Get Ready to ROCK! » Scotland https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : AS I ROVED OUT – THE STORY OF CELTIC ROCK 1968-78 (3CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-as-i-roved-out-the-story-of-celtic-rock-1968-78-3cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-as-i-roved-out-the-story-of-celtic-rock-1968-78-3cds/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:11:30 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95937 celtic rock 150Cherry Red [Release date: 21.06.24] Celtic music dates back to the 17th century. It’s part of the musical scenery in western Europe… mainly Portugal, Spain and France. And across the Atlantic in Canada … most especially among the island communities … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-as-i-roved-out-the-story-of-celtic-rock-1968-78-3cds/feed/ 0 Album review : HOLOCAUST – Heavy Metal Mania – The Complete Recordings, Vol 1 1980-1984 (6 CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-holocaust-heavy-metal-mania-the-complete-recordings-vol-1-1980-1984-6-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-holocaust-heavy-metal-mania-the-complete-recordings-vol-1-1980-1984-6-cds/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:38:33 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86083 HOLOCAUST – Heavy Metal Mania – The Complete Recordings, Vol 1 1980-1984 (6 CDs)Cherry Red [Release date 27.01.23] Carrying the NWOBHM torch in Scotland since 1977, Edinburgh’s Holocaust are the genre’s archetypal survivors. They are almost literally the definition of “Metal bands who’ve flown under the radar their whole career”. Arguably, it was … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-holocaust-heavy-metal-mania-the-complete-recordings-vol-1-1980-1984-6-cds/feed/ 0 Album review: THE COSMIC TRIP ADVISORS – Wrong Again Albert (2 CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/album-review-the-cosmic-trip-advisors-wrong-again-albert-2-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/album-review-the-cosmic-trip-advisors-wrong-again-albert-2-cds/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:52:11 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72538 THE COSMIC TRIP ADVISORS - Wrong Again AlbertBad Reputation France [Release date 09.04.21] Here’s an interesting tale to tell. Rock band, The Cosmic Trip Advisors fly from native Scotland to a “fancy ass” studio in Sweden to record an album, to be done in double quick time. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/album-review-the-cosmic-trip-advisors-wrong-again-albert-2-cds/feed/ 0 Album review: ALESTORM – Curse Of The Crystal Coconut https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-alestorm-curse-of-the-crystal-coconut/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-alestorm-curse-of-the-crystal-coconut/#comments Thu, 28 May 2020 10:41:09 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66652 Napalm Records [Release date 29.05.20] The Perthshire pirates are back with more tales of the high seas told in their own special way, forget sea shanties we want metal! As per usual the album won’t be to all tastes, its … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-alestorm-curse-of-the-crystal-coconut/feed/ 0 Gig review: RUNRIG – The Last Dance DVD World Premiere – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 17 August 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/gig-review-runrig-the-last-dance-dvd-world-premiere-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-17th-august-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/gig-review-runrig-the-last-dance-dvd-world-premiere-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-17th-august-2019/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:23:23 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=61408 Exactly one year ago to the day I and around 25,000 other Runrig fans descended on the City Park in my home town of Stirling to witness the band’s final show. After 45 years the guys had decided that retirement beckoned but not without one last … Continue reading →

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