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Album review: ANDERSON PONTY BAND – Better Late Than Never
earMUSIC [Release date 25.09.15] The album features two legendary musicians, former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson and violinist/jazz composer Jean Luc Ponty. The idea for these two musicians to work together was first mooted back in the 1980′s, it is only … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anderson Ponty Band, Better Late Than Never, jazz, Jazz rock, Jean Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson, prog, review, rock, violin, Yes
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Quick plays: HEYLEL, P.O.D.
HEYLEL – Flesh [Release date 29.09.15] Portuguese three piece who consist of vocalist Ana Batista, Narciso Monteiro (guitars/keys) and Felipe Braga (drums). They released their debut album last year and this EP is a stop gap perhaps until a new … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Flesh, Heylel, metal, P.O.D., review, rock, soundtrack, The Awakening, This Is England '90, TV series
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Album review: GEOFF EVERETT BAND – Cut And Run
www.thegeoffeverettband.co.uk Let’s just put a stake in the ground right from the get-go and call journeyman guitarist Geoff Everett one of Britain’s longest-standing blues/rock treasures. Geoff has been plying his trade since the ‘60s and, for the uninitiated, he can … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Show, album, blues, Cut And Run, Geoff Everett, guitar, guitarist, review, rock, the Geoff Everett Band, the Quick and the Dead
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Album review: CASABLANCA – Miskatonic Graffiti
Despotz Records [Release date 25.09.15] I am a big fan of the first two albums from Swedish/American band Casablanca, and album number three is no disappointment. A concept album based on Chuthulu mythology, that aside, the album has a maturer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Casablanca, glam, Miskatonic Graffiti, review, rock, Ryan Roxie
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News: HAREM SCAREM, MAJOR INSTINCT, DEE SNIDER – Tuesday 29 September 2015
Dave Gilmour topped the UK album charts this week with his new album ‘Rattle That Lock’. Major Instinct release their debut album, ‘High Five’ on Nov 27th via AOR Heaven. The band features M.ILL.ION founder, main songwriter and bass guitarist B.J. Laneby. Harem Scarem … Continue reading
Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live at Radio City Music Hall
Provogue [Release date 02.10.15] In the fullness of time Joe Bonamassa ‘Live at Radio City Music Hall’ will be recognized as a career milestone for the kid who grew up in Syracuse, New York, dreaming of the time he might … Continue reading
News: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO ‘ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE’ NEW ALBUM
JEFF LYNNE’S ELO ‘ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE’ Release Date: November 13, 2015 First album of all new ELO music in over a decade. Jeff Lynne’s ELO release their new album, ‘Alone In The Universe’ on November 13th, 2015 on Columbia … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone In The Universe, classic, Columbia Records, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Jeff Lynne's ELO, new album, pop, radio, rock
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Interview: CATS IN SPACE
Cats In Space are a new band featuring band members who’ve played with the Sweet, T’Pau, Ian Gillan and Arena. They release their debut album, ‘Too Many Gods’ on October 30th via Cargo Records and we catch-up with Greg Hart … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 70s, Andy Scott, Cats In Space, debut album, ELO, Greg Hart, interview, melodic, Paul Manzi, Paul Manzi (Arena), pop, power pop, Queen, review, rock, soft rock, Sweet, Too Many Gods
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Album review: DEVIL CITY ANGELS
Century Media [Release date 11.09.15] You may hear that Devil City Angels comprises of members of L.A Guns, Cinderella and Poison and think ”oh great, yet another super group”, and yet this time the band really may be on to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Devil City Angels, LA Guns, melodic, Poison, review, Rikki Rockett, rock, Rudy Sarzo, Tracii Guns, Whitesnake
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Album review: THORBJØRN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Songs From The Road
Ruf [Release date 25.09.15] If ever there was ever a case to be made for a European blues band emulating or surpassing their American counterparts, then you need look no further than Denmark’s Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado. ‘Songs … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Emil Balsgaard, funk, Lisa Lystam. Joe Walsh, live album, Nat King Cole, Peter Skjerning, R&B, Ray Charles, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Songs From The Road, soul, Søren Bøjgaard, Thorbjorn Risager &The Black Tornado, Tom Waits, vocals
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Too Many Gods
Harmony Factory www.catsinspaceband.com [Released 30.10.15] Cats In Space are a new band who have a serious love of all things 1970′s soft rock/power pop. You can tell this from the band’s various members who are from bands with a 70′s … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, 70s, Andy Scott, Cats In Space, debut album, ELO, Greg Hart, melodic, Paul Manzi, Paul Manzi (Arena), pop, power pop, Queen, review, rock, soft rock, Sweet, Too Many Gods
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Album review: THE LIZARDS – Reptilicus Maximus
Hyperspace Records [Release date 01.09.15] The Lizards may leave us waiting far too long between albums but when they do appear they are invariably worthy of attention. We reviewed their last “proper” 2006 release ‘Against All Odds’ noting that it … Continue reading
Album review: BELLOWHEAD – Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead
