Get Ready to ROCK! » Simon Kirke https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:43:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : DEAR MR.FANTASY Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic (2CD+DVD remaster) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-dear-mr-fantasy-featuring-the-music-of-jim-capaldi-and-traffic-2cddvd-remaster/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-dear-mr-fantasy-featuring-the-music-of-jim-capaldi-and-traffic-2cddvd-remaster/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:15:01 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102076 jim 150 capaldi_dear_mr_fantasy_cd_coverCherry Red [Release date : 25.04.25] The only surprise with this Jim Capaldi tribute release is that it’s taken so long for any label to do him justice. Cherry Red stepped in this year, and is to be commended for … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-dear-mr-fantasy-featuring-the-music-of-jim-capaldi-and-traffic-2cddvd-remaster/feed/ 0 Album review: MICK RALPHS – On The Run 1984-2013 (4 CD Clamshell) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-mick-ralphs-on-the-run-1984-2013-4-cd-clamshell/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-mick-ralphs-on-the-run-1984-2013-4-cd-clamshell/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:33:06 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92367 MickRalphs_HNEBOX210Cherry Red [Release date : 24.11.23] Few musicians can claim to have been part of one world straddling rock band, never mind two. Mick Ralphs, guitarist and songwriter, recorded seven albums with Mott The Hoople, and six with Bad Company. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-mick-ralphs-on-the-run-1984-2013-4-cd-clamshell/feed/ 0 Book Review: DECADES – Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:40:48 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=81953 DECADES- Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der KisteSonicbond Publishing (Publication Date 29.04.22) The latest in the Decades series, that delves in detail into the most productive phase of a band’s career, is one with a difference.  It spans the activity of two separate bands,  Free and Bad … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/book-review-decades-free-and-bad-company-in-the-1970s-by-john-van-der-kiste/feed/ 0 Album review: LONERIDER – Sundown https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/album-review-lonerider-sundown/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/album-review-lonerider-sundown/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:41:19 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=81132 LONERIDER-SundownEscape Music (Release Date 20.05.22) The concept of a quiet life sees alien to peerless singer Steve Overland who must have one of the prolific recording schedules of any artist. Barely two months after releasing ‘Thirteen’ with his main band … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/06/album-review-lonerider-sundown/feed/ 0 Album review: MUDDY MANNINEN – River Flows https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/10/album-review-muddy-manninen-river-flows/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/10/album-review-muddy-manninen-river-flows/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:48:35 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=69154 Muddy Manninen - River FlowsPete Feenstra chatted to Muddy Manninen about the album ‘River Flows’ for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 8 November 2020. (45:38) Presence Records [Release date 23.10.20] Muddy Manninen’s ‘River Flows’ is an aptly titled album that has a … Continue reading →

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