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News: JOURNEY, MIKE BATT, TIM BOWNESS (April 2022)
Altaria release their new album ‘Wisdom’ on July 8 via Atomic Fire Records. Alter Bridge plan to release their new album in September. Atomic Kings – vocalist Ken Ronk, bassist Greg Chaisson (Badlands, ex-Red Dragon Cartel), guitarist Ryan McKay and drummer Jim Taft … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, folk, gigs, Journey, metal, Mike Batt. prog, New releases, news, punk, rock, Tim Bowness, tours
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EP review: THE BLOODY NERVE – Act II Reckoning
Website [Release date 25.03.22] Act II/episode 2 of the Bloody Nerve’s new album ‘All Blood, No Treasure’. Unlike most artists who release a new album whole, the Bloody Nerve are releasing their new album in instalments. The Bloody Nerve revolve … Continue reading
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Tagged Act II Reckoning, alt rock, alternative, EP, indie, review, rock, the Bloody Nerve
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Album review: VON HERTZEN BROTHERS – Red Alert In The Blue Forest
Doing Being Music [Release date: 18.03.22] Described by the 3 Von Hertzen Brothers – Kie, Mikko and Jonne – as 70 minutes of art rock, ‘Red Alert In The Blue Forest is a concept album written separately by all 3 brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Caravan, Chris Squire, electro, folk, Jethro Tull, Jon Anderson, Jonne Von Hertzen, Kie Von Hertzen, Mikko Von Hertzen, power metal, prog, Pye Hastings, Red Alert In The Blue Forest, review, rock, symphonic rock, Von Hertzen Brothers, Yes
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Album review: ADAM NORSWORTHY – Infinite Hotel
Pete Feenstra chatted to Adam Norsworthy for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 20 March 2022. Park Hall Records [Release date: 04.03.22] ‘Infinite Hotel’ is the perfect title for an album that searches both lyrically and musically for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Norsworthy, album, Bennett Holland, blues, Chester Thompson, David Bowie, folk, Harry Chapin, Infinite Hotel, Oli Brown, Park Hall Records, pop, review, Rich Young, rock, The Mustangs, Wayne Proctor
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Album review: CIRCLE OF FRIENDS – The Garden
Escape Records [Release date 25.03.22] ‘The Garden’ is the album put together by Bruce Mee (of Fireworks magazine) as a tribute to his mother, who died of cancer in 2020. The studio project is called Circle of Friends because the … Continue reading
Album review: PHARMACOSE – Prescription Fiction
Indie [Release date 22.02.22] Rock is a genre that holds the key to so many subgenres. The umbrella term for so many artists, it may seem too broad a word. But sometimes we really do just need the reliability of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, indie, Pharmacose, Prescription Fiction, review, rock
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Album review: NEW HORIZON – Gate Of The Gods
Frontiers [Release date: 11.02.22] New Horizon is a H.E.A.T. splinter group, or splinter duo, to be precise. Being almost famous gives you room to try other things, and so Jonah Tee and Erik Gronwall have been given the opportunity to … Continue reading
Album review: BLACK VALLEY MOON – Songs From The Black Valley
Otitis Media Records [Release date 25.02.22] Black Valley Moon was formed in 2019 by guitarist Sam Williams (Down By Law) and started as an instrumental surf band, however, during the recent global pandemic they added vocalist Ray Vega. The band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Valley Moon, Down By Law, goth, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, Songs From The Black Valley
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Album review: GHOST – Impera
Loma Vista Recordings [Release date 11.03.22] Papa and the Nameless Ghouls are back with album number 5. The last album, Prequelle, took us back to the time of the Plague, but here we join Ghost in more modern times. The concept … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bon Jovi, Call Me Little Sunshine, Ghost, heavy metal, Hunters Moon, IMPERA, Loma Vista Recordings, Meloria, nameless ghouls, Papa, review, rock, Runaway, Tobias Forge
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Quick plays: PAUL TASKER, BLACK LAKES, D’ERCOLE
PAUL TASKER Tierra Quemada Yellowroom Records [Release date 01.04.22] Paul Tasker is now releasing his second instrumental album, best known for being co-songwriter with Doghouse Roses and a previous member of the Willard Grant Conspiracy. The album’s title translates to … Continue reading
Gig review: THE HAWKMEN – The Face Bar, Reading, Thursday 3 March 2022
New venue to this reviewer, the Face Bar is a nice little venue tucked away from the main nightlife area of Reading. One thing Reading certainly has is a lively and varied nightlife! A decent sized crowd for a Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Georgia Satellites, gig, Northern soul, pyschobilly, reading, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, The Face Bar, the Hawkmen, Thursday 3 March 2022, Tom Webber
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Gig Review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London – 24th Feb 2022
Since I last saw them down the road at Koko in 2019, not only has the world been transformed forever, but there have been major changes in the King King – the autumn before last they released a new album … Continue reading
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Tagged 24th Feb 2022, Alan Nimmo, blues, Electric Ballroom, gig, Jonny Dyke, King King, Lee-la Baum, live, London, review, rock, Steve Nimmo, The Damn Truth, Zander Greenshields
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Album review: SABATON – The War To End All Wars
