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Quick plays: CARL VERHEYEN, THE MASTELOTTOS
CARL VERHEYEN Sundial (Cranktone Entertainment) [Release date 01.04.21] More laid back Lockdown noodlings, this time from a guitarist perhaps best known for his work with Supertramp. Verheyen’s idea was to create something varied and there were no constraints in terms … Continue reading
Album review: ONE THOUSAND MOTELS – Get In Where You Fit In
Universal Music [Release date 30.04.21] One Thousand Motels is a bit of a punk supergroup if you will, consisting of the Damned drummer Rat Scabies, and bassist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Constantinou, who has worked with Adam Ant, Sinead O’Connor, Bow Wow Wow … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Constantinou, Get In Where You Fit In, gospel, One Thousand Motels, pop, punk, Rat Scabies, review, rock, The Damned
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EP review: SINKA – Take Me To The Skies
Facebook [Release date 16.04.21] Sinka are Shaun Sewell-Sears (vocals & guitar), Matt Smith (bass) and Jack Wright (drums), who released a self-produced debut EP, ‘F.W.Y.K’ in April 2020 (which is well worth a listen and owning). For their new EP … Continue reading
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Tagged alt pop, alt rock, EP, Muse, pop rock, review, Sinka, Take Me To The Skies
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Album review: SMITH KOTZEN (Adrian Smith, Richie Kotzen)
BMG [Release date 26.03.21] What have rock stars been doing in Lockdown? Streaming, recycling back catalogue, a bit of gardening, maybe even new material. And some have joined forces with others. Strength in numbers, or something. Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Smith, album, blues rock, guitar, hard rock, Iron Maiden, melodic rock, Mr Big, Poison, review, Richie Kotzen, Smith Kotzen
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Album review: THE FLEUR DE LYS – Circles: The Ultimate
Countdown Records / Acid Jazz [Release date 26.3.21] Formed in Southampton in 1964, The Fleur De Lys had an ever-changing line up during their short lifetime, the mainstay being drummer Keith Guster who has assisted with this new 25 track … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circles, Fleur de Lys, Keith Guster, pop, R&B, review, soul, The Ultimate'
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Album review: UNDERKING – At Hell’s Gate
Bandcamp [Release date 23.04.21] Underking is in fact a one-man band consisting of Maxwell Jeffries hailing from Nottingham and this is Underking’s third album. Maxwell has been working on this album for over a year, with the songs covering “topics … Continue reading
Album review: REACH – The Promise Of A Life
Facebook [Release date 23.04.21] Reach was founded in 2012 and settled on a power trio consisting of Ludvig Turner (vocals, guitars), Marcus Johansson (drums) and Soufian Ma´Aoui (bass). Reach have released two albums prior to this one and have played … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, melodic, modern rock, Muse, pomp rock, Queen, quirky, Reach, review, rock, The Promise Of A Life
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Album review: THE OUTLAW ORCHESTRA – Power Cut
Website [Release date 26.03.21] The Outlaw Orchestra, who love southern rock, blues and country, via their hometown of Southampton, follow up last year’s enjoyable ‘Pantomime Villains’ with this mini-album. As singer/guitarist Dave Roux explains “When we’re not on the road, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, EP, Outlaw Orchestra, Power Cut, review, rock, southern rock
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Album review: BEN RANDALL – Before The Rain
Thoroughbred Music [Release date: 02.04.21] www.benrandallguitar.com For me, it’s always been about the guitar. Back in the day, from the moment I heard Paul Kossoff’s wailing Les Paul on the early Free albums, I was hooked. Koss, Blackmore, Iommi, … Continue reading
Album review: JULIAN TAYLOR BAND – Desert Star
Julian Taylor chatted to Pete Feenstra on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 28 March, 20:00 GMT including tracks from ‘Desert Star’. Aporia Records [Release date 28.05.21] Julian Taylor Band’s ‘Desert Star’ is the album that refuses to lie down. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Canada, Desert Star, funk, Joey Landreth, John Mayer, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Prince, R&B, review, rock, roots, soul, Stevie Wonder, Toronto
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Book review: On track…LEVEL 42, AIMEE MANN (Every Album, Every Song)
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 01.04.21] Level 42 were very much a band of the eighties – the decade of their greatest success – and submerged their early brand of jazz rock fusion in a highly accessible blend of pop funk. … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Til Tuesday, acoustic, Aimee Mann, book, Every Album, Every Song, folk, indie, jazz funk, jazz fusion, Level 42, Mark King, Mike Lindop, On Track, pop funk, review
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Quick plays: CITIZEN, NAD SYLVAN, ESCAPE
CITIZEN Life In Your Glass World Run For Cover Records [Release date 26.03.21] Formed in 2009, Citizen – vocalist Mat Kerekes, guitarist Nick Hamm, and bassist Eric Hamm – return after almost 4 years away with their new album, ‘Life … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, alternative, Citizen, Escape, Fire In The Sky, Genesis, hard rock, Life In Your Glass World, Nad Sylvan, prog, review, rock, Spiritus Mundi
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Album review: THE BAND – Stage Fright (50th Anniversary Edition)
