Get Ready to ROCK! » Progressive Rock https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: ARGOVIA – Primal Repetition https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-argovia-primal-repetition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-argovia-primal-repetition/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:32:25 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108266 ARGOVIA - Primal RepetitionPresagio Records [Release date 10.04.26] One of the enlightening features of our “New to GRTR!” radio show is the range of music from all four corners of the planet. Colombia doesn’t feature that regularly but when it does. Wow! Argovia … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-argovia-primal-repetition/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: RETREAT FROM MOSCOW – The Illusion Of Choice https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-retreat-from-moscow-the-illusion-of-choice/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-retreat-from-moscow-the-illusion-of-choice/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:03:20 +0000 alanjones https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106543 RETREAT FROM MOSCOWWhite Knight Records [Release date: 07.11.25] Third album from Retreat From Moscow since they reformed in 2016 and this one’s a belter. Active from 1979 – 82, the band have been on hiatus, while life happened, but re-emerged with ‘The … Continue reading →

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