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Album review: MADISON VIOLET – Come As You Are Live
True North Records [Release date 01.07.13] Released on both DVD and CD formats, Come As You Are Live captures Madison Violet – Canadian country / folk due Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac – at a sold out date in Koln, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Brenley MacEachern, Come As You Are Live, country, folk, Lisa MacIsaac, Madison Violet, review, roots
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Album review: DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS – Good Light
Magnolia Music [Release date 26.08.13] Being something of a female vocalist ‘junkie’ I was rather hoping Drew was the blonde on the album cover. But it turns out that’s Drew’s wife and band mate Ellie. Drew’s the foot-clapping guy who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors, Good Light, review, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album review: GENTLE GIANT – Three Friends/Octopus
BGO Records [Release date 24.06.13] I’ve no recollection how it was that Octopus came to be part of my 1970′s vinyl collection. It certainly wasn’t that Gentle Giant were a band that any of my ‘circle’ listened to. Maybe it … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Derek Schulman, Gentle Giant, Octopus, prog, progressive, reissue, review, Three Friends
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Album review: JAMES LABRIE – Impermanent Resonance
Inside Out [Release Date: 29.07.13] Dream Theater are a multi-million making Prog Metal machine and, as such, rightfully the main priority of all the band members. With a new studio album scheduled to be released late this summer, the idea … Continue reading
Album Review: THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND – Brothers And Sisters
Capricorn Records Although ‘Eat A Peach’ was released after the tragic death of supremely talented guitarist, Duane Allman in 1971, ‘Brothers and Sisters’ was the first Allman Brothers Band collection without any contributions from him at all. The twin lead … Continue reading
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Tagged aalbum, Allman Brothers Band, Brothers and Sisters, Dicky Betts, Gregg Allman, reissue, review, rock
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Album review: MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL – Gone To Texas
Ruf [Release date 17.06.13] Mike Zito’s ‘Gone To Texas’ is both a literal and metaphorical title, reflecting the fact he’s overcome his previous drug and alcohol problems and has moved to Texas from the mid- west in search of sobriety … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Cyril Neville, Delbert McLinton, Devon Allman, Lightnin Hopkins, Little Feat, Mike Zito, New Orleans, North Mississippi Allstars, review, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sonny Landreth, Susan Cowsill, Tex Mex, Texas
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Album review: THE RIDES – Can’t Get Enough
Provogue [Release date 26.08.13] It’s ten years since the release of the re-mastered ‘Super Session’ on CD, with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, and it’s a startling 45 years since its original release. And while it would … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Kooper, Barry Goldberg, blues, Buffalo Springfield, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, Elmore James, guitar, Iggy Pop, Jerry Harrison, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kevin McCormick, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, piano, review, Stephen Stills, Super Session, supergroup, Talking Heads, The Rides
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Album review: DAVE DAVIES – I Will Be Me
Cleopatra [Release date 04.06.13] Partly autobiographical and partly fictive imagery but always routed in a spiritual feel, Dave Davies’s ‘I Will Be Me’ is an uneven but ultimately enjoyable album. He veers from the past – referencing his riff driven … Continue reading
Gig review: ANDY FRASER – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 6 July 2013
The return of Andy Fraser was as unexpected as some of the material he played tonight. Yes, he glanced back over his shoulder at some of the best of Free, while guitarist Chris Spedding weighed in with his hit ‘Motorbiking’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fraser, bass, Boom Boom Club, Chris Spedding, Free, guitar, John Mayer, Malcolm Bruce, review, rock, Sutton Utd FC, Tobi
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Album review: STORMZONE – Three Kings
Metal Nation Ltd (Release date 22.07.13] The band have been around since 2004 and been building a name for themselves as they reach, their fourth album. They play classic metal with tips of the musical hat to Iron Maiden and … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Harv' Harbinson, album, hard rock, review, Stormzone, Three Kings
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Album review: AGE OF TAURUS – Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times
Rise Above – Out Now. London has long been the breeding ground of all-things Metal in the UK, but it is specifically its Doom Metal community which seems to have been more active in terms of output these last few … Continue reading
Album review: ANVIL – Hope In Hell
The End Records – Out Now. Canadian Speed/Heavy Metal trio Anvil are, to put it simply, on fire! Since the release of the highly acclaimed documentary/movie ‘The Story Of Anvil’ back in 2009, long time friends and colleagues Steve “Lips” … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anvil, heavy metal, Hope In Hell, review, rock
