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Album review : BAD INFLUENCE – Celebrating 40 Years
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Album review: 25 YEAR SCREAMER – …And From The Deep, There Is A Light…
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Album review : MOCKINGBIRD HILL– Melting Pot
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Album review : THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Normal
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Album review: ADMIRAL RADIO – Heirloom
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Album review : FRANCIS ROSSI -The Way We Were, Volume 2
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Tag Archives: rock
EP review: THE ANN WILSON THING – Focus
Rounder Records [Release date 12.08.16] Essentially Heart minus Nancy Wilson, The Ann Wilson Thing is a vehicle for Ann to ‘give it large’ without her younger sibling by her side. The band’s second EP features two cover live covers – … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Wilson Thing, AOR, Craig Bartock, EP, Focus, hard rock, Heart, review, rock
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Album review: BLUES PILLS – Lady In Gold
Nuclear Blast [Release date 05.08.16] Second album by Blues Pills who received rave reviews for their debut album. The band’s main focus are the wonderfully soulful vocals of Ellin Larsson. Listen to the ballad ‘I Felt A Change’ and the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Blues Pills, blues rock, Lady In Gold, R&B, review, rhythm & blues, rock, soul
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Quick plays: TRICK OR TREAT, DANTE FOX, DIMH, DIVAN
TRICK OR TREAT Rabbit’s Hill Pt. 2 Frontiers [Release date 08.07.16] A concept album from a power/melodic metal band (who used to be a Helloween covers act) based on Richard Adams’ classic novel ‘Watership Down’. What could possibly go wrong?! Nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, AOR, Breathless, Dante Fox, DIMH Project, Divan, melodic, melodic rock, metal, Modern Knowledge, Rabbit's Hill Pt.2, review, rock, Spirit Love & Higher Meaning, The Stone Angels, Trick Or Treat, Victim & Maker, Watership Down
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Album review: RUN LIBERTY RUN – We Are
earMUSIC [Release date 22.07.16] There’s something in the ether. Having just reviewed goth/metal revivalists Sinnergod I’ve also been privy to a new German band and their debut album. The read across – albeit with less heavy guitars – is quite … Continue reading
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Tagged album, eighties, electronica, pop, review, rock, Run Liberty Run, We Are
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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL – Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)
After the success of the previous day and coupled with great weather, arriving on site on the Sunday morning to damp and drizzly conditions soon brought us back down to earth with a bump. Sunday’s line up for myself was … Continue reading
Gig review: BLUE OYSTER CULT – Kentish Town Forum, London, 29 July 2016
This was a bit of a special event as not only was this the first sighting of Blue Oyster Cult outside of a holiday camp in the UK for a few years, but this gig marked the return of drummer … Continue reading
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Tagged 29 July 2016, Agents Of Fortune, Albert Bouchard, Blue Oyster Cult, Buck Dharma, classic, Eric Bloom, gig, heavy metal, heavy rock, Kentish Town Forum, London, review, rock
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Album review: THE APOCALYPSE BLUES REVUE – The Apocalypse Blues Revue
Provogue [Release date 26.08.16] The Apocalypse Blues Revue is a back to the basics, heavy-duty, blues-rock project anchored by Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola. The band features baritone vocalist Ray “Rafer John” Cerbone who sounds like a cross … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Sabbath, blues, Brian Carpenter, Charlie Daniels, Dick Dale, Eric Gales, Godsmack, Jim Morrison, John Harvey, Monster Truck, Ray Cerbone, review, rock, Shannon Larkin, The Apocalypse Blues Revue, THE DOORS, Tony Rombola
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News: Curiouser and Curiouser – The Return of Medieval Prog Rockers Gryphon (August 2016) and Radio Interview
This interview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 31 July. Co-founder and guitarist Graeme Taylor chats about the band and selects some of his favourite tracks – both from Gryphon and from those artists who have … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged August 2016, Brian Gulland, Cropredy, Dave Oberle, folk, fusion, Graeme Taylor, Gryphon, Home Service, interview, medieval, Renaissance, rock, Tour, uk
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Album review: SINNERGOD – Sinnergod
[Release date 09.09.16] www.sinnergod.com Described as “Goth Metallers” this is the Wigan/Manchester quintet’s sophomore album release. There’s a confidence at play, the more so when you realise it has been conceived and produced locally and by the band’s twin brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, electronica, goth, metal, pop, review, rock, Sinnergod
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Interview: JONAS REINGOLD (KARMAKANIC)
We catch-up with Jonas Reingold of Karmakanic who have just released their new album ‘Dot’ via Inside Out… What have you got planned for the next few months music wise? e.g. tour plans, recording etc. I’ve always have a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Tillison, Dot, Inside Out, interview, Jonas Reingold, Karmakanic, progressive, rock
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Album review: TUCKY BUZZARD – The Complete Tucky Buzzard (Box set)
Edsel [Release date 15.07.16] Tucky Buzzard. You might vaguely recall the name if not the music. You could be forgiven in thinking that they were long haired southern rockers. Truth is, they morphed out of UK psychedelic rockers The End, … Continue reading
Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – Reissues
Hear No Evil Recordings/Cherry Red [Release dates March-May 2016] The Graham Bonnet “backstory” before his tenure with Rainbow is highlighted by these reissues. It was clearly evident in 1979 that Bonnet came from the pop mainstream – coming to wider … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alcatrazz, Back Row In The Stalls, Graham Bonnet, line-up, Michael Schenker, Micky Moody, MSG, No Bad Habits, pop, Rainbow, reissue, review, rock, soul
