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Joe Bonamassa

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We've announced our Best of 2003-2023!
 

The Get Ready to ROCK! Reviewers have chosen their Top Albums and Top Live Acts over two decades

Every year, in December, the GRTR! review team are canvassed for their top selections of the year.

In our 20th Anniversary year, we asked them to look back at the past two decades and select their favourite albums and live acts.

It's a varied selection and will hopefully jog your own musical memories or suggest albums and artists that you might have missed and need to investigate.

On Sunday 9 April at 22:00 GMT there is a two-hour special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio filled with the reviewer choices.

Head over to the 'Best of' page for the complete listing!

>> The Best of 2003-2023

 
The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness
 

The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness


Joe Bonamassa is the latest entry in our 20 year retrospective of notable artists

From January this year we launched our year long promotion honouring an artist's consistency, quality and endurance during our own twenty year lifetime.

We bring together our extensive coverage via reviews and interviews of a specific artist and the feature was launched in January with The Darkness.

This has been followed by Chantel McGregor (February) and Eleanor McEvoy (March).  A new artist/band is announced each month until the end of the year.

>> Feature

And throughout 2023 we will be revisiting and updating our archive with specific features signposting some of the finest albums (and artists) of the last 20 years. 

There is a dedicated Twitter page for GRTR@20 activity, we're posting review highlights over two decades and signposting latest additions.
 


Josh Taerk Sunday Sessions


Josh Taerk - Sunday Session - 16 April 2023

Latest live session from Canadian songwriter

We'll be relaying Josh's latest session on 16 April (21:00 GMT) via Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and our Radio Facebook page.

The sessions take place once per month, with a mix of original and cover versions.  You can catch up on previous shows via our radio Facebook page.

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You can catch up with previous shows and interviews via the dedicated presenter pages.  Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is on air 18 hours a day from 06:00 GMT.

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Albums of the month (January - March 2023)
URIAH HEEP- Chaos and Colour
 

URIAH HEEP Chaos & Colour (Silver Lining Music)

Heep join a select bunch of veteran bands (including close contemporaries Deep Purple) who are sounding as good as ever. Indeed classic heavy rock does not come much better than this.    **** 3/4

Review by Andy Nathan

KATATONIA - Sky Void Of Stars
 

KATATONIA Sky Full Of Stars (Napalm Records)

Despondency never sounded this good – ever, and yet I would defy any metal/progressive rock fan to finish listening to it with anything other than a smile on their face and a knowing nod to the brilliance within.

Exceptional.  *****

Review by Alan Jones

ROBIN McAULEY - Alive
 

ROBIN McAULEY Alive (Frontiers)

...this is a damn fine album with great songwriting and playing throughout topped off with Robin’s fantastic vocal. Come the end of the year list, this will be vying for the top spot without a doubt.  *****

Review by David Wilson


 

THE COLD STARES Voices (Mascot)

The change of tempo between bluesy rock and slower ballads makes for a really interesting listen, as the  changing pace  and musical structures vary so much. The lyrics are accomplished, the musicianship is superb, frankly the album is a masterclass from start to finish – don’t take my word for it, give it a listen! *****

Review by Karen Clayton

CROSS COUNTRY DRIVER The New Truth (Frontiers)

These experienced, talented artists are blessed with an electrifying understanding of country/blues/rock dynamics.

The songs seem to develop organically, avoiding the verse, bridge chorus straitjacket that constrains much of today’s popular music.   *****

Review By Brian McGowan

FLOOR JANSEN – Paragon
 

FLOOR JANSEN Paragon (Pias/Revamp Music)

I can hardly be described as a die-hard Nightwish fan. Never in a million years did I expect to become so impressed, mesmerized…no, absolutely captivated. ****1/2

Review by Ioannis Stefanis

 


>> Albums of the Month (including October - December 2022)


QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT, Wembley Arena, London, 15 December 2017
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A Month in ROCK! (1-30 April)
 
  • Brinsley Schwarz fly to New York and the Fillmore East in a $120,000 hype in 1972
  • Queen sign their first recording contract in 1973
  • Ritchie Blackmore leaves Deep Purple in 1975
  • Brian Johnson replaces Bon Scott as lead singer of AC/DC in 1980
  • The Rolling Stones release their first LP in 1964

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