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Album review: TROY REDFERN – Astral Doorways
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Album review : TODD RUNDGREN – Live At The Ritz NYC 1989 (2CDs)
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Album review: WOOD BURNT RED – Hold On Tight
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Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – No Static At All : A Journey Into AOR (3CDs)
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Album review: EUROPE – Come This Madness
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Album review: GARY JOHN BARDEN – Empowered Emotions
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Tag Archives: review
Album review: TIGERCUB – As Blue As Indigo
BLAME Recordings [Release date 18.06.21] Fans of Brighton based Tigercub have been waiting patiently for this, the band’s second album, after releasing their well-received debut in 2016. In between times main songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Jamie Hall has been busy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, As Blue As Indigo, indie, Muse, QOTSA, review, rock, Tigercub
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Album review: TOTO – With A Little Help From My Friends
The Players Club/Mascot Label Group (Release Date 25.06.21) Last November Toto broadcast a live stream from California, which in the absence of concerts was the only way to introduce to the wider world their new line up in which Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Joseph Williams, live album, melodic rock, review, Steve Lukather, Toto
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Album review: JOE DANKS – Seaspeak
Website [Release date 09.07.21] Joe Danks may live in landlocked rural Derbyshire but the sound and smell of the sea and maritime images are locked firmly in his head. Danks found his ‘sea legs’ when he landed a year-long residency … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Joe Danks, National Maritime Museum, review, Seaspeak, singer songwriter, traditional music
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Album review: MIKE BROOKFIELD – Hey Kiddo!
Pete Feenstra chatted to Mike Brookfield for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in June 2021. First broadcast 27 June 2021. Golden Rule Records [Release date 09.07.21] Mike Brookfield’s catchphrase is: “keep it burnin”. And he certainly does that on ‘Hey … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Buddy Holly, Dick Dale, Dire Straits, Duane Eddy, guitar, Hey Kiddo!, instrumental, Jet Harris, Jimmy Page, Link Ray, Lonnie Mack, Los Straitjackets, Mark Knopfler, Mike Brookfield, Peter Eades, review, surf music, Tarantino, The Shadows, The Ventures
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Album review: GERRY MARSDEN – My Home Town
Angel Air [Release date 26.06.21] Back in 1963, the song ‘How Do You Do It’, penned by prolific UK hit writer, Mitch Murray, was offered to Gerry &The Pacemakers, manager Brian Epstein’s second signing. This was after the Beatles had … Continue reading
Album review: VARIOUS – Party For Joey
Sweet Relief [Release date 25.06.21] The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. One of those … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Americana, Ben Harper, blues, Bonnie Riatt, country, indie, Joey Spaminto, Keith Richards, Los Lobos, Proper Music, review, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: DUFFY – Scruffy Duffy (remaster w/bonus tracks)
Cherry Red [Release date 25.06.21] An undiscovered gem of an album. That’s a familiar phrase, and one that too often disappoints when exposed to the light. Scruffy Duffy doesn’t let us down. This was Brit band, Duffy’s second album, recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, album, Beatles, bonus tracks, Cherry Red, pop, prog, remaster, review, rock, Rush, Uriah Heep
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Gig review: BARE KNUCKLE + MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN, The Victoria,Swindon,18 June 2021
The Vic in Old Town, Swindon is an established and well-known small music venue. With the current restrictions their capacity is reduced to 36, but they are not shying away from putting live music on and bands are queueing up … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 June 2021, Bare Knuckle, Covers, gig, metal, More Human Than Human, prog, review, rock, Swindon, The Victoria
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Album review: SOCIAL DISORDER – Love 2 Be Hated
AFM Records [Release date 18.6.21] Social Disorder is not just another punk rock band, in fact despite its misleading name (and album title), it’s not a punk rock band at all. Love 2 Be Hated is pretty cool melodic metal, … Continue reading
Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – I’m A Freak Baby 3
Cherry Red Records [release date 25.06.21] The immortal words of Edgar Broughton – I’m A Freak Baby – have reached their third iteration in Cherry Red’s estimable series of “The British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973” collections. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 CD Boxset, album, British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973, Deep Purple, Free and Trapeze, Hawkwind, Mott, Nazareth, review, Spooky Tooth, The Deviants and the Edgar Broughton Band, The Pink Fairies, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Uriah Heep
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Album review: THE MERSEYBEATS and THE MERSEYS – I Stand Accused, The Complete Sixties Recordings
Grapefruit / Cherry Red [Release date 11.6.21] The output of The Merseybeats and The Merseys has been relatively poorly served on CD over the years. Cherry Red’s Grapefruit imprint now rectify this with a definitive 63 track collection. The … Continue reading
Album review: KENT HILLI – The Rumble
Frontiers [Release date 18.06.21] After two albums fronting A Perfect Plan, Kent Hilli has gone solo (helped by wunderkind, Michael Palace, who has arranged and produced), with The Rumble, on which he has written the bulk of the material. Unsurprisingly, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Perfect Plan, album, AOR, Crown Of Thorns, eighties, Foreigner, Frontiers, Giant, Kent Hilli, melodic rock, Michael Palace, review, Survivor, the Storm
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EP review: OVERDRIVERS – Rock Out!