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Quick plays: LISA WEINT, AVI ROSENFIELD
LISA WEINT Vurbei Three piece band from Austria who formed in 2012 and who consist of Markus Baumgartner (vocals) , Ronald Wintersteiner (synths/vocals) and Tomasz Ploszajski (guitar). The band have an interesting mix of the lighter metal moments of say … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Avi Rosenfield, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Lisa Weint, metal, Quick Play, Rainbow, reviews, rock, Uriah Heep
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Gig review: SOS FESTIVAL, Manchester, 15-17 July 2016
With suitable tunes on the car stereo we headed over to Prestwich, Manchester for the Rocksector Records annual get-together, ‘SOS Festival’. Now in its ninth year it has a new home and has moved out of the now demolished Civic … Continue reading
Gig review: Festival D’ete De Quebec, 7-17 July 2016
If I was to ask you if you had ever heard of Festival D’ete De Quebec I am betting the answer would be NO … me neither so when I was handed the opportunity to experience this event I jumped … Continue reading
Album review: CURVED AIR – The Curved Air Rarities Series Volume 1 – Tapestry Of Propositions
Curved Air Records [Release date 05.08.16] We live in age when every album, every gig, seems to be heavily choreographed. With albums pieced together and artists not necessarily sharing the same studio, or even continent, and gigs fixed to a … Continue reading
Album review: FATES WARNING – Theories Of Flight
Century Media [Release date 1.07.16] Those of you who have been following Fates Warning’s career as closely as I do remember damn well the almost decade-long period we had to suffer until 2013’s “Darkness In A Different Light” finally saw … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fates Warning, metal, review, rock, Theories Of Flight
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Album review: DAVID FOSTER – Dreamless
[Release date 27.05.16] The second solo album from Panic Room and Steve Rothery Band guitarist Dave Foster is a remarkably different beast from his excellent debut (Gravity, 2011). While the former was a showcase for his ability to deliver a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Marie Helder, David Foster, Dreamless, guitar, guitarist, Jonathan Edwards, Panic Room, prog, progressive, rock, Steve Rothery
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Gig review: 10cc – Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 9 July 2016
Some of the great historic and cultural attractions in London are now opening their doors to a more contemporary entertainment form with a summer concert series. Following the likes of Hampton Court, Somerset House and Kew Gardens is now the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 9 July 2016, Cockney Rebel, gig, Graham Gouldman, Greenwich Music Time, Mick Wilson, Old Royal Naval College, Paul Burgess, pop, progressive, review, Rick Fenn, rock, Steve Harley, Steve Hayman
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Album review: CULVER KINGZ – This Time
Escape Music [Release date 24.06.16] Culver Kingz maybe a new name, however the ideas for the musical pairing started back in 1983 when Michael Thompson and Billy Trudel planned a band called Slang. Sadly this never came to fruition and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Billy Trudel, Culver Kingz, melodic, Michael Thompson, R&B, review, rock, soul, This Time, Toto, West Coast
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Album review: THE NEAL MORSE BAND – Alive Again
Radiant Records/Metal Blade [Release date 05.08/16] This is a slightly more modest release – 2CD/DVD – after last year’s impressive ‘Morsefest 2014’ box set. This live show was recorded near the end of the ‘Alive Again’ world tour in Holland. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alive Again, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, pop, prog, Progressive Rock, review, rock, Spock's Beard, the Neal Morse Band
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Album review: MARC BOLAN & T.REX – Born To Boogie The Concerts
Edsel [Release date 17.06.16] Filmed at the height of T.Rextasy, and directed by Ringo Starr, the Born To Boogie film – centring around Wembley Empire Pool concert footage, a studio jam session with Ringo and Elton John, a four-song acoustic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Born To Boogie - The Concerts, documentary, DVD, Empire Pool, glam, live, Marc Bolan, March 1972, pop, review, Ringo Starr, rock, T.Rex, Wembley
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Quick plays: THE ESKIES, CIRCULINE, THE DEEP HOLLOW
THE ESKIES After The Sherry Went Round Parochial Dancehall Records [Release date 26.08.16] The debut from this Dublin based quintet is a rip-roaring unhinged concoction of sea soaked gypsy folk. They’re like The Coral and the Mumfords rolled into one … Continue reading
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Tagged A Blue Flame, acoustic, After The Sherry Went Round, album, Americana, Circuline, Counterpoint, folk, progressive, review, rock, singer, songwrite, The Deep Hollow, The Eskies, What We've Become Is All That Now Remains
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Album review: LARKIN POE – Reskinned
RH Music [Release date 08.07.16] We rather liked Larkin Poe’s last release – Kin (2014), a move by sisters Rebecca and Megan Poe towards a more pop/mainstream orientated style, albeit laced with their blues, rock and folk/country influences. Two years … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Larkin Poe, pop, Reskinned, review, rock, roots
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Album review: HEART – Beautiful Broken
UMC [Release date 08.07.16] Heart’s sixteenth studio album is their first since Fanatic (2012) and finds the Wilson sisters serving up a mix of old, new, and borrowed material with Metallica’s James Hetfield duetting with Ann Wilson on the title … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, AOR, Beautiful Broken, hard rock, Heart, melodic rock, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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