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Album review: BLACK WATER REDEMPTION – Black Water Redemption

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Facebook [Release date 02.10.26] God bless the 90′s. Grunge. Groove. ’70′s rock throwbacks. Rock reborn from hair metal. And bands with names like Black Water Redemption… Now THIS band know how to bring all that together, the swagger, the riffs, the … Continue reading →

Album review: MARYANN COTTON – Chester Rose

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Deko Entertainment [Release date 30.10.26] Oh my lordy, a rock opera concept album! By Alice Cooper! Are we back to the ’70′s?! Listening to this ! feel like I should eating fondue while wearing a tank top. So, some background … Continue reading →

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Album review : CEREMONIAL OATH – Carpet

Posted on October 25, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 23.10.26] Nearly men among nearly men, what now defunct Swedish thrash/ death metal band, Ceremonial Oath lost in fame and recognition they gained in other ways. Primarily as the proving ground for many talented musicians, providing … Continue reading →

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Album review: SOFT MACHINE – Slightly All The Time, The Recordings 1970-1974

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Sony [Release date 30.10.26] Now here’s a serious box, magnificent, and Canterbury progressive band Soft Machine are as deserving as any, through the quality of their output and their influence too. Formed in the mid 60s (from the ashes of … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIRD IN THE BELLY – Only Dogs as Friends

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 30.10.26] Bird in the Belly comprises Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti of duo Hickory Signals together with Ben ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb and multi-instrumentalist Tom Pryor. As the press releases states, if the members of Bird in the Belly … Continue reading →

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Album review: RICK WAKEMAN – Return To The Red Planet

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Madfish [Release date 16.10.26] Following 2020’s instrumental concept album The Red Planet, the keyboard wizard, for Yes man and raconteur returns to expand on this concept, this time with vocals. Rick Wakeman found fame initially with The Strawbs, and several … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – Rarities

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Demon/Edsel [Release date 27.11.26] Earlier this year Demon did a wonderful job with the Rainbow box Temple Of The King, taking in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’s first two album from 1975 and 1976, bonus tracks, and the three live in Germany … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARRON FRITH – The Rub

Posted on October 23, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 04.11.26] Garron Frith has already had one career, releasing his first album in 2007 called The Debut, and it’s follow up Away From The Bright Lights in 2012. After touring for the next six years, which included supports … Continue reading →

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Album review: TAL RASHA – Luminology

Posted on October 22, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 20.11.26] In these crazy days of AI-generated slop, isn’t it gratifying to know that some things, done in their most authentic and feral form, remain without equal. A four-piece comprised of drums, guitar, bass and lungs is … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – The Louisiana, Bristol, 20 October 2026

Posted on October 21, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Chantel didn’t let a temperamental TENS machine upset tonight’s gig although she claimed it buzzed over the PA during quiet bits. If it was part of the act it didn’t detract and merely contributed to the easy repartee from a … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE STRAWBS – 50 Years On, Grave New World

Posted on October 20, 2026 by brianmc

Witchwood [Release date : 23.10.26] Grave New World Live comes a year after the release of an acclaimed remaster of The Bridge, an album recorded by the late David Cousins, and Brian Willoughby, recorded in 1993 with a little … Continue reading →

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Album review : JOHN DIVA and the ROCKETS OF LOVE – Your Favorite Drug

Posted on October 20, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 16.10.26] Predominantly uptempo, John Diva and The Rockets fourth album, Favorite Drug, trades on the past, while displaying the self possessed optimism that fired up contemporary AOR variations like Reckless Love and Crazy Lixx. For … Continue reading →

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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Parallel Lives

Posted on October 18, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 04.09.26] Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (HOGIA), namely Malcolm Galloway (lyrics, lead guitar, synths, mixing, mastering, producer) and Mark Gatland (bass, vocal engineer, additional guitars and synths, co-producer), are back with another album chock full of thoughtful … Continue reading →

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Album review: NAZARETH – The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980

