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		<title>News: Albums of the Month (October-December 2025)</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/news-albums-of-the-month-october-december-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/news-albums-of-the-month-october-december-2025/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/251001_aom1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="251001_aom1" title="251001_aom1" /></a>A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/news-albums-of-the-month-october-december-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/news-albums-of-the-month-october-december-2025/">News: Albums of the Month (October-December 2025)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: Albums of the Month (July &#8211; September 2025)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/10/news-albums-of-the-month-july-august-september-2025/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/250701_aom1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Albums of the Month (July-September 2025)" title="Albums of the Month (July-September 2025)" /></a>A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/10/news-albums-of-the-month-july-august-september-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/10/news-albums-of-the-month-july-august-september-2025/">News: Albums of the Month (July &#8211; September 2025)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: MORGANWAY &#8211; Thekla, Bristol, 25 April 2025</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-thekla-bristol-25-april-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 23:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-thekla-bristol-25-april-2025/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/250425_morganway3a-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="250425_morganway3a" title="250425_morganway3a" /></a>The two songs that book-ended tonight&#8217;s gig give a clue about Morganway&#8217;s current positioning and maybe dilemma. In between we had a mix of tunes mainly from the current album but indicating the band can just as easily slip into &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-thekla-bristol-25-april-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/gig-review-thekla-bristol-25-april-2025/">Gig review: MORGANWAY &#8211; Thekla, Bristol, 25 April 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: ALLY VENABLE &#8211; Money &amp; Power</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-ally-venable-money-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-ally-venable-money-power/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/avenable_mp1a.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="ALLY VENABLE - Money &amp; Power" title="ALLY VENABLE - Money &amp; Power" /></a>Ruf Records [Release date 18.04.25] In our reviews of Ally Venable&#8217;s previous albums &#8216;Texas Honey&#8217;, &#8216;Heart Of Fire&#8217; and &#8216;Real Gone&#8217; we noted that she was not quite the fully formed offering but was getting there. &#8216;Money &#38; Power&#8217; is &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-ally-venable-money-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-ally-venable-money-power/">Album review: ALLY VENABLE &#8211; Money &#038; Power</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: A.J. CROCE – Heart Of The Eternal</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-aj-croce-heart-of-the-eternal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-aj-croce-heart-of-the-eternal/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Heart-Of-The-Eternal1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="A.J. Croce - Heart Of The Eternal" title="A.J. Croce - Heart Of The Eternal" /></a>Pete Feenstra chatted to A.J. Croce for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio including tracks from the new album.  First broadcast 6 April 2025. BMG [Release date 7.03.25] ‘Heart Of The Eternal’ is an ebullient roots-rock album with a philosophical core. &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-aj-croce-heart-of-the-eternal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-aj-croce-heart-of-the-eternal/">Album review: A.J. CROCE – Heart Of The Eternal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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