Tag Archives: Sonja Kristina

Book review: Decades – Curved Air in the 1970s by Laura Shenton

Posted on June 11, 2021 by GRTR! HQ

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 18.06.21] Author Laura Shenton makes no excuses for compiling a series of extracts from previously published work. This includes contemporaneous snippets from the likes of Disc & Music Echo to more recent cribs from Prog magazine. … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – The Second British Rock Meeting 1972

Posted on February 4, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Curved Air [Release date: 05.10.18] Dawn breaks grey on the last day of the 1972 Second British Rock Meeting at Germersheim, Germany. The festival has included sets from Pink Floyd, Humble Pie, The Strawbs, Savoy Brown, Lindisfarne and many other … Continue reading →

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Album review: EXCALIBUR (Alan Simon) – Ladies Of The Lake

Posted on January 12, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Babaika [Release date: 02.11.18] Girl Power: albeit nary a Spice in sight, but the whiff of joss hangs pendulously over this female vocalist-fronted compilation trawl through the four Excalibur sword-and-sorcery releases by French composer Alan Simon. Alan explains in his … Continue reading →

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Album Review: YUKA AND CHRONOSHIP – Ship

Posted on July 8, 2018 by alanjones

Cherry Red Records [Release date 11.5.18] Yuka Funakoshi is a Japanese keyboard virtuoso who would certainly give any of Sherinian, Rudess or Norlander a run for their money and, together with her band of exceptional session men, Yuka and Chronoship … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – Air Cut (reissue)

Posted on March 10, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Esoteric [Release date: 26.01.18] Interviewed in the booklet notes for Esoteric’s contemporaneous reissue of the bands’ 1970 debut ‘Air Conditioning’, chanteuse linchpin Sonja Kristina opined it – and this later release – to be her faves, and it’s clear why. … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – Air Conditioning (reissue)

Posted on March 10, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Esoteric [Release date: 26.01.18] Whether by design or default, Warner Bros hit something of a mother lode when they launched their UK music arm back in 1970 with the much trumpeted signing of this then-unknown talent. It was a leap … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALAN SIMON – Excalibur IV The Dark Age Of The Dragon

Posted on November 13, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Babaika Productions [Release date 03.11.17] The first reference I saw to Alan Simon was the credit on Sonja Kristina’s recent anthology – it’s the track that’s also included here called ‘The Passion’. Then an Alan Simon compilation arrives to add … Continue reading →

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Album review: SONJA KRISTINA – Anthology

Posted on October 26, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Sonja Kristina in May 2015 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio for a two-part career overview. Part 2 is available here Curved Air Records [Release date 06.10.17] 2-CD In a review several years ago I referred … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – The Curved Air Rarities Series Volume 1 – Tapestry Of Propositions

Posted on July 21, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Curved Air Records [Release date 05.08.16] We live in age when every album, every gig, seems to be heavily choreographed. With albums pieced together and artists not necessarily sharing the same studio, or even continent, and gigs fixed to a … Continue reading →

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News: RENAISSANCE & CURVED AIR – Pioneers of Symphonic/Art Prog tour together in April 2016

Posted on January 30, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

ANNIE HASLAM of RENAISSANCE (59:15) David Randall chats to Annie about prog rockers Renaissance Also available in several parts here Symphonic rock icons Renaissance featuring legendary singer Annie Haslam will be performing in the US & UK in support of … Continue reading →

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News: JOHN LODGE interview and Part 2 of SONJA KRISTINA feature, Sunday 31 May 2015

Posted on May 29, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Ricky Redman Get Ready to ROCK! Radio features two recent interviews on Sunday 31 May. Moody Blues bassist and songwriter John Lodge has recently released his first solo album for 38 years. “10,000 Light Years Ago’ was released on … Continue reading →

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News: SONJA KRISTINA (Curved Air) interview on Sunday 3 May 2015

Posted on April 30, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Sonja Kristina Special (Part 1) – 3 May 2015 by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Curved Air vocalist Sonja Kristina is the latest subject of a two-part special on internet-based Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CURVED AIR – Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, 17 April 2015

Posted on April 18, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Sonja Kristina Special (Part 1) – 3 May 2015 by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud This is the first part of a two-part special when Sonja Kristina chats about her early career and Curved Air (58:38). Part 2 … Continue reading →

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Album review: CURVED AIR – North Star

Posted on May 24, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Curved Air Records [Release date 17.03.14] Another heritage band who for the past years have been re-acquainting audiences with their brand of quirky progressive art-rock. Sonja Kristina still retains her intriguing allure and the band is now bolstered by one-time … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GIANTS OF ROCK, Butlins, Minehead, 7- 9 February 2014

Posted on February 19, 2014 by petefeenstra

Floods, rain, rock music, more rain, howling wind, storms, seagulls, climactic guitar solos, wigs, trannies, vestal virgins, tarts, vicars, hot dogs, oceans of beer and more rain. It could only be Butlins Giants of Rock! Although the Giants of Rock didn’t … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: CREMATORY, SONJA KRISTINA, SECTION A, SEB BACH, OVERLAND

Posted on February 3, 2014 by jason

CREMATORY – Antiserum SPV www.spv.de [Release date 24.02.14] Crematory have a been around awhile starting out as a death metal band with gothic leanings and gradually steering more away from the death metal sound to a more industrial/gothic sound. This … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOT HEAD SHOW – Perfect

Posted on December 7, 2013 by petefeenstra

Tentacle Films Limited [Release date 14.10.13] Hot Head Show is a trio with art rock and avant-garde pretensions. ‘Perfect’ is an album that has its moments of starling musical innovation, as it explores imaginative horizons, but ultimately it struggles lyrically … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE PROG COLLECTIVE – Epilogue

Posted on October 2, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 14.10.13] Billy Sherwood is a busy man. The one-time Yes guitarist/keyboard player has carved out a niche coordinating a myriad of projects in recent years – some with a prog angle, others with a ‘tribute’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE – An All-Star Tribute To Steve Miller Band

Posted on August 14, 2013 by petefeenstra

Cleopatra Records [Release date 30.07.13] Producer, engineer and multi instrumentalist and sometime Yes member Billy Sherwood has carved out his a niche for himself with a number of wide ranging all star tribute albums, and now it’s the turn of … Continue reading →