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Album review: BYWATER CALL – Broken Souvenirs
Bandcamp [Release date 29.07.26] Diversity is definitely this Bywater Call’s strength. From Al Green type soul to stark americana acoustic Davey Graham style guitar picking with a vocal, to almost goth style moods, and the glue sticking this all together … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, album, Americana, blues, Broken Souvenirs, Bywater Call, Meghan Parnell, review, rock, soul
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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Runnin’ Blind
Website Orange is the new black, forty is the new thirty, The Commoners are the new Black Crowes, with ear worm chorus’s. It grabs you with a descending guitar riff whilst another clashes with power chords till the organ swirls … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, review, rock, Runnin' Blind, single, The Black Crowes, the Commoners, Tour
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Gig review: PARKER BARROW – Greystones, Sheffield, 22 July 2026
It couldn’t be any less than five stars, it really couldn’t. Supported by Georgia Nevada from Cambridge, who came over as a coquettish Dolly Parton type figure. She wasn’t rough enough round the edges for my liking, but a large … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 July 2026, blues, blues rock, Georgia Nevada, gig, Greystones, Parker Barrow, review, rock, Sheffield, soul
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Album review: WINTER IN EDEN – Never Untold
Explore Rights Management/Cherry Red [Release date 03.07.26] We’ve commented previously that this band is not exactly prolific and, sadly, we’re not aware of any live shows either. This probably says more about the state of music and opportunities to gain … Continue reading
Single review: WOOD BURNT RED – Fire Me Up
Facebook Now we’re talking – a UK southern rock band with country and Americana influences. ‘Fire Me Up’ is a song about resilience, fighting in the face of adversity, flipping the bird to your doubters. It hits you with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, country rock, Fire Me Up, review, rock, single, southern rock, Wood Burnt Red
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Album review: BILLY MORRISON – Hollow
TLG/ZOID/Virgin Music Group [Release date 07.08.26] Billy Idol’s rhythm guitarist Billy Morrison has been carving out a successful solo career, including hit singles on the US mainstream rock charts with Ozzy Osbourne on ‘Crack Cocaine’, and again with Ozzy and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Idol, Billy Morrison, country, Duff McKagan, Godsmack, Hollow, metal, nu-metal, Nuno Bettencourt, Ozzy Osbourne, punk, rap metal, review, rock, Run DMC, Steve Stevens, the Offspring
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Album review : ZAN / CODY – Beautiful’n Damned
Frontiers Music [Release date 24.07.26] As most will know, Zinny Zan and Harry Cody are both ex Shotgun Messiah, a band from the past whose two remaining members, rebranded, are making a future for themselves. There are some exciting tracks … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful'n Damned, Frontiers Music, Harry Cody, review, Shotgun Messiah, Zinny Zan
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Album review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash
Website [Release date 17.07.26] Oh boy The Stones and Parker Barrow release new albums within a week of each other. The old guard release a masterpiece, and the new guard release what could be their masterpiece but it’s a little … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Fanny, Hold the Mash, Megan Kane, Parker Barrow, review, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: DAN BYRNE – This Is Where The Show Begins
Frontiers [Release date 22.05.26] Revival Black were a promising band who released their last album in 2022. Frontman Dan Byrne broke away soon after and released an excellent EP ‘Beginnings’ in 2023. As our melodic rock supremo Andy Nathan commented … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Byrne, hard rock, melodic, review, Revival Black, This Is Where The Show Begins
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Album review: THE FORTUNATE FEW – Isn’t That So
[Release date 29.05.26] The first thing I thought when I first heard this album by the Fortunate Few is Joe Cocker Sheffield Steel era, which is good for the drummer and bass player as Sly and Robbie were the rhythm … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Covers, Isn't That So, review, rock, The Fortunate Few
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Album review: MORK – Monolitt
Peaceville [Release date 19.06.26] mork is an acclaimed Black Metal project formed by Norwegian multi instrumentalist Thomas Eriksen in 2004, this is their 8th album. The title translates as Monolith; inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, it explores … Continue reading
Album review : TESLA – Homage
Frontiers Music [Release date : 17.07.26] Tesla released their debut album, Mechanical Resonance in 1986 and now release their eighth, Homage, forty years later. Six studio albums and five live albums in between, and a relatively stable line up over … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis. Supertramp, Etta James, Frontiers Music, Homage, Jeff Keith, Mechanical Resonance, Motown, Queen, review, Tesla