Posted on October 18, 2026 by jason

BGO [Release date 16.10.26] Legendary Scottish rockers Nazareth, who are still touring, formed from the ashes of 60s ballroom cover band The Shadettes, and released their debut album through Pegasus in 1971. Although it took them an album or two … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE DUNWELLS – Harwell Village Hall, 16 October 2026

Posted on October 17, 2026 by jason

Great to see another sold out Big Ginger Tom Music promoted gig at Harwell Village Hall. Proof that you can still keep the grassroots scene going, although it is getting harder and harder to maintain. Roswell Road, ta duo consisting … Continue reading →

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Album review: SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Framed

Posted on October 17, 2026 by jason

Madfish [Release date 17.10.26] The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were literally a sensation, and formed in Glasgow in 1972, combining blues and soul singer/ guitarist Alex Harvey and progressive/hard rock band Tear Gas. Alex had been active since the mid … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILL PIKE – Elevator

Posted on October 16, 2026 by petefeenstra

The Elastic Stage Store [Release date 13.10.26] Will Pike’s ‘Elevator’ is an impressive art rock and ambient concept album. It’s glued together by amoeba like soundscapes with a proggy undertow, and interestingly it’s an instrumental album with a sense of … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – The Trouble With Love

Posted on October 15, 2026 by jason

Journeyman Records [Release date 23.10.26] Joanne Shaw Taylor is my favourite of all the current blues guitar slingers around. I think one of the reasons is her pop sensibility in her song writing. She packs as much punch in one … Continue reading →

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Album review: CREDO – We The Disconnected

Posted on October 15, 2026 by jason

Gargoyle Records [Release date 23.10.26] Credo are back with their fourth studio album and their first new release in 15 years. It is a double-CD album, written by all the band members Tim Birrell (guitar), Mark Colton (vocals), Gerald (Mully) … Continue reading →

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Album review: SHOGUN MOJO

Posted on October 12, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Frontiers [Release date: 30.10.26] Here’s an unlikely coupling. Tommy Thayer KISS guitarist since 2002 and Dan Reed from Dan Reed Network. The common denominator seems to be their geographic origins: Portland, Oregon. To these ears it’s like another Dan Reed … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRACK DOGS – Still At The Music

Posted on October 11, 2026 by jason

Mondegreen Records [Release date 06.11.26] I can’t believe the Track Dogs have been together twenty years, released 11 albums and played Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall and I’ve never heard of them. Mind you, they are unlike anything Ive … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREY DELISLE – Don’t Turn Around

Posted on October 8, 2026 by jason

Hummingbird Records [Release date 13.11.26] While a lot of artists at the moment are pulling on the 70’s for inspiration, Grey Delisle harks right back to the 50’s and Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lyn territory, with a dash of Lefty … Continue reading →

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Book review: ZAPPA THE HARD WAY (Revised & Expanded Edition) by Andrew Greenaway

Posted on October 5, 2026 by petefeenstra

Wymer Publishing [Publication date 17.08.26] Andrew Greenaway’s revised and expanded ‘Zappa The Hard Way’ is a meticulously researched and even handed account of what proved to be Frank Zappa’s last tour. The 1988, 12 piece band (including a 5 piece … Continue reading →

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Album review : SATAN – Out Of The Fire 1981-85 (4 CD Boxset)

Posted on October 4, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 9.10.26] Leaders rather than followers, Newcastle metal band, Satan grew up alongside Venom, Raven, and The Tygers Of Pan Tang. But while these bands made a few waves, Satan didn’t get the attention they deserved. … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRONA McVITTIE – Supernatural

Posted on October 3, 2026 by jason

State 51/Company of Corkbots [Release date 16.10.26] Ulster singer‑songwriter, harpist and biologist Bróna McVittie returns with ‘Supernatural’, her fourth solo album. Released to coincide with Samhain, the ancient Irish festival when the veil between worlds grows thin, ‘Supernatural’ stands at … Continue reading →