Nuclear Blast [Release date 04.03.22] With the last Sabaton album, The Great War, the band led us through some of main events of the First World War and gave the listener an overview of the hell that was both unleashed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, CD, Chris Rorland, Dreadnought, First World War, Hannes Van Dahl, Joakim Bordon, metal, Milunka Savic, Nuclear Blast, Par Sundstrom, review, rock, Sabaton, Sarajevo, The War To End All Wars, Tommy Johansson, Ypres
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News: SKID ROW, STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, BOWLING FOR SOUP (March 2022)
Belle and Sebastian’s new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’ will arrive on May 6 via Matador. Graham Bonnet Band will release a new album, ‘Day Out In Nowhere’, on May 13 via Frontiers. Don Airey guests on one song. Bowling For Soup … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, blues, Bowling for Soup, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, New releases, news, prog rock, rock, Skid Row, Steelhouse Festival, tour dates
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Album review: PAPA GEORGE – These Wheels
Papa George chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, first broadcast 27 February 2022. Bandcamp [Release date 30.08.21] ‘These Wheels’ is Papa George’s first album for 15 years – an eternity in today’s digital download generation – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dan Clarke, Darby Todd, Doyle Bramhall II, funk, Ian Hunt, interview, Jeremy Spencer, Jess Hayes, Papa George, Pete Stroud, review, Robert Cray, Robin Trower, rock, Taxi, These Wheels, Val Cowell, Zoot Money, ZZ Top
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Album review: THE DAVEY JOHNSTONE BAND – Deeper Than My Roots
Pete Feenstra chatted to Davey Johnstone for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 13 February 2022. Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date: 04.02.22] 49 years after his ‘Smiling Face’ debut album, Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone is back … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bob Birch, Charlie Johnstone, Davey Johnstone, Deeper Than My Roots, Eliot Johnstone, Elton John, funk, interview, Jesse Johnstone, John Lennon, Juliet Johnstone, Latino, Neil Young, Pink Floyd folk, review, rock, Roy Orbison, Tam Johnstone, The Beatles
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Interview: RONNI LE TEKRO
Ronni Le Tekrø is considered one of the world’s most influential metal guitarists, first and foremost with his band TNT, but also as a solo artist and studio musician. Tekrø has sold over 4 Million albums with TNT and was … Continue reading
Gig review: CHANTEL McGREGOR & AYNSLEY LISTER – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 6 February 2022
Original co-headliner, Finnish guitarist Erja Lyytinen, was unable to travel due to Covid restrictions. Fortunately, Chantel McGregor could call upon an old friend, Aynsley Lister, to join her for three nights of her tour, the last of which was at … Continue reading
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Tagged 06 February 2022, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, blues rock, Chantel McGregor, gig, guitarists, Milton Keynes, review, rock, The Stables
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Gig review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Tramshed, Cardiff – 5th February 2022
It has been a while since I reviewed a show, i believe it may have been the Steelhouse Away Day 1 with Bernie Marsden which was in 2019. We know why the 2nd one didn’t happen, and also put pay … Continue reading
Album review: MARILLION – An Hour Before It’s Dark
Intact/earMUSIC [Release date 04.03.22] CD+DVD Digipak / CD Digipak / Jewelbox CD / Blu-ray Softbox / 2LP Gatefold / Ltd. Coloured 2LP (Orange) The past two years of pandemic has understandably pervaded album releases, the most extreme outcome is a … Continue reading
Book review: DONT WORRY ‘BOUT THE BEAR (From the Blues to Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath) by Jim Simpson with Ron Simpson
Brewin Books [Publication date 22.06.2019] Jim Simpson’s ‘Don’t Worry ‘Bout The Bear’ – the title comes from a Doctor Ross song written for the author– is a down to earth account of his 60 plus years in the music business, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakerloo, Big Bear Records, Black Sabbath, blues, book, Buddy Guy, Champion Jack Dupree, Doctor Ross, Don Arden, Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear, Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear - From the Blues to Jazz, Humphrey Lyttleton, Jasper Carrott, jazz, Jazz Rag, Jesse Fuller, Jim Simpson, Locomotive, Miles Davis, prog, review, rock, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath, Ron Simpson, ska, Tea & Symphony, Val Wiseman
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Single review: SKINNY KNOWLEDGE – I Wonder
Facebook [Release date 25.02.22] Bournemouth based rockers, Skinny Knowledge follow up on their awesome debut album, ‘Don’t Turn Out the Lights’ with a new single, ‘I Wonder’. The single continues the band’s own brand of high energy, alternative rock that … Continue reading
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Tagged hard rock, I Wonder, NWOCR, review, rock, single, Skinny Knowledge
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Album review: JAMIE’S GUNS – Sex, Drugs & Weapons of War
Facebook [Release date 04.01.22] This band was one of my lucky finds in 2021, when I spotted the debut self-titled album in the NWOCR Facebook group, and I have been sharing their music far and wide ever since, whilst eagerly … Continue reading
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: 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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