelve years since I moved to the UK I have been to numerous gigs in many different venues around the country but both Tufnell Park and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 18 September 2014, Alan Morse, album, London, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Spock's Beard, Ted Leonard, The Dome | Leave a comment

Album review: THE TEA PARTY – The Ocean At The End

Posted on September 20, 2014 by jason

Inside Out www.insideout.de [Released 29.09.14] Another band back after a long break away, The Tea Party return with their first new studio album in ten years and the first since they reformed back in 2011. The Tea Party made a … Continue reading →

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Album review: LANDMARQ – Origins – A Landmarq Anthology 1992-2014

Posted on September 20, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Landmarq/Synergy Records [Release date 16.06.14] Landmarq were at the vanguard of ‘neo-prog’ back in the 1990s and whilst they’ve made consistently good albums they’ve always remained on the periphery. This anthology is an excellent introduction to the band and spans … Continue reading →