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Album review: POCO – One Night In Nashville
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 28.01.22] This 2004 live recording is one of the last to feature original members Rusty Young, Richie Furay, and George Grantham together with Paul Cotton who joined the band for their third album in 1971 replacing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, country rock, live, One Night In Nashville, Paul Cotton, Poco, review, Richie Furay, Rusty Young
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Album review : BRIX SMITH and MARTY WILLSON-PIPER – Lost Angeles
Cadiz Music [Release date: 17.o1.22] This one has an interesting story behind it. Brix Smith was originally named after The Clash standard, Guns of Brixton, which is pretty cool. In the 90’s she went to a gig in her native … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brix Smith, John Peel, Manic Street Preachers, Mark E. Smith, Marty Willson-Piper, Oasis, Pulp, review, The Clash, The Fall, The Ramones
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Album review: JOHNNY COPPIN – River Of Dreams
Red Sky Records [Release date 25.02.22] Johnny Coppin is a singer songwriter who was a member of Decameron back in the 1970′s and has released over a dozen solo albums to date. He has toured as part of a duo … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, folk, Johnny Coppin, review, River Of Dreams, Rosanne Cash, singer songwriter
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Album review: SLADE – Alive, Slade In Flame (splatter vinyl)
BMG [Release date 26.11.21] BMG continue their excellent Slade reissue campaign. The West Midlands glam rock legends had many a hit in the 70s. Fronted by Noddy Holder, they were the face of laddish glam hard rock. After a difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, Alive, BMG, classic album, glam rock, hard rock, Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, reissue, review, rock, Slade, Slade In Flame
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Album review: PETER KNIGHT & JOHN SPIERS – Both In A Tune
Website [Release date 11.02.22] Peter Knight defines a progressive musician as he always seeks to further his music, be it traditional tunes given a new arrangement, or his own compositions. Famous of course as a member of Steeleye Span until … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, Both In A Tune, folk, Gigspanner, instrumental, John Spiers, Peter Knight, progressive, review, Steeleye Span
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Album review: EMPATH – Visitor
Fat Possum Records [Release date 11.02.22] Upon first listen to Empath’s new album Visitor, a rich blend of artistic influences jumped out within the individualistic sound the Philly foursome have to offer. Psych-rock royalty like 13th Floor Elevators, The Velvet … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Empath, Fat Possum Records, indie, psych rock, psychedelic, review, rock, Visitor
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Album review: UK SUBS – A Punk Rock Anthology 1978-2017
Edsel [Release date 28.1.22] The UK Subs back catalogue is the gift that keeps on giving, surely qualifying them as one of the most compiled groups of the punk/new wave era. The beauty of this 56 track 2CD set is … Continue reading
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Tagged A Punk Rock Anthology 1978-2017, album, Alvin Gibbs, punk, review, rock, UK Subs
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Album review: BETH HART – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
Provogue/Mascot Label Group [Release date 25.02.22] A brave move by Beth Hart to take on the musical catalogue of such an iconic band, some would argue the various covers of Led Zeppelin’s music has been done to excess already. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tribute To Led Zeppelin, album, beth Hart, blues rock, classic rock, Covers, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, review, Robert Plant, rock
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Album review: OYSTERBAND – Read The Sky
Running Man Records [Release date 04.03.22] After an 8-year gap – as the band explain “hey, we were busy” – the Oysterband return with their twelfth studio album, (fourteen including their two collaborative albums with June Tabor). Oysterband have been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, folk rock, melodic, Oysterband, Read The Sky, review
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Album review: CLIVE MITTEN – Tales From A Misspent Youth Vol.1
