Tag Archives: songwriter

Gig review: GRAHAM GOULDMAN – Cadogan Hall, London, 20 March 2025

Posted on March 22, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
GRAHAM GOULDMAN - The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7 March 2025

Graham Gouldman’s ‘Heart Full Of Songs’ is an inspirational evening built round his own remarkable song history and related stories. The show is fleshed out by glistening harmonies, salient hooks and a set list which interweaves the substance of his … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR! Greats – GRAHAM GOULDMAN

Posted on March 4, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR! Greats - Graham Gouldman

Photo: Martin Porter Graham Gouldman is one of our most durable songwriters who has achieved success as a solo artist and with his band 10cc. Influenced by The Beatles, he wrote for several major artists in the 1960s before decamping … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR! Greats – THEA GILMORE

Posted on February 28, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR! Greats - Thea Gilmore

David Randall chatted to Thea Gilmore in February 2025 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  This edited version of the interview first broadcast 23 February includes tracks from the album ‘These Quiet Friends’ plus others from Thea’s back catalogue.  Part … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICKEY JUPP – Times Like These

Posted on December 21, 2024 by petefeenstra
MICKY JUPP – Times Like These

Conquest Music [Release date : 13.12.24] Described by The Guardian as “a quietly but profoundly influential figure in British pop music”, much of Micky Jupp’s influence has come via his songs being covered by the likes of Dave Edmunds, The Judds, … Continue reading →

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Single review : AUDIO 54 – Good To Me

Posted on December 1, 2024 by petefeenstra
Audio 54 - Good To Me

Bandcamp [Release date : 19.10.24] ‘Good To Me’ is the latest stand alone groundbreaking single release from the Audio 54 stable. Leicester born singer, songwriter and musician Craig Marshall has quietly, but confidently emerged as an innovative producer who fashions … Continue reading →

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Album review : MARY COUGHLAN – Repeat Rewind

Posted on November 15, 2024 by petefeenstra
Mary Coughlan - Repeat Rewind

Strange Brew [Release date : 25.10.24] Mary Coughlan’s ‘Repeat Rewind’ is released hand in hand with the 40th anniversary of her career and provides the perfect showcase for her full range of talents, from heartfelt, humorous and ironic observations to … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE KNIGHTLEY – The Winter Yards

Posted on October 12, 2024 by jason
STEVE KNIGHTLEY - The Winter Yards

Website [Release date 04.10.24] With Show of Hands on ‘an indefinite break’, Steve Knightley releases this, his first solo studio album in 17 years. Guest artists on the album include his Show of Hands partner-in-crime Phil Beer, Phillip Henry (Edgelarks), Madrid-based Track … Continue reading →

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Album review: BETH HART – You Still Got Me

Posted on September 16, 2024 by petefeenstra
Beth Hart - You Still Got Me

Provogue [Release date 25.10.24] Beth Hart is back with a powerful restatement of who she is, on an album that digs deep for emotion and is illuminated by her subtle phrasing. ‘You Still Got Me’ is her 11th album, and … Continue reading →

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Album review : MAGGIE E. ROGERS – Chasing Sunsets

Posted on June 21, 2024 by petefeenstra
Maggie E Rogers - Chasing Sunsets

‘Chasing Sunsets’ is a lyrically strong and musical versatile album rooted in the folk, singer songwriter and storytelling tradition. Significantly subtitled; ‘ Songs of love, life…and the sun’, the 11 tracks gather a momentum through M.D. Mike King’s inventive arrangements … Continue reading →

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Album review: T BEAR – The Way Of The World

Posted on May 15, 2024 by petefeenstra
T Bear - Way of the World

Pete Feenstra chatted to T Bear for his feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and featuring tracks from the new album ‘The Way Of The World’.  First broadcast 19 May 2024. Quarto Valley Records [Release date 22.03.24] ‘Way … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FRASER ANDERSON/EMILY FRASER – Junction 3, Cambridge, 24 February 2024

Posted on February 29, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
Fraser

Continuing my February foray to Cambridge’s acoustic gig offerings, the intimate club surroundings of Junction 3 – where the popular New Routes event has its home – hosts some of the very best acoustic and electric talent in the folk … Continue reading →

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Album review : HOLLY LERSKI – Sweet Decline

Posted on February 29, 2024 by petefeenstra
Holly Lerski - Sweet Decline

Pete Feenstra chatted to Holly Lerski for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album.  First broadcast 3 March 2024. Laundry [Release date: 26.04.24] Holly Lerski’s ‘Sweet Decline’ works hard to capture lingering moments of inspiration as … Continue reading →

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Album review: IAN SHAW – Greek Street Friday

