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Album review : DANNY BRYANT – Rise

Pete Feenstra chatted to Danny Bryant for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 13 August 2023. Jazzhaus [Release date: 29.09.23] Danny Bryant’s Rise’ is his 13th album and finds the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Axl Rose, blues, Bob Dylan, Danny Bryant, Elvis Costello, guitar, Ian Dowling, interview, Jamie Pipe, radio, review, Rise, rock, The Beatles, Walter Trout
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Album review: AMY GODDARD – Rise

Bandcamp [Release date 22.07.22] Amy Goddard is a British contemporary folk singer/songwriter with both Celtic and American influences. She is also an artist and luthier (which I had to look up and they are a maker of string instruments). With … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amy Goddard, folk, review, Rise, singer songwriter
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Album review: REVOLUTION SAINTS – Rise

Frontiers (Release date 24.01.20) Frontiers Records’ AOR superhero assembly is working like a dream. The Revolution Saints – Deen (Journey) Castronovo, Jack (Night Ranger) Blades and Doug (Whitesnake) Aldrich – are on their third album now, so that confirms it. … Continue reading
Album review: RISE – Strangers

Wise Queen Records [Release date 18.10.19] Strangers is the new album by Sussex based singer songwriter RISE – the artist formerly known as Talitha Rise (aka Jo Beth Young). The follow up to her 2018 debut An Abandoned Orchid House, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, progressive folk, review, Rise, singer, songwriter, Strangers, Talitha Rise
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Album review: GUILD OF AGES – Rise

Escape Music [Release date 29.06.18] Guild Of Ages are this year’s ‘Missing In Action’ band now returning to action, following on from the return of Boulevard last year. They called it a day in 2002 before being tempted back for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CITA, Escape Music, Guild Of Ages, hard rock, melodic, melodic rock, review, Rise, rock
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Quick Plays: The Val,Juruda,Chris While & Julie Matthews,Carrie Rodriguez,Annabelle Chvostek

The Val – Back The Val, named after vocalist Gabrielle de Val, are a truly European band. De Val herself, is German, but writes in English (although I wonder whether lyrics that refer to Humpty Dumpty and petticoats has perhaps … Continue reading