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Album review: RONNI LE TEKRO – Bigfoot TV

Tekro Music / Rough Trade [Release date: 18.03.22] Fast approaching 60, Oslo born guitarist, Ronni Le Tekro, ex TNT, is not for slowing down. He’s guested on some interesting albums of late, but Bigfoot TV is his first solo outing … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions
Tagged album, Beatles, blues, Ian Dury, Le Tekro, Pink Floyd, protest song, psychedelic pop, review, sixties, Terje Rypdal, Thin Lizzy, TNT, Traffic
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EP review: MICK PINI / AUDIO54 – Pastoral

Self release [Release date: 28.02.22] There’s nothing like a creative surge of energy to bring fresh reward. And so it that blues veteran Mick Pini revels in his new found collaboration with indie producer Craig Marshall (aka Audio 54), to … Continue reading
News: Traffic Jam man DAVE MASON is featured in radio special (27 November 2016)

Dave Mason, founder member of the legendary psychedelic/prog rockers Traffic, is featured in a one hour radio special on Sunday 27 November 2016. Dave chats to the award-winning Pete Feenstra in his weekly Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged classic rock, Dave Mason, feature, guitar, guitarist, interview, November 2016, Progressive Rock, radio, rock, special, Traffic, Traffic Jam, UK tour
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Gig review: NEWARK BLUES FESTIVAL – Newark Castle, 11 September 2016

In this two-hour special Pete Feenstra plays some of those acts appearing at the 2016 Newark Blues Festival and some of the award-winners. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 13 September 2016. It’s one of those days in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex McKown, blues, Blues Devils, British Blues Awards, DEL BROMHAM, Dudley Ross, festival, Frank Zappa, Free, Gary Grainger, Hamilton Loomis, Humble Pie, Ian Siegal, Jack J. Hutchinson, Jimi Hendrix, JOE COCKER, katie Bradley, King King, Lawrence Jones, Lewis Hamilton, Newark Blues Festival, Nick Hamilton, Ray Charles, Rebecca Downes, review, Robin Trower, rock, Simon Rinaldo, Tom Brundage, Traffic
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Album review: JETBONE – Magical Ride

Juicy Peach [Release date 29.09.15] The dynamically named Jetbone is a Swedish band that sounds as if they’ve been listening to their parent’s record collection. They’ve stepped into the studio with strong enough material to record an album full of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alin Riabouchkin, blues, funk, Gustav Sjodin, Jetbone, Little Feat, Magical Ride, Mikael Lyander, review, rock, Rolling Stones, soul, The Faces, Traffic
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CD review: MARCUS MALONE – Stand Or Fall

Redline Music [Release date 21.04.14] ‘Stand Or Fall’ might easily have used the opening cut ‘Living The Blues’ as its title. For while his last album ‘Let The Sunshine In’ was a noticeably more song driven effort, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Company, Berry Gordy Jr., Bill Burke, Bo Diddley, Chantelle Duncan-Heath, Chris Nugent, Dani Wilde, Enoo William-Uffort, Julian Burdock, Marcus Malone, Moz Gamble, Paul Rogers, review, Roger Cotton, Sean Nolan, Stand Or Fall, Stuart Dixon, Traffic, Will Wilde, Winston Blissett
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Album Review: TUVAL CAIN – Forging The Future

Master’s Forge Records – [Release Date: 22.08.13] This is a prog rock album with as many musical twist and turns, as there are dichotomous themes. The subject matter shifts from the micro, through relationship songs, to the macro of biblical themes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avi Chen, blues, Brendan Perry, David Lawrence Kuhn, Dead Can Dance, Dor Nagar, Forging The Future, Guy Wittenberg, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Noam Hartmann, Pink Floyd, prog rock, review, Traffic, Tuval Cain, Yuval Cain
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Gig review: STEVE WINWOOD, The Lowry, Salford, 24 June 2013

If Steve Winwood’s only banter tonight included playful reference to both the ‘vintage’ crowd and the vintage music, we didn’t need to worry. The sheer historical potency – and nostalgia – was what the vintage crowd expected and what Winwood … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 June 2013, Blind Faith, gig, Manchester, review, rock, Salford, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, The Lowry, Traffic
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