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		<title>Album review: LONG DISTANCE CALLING – The Phantom Void</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-long-distance-calling-the-phantom-void/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/LONG-DISTANCE-CALLING-The-Phantom-Void-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="LONG DISTANCE CALLING The Phantom Void" title="LONG DISTANCE CALLING The Phantom Void" /></a>earMUSIC [Release date 10.04.26] Long Distance Calling have been around for some twenty years now and this, their ninth studio album continues their predominantly wordless approach to story telling. The core of the group remains unchanged with David Jordan and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-long-distance-calling-the-phantom-void/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-long-distance-calling-the-phantom-void/">Album review: LONG DISTANCE CALLING – The Phantom Void</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: NEAL MORSE BAND &#8211; L.I.F.T.</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NEIL-MORSE-BAND-L.I.F.T.-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="NEIL MORSE BAND - L.I.F.T." title="NEIL MORSE BAND - L.I.F.T." /></a>InsideOut Music [Release date: 27.02.26] The announcements that the Neal Morse Band’s fifth album, L.I.F.T.’ would be released in 2026 came as a pleasant surprise to many fans of NMB (as they now style themselves). That was the result of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/">Album review: NEAL MORSE BAND &#8211; L.I.F.T.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Book review: WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING by Andy Stuart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WOODCUT-–-THE-MAKING-AND-THE-MEANING-by-Andy-Stuart-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING" title="WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING" /></a>Kingmaker 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 &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/book-review-woodcut-the-making-and-the-meaning-by-andy-stuart/">Book review: WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING by Andy Stuart</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN &#8211; Woodcut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-big-big-train-woodcut/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BIG-BIG-TRAIN-Woodcut-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="BIG BIG TRAIN - Woodcut" title="BIG BIG TRAIN - Woodcut" /></a>InsideOut Music [Release date 06.02.26] Woodcut is the sixteenth studio album from Big Big Train, the progressive rock band originally formed back in 1990. It sees a band that has had more than its fair share of line up changes &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-big-big-train-woodcut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-big-big-train-woodcut/">Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN &#8211; Woodcut</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: GONG &#8211; Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gong2-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="GONG - Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025" title="GONG - Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025" /></a>There are gigs you enjoy—and then there are gigs that leave you floating somewhere between dimensions. Gong’s performance at Bedford Esquires last night was firmly in the latter category. The support act Snorkel took the stage first, the evening promised &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/">Gig review: GONG &#8211; Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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