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Foreign Tongues
Polydor [Release date 10.07.26] I know, I know, I can’t give six stars. Well in that case this definitely gets a big cheeky bombastic five. Kicking off with ‘Rough And Twisted’ the B-side of the first single ‘In The Stars’, … Continue reading
Album review: SCHEFF TOLLE ADRIAENS – Let’s Stop The World
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 26.06.26] The trio of Darin Scheff, Christian Tolle and Morris Adriaens each have plenty of musical experience. Darin Scheff is the brother of former Chicago vocalist Jason (who guests on a couple of songs … Continue reading
Album review: TRAGIK – Propaganda Elite
Rock Company [Release date 24.06.26] Album number fourteen from Tragik! Formed around Phil Vincent, a musician who defines the word prolific, he is joined by regular Tragik members drummer Dirk Phillips and bassist Damian D’Ercole, with guitar solos once again … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, melodic rock, Phil Vincent, Propaganda Elite, review, rock, Three Dog Night, Tragik
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Album review : ELECTRIC MOB – 2 Make U Cry And Dance (Digital Deluxe Edition)
Frontiers Music [Release date :10.07.26] Having tasted Electric Mob’s 2 Make U Cry And Dance, originally released in January 2023, the self employed music media’s effusive praise led to this:- A digital reissue with an additional six (live) tracks from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, bonus tracks, Capital Moto Week, digital, Electric Mob, Frontiers Music, G'N'R, Latin America, review
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Album review: THE MILK MEN – Milky Way
Website [Release date 15.05.26] Sometimes I think I’ve lived in a parallel universe for a few years, where everything is the same but there is no music, and then I suddenly pop back into the same universe as you, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Milkfest, Milky Way, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, soul, The Milk Men
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Album review: FATAL VISION – Four Sides To Every Story
Website [Release date 22.05.26] Fatal Vision’s fourth album, “Four Sides to Every Story,” is a powerhouse of classic hard rock that truly showcases the band’s artistic growth. From the moment you hit play, you’re hit with a barrage of intricate guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fatal Vision, Four Sides To Every Story, hard rock, melodic rock, review, rock
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Single review: BYWATER CALL – Is This Thing On?
Website Another delightful discovery – Bywater Call. Although this single, featuring mainly vocalist Megan Parnell and guitarist Dave Barnes, isn’t representative of the band as a whole, which features a two piece brass section, drums, bass and keyboards, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Bywater Cal, Is This Thing On?, review, rock, single
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Single review: THE ROLLING STONES – Jealous Lover
Should it be five stars? Maybe. A definite 4.5, but when you go to five there’s no where else to go, and the next single might be even better. Anyway that’s my dilemma. What’s more pressing is telling you how … Continue reading
Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
Cherry Red [Release date : 03.07.26] Status Quo’s past, present and future promise seemed to be crammed in to 3 short years, 1970-72. In their early years, for what turned out to be one of the UK’s most durable bands, … Continue reading
Quick plays: JUNIPER, ADY JOHNSON, ADAM BEATTIE
JUNIPER Halfway Home [Release date 14.05.26] Juniper are a six piece folk band hailing from Birmingham consisting of Dominic O’Sullivan (whistles, clarinet, flute), Emily Hicks (flute), Anna Vaughan (violin), Harry Thorpe (vocals, guitars), Adam Hammond (drums) and Rob Roberts (bass). The … Continue reading
Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 10.07.26] Which came first the music or the album title? Either way, ‘Grits & Glory’ is an excellent rock-blues record forged by the sort of perseverance, determination and will to succeed alluded to in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, album, Bill Murray, blues, British blues, Cliff Moore, Dave Gross, funk, Graham Wood Drout, Grits & Glory, John Lennon, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Mike Zito, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Hangen, review, rock, soul
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Single review: PARKER BARROW – Nothin’ Left To Save
Website I do like music with attitude, and this single earns a big five stars from me, for its attitude, for its grit, for its musicianship, for its utter rock n rollness I’ve said Parker Barrow are going places since … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nothin' Left To Leave, Parker Barrow, review, rock, single
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Album review – PALLAS – The Midas Touch Boxset (8CDs+DVD)
Cherry Red [Release date : 26.06.26] Once upon a time there were two bands called Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore won the toss, and the other changed their name to Pallas. This was 1974. Two years ago Cherry Red released a 6CDs … Continue reading
