Get Ready to ROCK! » Ray Charles https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: THE GREIG TAYLOR BAND – Take A Left https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-the-greig-taylor-band-take-a-left/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-the-greig-taylor-band-take-a-left/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:07:01 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=109004 THE GREIG TAYLOR BAND - Take A LeftFacebook [Release date 12.04.26] The opening diiirty diiirty blues notes of this album got me, like being a fish swimming around quite happy minding my own business, then I see a big wiggly worm on the horizon, I can’t resist, I … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-the-greig-taylor-band-take-a-left/feed/ 0 Book review: BOBBY RUSH with Herb Powell – I Ain’t Studdin Ya: My American Blues Story https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-bobby-rush-with-herb-powell-i-aint-studdin-ya-my-american-blues-story/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-bobby-rush-with-herb-powell-i-aint-studdin-ya-my-american-blues-story/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:10:43 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75153 Bobby Rush with Herb Powell - I Ain't Studdin' Ya - My American StoryHachette Books [Publication date 15.07.21] Grammy award winner Emmett Ellis Jnr aka Bobby Rush’s  ‘I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story’ is easily one of the best musical biographies of the year. It’s the life and time of a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-bobby-rush-with-herb-powell-i-aint-studdin-ya-my-american-blues-story/feed/ 0 Album review: CONNOR SELBY – Made Up My Mind https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-connor-selby-made-up-my-mind/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-connor-selby-made-up-my-mind/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:12:09 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54763 CONNOR SELBY – Made Up My Mind3Ms Records [Release date 07.09.18] With a soulful wash of blues, r&b, funk and nascent songcraft, Connor Selby works hard to pull together an album that slowly, but surely unveils his own imprint He’s a white boy soul singer with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-connor-selby-made-up-my-mind/feed/ 0 Gig review: THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 14 November 2016 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/11/gig-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-boom-boom-club-sutton-14-november-2016/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/11/gig-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-boom-boom-club-sutton-14-november-2016/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:02:40 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=42146 THORBJORN RISAGER THE BLACK TORNADO – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 14 November 2016Just like their viking history, Danish bues-rockers Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado came, saw, conquered by funking up the house with a high energy show that breathes fresh life into the big band blues review format. With a name … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/11/gig-review-thorbjorn-risager-the-black-tornado-boom-boom-club-sutton-14-november-2016/feed/ 0 Gig review: NEWARK BLUES FESTIVAL – Newark Castle, 11 September 2016 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/09/gig-review-newark-blues-festival-newark-castle-11-september-2016/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/09/gig-review-newark-blues-festival-newark-castle-11-september-2016/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2016 06:07:57 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=40582 NEWARK BLUES FESTIVAL – Newark Castle, 11 September 2016In this two-hour special Pete Feenstra plays some of those acts appearing at the 2016 Newark Blues Festival and some of the award-winners.  First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 13 September 2016. It’s one of those days in … Continue reading →

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