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Gig review: GOV’T MULE – Under The Bridge, London, 4 July 2013
Although their reputation as primary jam band is well merited, Gov’t Mule is much more than that. Their improvisational core takes them across genres and into constantly evolving new areas that gives shows like this its cutting edge. At the … Continue reading
Album review: TONY HARNELL & THE WILDFLOWERS
[Release date 30.04.13] One of the greatest things about music is when it can transport you to a different world. Much like reading a great book, an album can remind you of days gone by, memories that bring a smile … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bumblefoot, review, rock, TNT, Tony Harnell & the Wildflowers
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Gig review: THE GRANDMOTHERS OF INVENTION, Asheville,NC,2 July 2013
Whether you’re family/friends or just a person that reads my write-up’s with any regularity, you’re likely already aware of my undying love and affection for almost all things Frank Zappa. With minimal research (if you’re bored enough to do it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 July 2013, Asheville, Don Preston, Frank Zappa, gig, jazz, Napoleon Murphy Brock, NC, review, rock, The Grandmothers of Invention, The Grey Eagle
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Gig review: BONNIE RAITT, Liverpool Empire, 22 June 2013
Bonnie Raitt brought some sunshine of her own to a grey and rainy Saturday night at Liverpool’s old Empire Theatre. Armed with her famous worn Stratocaster Bonnie played songs from her new ‘Slipstream’ album plus all the old classics and … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 June 2013, Bonnie Raitt, gig, guitar, guitarist, Liverpool Empire, R&B, review, rhythm & blues
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Gig review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Wolverhampton Grand, 1 July 2013
Ritchie Blackmore - a name synonymous with rock guitar since the late 60′s has played with some of the biggest bands and co-written some of the most well known rock tracks of all time. Since 1997 he has being writing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 July 2013, Blackmore's Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, folk, gig, mediaeval, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Wolverhampton Grand
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Gig review: X-UFO – Merton Manor Club, 29 June 2013
When is a tribute band not a tribute band? Well, X-UFO make no pretence to be a rival to Phil Mogg’s evergreen UFO, but the collective pedigree of the members exceeds many bands who trade under a name with only … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 June 2013, Clive Edwards, Danny Peyronel, gig, Laurence Archer, London, Merton Manor Club, review, rock, Rocky Newton, X-UFO
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Album review: UFO – At The BBC 1974-1985
EMI [Release date 25.03.13] UFO have been well served by EMI in recent years with the Official Bootleg Box giving fans the chance to sample the band’s live delights in various forms and quality – but at least officially – … Continue reading
DVD Review: AEROSMITH – Rock For The Rising Sun
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.06.13] Much like the Stones who are 10 years their senior, Aerosmith pop up on this DVD like cartoon characters come to life. They rock and roll and charm their way round the post-tsunami Japan on … Continue reading
Album Review: POOR GENETIC MATERIAL – One Day In June
QuiXote Music [Release date 31.05.13] In the last couple of years or so the number of progressive rock concept albums released has been going through the roof. Always known as a genre that spawned over-indulgence on an epic scale – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, One Day In June, Poor Genetic Material, Progressive Rock, review
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EP review : FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS – We’re Not Losing, We’re Just Not Winning
Self Release ( Release date – 26th August 2013) These pop punksters from Lincoln have only been together since the beginning of 2013, so they could be forgiven for producing substandard, badly written tracks. No such concessions … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, EP, For All The Wrong Reasons, Lincoln, pop punk, review, rock, We’re Just Not Winning, We’re Not Losing
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EP Review: CIRCADIAN PULSE – In The Blink Of An Eye
Self Release ( Release date – out now) This 5 track affair is the debut release from Melbourne prog metallers Circadian Pulse. Citing Dream Theater and Symphony X as influences gives you some idea of where the … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, Circadian Pulse, EP, In The Blink Of An Eye, Melbourne, prog metal, review, rock
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Album review: NIGHTGLOW – We Rise
Logic(il)logic records (Release date – Out now) Nightglow formed back in 2003 in Italy and have been rocking hard ever since. The band are unashamedly metal to the core and at one point were the official Manowar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, metal, Nightglow, review, rock, Thrash, We Rise
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Album review: STONE ORANGE – The Dreamcatcher
Street Symphonies Records (Release date – out now) Stone Orange are the first band I have encountered from Slovenia and if this is the standard of rock in Ljubljana it may be worth further exploration. The four … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, review, rock, Slovenia, Stone Orange, The Dreamcatcher
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