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Album review: JJ GREY & MOFRO – Olustee

Alligator [Release date 23.02.24] JJ Grey & Mofro’s tenth album ‘Olustee’ is a heartfelt journey through the musical swamp lands of North Florida, though the various story telling themes routed in the past, present and fired by his fertile imagination, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, gospel, J.D. Loudermilk, JJ Grey & Mofro, JJGrey, R&B, review, rock, Sly Stone, soul, Todd Rundren, vocal
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Album review: MARCUS MALONE & THE MOTOR CITY HUSTLERS – Interstate 75

Pete Feenstra chatted to Marcus Malone and Dan Smith for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast, 6 August 2023. Ramrock Red [Release date: 07.04.23] Marcus Malone & The Motor City Hustlers is a brand new soul, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Dan Smith, funk, Ike Turner, Interstate 75, interview, James Brown, Marcus Malone, Marcus Malone & The Motor City Hustlers, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Monophonics, Otis Redding, Prince, R&B, radio, review, Sly Stone, soul, The Meters, The Noisettes, The Temptations, vocal
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Album review: TITO JACKSON – Under Your Spell

Pete Feenstra chatted to Tito Jackson for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in July 2021. Gulf Coast Records And Hillside Global [Release date 06.08.21] ‘Under Your Spell’ is an expected delight. Having made his solo debut in 2016 with ‘Tito … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BB King, blues, Bobby Rush, Claudette King, Darrell Lavigne, Eddie Levert, Eric Demmer, funk, George Benson, Grady Champion, interview, Joe Bonamassa, Jonathan Long, Kenny Game, Kenny Neal, Leon Huff, Malon jackson, Michael K Jackson, Motown, Philly, review, Russell Jackson, Sly Stone, soul, Steven Powell, Stevie Wonder, Tito Jackson, Under Your Spell
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Album review: ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND – Brighter Days

This interview with Robert Randolph was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 1 September 2019. Robert discusses the new album with Pete Feenstra (32:23) Provogue Records [Release date: 23.08.2019] Robert Randolph is a man on a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Brighter Days, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Celtic, Danyel Morgan, Dave Cobb, Eric Clapton, funk, gospel, guitar, interview, Jimi Hendrix, Lenesha Randolph, pedal steel, radio, review, Robert Randolph, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, rock, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Tedeschi Trucks
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Gig review: THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 14 November 2016

Just like their viking history, Danish bues-rockers Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado came, saw, conquered by funking up the house with a high energy show that breathes fresh life into the big band blues review format. With a name … Continue reading
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Tagged big band, blues, boogie, Boom Boom Club, Danish, Emil Balsgaard, funk, gig, Kasper Wagner, Martin Seidelin, Nat King Cole, Peter Kehl, Peter Skjerning, Ray Charles, review, Robert Cray, rock, Sly Stone, soul, Thorbjorn Risager &The Black Tornado, Tom Waits, vocal
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Album review: JJ GREY & MOFRO – Ol’ Glory

Provogue [Released 24.02.15] ‘Ol’ Glory is JJ Grey & Mofro’s 7th album and their first for Provogue and perhaps because of the label change they’ve quietly dropped their soul swamp rocking and embraced the current shift towards Memphis soul and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Clark Gable, country, Dan Prothero, Derek Trucks, funk, George Clinton, James Dean, JJ Grey, Luther Dickinson, Mayer Hawthorne, Memphis soul, Mofro, Ol' Glory, R&B, review, Rick James, Robert Cray, rock, Sly Stone, Stax, swamp rock
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