Navigator Records [Release date 16.10.15] Sadly Bellowhard have announced they are calling it a day after 11 years, however they are going out in style with an extensive farewell tour that carries on into 2016 and this, their first best … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bellowhead, best of, compilation, folk, Pandemonium The Essential Bellowhead, review, rock
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Album review: MIKE BROOKFIELD – Love Breaks The Fall
Self release [Release date 13.03.15] Irish based, Liverpudlian guitarist Mike Brookfield has enjoyed a rich musical career from playing in the west end orchestra pits to being music coordinator, arranger and musical director for RTE, as well as copping a former … Continue reading
Album review: THE WHISKEY POETS – Low Country
Red Dog [Release date 30.10.15] When asked what message the award winning author RJ Ellory had for his readers, he replied: ‘There is nothing so fragile, complex or fascinating as the human condition.’ And it’s that sense of wonder that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, ELO, funk, Hossam Ramzy, Jack Kerouac, Low Country, Martin Smith, Paul Simon, Pete Atkin, review, RJ Ellory, rock, The Whiskey Poets
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Album review: DAVID GILMOUR – Rattle That Lock
Columbia [Release date 18.09.15] We should be grateful for this latest album from one of rock’s distinguished elder statesman and, who knows, back in 2006 we may have even thought ‘On An Island’ was the ‘swansong’. Like Iron Maiden’s ‘The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, David Gilmour, guitar, guitarist, Pink Floyd, prog, progressive, Rattle That Lock, review, rock
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Album review: WILY BO WALKER – Moon Over Indigo
Mescal Canyon [Release date 25.09.15] Blues award nominee, prodigious songwriter, multi band leader and genre hopping roots rock artist, Wily Bo Walker returns with the concluding part of his 2015 trilogy of solo albums. ‘Moon Over Indigo’ comes complete with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrews Sisters, blues, Captain Beefheart, Danny Flam, Dr John, Edgar Broughton, funk, George Clinton, Graham Hine, Howlin Wolf, interview, JOE COCKER, Kareña K, Moon Over Indigo, Nick Cave, review, rock, Scottish vocalist, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, vocals, Willie Dixon, Wily Bo Walker
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Album review: AMY HELM – Didn’t It Rain
Membran [Release date 02.10.15] Amy Helm reminds me of Joss Stone. An unquestionable vocal talent. But lacking in material to exploit it commercially. First a member of the post 9/11 alt-country collective Ollabelle, and subsequently working extensively with her late … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Amy Helm, Bill Payne, Didn't It Rain, Levon Helm, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter
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Quick plays: GEORGIA SOUND, BOB BRADSHAW
GEORGIA SOUND Love Can Change [Release date 20.02.15] If you like a decent soft rock singer/songwriter tune, look no further than self-released indie folk / pop debut from Georgia Sound – Ryan Roy and Shannon Magee, a duo from Calgary, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Bradshaw, folk, Georgia Sound, Love Can Change, pop, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter, Whatever You Wanted
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Album review: BETTYSOO – When We’re Gone
[Release date 30.10.15] I was rather taken with Bettysoo’s last album – Heat Sin Water Skin (2009). But a lot happens in five years. For a start, the singer songwriter, and the Americana market in particular, has exploded. For an … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Bettysoo, folk, review, rock, singer, songwriter, When We're Gone
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Album review: BEN REEL – 7th
[Release date 22.06.15] www.benreel.com With each new release Northern Ireland songsmith Ben Reel steps inexorably closer to becoming the home soil torchbearer of American heartland rock. That is, the mantle occupied across the pond by the likes of The Boss … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th, album, Americana, Ben Reel, blues, country, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album review: LISA RONSON – Emperors Of Medieval Japan
Maniac Squat Records [Release date 09.11.15] Back in 1974 David Bowie, regaled us with tales of a skeletal post-apocalyptic landscape of Diamond Dogs. By then, Mick Ronson was no longer his trusted foil, but 40 years later Ronson’s daughter seems … Continue reading
Album review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – Lose Control
Tis Rock Music Ltd [Release date 09.10.15] For an artist who has made her mark by always being in control – she’s the songwriter, co-producer, guitarist, vocalist and is even responsible for the art work and photography of the CD … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, Chantel McGregor, Coen Brothers, gothic, grunge, guitar, interview, Livingstone Brown, Lose Control, metal, review, rock, vocals
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Gig review: IAN ANDERSON (JETHRO TULL) – The Lowry, Salford, 14 September 2015
It’s Jethro Tull, but not as we have known them. ‘The Rock Opera’ continued the format of previous outings with a large screen and a theme. A few things have grated in recent years, not least the use of Ryan … Continue reading
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Tagged 14 September 2015, A Rock Opera, gig, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, progressive, review, rock, Salford, The Lowry
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News: TREAT, RICK WAKEMAN, BELLOWHEAD – Sunday 13th September 2015
RIP – guitarist Gary Richrath, who was in REO Speedwagon between 1970 and 1989. Former bassist with the Damned, Byrn Merrick, has passed away at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer. Treat have confirmed they are recording … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellowhead, folk, folk rock, Iron Maiden, KING KOBRA, metal, news, prog, Rick Wakeman, rock, tour dates, Treat, upcoming albums
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