Capitol / UMG [Release date 12.2.21] Often regarded as a poor relation to The Band’s peerless first two albums, this 2CD anniversary edition of “Stage Fright” (overseen by Robbie Robertson) invites fresh appraisal with a new mix and revised running … Continue reading
Album review: JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 – Running Games
Frontiers [Release date 12.02.21] Joel Hoekstra, best known as the current guitarist for Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra (and previously as a member of Night Ranger and the Broadway show Rock of Ages), returns with album number two from his solo … Continue reading
Album review: CLIVE MITTEN – Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978-1983
Bumnote Records/Twelfth Night Records [Release date 02.04.21] I have to say the band Twelfth Night have completely passed me by. I’ve known vaguely their name but never really investigated their music, that is until the arrival of a new double-CD … Continue reading
Album review: NICK WATERHOUSE – Promenade Blue
Bandcamp [Release date 09.04.21] Nick Waterhouse has been making music since the early 2000’s, playing a mix of rhythm and blues, soul, jazz, rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll. His new album sees him working alongside producer Paul Butler (the Bees, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, doo wop, jazz, Nick Waterhouse, Promenade Blue, R & B, review, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, soul
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Album review: KINGS OF THE QUARTER MILE – Whatever It Takes Is What I’ve Got
Pete Feenstra chatted to Pete Juzl guitarist of Kings Of The Quarter Mile for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 21 March 2021. Retroflector Records [Release date 29.01.21] Kings Of The Quarter Mile hail from Worcester in the UK. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Brian Richards, Buffalo Springfield, country rock, Dave Smaylen, Ernie Isley, Jenny Curtis, Kings Of The Quarter Mile, Mark Knopfler, Monophonics, Neil Young, Paisley Underground, Pete Juzl, psychedelia, review, rock, roots rock, Simon Moth, Steve Counsell, Steve Miller, The Long Ryders, Whatever It Takes Is What I've Got
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Album review: SAXON – Inspirations
Silver Lining [Release date 19.03.21] Four decades into a career that has seen them conquer the globe, there seems to be no stopping the mighty Saxon, their own brand of Heavy Metal Thunder still ringing out loud and proud. Whilst … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, Black Sabbath, Covers, Inspirations, Motorhead, review, Saxon, The Beatles, Thin Lizzy
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EP review: MEMORY OF A MELODY – Burn Alive
Website [Release date 13.03.20] Memory of a Melody hail from San Antonio, Texas and prior to this EP have released three albums – 2011’s ‘Things That Make You Scream’, 2012’s ‘Mouthful of Razors’, and 2013’s ‘Phantom’s and Shadows’. After that … Continue reading
EP review: SILVER NIGHTMARES – The Wandering Angel
Bandcamp [Release date 31.03.20] Silver Nightmares were formed in Palermo in 2018 by bassist Gabriele Esposito, drummer Alessio Maddaloni, keyboardist Gabriele Taormina with guitarist Mimmo Garofalo joining shortly after. They wrote, composed and orchestrated this, their first EP, which features … Continue reading
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Tagged album, EP, melodic metal, metal, prog, prog metal, review, Silver Nightmares, The Wandering Angel
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Album review: KATATONIA – Dead Air
Peaceville [Release date: 13.11.20] First of all a confession: I did not join the Katatonia train until they de-coupled themselves from their black metal roots around 2009 with the progressive metal behemoth of an album, ‘Night Is The New Day’. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Air, Jonas Renkse, Katatonia, Progressive/Metal, review
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EP review: RINGO STARR – Zoom In
[Release date 19.03.21] Very few people can generate the goodwill and love that Ringo Starr does globally. Sure, when you’ve been a member of the biggest band ever, you’re bound to have some support, but he just keeps putting out … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Harper, classic rock, Corrine Bailey Ray, Dave Grohl, EP, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney, pop, review, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crowe, Steve Lukather, The Beatles, Zoom In
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Album review: THE ALARM – War
The Alarm [Release date 26.02.21] The Alarm are back with a new album, written and recorded in isolation, which physically arrived with fans six weeks from its inception thanks to a special limited edition blank CD-R they can burn themselves. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Benji Webbe, Massive Attack, Mike Peters, punk, review, rock, Skindred, The Alarm, War
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Album review: THE EQUALS – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
Cantare [Release date 26.2.21] In the continued absence of the original recordings by The Equals on digital platforms, and with previous CDs long deleted, this collection of tracks recorded for radio broadcast is most welcome. One of the few racially … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s music, album, BBC, Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys, Brian Matthew, Covers, Eddy Grant, pop, review, soul, the Equals
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Under A Mediterranean Sky
Inside Out [Release date: 22.01.21] Being the modest chap that he is, Steve Hackett would probably not describe himself as a virtuoso. However, in a career spanning getting on for fifty years from the early days of Genesis through his … Continue reading
