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FEATURED ARTIST IN JUNE IS AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER JOAN
ARMATRADING
Joan Armatrading is currently playing summer festival dates prior
to an extensive UK theatre tour starting in late-September. She's just
released her latest album 'Starlight'. Our radio channel has featured a
recent interview with Joan in "The Songwriters" series and her own selction of
'Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists".
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FOLLOW AND SHARE
OUR RADIO PLAYLIST!
We've recently added a page to the music-sharing/discovery site last.fm.
Now you can follow our radio playlist in real time and see the range of music
and artists played. Share with friends!
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Albums of the Month
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SAGA 20/20 (earMUSIC)
This album picks up from where the last album with Sadler, '10,000 Days'
left off. It is full of catchy, upbeat songs that may have a reflective lyric
but contain a positive spin. The album also includes one of the heaviest songs
they have ever recorded in 'Spin It Again'. This song has a driving bass line
Lemmy would be proud of. (Jason Ritchie) |
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FIREWIND Few Against Many (Century Media)
'Few Against Many' explores a broad palette of sounds and impresses with its
breathtaking playing, soaring vocals and impossible shreds. The
songs appear to be almost interrelated in terms of their pacing
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SQUACKETT A Life Within A Day (Esoteric Antenna)
...this is rich and robust stuff that doesn’t trade on former glories. Yes,
there are nods over the shoulder to the sound that respectively trademarked two
great bands, but the focus is very much on creating something fresh,
contemporary to the current shapes and forms of the genre rather than
reformatting the past. (Peter Muir) |
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SANTANA Shape Shifter (Sony Music)
If we are not now going to get a really startling, ground-heaving Santana
album you really can't beat this return to what he
does best. Glorious melodic, story-telling guitar
weaving in and out of rich orchestration. A rare and
very welcome treat especially to those who grew up
with those classic early albums in the seventies.
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STOLEN EARTH A
Far Cry From Home
2012 has, until now, been a disappointing year for
rock. But Stolen Earth have put that right with the
debut album of the year. Maybe even the album of the
year. A Far Cry From Home is certainly going to be a
contender. A quite outstanding debut. (Pete
Whalley)
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COMING SOON:
JOAN ARMATRADING
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We have given a higher profile to our breaking news section - updated daily. Check our
home page!
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You can now access the latest reviews, before they hit the main website, via
the Latest Reviews link on the main albums review page or click the above link!
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Win SANTANA and JOAN ARMATRADING CDs and BLACKMORE'S NIGHT DVD
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This month in
ROCK
June 15 -July 14 |
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In 1975 Richie Blackmore leaves Deep Purple |
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In 1980 Led Zeppelin begins final European tour |
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Carole King Tapestry is the No.1 US LP in 1971
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First Glastonbury Fayre held in 1971 - David Bowie headlined |
In 1981 Bruce Springsteen plays debut gig in New Jersey
New to our Radio Playlist
w/c 11 June
STOLEN
EARTH Far Cry From Home
GRAHAM GOULDMAN Love & Work (Rosala Records)
PANIC ROOM Skin (Esoteric Antenna)
HARTMANN Balance (Avenue Of Allies)
ASIA XXX (Frontiers)
Photos: Bob Singleton, Steve Goudie
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Latest gig reviews...
In the past few weeks we've added reviews of
the ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, GUN, IT BITES, JUDAS PRIEST,
PAUL RODGERS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, NIGHT RANGER, TENACIOUS D amongst others.
DOWNLOAD to come when we've scraped the mud off our boots..!
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RECOMMENDED UK TOURS & FESTIVALS IN JUNE/JULY
BLUES ON THE FARM, 21-24 June (Nr.Chichester,W.Sussex)
EAST COAST BLUES FESTIVAL, 23-24 June (Durham/Cleethorpes)
GUILFEST, 13-15 July (Stoke Park, Guildford)
ROBERT CRAY, 26 June - 3 July
ERIC JOHNSON, 6-11 July
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them on our radio channel!
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directly to "music you want to hear'.
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