Tag Archives: The Beatles

Single & EP review: THE GREETING COMMITTEE – Island (EP)

Posted on January 9, 2014 by petefeenstra

Push Puzzle Records [Release date 15.09.13] One of the joys of enduring music is the way retro influences sometimes coalesce with the present and lodge themselves in cutting edge recordings. ‘Island’ a 3 track EP from Newcastle’s The Greeting Committee … Continue reading →

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Interview with JIM McCARTY (The Yardbirds) – 3 January 2014

Posted on January 5, 2014 by petefeenstra
Jim McCarty - The Yardbirds

  January 21st 2014 sees The Yardbirds play their first date of an exhaustive 2014 tour which celebrates 50 years of their existence and the British Blues Invasion that changed the course of rock history. The band initially split in ‘68, … Continue reading →

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Album Review: GERRY JABLONSKI AND THE ELECTRIC BAND – Twist Of Fate

Posted on November 1, 2013 by petefeenstra

Fat Hippy Records [Release Date 23.09.13] Right now Gerry Jablonski And the Electric Band is one of Scotland’s best rock blues bands. ‘Twist of Fate’ is full of great songs, tight arrangements, passionate playing and real spark. And even if … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVE DAVIES – I Will Be Me

Posted on July 10, 2013 by petefeenstra

Cleopatra [Release date 04.06.13] Partly autobiographical and partly fictive imagery but always routed in a spiritual feel, Dave Davies’s ‘I Will Be Me’ is an uneven but ultimately enjoyable album. He veers from the past – referencing his riff driven … Continue reading →

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Album review: INTERNATIONAL RESCUE – No Country For Old Men

Posted on June 15, 2013 by petefeenstra

Cowboy City Records [Release date 17.06.13] Formed in 1980, International Rescue originally built up a sizeable following in Bridlington and the East Yorkshire region culminating in an appearance on Channel 4′s The Tube. They subsequently lost their record company deal … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WESTERN SIZZLERS – For Ol’ Times Sake

Posted on May 18, 2013 by petefeenstra

Roar Hide Records [Release date: 20.05.13] ‘Unfinished Business’, the penultimate track on The Western Sizzlers ‘For Ol’ Times Sake’, neatly summarises self exiled British musical maverick Kevin Jennings’s situation. A former catalyst for the Georgia Satellites (he got them signed … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE BONINO – Peace Rocks

Posted on April 17, 2013 by petefeenstra

 Self release – www.stevebonino.com – out now They say you should always start with your best and balance things out afterwards. Well Steve Bonino obviously missed that initial piece of advice, as this excellent album builds from an inauspicious opener … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAHOGANY FROG – Senna

Posted on March 24, 2013 by petefeenstra

      Moonjune Records Mahogany Frog is an exciting, challenging, hard hitting, innovative and progressive Canadian band. They draw from the same progressive, electronic and symphonic arc as Erik Norlander’s Rocket Scientists, but much like their gate fold art … Continue reading →

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News: RINGO STARR ‘Ringo At The Ryman’ DVD out in March

Posted on February 26, 2013 by jason

ANNOUNCING “RINGO AT THE RYMAN,” DVD OF RINGO AND HIS ALL STARR’S PERFORMANCE AT NASHVILLE’S HISTORIC RYMAN, FILMED JULY 7, 2012 DVD TO BE RELEASED MARCH 18th 2013 Ringo Starr is a living legend whose contribution to the roots of … Continue reading →

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Album: Thenewno2 – Beautiful Creatures soundtrack

Posted on February 12, 2013 by jason

When you think of The Beatles the first thing that comes to mind isn’t usually psychedelic indie rock, which is probably why Dhani Harrison (son of the brilliant George Harrison, naturally) has managed to keep his band a separate entity … Continue reading →

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‘Inside Abbey Road: The Best Studio In The World’

Posted on January 15, 2013 by jason

‘Inside Abbey Road: The Best Studio In The World’ Abbey Road Studios announce new talks in Studio Two, open to the public in March 2013 “More than a few fans said they equated the visit to a religious experience” Time … Continue reading →

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RINGO STARR & HIS ALL STARR BAND – The Anthology…So Far 1989-2000

Posted on August 7, 2012 by jason

(3CD) Eagle Rock 2012 This is a re-issue of the original 2001 release that featured songs from ‘Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band’ (1990), ‘Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux’ (1993) and ‘Ringo Starr … Continue reading →

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RINGO STARR & THE ROUNDHEADS – Live (DVD)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by jason

Recorded back in 2005 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois as part of the Soundstage series of live concerts it finally gets a UK release a couple years after the US one. Normally Ringo Starr appears with his All … Continue reading →

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Ringo & the Roundheads Live DVD and Blu Ray

Posted on March 6, 2012 by jason

Ringo & The Roundheads Live was filmed at this historic Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois – this one-night-only event presents Ringo Starr performing five Beatles classics along with his greatest solo hits in a career-spanning set with The Roundheads. Captured … Continue reading →

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