Posted on August 30, 2023 by petefeenstra
IAN SHAW – Greek Street Friday

Silent Wish [Release date 20.10.23] With previous album titles such as ‘In A New York Minute’, ‘Soho Stories, ‘A Ghost In Every Bar’ and the new ‘Greek Street Friday’  it’s tempting to regard vocalist Ian Shaw’s oeuvre as akin to … Continue reading →

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Album review: KARNEY – Creatures In The Garden

Posted on August 8, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
KARNEY - Creatures In The Garden

www.karney.org [Release date 18.08.23] Who is Karney? Well she obviously feels the need to protect her intellectual property as her name is trade marked. Say hello to Anna Karney® who at various times has been a games music composer, a … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE JOHN WILLIAMS SYNDICATE – Into The Light

Posted on June 27, 2023 by petefeenstra
The John Williams Syndicate - Into The Light

Pete Feenstra chatted to John Williams for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album. First broadcast 2 July 2023. Wulfrun Records [Release date 23.07.23] When a gamekeeper turns poacher, or in this case … Continue reading →

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Album review: L.A. EDWARDS – Out Of The Heart Of Darkness

Posted on April 28, 2023 by petefeenstra
L.A. Edwards - Out Of The Heart Of Darkness

Bitchin’ Music Group [Release date 06.01.23] Everything about L.A. (aka Luke Andrew)  Edwards from his initials and his West Coast tinged Americana, to his use of jangly pop and the fact his PR references the cultural sway of Laurel Canyon, … Continue reading →

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Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – ELEANOR McEVOY (March 2023)

Posted on March 1, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness

As  Irish and iconic as Guinness and also dark and lively in equal measures… Singer songwriter Eleanor McEvoy first came to wider attention in 1992 when she was part of “A Woman’s Heart” compilation with Mary Black and other female … Continue reading →

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Album review: CERI JUSTICE – Walk In Shadow

Posted on February 4, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
CERI JUSTICE - Walk In Shadow

www.cerijustice.rocks [Release date 15.04.22] Here at GRTR! it doesn’t really matter that we are reviewing an album nearly 12 months old.  If it comes to our attention belatedly and is meritorious, we do it.  It was Pete Feenstra playing a … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Singer Songwriter – Primer

Posted on October 31, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
GRTR!@20 Anniversary - Singer Songwriter - Primer

Singer-songwriter editor Pete Whalley gives his considered view on 20 years of the genre with the emphasis on female performers … Long considered a ‘folk’ rooted domain, the boundaries of the singer songwriter genre have blurred over the GRTR! decades, … Continue reading →

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Album review: RICHARD MARX – Songwriter

Posted on October 23, 2022 by andynathan
RICHARD MARX- Songwriter

Shelter Records (Release date 30.09.22) Only a year after releasing his last album. ‘Limitless’, Richard Marx is back with perhaps his most ambitious work yet. The very title suggests that despite a solo career which made him one of the … Continue reading →

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EP review: ANDY PARTRIDGE – My Failed Songwriting Career Vol. 2

Posted on May 15, 2022 by jason
ANDY PARTRIDGE – My Failed Songwriting Career Vol. 2

Ape House [Release date 8.4.22] Following on from 2021’s excellent first volume, here are four more gems from Andy Partridge’s post-XTC period as a songwriter for hire. This is a great addition to what is building into a fascinating series. … Continue reading →

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Album review: SARAH PERROTTA – Blue To Gold

Posted on December 31, 2021 by GRTR! HQ
SARAH PERROTTA - Blue To Gold

7D Media/Third Star Records [Release date  15.10.21] Sarah Perrotta released her debut album – ‘Drink The Sky’ (2000) – with the band Outland Dreamer when 19 and it received rave reviews.  Since that time she has worked with Garth Hudson … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (October 2021 – December 2021)

Posted on December 9, 2021 by GRTR! HQ
Albums of the Month (October-December 2021)

DEEP PURPLE Turning To Crime (earMUSIC) While the production is big, solid and bright, there’s also a live-in-the-studio feel, like it was recorded quickly and spontaneously. Listen with open ears and the album shows the band on great form, and … Continue reading →

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Album Review: AFTERLIGHT (Thea Gilmore) – Afterlight

Posted on November 30, 2021 by alanjones
Afterlight

Mighty Village Records [Release date: 01.10.21] What’s a woman to do when the life that you’ve led for over twenty years reveals itself over time to be a stifling, coercive relationship that’s dominated your life and musical career? The answer … Continue reading →

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Album review: THREE COLOURS DARK – Love’s Lost Property

Posted on September 4, 2021 by GRTR! HQ
THREE COLOURS DARK - Love's Lost Property

Firefly Music [Release date 10.09.21] www.threecoloursdark.com 2020 marked the musical reunion of Rachel Cohen and Jonathan Edwards founder members of long-standing prog rockers Karnataka.  In the hiatus following The Reasoning (Cohen) and Panic Room (Edwards) they released an exquisite debut … Continue reading →

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