Rock Of Angels Records [Release date 09.07.21] Overdrivers hail from France, although their sound owes more to Australia and the likes of AC/DC and Airbourne. This is their first new music since their 2018 album ‘She’s On Her Period’ (yes … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, AIRBOURNE, EP, hard rock, metal, Overdrivers, review, rock, Rock Of Angels Records, Rock Out
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Album review: MICHAEL ARMSTRONG – Ojai
www.michaelarmstrongmusic.co.uk [Release date 25.06.21] London-born, singer songwriter Michael Armstrong releases his third studio album, which going by the press releases is a modern take on the ‘Yacht Rock’ genre. As Michael explains – “In 2018 I was invited to join … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Ben Folds, melodic, Michael Armstrong, Ojai, pop, review, soft rock, Yacht rock
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Album review: BILLY SQUIER – Emotions In Motion/Signs Of Life
BGO Records Two albums from Billy Squier’s classic 80’s period get a neat double CD re-issue. Not only of interest to fans of his work and 80’s US melodic rock, but also Queen fans as these two albums both feature … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Squier, classic rock, Emotions In Motion, Jim Steinman, Mack, melodic rock, Queen, review, rock, Signs Of Life
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Album review: ROGER CHAPMAN – Life In The Pond
Ruf Records [Release date 25.06.21] ‘Life In The Pond’ isn’t quite the defining Roger Chapman solo album, but it’s a real return to form and a lyrical triumph. With the exception of Bob Dylan, David Crosby and Michael Chapman (no … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Wilson, album, Americana, blues vocal, Bob Dylan, country, David Crosby, Family, funk, Henry David Thoreau, Life In The Pond, Michael Chapman, Oscar Brown Jr’, Poli Palmer, review, rock, Roger Chapman, The Blue Nile
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Book review: Decades – Curved Air in the 1970s by Laura Shenton
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 18.06.21] Author Laura Shenton makes no excuses for compiling a series of extracts from previously published work. This includes contemporaneous snippets from the likes of Disc & Music Echo to more recent cribs from Prog magazine. … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Curved Air in the 1970s, Darryl Way, Decades, Francis Monkman, Laura Shenton, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Sonja Kristina
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Album review: TIMO TOLKKI’s AVALON – The Enigma Birth
Frontiers Music [Release date 18.06.21] Living legend of power/symphonic metal, Finland’s Timo Tolkki has again hooked up with fast rising guitarist/ writer/ producer Aldo (Secret Sphere/Sweet Oblivion) Lonobile on this, Avalon’s fourth album. As the memory of Tolkki’s longtime band, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Aldo Lonobile, Avalon, Caterina Nix, Fabio Lione, Frontiers, Jake E, James LaBrie, Marina LaTorraca, PELLEK, Raphael Mendes, review, Stratovarius, Symphonic Rock Metal, The Enigma Birth, Timo Tolkki
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Album review: STEFAN BERGGREN – These Are The Times
Grandjam Production [Release date 04.06.21] Stefan Berggren (Snakes in Paradise, Company of Snakes, Berggren Kerslake Band) is back with his latest solo album, following on from 2016’s ‘Strangers In A Strangeland’. Stefan Berggren (vocals, guitars, keyboards) is joined by fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Don Airey, review, rock, Snakes In Paradise, Stefan Berggren, These Are The Times
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Album review: THE BULLETBOYS – The Warner Albums 1988-93 (3 CDs)
Cherry Red Records [release date 18.06.21] No doubt about it, The Bulletboys started out as contenders. This package of CD remasters, comprising the band’s first 3 albums, The Bullet Boys, Freakshow and Za-Za, covers the most important chapters of the … Continue reading
Album review: SCOTT MCKEON – New Morning
Scott McKeon chatted to Pete Feenstra about his album ‘New Morning’ for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 20 June 2021. Idaho Records [Release date 23.04.21] ‘New Morning’ is Scott McKeon’s first solo album for 11 years. He’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doyle Bramhall11, Frank Zappa, Gary Clark Jr, Gavin Conder, guitar, Hawkwind, interview, JD Simo, Jeff Beck, Jeremy Stacey, Led Zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, New Morning, review, Robin Trower, Rocco Palladino, Ross Stanley, Scott McKeon
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EP review: CROBOT – Rat Child
Mascot Records [Release date 18.06.21] Crobot have announced their new record Rat Child EP, which features a mighty cast of pure rock pedigree. It’s a punchy taste of what is to come in the future – this is a collaborative … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthrax, Crobot, EP, hard rock, metal, Rat Child, review, rock, Steel Panther
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Album review: GYPSY PISTOLEROS – The Mescalito Vampires
Off Yer Rocka Records [Release date 14.08.21] Gypsy Pistoleros are back and in better shape than ever. The line-up consists of vocalist/guitarist Gypsy Lee Pistolero, guitarist Mark Westwood (Shadowland, Clive Nolan), on double bass Gaz Le Bass (The Delray Rockets), … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Guns 'N' Roses, Gypsy Lee Pistolero, Gypsy Pistoleros, Latino, punk, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, ZZ Top
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Album review: TERRA ODIUM – Ne Plus Ultra
Frontiers Records [Release date 11.06.21] In its more expansive moments, Norwegian band Terra Odium’s album resonates with the sci-fi dissonance of tech metal. The kind that Brad Fiedel and Wendy Carlos wielded on “The Terminator” and “The Shining” film scores. … Continue reading
Album review: BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER – S/T
Frontiers Records [Release date 11.06.21] Frontiers clearly think highly of Brother Against Brother. The label compares this recording by two vocalists, Renan (Electric Mob) Zonta and Nando (Sinistra) Fernandes, relatively unknown outside of their native Brazil, to the Allen/Lande project. … Continue reading
