|
Happy Christmas & A Rocking New Year!
|
 |
|
VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITES! WIN ALBUMS!
You can vote for your
favourite Top Album, Top Live Act and Breakthrough Act in our
Popular Poll.
Every year the GRTR!
Reviewers make their own personal selections and this list has
now been published. You can choose from their
recommendations and/or add your own choice.
All voters have the
chance to win a selection of 2016 albums in our Prize Draw,
courtesy of earMUSIC. Full details at our website.
We'll be announcing the
popular winners in a live show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on
Sunday 18 December at 22:00 GMT.
The Best of
2016
Albums of the Month 2016
GRTR! Reviewer Best of 2016 Albums
|
 |
VEGA Who We Are
(Frontiers)
Standard bearers for a new breed of melodic rock that marries the big hooks of
the genre’s heyday with more contemporary arrangements and production, Vega have
stood the test of time, (Andy Nathan) |
|
 |
MARILLION F E A R (earMUSIC)
...Marillion’s last album – ‘Sounds That Can’t Be Made’ – was
more immediate and with a sense of urgency lacking on this opus
and the more mellow, rambling, FEAR will take more time to
reveal its undoubted charms. (David Randall) |
|
|
 |
KATATONIA The Fall Of
Hearts (Peaceville)
Despite its intensity, ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ is an engaging
experience, the whole album being shot through with breathtaking
moments of musical and lyrical brilliance...A top, top effort,
the best album of the year so far...
(Alan Jones) |
|
 |
STEVIE NIMMO Sky Won't
Fall (Manhaton)
...overall he attacks his material with such gusto and self belief that he's
never less than totally convincing. Marvellous stuff.
(Pete Feenstra) |
|
|
|
|
Click the above link to access our regular podcasts via iTunes
Listen again to selected radio shows via Mixcloud!
|
|
|
We've given greater visibility to our news service!
|
|
|
Sign up to receive email alerts when we post new content...
|
|
|
Recent winners:
Ian Stuart (Quo vinyl)
Gavin Cowell (Quo CD)
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
This month in
ROCK
December 16 - January 15 |
|
In 1967 Ian Anderson and
Glenn Cornick form Jethro Tull
|
|
Edgar Winter born in 1946
|
|
Jimi Hendrix makes UK chart debut in 1967 with Hey Joe
|
|
Rubber Soul by The Beatles is the
No 1 UK LP in 1965 |
New to our Radio Playlist
w/c 5 December 2016
THE ROLLING STONES Blue & Lonesome (Polydor)
METALLICA Hardwired...To Self- Destruct (Blackened Recordings)
ALTER BRIDGE The Last Hero (Alter Bridge)
RAVENEYE Nova (Frontiers)
Photo: Mark Hughes/MHP Studios
Meet GRTR!
Alan Jones
Alan Jones is our resident progmeister
who is particularly partial to the new wave of prog emanating from
Continental Europe. He also curates 'The Eclectic Mix' every
month at Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (second Sunday, 18:00 GMT). |
|
Latest gig reviews...
Recent gig reviews have included WINTERSTORM XVI, FM, BLACK STONE CHERRY,
KING KING, DAN REED...
More information
|
RECOMMENDED UK TOURS/GIGS
(DECEMBER 2016/JANUARY 2017)
MAGNUM/Vega 6-11 December
WILDHEARTS 14-18 December
AVENGED SEVENFOLD/Disturbed/In Flames 7-22 January
POPA CHUBBY 18-29 January
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR/Broken Witt Rebels 19-28 January
THE PRETTY RECKLESS 19-24 January
GLENN HUGHES 20 January-2 February
BLACK SABBATH 20 January - 4 February
TYKETTO 21-30 January
GIANTS OF ROCK (Steve Hackett/Ian Anderson)
27-30 January
|
You can search on your favourite artists at Twitter and see if we're playing
them on our radio channel!
FOLLOW AND
SHARE OUR RADIO PLAYLIST!
Now you can follow our radio playlist in real time and see the range of music
and artists played. Share our playlists with friends!
More
information
Load up the Tunein app (Android/iOS) and search for Get Ready to ROCK! then
save as a favourite to access our radio station on the move.
More information
Listen again to selected radio shows via Mixcloud! We've added a recent
interview with DAVE MASON (Traffic).
More
information
|
|
To
unsubscribe from this monthly newsletter, please visit
getreadytorock.com is a
division of hotdigitsnewmediagroup © 2016 All rights reserved.
|
|