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Welcome to our
October
2020 newsletter! |
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Win Super Deluxe BLACK SABBATH! |
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We're giving away
the CD and vinyl version of the 50th Anniversary edition of
"Paranoid", the multi-million selling second album from Black
Sabbath released in 1970. |
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| Red alert for live music | |||
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Music Venue Trust (MVT), which represents hundreds of grassroots music venues throughout the UK has issued a dire warning to the UK government that the entire grassroots live music sector is now at “red alert status” and has called on the wider music industry, local communities and music fans to support its ongoing #saveourvenues campaign by taking “decisive, direct action” to ensure every venue can survive and re-open safely. There are over 400 venues at risk of closure, so this campaign aims to bring together artists who want to help, with the venues they love, and provide an easy way for music fans to financially support the resultant live streams. With the announcement of how the government’s much-touted £ 1.57bn Cultural Recovery will be distributed due on October 5th , and final decisions on funding for grassroots music venues in England, Scotland and Wales announced by October 16th, MVT has declared the situation ‘critical’ , with a warning that the fate of these venues is now hanging in the balance. Mark Davyd, co-founder & CEO of Music Venue Trust (MVT) said: “After six months of struggling to survive, grassroots music venues now face a two-week period of huge uncertainty in which their future will be decided by the outcome of a single government funding announcement. The Government has put all its eggs in one basket and has no backup plan to prevent the complete collapse of this entire cultural sector, placing at risk over 200,000 jobs, and billions of pounds of economic activity”. |
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| Josh Taerk Lockdown Live | |||
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Their sessions have also been relayed via Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Says Josh "We have been honoured to play the sessions in the absence of live music generally and are really grateful for this opportunity". During the first phase of Lockdown, the sessions have been an opportunity to raise awareness of, and funds for, various nominated charities. The sessions are now continuing, once per month, with a mix of original and cover versions. You can catch up on previous shows via our Facebook page and selected audio is available via our radio sessions page. The next session is Sunday 25 October. |
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Archive content revitalised and revisited |
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During the coronavirus pandemic and with the absence of live music, we've been giving greater prominence to selected archive features, whilst creating new categories. Amongst the new material added since April, introductions to the music of Steve Hackett, Rory Gallagher, Blue Oyster Cult and Focus (pictured). Appraisals of "albums that time forgot" and more personal accounts of the impact of an artist/band on a GRTR! reviewer including Free, Saxon and Nazareth.
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| Jim Kirkpatrick releases solo album | |||
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Melodic rockers FM guitarist chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio about his new album Jim Kirkpatrick released his first solo album for 15 years in early September. 'Ballad Of A Prodigal Son' includes contributions from Status Quo bass player John ‘Rhino’ Edwards and FM's Jem Davis and previous keyboards player Didge Digital. Jim chatted to Pete Feenstra about the album for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and you can listen again by following the album review link. In May Pete Feenstra was voted UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year in the annual UKBlues Federation awards. |
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| Albums of the month (July - September 2020) | |||
It turns back the years without ever being ‘retro’ and I would suggest is comfortably the best Magenta album since Home. Masters Of Illusion – The Musical, anyone? ***** (Pete Whalley)
WALTER TROUT Ordinary Madness (Provogue) ‘Ordinary Madness’ is a triumph of creativity, vim and vigour. The future of rock-blues is in inspired hands. ***** (Pete Feenstra)
DEEP PURPLE Whoosh! (earMUSIC) The band do not sound like they are going to quit any time soon. Only actual physical death, or serious arthritis, is going to stop these guys. No pressure, no expectations, just album of the year so far. ***** (Joe Geesin)
LEGACY PILOTS Aviation (indie) I suppose the best general description is “pop prog/AOR” of the sort purveyed by Alan Parsons Project. In other words, well constructed songs, highly accessible, and great musicianship … A truly wonderful album, one to restore your faith during these covid-constrained times. ***** (David Randall)
KAT RIGGINS Cry Out (Gulf Coast Records) ‘Cry Out’ demands repeated listening if only for the perfect balance of lyrical substance and inspired playing. This album is a real step up for Kat Riggins. Previously known for being a blues campaigner, ‘Cry Out’ pushes her to the forefront of the very genre she so passionately champions. ****1/2 (Pete Feenstra)
PERFECT PLAN Time For A Miracle (Frontiers Records) While not quite attaining perfection, Perfect Plan’s second album lifts the bar even higher and four or five of the tracks are as good as anything I have heard in a long while. For fellow lovers of more traditional melodic rock, this is a dream of an album. ****3/4 (Andy Nathan) |
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| A Month in ROCK! (1-31 October 2020) | |||
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| What's happening? | |||
| Have you checked out our comprehensive gig and tour listings? We are constantly updating as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. | |||
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