Bumnote Records [Release date 28.01.22] www.twelfthnight.info Do we really need more cover versions? Do we really need to hear another take on ‘Tubular Bells’? There seems to be a trend, maybe as rock gets old, to revisit and occasionally reinterpret … Continue reading
Album review: LANA LANE – Neptune Blue
Frontiers [Release date: 28.01.22] Neptune Blue is Lana Lane’s first album release since 2012. The close knit band that surrounds her includes her husband/ producer/ keyboard player, Erik Norlander, with Jeff Kollman on guitar and John (Asia) Payne on vocals, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Parsons, album, AOR, Asia, Erik Norlander, Frontiers, Jeff Kollman, John Payne, Lana Lane, melodic rock, progrock, review, symphonic rock
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Album review: STEVE VAI – Inviolate
Favored Nations/Mascot Label Group [Release date 28.01.22 - vinyl 18.03.22] With over 40 years in the music industry, Steve Vai should need no introduction, he is a virtuoso guitarist, composer and producer, considered by many as one of the greatest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, fusion, guitarist, instrumental, INVIOLATE, progressive, review, rock, Steve Vai
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Album review : GIRLSCHOOL – From London To Nashville (2 CD Set)
The Store For Music [Release date: 21.01.22] Girlschool experienced their share of heartache… label let downs, revolving door membership issues, conflicting views on musical direction and the struggles to sustain their ambitions in the face of all of the above, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 CD Set, albums, Biker Rock, Camden Palace, garage rock, GIRLSCHOOL, live, MTV, Nashville, Radio Rock, review
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Album review: URIAH HEEP – vinyl picture discs
…Very ‘Eavy …Very ‘Umble, Salisbury, Demons And Wizards, The Magician’s Birthday BMG [Release date 28.01.22] Led by the ever present and ever grinning guitarist Mick Box (the sole remaining founding member), Uriah Heep are iconic legends in British progressive rock. … Continue reading
Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – The Historic Collection (2 CDs)
Store For Music [Release date 21.01.22] Graham Bonnet needs little or no introduction. His 5 decade back catalogue is a rich and constant source of reissues and expanded versions. This double CD package sees his 1991 album, Here Comes The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Denny Laine, Graham Bonnet, James Brown, Lieber & Stoller, live, melodic hard rock, Ray Davis, review, Sam Cooke, Van Morrison
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Album review: DAN REED NETWORK – Let’s Hear It For The King
Drakkar Entertainment [Release date 17.06.22] In 2022 all we need is some live music and a Dan Reed Network album. This is the band’s third album of their more recent renaissance following 2018′s ‘Origins’ which sprinkled some new stuff along … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed Network, funk, Let's Hear It For The King, review, rock
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Album review: HEAL & HARROW
Website [Release date 04.02.22] Composer, singer and harpist Rachel Newton (The Shee, The Furrow Collective, Spell Songs) and fiddle player Lauren MacColl’s (Salt House, Rant) new project, Heal & Harrow, is a tribute to those persecuted during the Scottish Witch … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Heal & Harrow, Lauren MacColl, Rachel Newton, review, traditional music
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Album review: iVARDENSPHERE – Ragemaker
Metropolis Records [Release date 04.02.22] Albums like this one are why, after nearly twenty years reviewing for GRTR!, my love of discovering and hearing new music shows no signs of waning. Not for everyone this one, as industrial-tribalist iVardenspehere weaves … Continue reading
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Tagged album, atmospheric, electronics, instrumental, iVARDENSPHERE, progressive, Ragemaker, review, soundtrack
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Album review: JOHN MAYALL – The Sun Is Shining Down
Forty Below [Release date 28.01.22] John Mayall’s 5th album for his producer Eric Corne’s Forty Below label may or may not be his 43rd in all, but it’s surprisingly good. Surprising, because despite 6 guests and 3 covers it’s still … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernard Allison, Bobby Rush, Buddy Miller, Carolyn Wonderland, Eric Corne, Greg Rzab, harmonica, Jake Shimabukuro, Jay Davenport, John Mayall, keyboards, Marcus King, Melvin Taylor, Mike Campbell, review, Roosevelt Sykes, Scarlet Rivera, Sugarcane Harris, The Sun Is Shining
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