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Album review: THE MEL OUTSIDER REFORMATION – Miss Victory V
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Planet UK [Release date 11.22] The Mel Outsider Reformation’s ‘Miss Victory V’ is an excellent album full of uniquely original songs, Mel Outsider’s cinematic phrasing and his band’s musical swagger. Its a musical arc that spans rock, soul, funk, rhythm and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Melling, album, Alex Harvey, Americana, Andy Morell, Bruce Springsteen, Ellie Coast, funk, Hayley Gaftarnick, Ian Hunter, Karl Francis, Mark Jones, Matt Pawson, Miss Victory V, review, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, Supersonic Blues Machine, The Mel Outsider Reformation, The Outsider's UK
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Album review: NICK WATERHOUSE – The Fooler
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Innovative Leisure/PRES [Release date 31.03.23] ‘The Fooler’ is the sixth album from Nick Waterhouse and his last album, 2021′s ‘Promenade Blue’ was a real find and musical highlight for this reviewer. Recorded in just a few days with Mark Neill … Continue reading
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Tagged album, garage rock, Nick Waterhouse, pop, review, rhythm and blues, singer songwriter, soul, the Fooler
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Album review: DR FEELGOOD – Damn Right!
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Grand Records [Release date: 04.11.2022] Before we get on to the album review, there’s something we need to clear up. Calling the current incarnation of Dr Feelgood a tribute act is just too harsh. Whist some have pointed to the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Damn Right!, Dr Feelgood, r'n'b, review, rhythm and blues, rock
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Album review: STEAMHAMMER – Wailing Again
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MiG records [Release date 30.09.22] Having just completed an overview of the current “state of play” in rock music for our 20th anniversary I mentioned that there has been a void in recent times allowing old stagers to reform and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Martin Pugh, Pete Sears, review, rhythm and blues, Steamhammer, Wailing Again
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Album review: BLUES CARAVAN 2019 (Katarina Pejak, Ina Forsman, Ally Venable)
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David Randall chatted to Katarina Pejak in November 2019 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special includes tracks from her earlier albums as well as the latest – ‘Roads That Cross’ – and the Blues Caravan 2019 live … Continue reading
Gig review: BLUES CARAVAN 2019 (Ina Forsman, Ally Venable, Katarina Pejak), The Iron Road, Pershore, 13 September 2019
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Friday 13th may have seemed more than ominous to the girls in the Blues Caravan with a six hour journey from Scotland taking fourteen hours. But that didn’t seem to quell their enthusiasm for the South Midlands stop on a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 September 2019, Ally Venable, blues, Blues Caravan 2019, blues rock, gig, Ina Forsman, Katarina Pejak, Pershore, R&B, review, rhythm and blues, roots, ruf records, singer, songwriter, The Iron Road
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Album review: GEORGE BENSON – Walking To New Orleans
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Provogue [Release date 26.04.19] George Benson’s ‘Walking To New Orleans’ continues where his last Nat King Cole covers album left off 3 years ago. It’s not so much a leap of faith , as simply discovering whether his timeless vocal … Continue reading
Album review: THE BETTERDAYS – Backlash
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NTB Records [Release date 14.09.18] The Betterdays were the South West’s leading British r&b band in the mid-60′s. They paid their dues, did the mileage, filled the clubs and enthusiastically played a compelling mixture of rhythm and blues, all neatly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alexis Korner, Backlash, Bo Diddley, Bob Pitcher, Chuck Berry, Dick Taylor, Dr Feelgood, Jerry Lee lewis, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Manfred Mann, Mike Hayne, Mike Weston, Phil May, review, rhythm and blues, The Animals, The Betterdays, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
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Gig review: VINTAGE TROUBLE – The Tramshed, Cardiff, 1 June 2017
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Every once in a while you have to step out of your comfort zone, tonight in Cardiff’s premier venue the Tramshed, I pretty much danced out of it. Leaving behind the rock music and submerging myself in soul. To tag … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 June 2017, Cardiff, gig, R&B, review, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, Tramshed, Ty Taylor, Vintage Trouble
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DVD review: JOAN ARMATRADING – Me Myself I – World Tour Concert
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429 Records [Release date 11.11.16] Hardly the most ‘original’ of titles for Joan Armatrading’s globetrotting swansong, but befitting as, believe it or not, her ‘farewell’ tour which lasted almost two years, and saw her play 235 dates across four different … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Joan Armatrading, Me Myself I - World Tour Concert, pop, review, rhythm and blues, rock, singer, songwriter, soul
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Album review: BRUCE FOXTON – Smash The Clock
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Pledge Music [20.05.16] I have to admit to not being a Jam aficionado, or of Paul Weller for that matter. Like everyone I’m familiar with the Jam hits, and have dabbled in some of Weller’s solo releases, and while there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Foxton, From The Jam, Paul Jones, Paul Weller, pop, review, rhythm and blues, rock, Smash The Clock, The Jam, Wilko Johnson
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News: ANDREW ROACHFORD – UK Tour Dates March 2016 and Interview
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This interview edit is taken from an hour special broadcast on Sunday 6 March at 18:00 GMT on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (5:01) The full feature is now available via Mixcloud (or click the audio player above) More information … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Roachford, Encore, feature, gigs, interview, March 2016, R&B, radio, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, Tour, uk
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News: DEBORAH BONHAM plays Bolanesque and John Otway gig this autumn
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Photo: MHP Studios Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Featured Artist Deborah Bonham plays UK dates this autumn. Deborah is a special guest at the “Bolanesque” event in aid of Marc Bolan Music School in West Africa, on 15 September. Her … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, Bolanesque, Deborah Bonham, gigs, John Otway, news, rhythm and blues, Salaise Blues Festival, Tour
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Gig review: NINE BELOW ZERO – O2 Academy, London, 19 November 2014
Wham bam. For about an hour, this was a fearsome, supercharged r ‘n’ b pummelling. Nine Below Zero, classic line-up back together to tour their first three – and most influential – albums, came out pumped and with all guns … Continue reading